Republicans said Sunday that the new GOP-led Congress will focus the Senate's agenda on jobs and the economy. Charlie Baker (and Martha Coakley) ran on jobs and the economy. We know how that turned out. Unemployment in the USA and the … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2015
R. I. P. Senator Ed Brooke
Senator Ed Brooke (1967-1979) passed away today at the age of 95. He was the first African-American elected to the US Senate since Reconstruction, and while nominally a Republican it seems even by the standards of his day he was in the … [Read more...]
Major Baker Appointee Exploited the Developmentally Disabled
Charlie Baker announced yesterday the appointment of failed Congressional candidate John Chapman as Undersecretary for Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation. For those who've forgotten, take a look at this stunt Chapman pulled during … [Read more...]
Joke Revue: “House Majority Whip Calls for Clearer Labelling of White Supremacists”
Borowitz: House Majority Whip Calls for Clearer Labelling of White Supremacists WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) said on Tuesday that he would introduce a new bill requiring clearer labelling … [Read more...]
A LIBERAL GIANT IS DEAD…HIS SPIRIT LIVES ON
I remember watching the 1984 Democratic Convention with my late mother, a first generation Italo-American, in which the recently elected New York Governor Mario Cuomo fearlessly challenged President Reagan's trickle down economics in a … [Read more...]
R.I.P. NY Governor Mario Cuomo
Hon. Mario Cuomo, 52nd Governor of New York (1983-1995), passed away today at the age of 82. He was known as a liberal giant who was very close to running for President and a strong contender for a Clinton nomination to the Supreme Court. … [Read more...]
New Year open thread
Happy New Year everyone! I invite you to use this thread to reflect on 2014 and look forward to 2015. What were the biggest stories, surprises, winners/losers, best/worst, etc. for 2014? What plans, predictions, or resolutions do you … [Read more...]
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