Obama Should Do Hillary a Solid and Elevate Cruz (Pull a “McCaskill”)
In her memoir published this summer, Claire McCaskill recounts for readers how she confounded political observers who assumed she would lose reelection to the U.S. Senate in right-of-center-leaning...
View ArticleGuns Don’t Kill People, Complacent Liberals Do
This week a pair of gunmen stormed the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California dressed in dark tactical gear and heavily armed with hand guns, assault-style weapons, and explosive devices....
View ArticleWhat You Get When You Vote Republican 'but Only for the Tax Cuts'
If you are under the age of 40 and have ever discussed politics with your peers you have no doubt encountered those who identify as Republican but are quick to tell you that they are not like those...
View ArticleRedefining “Moderate” in the Era of Trump and Cruz
In the week leading up to the New Hampshire primary, we were told over and over that while Iowa Republicans are typically more conservative and evangelical, New Hampshire Republicans tend to be more...
View ArticleWho on Earth Would Ever Agree to Be Trump’s Veep?
There is now a better than even chance that either billionaire reality television star Donald Trump or amateur Grandpa Munster impersonator and Texas U.S. Senator Ted Cruz will be the Republican...
View ArticleWidow Kicked Out of Her Home by Trump Treasury Pick's Bank Featured in Ad
Today, Allied Progress Action, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, and Demand Progress Action are jointly launching a TV ad featuring Lisa Fraser, a widow whose home was foreclosed on by Trump...
View ArticleMessage In A Bottle: Romney's Presidency Two Years In
I write this missive in the year 2014 from my small, poorly ventilated office in the Shandong Province of China where my job and millions of others have been outsourced by President Mitt Romney and his...
View ArticleCorporate Vultures Circling the Dead for Profit, Seeking to Change Unclaimed...
Over the weekend, the New York Times published a sprawling, nearly eight thousand-word story detailing for readers the fate of those who die alone in the Big Apple.Using the life and death of George...
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GOP's Serious 2016 Alternatives Have Serious Problems of Their Own
Once every four years when the Republican Party seeks to nominate a new Presidential standard bearer, GOP base voters latch onto extreme candidates and put their right-wing clown fetish on full...
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I'm With Stupid: Bathroom Politics and the Rise of Ben Carson
Imagine you are sitting in a focus group of swing-voters designed to assess their opinions of the various Republican candidates running for president in 2016.The moderator reads dryly from a sheet of...
View ArticlePayday Lenders Hoping for a Grand Old Party in 2016
Billed as a “quick cash” solution for life’s unexpected financial emergencies, payday lenders peddle this modern-day snake oil to 12 million hardworking men and women each year. For too many, a cycle...
View ArticleObama Should Do Hillary a Solid and Elevate Cruz (Pull a “McCaskill”)
In her memoir published this summer, Claire McCaskill recounts for readers how she confounded political observers who assumed she would lose reelection to the U.S. Senate in right-of-center-leaning...
View ArticleGuns Don’t Kill People, Complacent Liberals Do
This week a pair of gunmen stormed the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California dressed in dark tactical gear and heavily armed with hand guns, assault-style weapons, and explosive devices....
View ArticleWhat You Get When You Vote Republican 'but Only for the Tax Cuts'
If you are under the age of 40 and have ever discussed politics with your peers you have no doubt encountered those who identify as Republican but are quick to tell you that they are not like those...
View ArticleRedefining “Moderate” in the Era of Trump and Cruz
In the week leading up to the New Hampshire primary, we were told over and over that while Iowa Republicans are typically more conservative and evangelical, New Hampshire Republicans tend to be more...
View ArticleWho on Earth Would Ever Agree to Be Trump’s Veep?
There is now a better than even chance that either billionaire reality television star Donald Trump or amateur Grandpa Munster impersonator and Texas U.S. Senator Ted Cruz will be the Republican...
View ArticleWidow Kicked Out of Her Home by Trump Treasury Pick's Bank Featured in Ad
Today, Allied Progress Action, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, and Demand Progress Action are jointly launching a TV ad featuring Lisa Fraser, a widow whose home was foreclosed on by Trump...
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Does gay school board candidate = child predator?!
I originally joined DailyKos as user number 4602 on December 30, 2003. Needless to say, I haven't posted in forever but I am hoping the DailyKos community can come to my assistance.In February, I...
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