Lord Boustany took $1.25 M From Health Industry - Malpractice as well?
It seems that more and more is coming out about the repugnant's choice for "Just Say No" tonight.Reuters is reporting: (bolding mine)Republican Congressman Slated to Oppose President Obama's Health...
View ArticleEarly Money IS Like Yeast - thanks to Kossacks w/poll
I have not been a fan of EMILY's List in recent cycles, but I love the concept.I sometimes think that EMILY's has jumped into high-profile races later rather than earlier to claim a winner.Be that as...
View ArticleMark Kirk's (IL-10) Repugnant Health Care Response w/poll
After more than two weeks I finally received a boilerplate email response from Mark Kirk's to my many phone calls and emails. As expected, the response did NOT address any of the issues I raised, nor...
View ArticleIL-11: "Scozzafavaed?" Kinzinger Bolts Debate
Following the classy temper tantrum of former Congressman Tom Tancredo, the Kankakee Daily Journal (subscription only) is reporting today that at the recent GOP candidates' debate, "GOP candidate Adam...
View ArticleSchool Superintendent CONFIRMS Covert Spying
As an educator I have been following this story all day. See currently Rec'd Diary School disciplines student for inappropriate... by b00g13p0pI was shocked at first, thinking it was some irate parent...
View ArticleUPDATE 2x Covert School "Security" and 4th Amendment w/poll
Yesterday news broke (and exposed here on dKOS long before it reached traditional outlets :) that a Pennsylvania school district had the capability of remotely and covertly activating webcams on more...
View ArticleMark "Flippy" Kirk - Once an ass, always an ass.
Sometimes living in IL-10 makes me sick. First Mark Kirk BEGS Sister Sarah to give him an endorsement.Then he demands (wimpers) remains silent about REPEAL revision (uh, maybe just ignore some parts)...
View ArticleMark Kirk (IL-10) LIES about Medicare w/poll
Waking up to mail from Mark Kirk always means a new day full of lies, half-truths, tap-dancing, and spin.Today, as promised, Kirk has begun detailing all of the Medicare "cuts" he sees beginning this...
View ArticleUPDATED: Kirk - IL Sen: Faked Military Record?
Several local bloggers are reporting the story that Republican Senate Candidate Mark Kirk may have fudged his military record until he was recently called-out about it.Credit goes to Ellen's Illinois...
View ArticleIL Sen: Chicago Tribune Exposes Kirk AGAIN
Yeah, I know. Another Mark Kirk diary...Why, you ask? Because Kirk stories are breaking in Chicago every day and the traditional media is for the most part, giving Kirk a pass. WE, the reports of...
View ArticleIL GOV: Shady Bill Brady and guns
"Shady" Bill Brady recently received the endorsement of the National Rifle Association.Today Jim Brady, the former Press Secretary injured in the assassination attempt on President Reagan, issued a...
View ArticleIL SEN: Kirk - Minority Voter Intimidation
Illinois blogger Archpundit has the audiotape of Mark Kirk proudly boasting how he is funding the largest voter intimidation program in the past 15 years.Where The Other Side Might Be Tempted to Jigger...
View ArticleMedia Cycle Hijacking and MLK Day
This is not a long diary, but it contains a connection that I haven't seen others make yet. If there has been a diary on this topic, I missed it and apologize in advance. Wednesday, January 12, 2011:A...
View ArticleManagement Support for Walker crumbling w/Poll
Urged on by itskevin , who said this would make a good diary, I'm expanding several earlier comments into one diary.Early on, firefighters withdrew their support of the governor. But that was...
View ArticleWI: Walker STILL full of B*%&^$t UPDATE 1x
I just read this in The Business Journal serving Greater Milwaukee in article titled Walker will comply with court order (bolding mine):Walker said the media erroneously reported Wednesday that his...
View ArticleMilwaukee paper details Cain "set-up"
We've all read the excuses:"Herman was tired. He only had four hours sleep""These interviews can go on for up to six hours.""Herman was just 'pausing' to collect his thoughts."Well, CNN just revealed...
View ArticleLimbaugh's Forced "Apology"
UPDATE: Politically correct title inserted.Well, it looks as if even the rush-blob understands the power of advertisers. I won't link to his site, so here is his "statement." (Note that he calls it a...
View ArticleMy reply to Carbonite CEO RE: Limbaugh
This morning I received an automated reply to my complaint letter to Dave Friend, CEO of Carbonite (david.friend@carbonite.com). I think it falls far short of the mark:I have received so many emails...
View ArticleWisconsin GAB has more than enough signatures to recall Walker
I have been following the great news today: Texas Voter ID Law stopped by DOJ Wisconsin Voter ID Law ruled unconstitutional by Wisconsin judge Four Wisconsin Senate Recall Elections to move forwardBut...
View ArticleInvestigate all WI judges who voted in Repug primaries
I keep seeing "news" articles about the Landmark complaint which wants the 29 Wisconsin judges investigated for signing a statewide petition...A national conservative advocacy group is asking the...
View ArticleFaux Noise tries to cover for Romney (again)
I had to chuckle with the "facts" presented in the unsigned Faux Noise article currently being linked about Romney on the current Google News feed, "Romney demands Reid come clean about attacks,...
View ArticleUpdated x4 w poll: Bain Tax Bombshell Bigger than Before
With the release of the Gawker Files and assuming they are accurate (no one has yet to claim they are not), some interesting new information is now in public view.Take, for example, the case of Bain...
View ArticleHonor Neil Armstrong: WE did this.
Astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man on moon, died today at age 82.But the dream did not die. WE will not let the dream die.The dream WE, the American People - the American GOVERNMENT, working...
View ArticleBain-Romney Tax Bombshells Chapter 2 - UPDATE 7x
Mit Romney's Bain Tax Woes just keep getting bigger and bigger as analysts from all over the country weigh in on their suspect and perhaps illegal nature.On Friday, in my diary Bain Tax Bombshell...
View ArticleLA TIMES: Romney's '47%' includes thousands of millionaires
from the LA Times:To hear Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney tell it, the "47%" of people who pay no federal income taxes are a bunch of government-hugging freeloaders who aren't pulling their...
View ArticleBohner BS: "His economic policies have failed." w/poll
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is now joking, "I just hope I survive."It ain't no joke, John. Down-ticket repugs are tanking everywhere. Glad to see you are joining the crowd.But something else...
View ArticleRomney: NOT campaigning; just harvesting MONEY
Well, Mit Romney is once again demonstrating his Bain "business" expertise.Several recent diaries have questioned the geographic strategy of Mittens' and Lyin Ryan's most recent "campaign"...
View ArticleRe-send, Re-tweet Jed's Romney v. Romney Debate w/poll
For years Jed Lewison has been a genius in wading through the muck and creating clear and concise videos.On Saturday he did it again. Granted, Rmoney gave him so much to work with. But this one needs...
View ArticleI am an EDUCATOR, not an Armed Thug
The sickness which is the NRA was today exposed to the entire world.How shameful.Many citizens by choice furthered their own education to offer what they could for the betterment of society. This...
View ArticleIllinois: Hope for Marriage Equality
Today I received an email (below the magic squiggle with links to support Marriage Equality) from Illinois Governor Pat Quinn. It asked me to contact my state legislator, which I did.A few moments ago...
View ArticleWI: WalkerGate 2 - national media SLOWLY beginning to notice W/Poll
If you don't live in or near Wisconsin you can still help today. This story needs much wider national exposure.Scott (I take calls from the Koch brothers only) Walker is often trotted out as one of the...
View ArticleFords and Solo Cups: Crazy Blackburn totally destroys HERSELF. UPDATE x3
Hurray for Kathleen Sebelius telling it like is and keeping her cool during the latest House GOP Witch Hunt. It was sooo nice to see an adult in the room.As for Wingnut Rep Blackburn and her jabbing...
View ArticleSmoking Gun: The Rand Paul Solution to Plagiarism - NEW: Official Paul...
The Rand Paul solution to eliminating reporting of his many documented plagiarisms:Wacko, wacko, wacko, wacko wingnut.It is obvious that many Teapublicans live in the past, but most of them usually...
View ArticleRand Paul Spokesman Puts Foot in Mouth
Today’s news reports all seem to be quoting Paul the Youngster’s advisor Doug Stafford and his short but confusing press release.The way Stafford contradicts himself is far more entertaining than the...
View ArticleMAJOR Problem with CBS "apology" W/Poll
I've just been reading CBS' own version of their retraction/takedown/denial/excuses and something just doesn't fit. Their full statement is at the link.Below are direct excerpts (in the order they...
View ArticlePEOPLE VOTE. Tumbleweeds and Mountain Tops Don't.
Back when it was legal in Illinois to post campaign signs on telephones, we got a kick out of one very tall conservative frantically running around with his step ladder, flooding the district with...
View Article"Chaotic" in Utah? Hardly. (with poll)
This is a very Merry Christmas day. I'm waiting for family to arrive so I have a little time to reflect upon all that has transpired this past week in the great state of Utah.First there is the...
View ArticleThe Boldface LIE in Christie's statement
So it took Chris Christie SEVEN HOURS in hiding to craft this (bolding mine):What I've seen today for the first time is unacceptable. I am outraged and deeply saddened to learn that not only was I...
View ArticleAnyone have Christie office blueprints?
Today the Wall Street Journal reports the following:Christie Cabinet Member Told of Bridge Lane ClosuresA cabinet-level member of Gov. Chris Christie's staff was alerted within hours of the discovery...
View ArticleNorthJersey.com 'partisan' and 'openly hostile'
Shock of all shocks. MSNBC at fault for good investigative reporting. Kudos to MSNBC, but even more kudos to the Bergen Group (The Record and NorthJersey.com).NorthJersey.com, NO. 1 IN BREAKING LOCAL...
View ArticleHoboken mayor turns over journal to U.S. Attorney’s Office UPDATED w/poll
This was just posted at NorthJersey.comHoboken mayor turns over journal to U.S. Attorney’s Office, which she says documents Sandy aid claimsHoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer turned over her journal and other...
View ArticleFaux Noise confirms Zimmer Sandy numbers
As reported today by CNN, Mayor Dawn Zimmer told CNN and others the following (bolding mine):After Sandy, Hoboken was 80% underwater. Zimmer told CNN last week that Hoboken received only about $300,000...
View ArticleWI: Scott.Walker.FAIL. w/poll
PoliticsUSA has a great read analyzing the Faux Noise video of the latest Walker-slide-shuffle-dodge when asked about his knowledge and use of the ILLEGAL network in his Milwaukee County Executive...
View ArticleStrange Headlines out of Wisconsin w/poll
While Scott Walker continues to stonewall any questions about the emails showing illegal campaign and official coordination which were recently released to the public, it seems his lawyer is very busy...
View ArticleBrett Smiley: Providence Progressive with Plans
Brett Smiley is a progressive Democrat running for Mayor of Providence, RI. His campaign has been mentioned here in Top Comments, but no one has yet posted a diary on his campaign.Last week Brett...
View ArticleBirth Control: The Insurance Companies could fix this
As I understand it, one of the purposes of The Affordable Health Care Act was to accomplish it's title - making health care more affordable.One of the ways we are told health care becomes more...
View ArticleFederal Court Lifts Injunction in Walker Case
From the AP through ABC NewsThe three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling that halted the probe, but the judges found state courts are the proper venue to...
View ArticleWOO HOO: Supreme Court blocks Wisconsin's voter ID law
Breaking from USA Today:WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday night blocked Wisconsin from implementing its new voter identification law on the eve of next month's elections. The action reverses...
View ArticleRepugnant Government: Ryan's "Leadership"
Repugnant government:Entire city of Flint, MI is poisoned by repugnant government. Republican action after three years? NONESUSPECTED lead in Congressional office buildings. Republican action?...
View ArticleThe Imagined Putin-Trump Phone Transcript
(transcribed from my secret monitoring the Russian cyber hack specialists...)PUTIN: “So what can I do for you today, Donnie?”DUMB DONNIE: “I really need something I can give to people that shows what...
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