5 Wildly Offensive Comments and Actions by Rich Jerks | Alternet
"Zuckerberg's new super-PAC prospectus reminds us he's ready to "move fast and break things," democracy included"
Monday, August 26, 2013
Celebrate Women's Equality Day – Support Equal Pay Today | Common Dreams
Celebrate Women's Equality Day – Support Equal Pay Today | Common Dreams
"On this Women's Equality Day - the anniversary of the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote - I'm struck by all the ways in which women have yet to attain equality."
"On this Women's Equality Day - the anniversary of the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote - I'm struck by all the ways in which women have yet to attain equality."
Senate Committee Will Take Up Marijuana Laws In September
Senate Committee Will Take Up Marijuana Laws In September: The White House said last week that Obama is not yet ready to change the law on marijuana, but Congress may be.
6 Filthy Facts About the Rich | Alternet
6 Filthy Facts About the Rich | Alternet
"Out of all developed and undeveloped countries with at least a quarter-million adults, the U.S. has the 4th-highest degree of wealth inequality in the world, trailing only Russia, Ukraine, and Lebanon."
"Out of all developed and undeveloped countries with at least a quarter-million adults, the U.S. has the 4th-highest degree of wealth inequality in the world, trailing only Russia, Ukraine, and Lebanon."
The Leveraged Buyout of America | Common Dreams
The Leveraged Buyout of America | Common Dreams
"Giant banks are buying up our country’s infrastructure – the power and supply chains that are vital to the economy. Aren’t there rules against that?"
"Giant banks are buying up our country’s infrastructure – the power and supply chains that are vital to the economy. Aren’t there rules against that?"
Killing Obamacare Is Killing The Republican Party
Killing Obamacare Is Killing The Republican Party:
"Americans willing to directly identify with the Republican Party is reaching historic lows. The Pollster.com rolling average of GOP party identification now stands at 22 percent and has been declining fairly steadily for the last several years."
"Americans willing to directly identify with the Republican Party is reaching historic lows. The Pollster.com rolling average of GOP party identification now stands at 22 percent and has been declining fairly steadily for the last several years."
'Unhospitable Oceans' Acidifying at Rate Unseen in 250 Million Years (or Ever) | Common Dreams
'Unhospitable Oceans' Acidifying at Rate Unseen in 250 Million Years (or Ever) | Common Dreams
"Ocean acidification—often called climate change's "evil twin" by scientists and experts—happens as the pH level of seawater dwindles as it absorbs increasing amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) and though such fluctuations are a normally occurring phenomenon, when the balance tips too far, the acidification can imperil numerous types of marine life and is especially threatening to coral, shell fish, and other essential members of the ocean's ecosystems."
"Ocean acidification—often called climate change's "evil twin" by scientists and experts—happens as the pH level of seawater dwindles as it absorbs increasing amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) and though such fluctuations are a normally occurring phenomenon, when the balance tips too far, the acidification can imperil numerous types of marine life and is especially threatening to coral, shell fish, and other essential members of the ocean's ecosystems."
The Republican Party's 'Defund Obamacare' Disorder | Alternet
The Republican Party's 'Defund Obamacare' Disorder | Alternet
"The Republican party is not in a good place right now. They are historically unpopular (particularly House Republicans); they have no discernible governing agenda; they are under assault from their own supporters; they continue to say stupid things that upset key voting groups … and – guess what? – things are about to get even worse.
"The Republican party is not in a good place right now. They are historically unpopular (particularly House Republicans); they have no discernible governing agenda; they are under assault from their own supporters; they continue to say stupid things that upset key voting groups … and – guess what? – things are about to get even worse.
Case in point: the ongoing GOP obsession with Obamacare."
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Colin Powell On Republican Voting Restrictions: ‘It’s Going To Backfire’
Colin Powell On Republican Voting Restrictions: ‘It’s Going To Backfire’:
"On Face the Nation this Sunday, Colin Powell, former Secretary of State under President George W. Bush, warned his fellow Republicans that the continuing push to restrict voting rights is going to “backfire” and harm the Republican Party"
"On Face the Nation this Sunday, Colin Powell, former Secretary of State under President George W. Bush, warned his fellow Republicans that the continuing push to restrict voting rights is going to “backfire” and harm the Republican Party"
13 Lies GMO Labeling Opponents Are Pushing to Keep People in the Dark | Alternet
13 Lies GMO Labeling Opponents Are Pushing to Keep People in the Dark | Alternet
"Like bad robots, they’re spitting out the same old, tired lies, designed to scare voters into voting against their own best interests. Here's the truth behind their lies."
"Like bad robots, they’re spitting out the same old, tired lies, designed to scare voters into voting against their own best interests. Here's the truth behind their lies."
Marijuana Reforms Continue to Sweep the Nation at a Blistering Pace | Alternet
Marijuana Reforms Continue to Sweep the Nation at a Blistering Pace | Alternet
"The 2013 state legislative session was unquestionably the most active on record in regard to the passage of marijuana law reform."
"The 2013 state legislative session was unquestionably the most active on record in regard to the passage of marijuana law reform."
Thousands March On 50th Anniversary of 'I Have A Dream' Speech
Thousands March On 50th Anniversary of 'I Have A Dream' Speech
"Thousands of marchers are in Washington today, fifty years after Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech during the March on Washington. Several of the attendees are still fighting for the same rights they rallied for fifty years ago."
"Thousands of marchers are in Washington today, fifty years after Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech during the March on Washington. Several of the attendees are still fighting for the same rights they rallied for fifty years ago."
We'd All Be Much Wealthier If We Acted Like a Society—Instead We Prop Up the Private Wealth of a Small Number of Elites | Alternet
We'd All Be Much Wealthier If We Acted Like a Society—Instead We Prop Up the Private Wealth of a Small Number of Elites | Alternet
"Privatize" means "Pay for it yourself." The practical consequence of this in an economy whose wealth and income are now more concentrated than at any time in the past 90 years is to make high-quality public goods available to fewer and fewer.'
"Privatize" means "Pay for it yourself." The practical consequence of this in an economy whose wealth and income are now more concentrated than at any time in the past 90 years is to make high-quality public goods available to fewer and fewer.'
7 Outrageous and Downright Horrific Statements From the Right-Wing Fringe Just This Week | Alternet
7 Outrageous and Downright Horrific Statements From the Right-Wing Fringe Just This Week | Alternet
"Will the homophobic, racist, sexist conservative noise never cease?"
"Will the homophobic, racist, sexist conservative noise never cease?"
Marching Into The Future
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The Fight For Equal Education Continues
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Honoring The Past And Looking Forward
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Saturday, August 24, 2013
Cruz's Tea Party Supporters: ‘Canada is Not Really Foreign Soil’
Cruz's Tea Party Supporters: ‘Canada is Not Really Foreign Soil’
"When it comes right down to it these Teabaggers don't really care if what comes out of their mouths makes any sense at all to people who don't think as they do, as the first lady's inane laugh attests, while another lady flat out admits to seeing things through a partisan prism. For them the fact that Ted Cruz was born in a foreign country doesn't matter because you can just pretend Canada isn't "foreign"."
"When it comes right down to it these Teabaggers don't really care if what comes out of their mouths makes any sense at all to people who don't think as they do, as the first lady's inane laugh attests, while another lady flat out admits to seeing things through a partisan prism. For them the fact that Ted Cruz was born in a foreign country doesn't matter because you can just pretend Canada isn't "foreign"."
This week in the War on Workers: Fending off the ALEC of the construction industry in California
www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/24/1233139/-This-week-in-the-War-on-Workers-Fending-off-the-ALEC-of-the-construction-industry-in-California
"California law requires that locally funded construction projects over $1,000 pay the prevailing wage. That is, public money doesn't go to drive down wages for construction workers throughout the region. The Associated Builders and Contractors, AKA the ALEC of the construction industry, doesn't like this so much. So it's been turning its attention to charter cities, which can make their own laws, trying to get cities to adopt charters and to eliminate the prevailing wage. This push employs some ridiculous myths, like the claim that cities can save 20 percent on their construction costs by eliminating the prevailing wage—the teeny tiny problem with that claim being that labor costs make up only 22 percent of construction costs in California."
"California law requires that locally funded construction projects over $1,000 pay the prevailing wage. That is, public money doesn't go to drive down wages for construction workers throughout the region. The Associated Builders and Contractors, AKA the ALEC of the construction industry, doesn't like this so much. So it's been turning its attention to charter cities, which can make their own laws, trying to get cities to adopt charters and to eliminate the prevailing wage. This push employs some ridiculous myths, like the claim that cities can save 20 percent on their construction costs by eliminating the prevailing wage—the teeny tiny problem with that claim being that labor costs make up only 22 percent of construction costs in California."
Thousands Gather For March On Washington 50th Anniversary
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'Who Knew We Would Have To Come Back 50 Years Later?'
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Schultz: 'Fight For Diversity, Understand Its Strength'
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Rep. Lewis: The Vote Is Precious, It Is Sacred
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New Generation Of Activists Fight Rights Abuses
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Melissa Harris-Perry's Roots In Civil Rights
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Modern Politics Energizes Civil Rights Movement Anew
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The Biggest Ongoing Disaster In The U.S. That You Haven't Heard Of
The Biggest Ongoing Disaster In The U.S. That You Haven't Heard Of
"With sinkholes to natural gas explosions to toxic-fume releases, the situation has forced the entire town to evacuate."
"With sinkholes to natural gas explosions to toxic-fume releases, the situation has forced the entire town to evacuate."
Thousands Converge in DC for New March on Washington | Common Dreams
Thousands Converge in DC for New March on Washington | Common Dreams
"Thousands gathered in the cool morning at Washington DC's national mall hours ahead of a planned new 'March on Washington' that marks the 50 year anniversary of Martin Luther King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech."
"Thousands gathered in the cool morning at Washington DC's national mall hours ahead of a planned new 'March on Washington' that marks the 50 year anniversary of Martin Luther King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech."
John Lewis At March On Washington: ‘I’m Not Going To Stand By And Let The Supreme Court Take The Right To Vote Away’
John Lewis At March On Washington: ‘I’m Not Going To Stand By And Let The Supreme Court Take The Right To Vote Away’: "When I stood here 50 years ago, I said one man, one vote is the African cry. It is ours, too. it must be ours," he began, before connecting the demands of 1963 to today's struggles.
New Jersey Senate Candidate To Single Mothers: Stop Relying On Food Stamps And Go To Work!
New Jersey Senate Candidate To Single Mothers: Stop Relying On Food Stamps And Go To Work!: "We never had to have SNAP, when I was a kid," he said, so other families don't really need it.
Minority Students At University of Texas Attacked By An Epidemic Of ‘Bleach Bombs’
Minority Students At University of Texas Attacked By An Epidemic Of ‘Bleach Bombs’: University of Texas student Bryan Davis is the latest student of color to be hit by such an attack.
Cruz Supporter Extends US Border To Include Canada
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Plutocrats' New Pitch: Let Us Rob You Now So You Can Plan Ahead for Poverty | Alternet
Plutocrats' New Pitch: Let Us Rob You Now So You Can Plan Ahead for Poverty | Alternet
"Pete Peterson & Co. kindly want to take your Social Security away to prevent you from imagining a dignified future."
"Pete Peterson & Co. kindly want to take your Social Security away to prevent you from imagining a dignified future."
How Can The Nation Deal With Soaring Cost Of College?
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Friday, August 23, 2013
Ted Cruz Follower: Canada Is Not Really Foreign Soil (VIDEO)
www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/23/1233378/-Ted-Cruz-Follower-Canada-Is-Not-Really-Foreign-Soil-VIDEO?detail=facebook
"Anyone wondering why Ted Cruz and other Right Wing Republican politicians continue to say things they are intelligent enough to know are wrong should understand that they are pandering to a base that has no interest in being educated. It is not that the Republican Right Wing base is less intelligent. They are willfully ignorant. They are unwilling to accept uncomfortable realities, so they live in a delusional bubble irrespective of consequences.
Ted Cruz was born on foreign soil from an American mother and a foreign father. That is fact. President Obama was born on American soil from an American mother and a foreign father. In effect there was never a real constitutional question regarding President Obama’s eligibility to be president. Irrespective of his parents, he was born on American soil. There is a constitutional question on Cruz’s eligibility based on the definition of ‘natural born citizen’. As such one would expect the Right Wing birthers to go after Ted Cruz."
"Anyone wondering why Ted Cruz and other Right Wing Republican politicians continue to say things they are intelligent enough to know are wrong should understand that they are pandering to a base that has no interest in being educated. It is not that the Republican Right Wing base is less intelligent. They are willfully ignorant. They are unwilling to accept uncomfortable realities, so they live in a delusional bubble irrespective of consequences.
Ted Cruz was born on foreign soil from an American mother and a foreign father. That is fact. President Obama was born on American soil from an American mother and a foreign father. In effect there was never a real constitutional question regarding President Obama’s eligibility to be president. Irrespective of his parents, he was born on American soil. There is a constitutional question on Cruz’s eligibility based on the definition of ‘natural born citizen’. As such one would expect the Right Wing birthers to go after Ted Cruz."
A Well-Educated Workforce Is Key to State Prosperity | Economic Policy Institute
A Well-Educated Workforce Is Key to State Prosperity | Economic Policy Institute
"What can state governments do to boost the economic well-being of their people? That is the central question of state economic policy. Incomes and wages can increase across an economy when productivity—production per capita—increases. States have many tools in their arsenal to increase productivity, including investments in public infrastructure, in technological innovation at public universities and other institutions, and in workers through the education and training systems. But many states have been retreating from their responsibility to ensure state economic growth that benefits all residents in favor of a short-sighted approach to economic development. In these states, the focus is on luring employers from other states with strategies that do not lead to rising incomes because they do not make the workforce more productive. Even worse, the focus drains resources from the most important, proven, path to increasing productivity: investments in education."
"What can state governments do to boost the economic well-being of their people? That is the central question of state economic policy. Incomes and wages can increase across an economy when productivity—production per capita—increases. States have many tools in their arsenal to increase productivity, including investments in public infrastructure, in technological innovation at public universities and other institutions, and in workers through the education and training systems. But many states have been retreating from their responsibility to ensure state economic growth that benefits all residents in favor of a short-sighted approach to economic development. In these states, the focus is on luring employers from other states with strategies that do not lead to rising incomes because they do not make the workforce more productive. Even worse, the focus drains resources from the most important, proven, path to increasing productivity: investments in education."
Dark Chapter In North Carolina Voting Success Story
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GOP-Led Board Closes Station, Targets Campus Voting
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Move To Block Student's Candidacy Casts Long Shadow
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Work-Around Sought For Damaged Voting Rights Act
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