Report: Secret investigation ongoing into possible state government issues

Report: Secret investigation ongoing into possible state government issuesMonday, October 21, 2013 9:27 a.m. CDT Wisconsin State Capitol at night MADISON, WI (WTAQ)...

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Jon Stewart on CNN: Wolf Blitzer Asked Michele Bachmann to ‘Dumb it Down’ (Video)

Jon Stewart on CNN: Wolf Blitzer Asked Michele Bachmann to ‘Dumb it Down’ (Video) Dailies | By Brent Lang on October 30, 2013 @ 8:05 am Stewart says CNN has reduced everything to good or bad, and that’s worse than being partisanCNN may eschew the liberal politics of MSNBC and the conservative worldview of Fox News in the spirit of journalistic objectivity, but Jon Stewart says CNN is being worse than partisan: It’s being shallow.“CNN...

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Stone Her!!!

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Jim Crow II

Jim Crow II A history of the fight for voting rights and the movement to restrict them once again.Ari Berman October 22, 2013   |    This article appeared in the November 11, 2013 edition of The Nation.  Selma to Montgomery march, 1965. (Bruce Davidson/Magnum)In 1962, Bernard Lafayette Jr., a slim, erudite, 21-year-old civil rights activist with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating...

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GREED? THY NAME IS AYN

GREED? THY NAME IS AYNIn Business, History, Politics, Social commentary on March 13, 2013 at 12:00 am “Thirty years after her death, Ayn Rand’s ideas have never been more important.“Unfettered capitalism, unregulated business, bare-bones government providing no social services, glorification of selfishness, disdain for Judeo-Christian morality—these are the tenets of Rand’s harsh philosophy.”So reads the jacket blurb for Ayn...

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Fox News: You can oppose non-discrimination law because being LGBT is just a ‘belief’

Fox News: You can oppose non-discrimination law because being LGBT is just a ‘belief’By David EdwardsThursday, October 31, 2013 13:39 EDT Fox News anchor Bret Baier suggested to his viewers on Wednesday that a good reason to oppose a law to prevent discrimination against LGBT people was that “beliefs” like sexual orientation could “conflict with a company’s goals.”During a segment on Fox News’ Special Report, Baier noted that Democrats were pushing...

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The Seven Types Of A**holes In Washington

The Seven Types Of A**holes In Washington Arthur Delaney Become a fan arthur@huffingtonpost.com   WASHINGTON -- Herewith, a definitive guide to the seven types of assholes running Washington according to the people who know them best. 1. Absolute Asshole Tom Coburn, a Republican senator from Oklahoma, said last week that he doesn't...

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House Republicans Skip Obamacare Briefing They Furiously Demanded

House Republicans Skip Obamacare Briefing They Furiously DemandedThe Huffington Post  |  By Sabrina Siddiqui Watch Here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/30/house-republicans-obamacare-briefing_n_4178762.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003 For all their fury, most of the House Republicans who had demanded their own closed-door briefing from the administration on President Barack Obama's struggling health care rollout...

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You're Paying A Ton To Subsidize Fast Food's Poverty Wages

You're Paying A Ton To Subsidize Fast Food's Poverty Wages  The Huffington Post  |  Posted: 10/18/2013 2:39 pm EDT  | Taxpayers spend about $7 billion per year to help pay workers who are employed by an industry that rakes in $200 billion annually.That's...

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FRC Literally Prays To God To Kill ENDA And Keep LGBT People From ‘Inappropriate Occupations’

FRC Literally Prays To God To Kill ENDA And Keep LGBT People From ‘Inappropriate Occupations’ by David Badash on October 31, 2013No doubt you are always amused when anti-gay hate groups bemoan their all-too-well-earned label of anti-gay hate group. They always claim it’s unfair, that they aren’t haters, that they’re merely following God’s will, or God’s word, or that it’s the fault of the liberal Southern Poverty Law Center which calls anyone...

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Can ‘dramatically different cognitive styles’ explain tea partiers’ rage?

 Can ‘dramatically different cognitive styles’ explain tea partiers’ rage?By Joshua Holland, Moyers & CompanyThursday, October 31, 2013 8:16 EDTA growing body of research suggests that we are a nation divided not only by partisanship or how we view various issues, but also by dramatically different cognitive styles. Sociologists and psychologists are getting a better understanding about the ways that deep seated emotional responses effect...

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Fox Nation vs. Reality: Putting Words In The President’s Mouth

Fox Nation vs. Reality: Putting Words In The President’s Mouth via News Corpse The determination of Fox News to criticize President Obama over anything that he says or does is well established. They have a knee-jerk negative response to his every utterance, even if he is agreeing with them. But apparently that isn’t even an aggressive enough expression of disgust. So now they are inventing quotations that never occurred and assigning...

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The Blame Game

The Blame Game by Bill ...

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‘Melting’ Starfish Along West Coast Prompts Fukushima Fears

 ‘Melting’ Starfish Along West Coast Prompts Fukushima Fearsby Mikael ThalenOctober 29th, 2013 Updated 10/30/2013 at 11:31 pm Scientists are attempting to find out why one species of starfish is literally melting in the waters off of Washington state and Canada.Biologists in Seattle took to the Puget Sound waters last weekend to collect sick and healthy sunflower starfish for testing. Several labs including one at Cornell University will examine and compare samples with Canadian specimens already being analyzed“We’ve got some sea...

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Brilliant! ‘The Far-Right Zone’ Parody Of Abortion Laws

  Brilliant! ‘The Far-Right Zone’ Parody Of Abortion Laws Posted on October 30, 2013 By WG Tea Party, Videos ‘Wendy’ wants to get an abortion, but she finds that she can only do it if it’s witnessed by a cop and her brother. Oh, and don’t forget the actor who portrays Jes...

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Crashed When Launched, Will You Shut Down Your Whole Party?"

Crashed When Launched, Will You Shut Down Your Whole Party?"  LeftActionThe HealthCare.gov web site has had some high profile glitches since launch, and it's understandable that there is pressure to get them fixed.Prominent Republicans, however, have gone a step further, claiming that the web site glitches mean that health care reform as a whole should be scrapped. The one thing they apparently forgot, however, is that the Republican Party...

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Krystal Ball: Greg Abbott Makes Wendy Davis Texas Governorship Possible (VIDEO)

Krystal Ball: Greg Abbott Makes Wendy Davis Texas Governorship Possible (VIDEO) Krystal Ball exposed Greg Abbott on MSNBC “The Cycle.” She provides a funny but fact based analysis of his idiocy. Greg Abbott is currently Texas Attorney General. He is running in the Republican Gubernatorial primary that he is likely to win.It is common knowledge that education in Texas compares poorly with other states. Texas is the state with the highest percentage...

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The Definitive List Of 50 Stupid Republican Quotes

The Definitive List Of 50 Stupid Republican Quotes  By Tiffany Willis on June 9, 2013For THE most entertaining stupid quotes of all time, there is NOTHING to beat stupid Republican quotes! Who would entertain us if we lost all of the GOP politicians? The things that so many of them say are stupid, out-of-touch, and sometimes, downright crazy. Here is a list of some of the dumbest comments Republicans have ever made.1. “If this were a...

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