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Picture of the Day for April 22, 2015: On the Subject of Americans’ Access to Doctors and Weapons
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
Posted in Health Care, Health Care Insurance, Physicians, United States
Tagged Guns, weapons
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Wisconsin Has Largest Decline of Middle Class of Any State According to New Study.
By Elaine Magliaro Scottie Lee Meyers of Wisconsin Public Radio wrote an article earlier this month about a new state-by-state analysis conducted by The Pew Charitable Trusts which shows that Wisconsin has “experienced the biggest decline in middle-class households in … Continue reading
Campaign 2016: Let the Running Begin…with a Handy Dandy “Candidate Kit” (Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video)
By Elaine Magliaro That time has arrived when prospective presidential candidates are “on the road” once again in densely populated states like Iowa and New Hampshire speaking to and eating with the regular folks—you know, the common working people these … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Campaign Finance, Humor, Media, Political Science, Politics, Short Video, United States
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Campaign 2016, Marco Rubio, Mark Fiore, Political Cartoon, POTUS, Rand Paul, Republicans, Senator Marco Rubio, Senator Rand Paul, Senator Ted Cruz, Ted Cruz
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Police Officers and Officials of Small Missouri Town Resign after First Black Mayor Is Elected
By Elaine Magliaro The town of Parma, Missouri, recently elected its first black mayor. Tyrus Byrd, a woman who served as the town clerk years ago, was sworn in as mayor last Tuesday. Prior to her swearing in, five of Parma’s six … Continue reading
Posted in Law Enforcement, Missouri, Racism, Society, United States
Tagged Parma (MO), Tyrus Byrd
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Ben Bernanke and the Revolving Door That Leads to Wall Street
By Elaine Magliaro Surprise! Surprise! Ben Bernanke, the former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, is going to “head down a well-beaten path” that many former federal government workers have headed down before him. As Kristin Cwalinski put it, Bernanke will … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Investing, United States, Wall Street
Tagged Ben Bernanke, Citadel Hedge Fund, Federal Reserve, Hedge Funds, Revolving Door
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Picture of the Day for April 19, 2015: Looking Back at a Time When Republicans Supported Labor and Unions
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
Posted in United States
Tagged Labor, Labor Unions, Picture of the Day, Republicans, Young Republicans
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Picture of the Day for April 17, 2015: Mitch McConnell and the Minimum Wage
Posted by Elaine Magliaro At a secret meeting of elite donors convened by the Koch brothers, McConnell laid out his plan for shrinking the federal government and whined about having to vote on minimum wage bills. (The Nation-August 26, 2014)
Posted in Conservatives, Government, Political Science, Politics, United States
Tagged ALEC, Congress, Minimum Wage, Mitch McConnell, Picture of the Day, Republicans, US Senate
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Political Cartoonist Mark Fiore Looks at Religious Freedom and Gay Commerce (VIDEO)
Posted by Elaine Magliaro Mark Fiore: What do you do when you sign a law that is perfectly fine and simply safeguards Religious Liberty for All in the great tradition of apple pie and God? Why, you urge your state … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Democracy, Documentrary Films, Equal Rights, Fundamentalism, Government, Homosexual Rights, Humor, Political Science, Politics, Religion, Rock and Roll, Short Video, Society, States, United States
Tagged Indiana, Mark Fiore, Mike Pence, Political Cartoon, Republicans
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