President Obama apparently channeled Teddy Roosevelt today. Or maybe it was Elizabeth Warren. Anyway, check out the video -- full transcript of the whole speech here. Obama on 'Trickle Down' Economics: 'It Doesn't Work, It Has Never … [Read more...]
Archives for December 6, 2011
Tending the local garden
Three things that I should know, that I don't: Who's the person to replace Barney Frank? Is there an obvious front-runner for the affections of progs-'n'-blogs? I keep hearing Khazei, and while I like him and think he's a fine fellow … [Read more...]
“Sen. Brown’s politics are tailor made for New York Republicans”
Quote from GOP lobbyist and Scott Brown bundler Wayne Berman, to iWatch News. Who are these New York Republicans, you ask? Why none other than Berman's clients: "financial heavyweights like the Blackstone Group and Carlyle … [Read more...]
Cuomo caves to protesters, will hike taxes on rich New Yorkers
Uh oh! Punishing the Job Creators! From Raw Story: After facing repeated protests over his resistance to raising taxes on wealthy New Yorkers, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo relented on Tuesday, striking a deal with legislators that will boost state … [Read more...]
Dispatch from DC: Waiting for Scott Brown
Right now, more than 100 activists from Massachusetts are waiting in US Senator Scott Brown's office. We're here because we want to talk to our senator. We've been waiting for three hours, getting conflicting reports. When constituents … [Read more...]
Republican political aide in Maryland guilty of voter fraud.
We've already learned a lot about "The GOP War on Voting" from Ari Berman courtesy of Rolling Stone. "As the nation gears up for the 2012 presidential election, Republican officials have launched an unprecedented, centrally coordinated … [Read more...]
Alan Grayson to the FED: “The Emperor has no clothes”
Thanks to Alan Grayson and his odd partnership with Ron Paul, the GAO did an audit of the Federal Reserve Bank. The full audit can be found here: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11696.pdf Grayson says $16,115,000,000,000.00 … [Read more...]