Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Myths And Facts About Electric Cars

Myths And Facts About Electric Cars

Santorum’s Backwardness | The Progressive

Santorum’s Backwardness | The Progressive

REPORT: Affordable Care Act Will Help Close Income Gap In Insurance, Health Care Access

REPORT: Affordable Care Act Will Help Close Income Gap In Insurance, Health Care Access: pA new study shows that adults in low- to moderate-income families are “more likely to be uninsured, to lack a regular source of health care, and to struggle to get the health care they need compared to those in higher-income families,” according to the Commonwealth Fund. The researchers focused on the vast income gap in [...]/p

Book Burning in Arizona | Truthout

Book Burning in Arizona | Truthout

The Battle for Vermont's Single Payer System | Common Dreams

The Battle for Vermont's Single Payer System | Common Dreams

The Republican War On Workers

Right-Wing Media Aren't Concerned About Helping The Poor, But They Sure Want To Help The Rich

Right-Wing Media Aren't Concerned About Helping The Poor, But They Sure Want To Help The Rich

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Rep. Huelskamp Thinks “ Religious Freedom“ Only Applies To emHis/em Beliefs

Rep. Huelskamp Thinks “ Religious Freedom“ Only Applies To emHis/em Beliefs

California Occupiers Camp Outside Former Marine’s Home To Prevent Foreclosure

California Occupiers Camp Outside Former Marine’s Home To Prevent Foreclosure: pAbout 20 California activists surrounded a local home this weekend to prevent Freddie Mac and Chase Bank from foreclosing on the property, even amid rumors that sheriff’s deputies were coming to seize it. The Riverside, California home belongs to Arturo de los Santos, a former Marine who told Riverside’s City News Service that he fell [...]/p

Legally Poisoned: How the Law Puts Us At Risk From Toxicants

Legally Poisoned: How the Law Puts Us At Risk From Toxicants

The Great Carbon Bubble: Why the Fossil Fuel Industry Fights So Hard | Common Dreams

The Great Carbon Bubble: Why the Fossil Fuel Industry Fights So Hard | Common Dreams

How Rich Executives Extract Concessions From Workers -- While Playing the Good Guy in Public | | AlterNet

How Rich Executives Extract Concessions From Workers -- While Playing the Good Guy in Public | | AlterNet

Save the Babies: GOP Lawmakers are Howling to Overturn the EPA's Mercury Regulations | Truthout

Save the Babies: GOP Lawmakers are Howling to Overturn the EPA's Mercury Regulations | Truthout

Temperature Soars Mysteriously Inside Fukushima Nuclear Reactor | Common Dreams

Temperature Soars Mysteriously Inside Fukushima Nuclear Reactor | Common Dreams

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Santorum Suggests Abortion Causes Breast Cancer

Santorum Suggests Abortion Causes Breast Cancer

Showing America exactly why this fact free liar will never be President.

Banks Have Feelings Too

The Tragic Story of Christianity: How a Pacifist Religion Was Hijacked by Rabid Warmongering Elites | | AlterNet

The Tragic Story of Christianity: How a Pacifist Religion Was Hijacked by Rabid Warmongering Elites | | AlterNet

Why Don't We Pay People Enough? 8 Facts About America's Struggling Working People | | AlterNet

Why Don't We Pay People Enough? 8 Facts About America's Struggling Working People | | AlterNet

If You Want to Fight Cancer, Turn Those Pink Ribbons Green | Common Dreams

If You Want to Fight Cancer, Turn Those Pink Ribbons Green | Common Dreams

House Republicans Plagued with ethics probes, giving Dems even more ammunition

House Republicans Plagued with ethics probes, giving Dems even more ammunition

Why the AGs Must Not Settle: Robo-signing Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg | Common Dreams

Why the AGs Must Not Settle: Robo-signing Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg | Common Dreams

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Let's contrast Republican and Democratic priorities in the House: Outsourcing and truck size

Let's contrast Republican and Democratic priorities in the House: Outsourcing and truck size

An Attack on Iran Must be Stopped | Common Dreams

An Attack on Iran Must be Stopped | Common Dreams

Low-Wage Lessons

Low-Wage Lessons

'Jobs,' 'Budget' Excuses Can't Cloak Real Reason For GOP War On Workers

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Romney Misspeaks

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Psywar: The Real Battlefield is Your Mind

Fox News Exposed

Mitt Romney Doesn't Give A Damn About The Middle Class And The Poor

Koch Brothers Convene Super-Secret Billionaires' Meeting for 2012 Elections | | AlterNet

Koch Brothers Convene Super-Secret Billionaires' Meeting for 2012 Elections | | AlterNet

Senate GOP Still Fighting A War On Smart Judges

Senate GOP Still Fighting A War On Smart Judges: pTwo years ago, President Obama nominated Goodwin Liu (now Justice Goodwin Liu on the California Supreme Court) to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Liu immediately stood out among the president’s nominees — and indeed, from most of the judges currently serving on the federal bench — for his [...]/p

Walmart Whistleblowers Stand Up to Retaliation | Truthout

Walmart Whistleblowers Stand Up to Retaliation | Truthout

Censorship U? Arizona State Downs Site After Tuition Petition | Common Dreams

Censorship U? Arizona State Downs Site After Tuition Petition | Common Dreams

Average Corporate Tax Rate Falls to 12%, Lowest in Decades

Average Corporate Tax Rate Falls to 12%, Lowest in Decades

Friday, February 3, 2012

Is Fox News Ignoring Today’s Jobs Report?

Is Fox News Ignoring Today’s Jobs Report?: pToday’s surprisingly good jobs report is dominating the news, except for at Fox News, which appears to be downplaying or ignoring the news that many view as favorable to President Obama. As Politico’s Dylan Byers noted this morning, while other major news outlets gave the jobs report top billing on their websites, FoxNews.com “bur[ied]” in [...]/p

PERRspectives: Republicans Double-Down on 'Obama Made the Economy Worse' Lie

PERRspectives: Republicans Double-Down on 'Obama Made the Economy Worse' Lie
As the record clearly shows, it was President Bush who left the U.S. economy in much worse shape than he found it. And no matter how many times Republicans pretend that Barack Obama "made the economy worse," their lie will not become any more true.