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Is Lard Butt Limbaugh Really Toast? Another Radio Station Drops Him Like a “Bad Habit”
By Elaine Magliaro Over at Salon, Eric Boehlert has an article about Rush Limbaugh–the porcine, cigar-smoking, right-wing talk show host–being dropped by yet another radio station. Boehlert said that the bad news for the bloated bloviator is that things continue … Continue reading
Picture of the Day for June 13, 2015: On the Subject of Governor Scott Walker and Fascism (VIDEO)
By Elaine Magliaro On Monday, Mike Spindell published a post titled Scott Walker: The Fascist Who Might Be President. In it, Mike said he thinks that the current governor of Wisconsin “is a Fascist in action and belief.” Mike added, “It may be true … Continue reading
Posted in Campaign Finance, Conservatives, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, Government, Labor Movement, Oligarchy, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, States, Tea Party, United States, Wisconsin
Tagged Fascists, Governor Scott Walker, Labor Unions, Mussolini, Picture of the Day, Republicans, Scott Walker
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Governor Rick Snyder and the Unraveling of Democracy in the State of Michigan
By Elaine Magliaro Loretta Gottesdeiner of Tom’s Dispatch has an article over at Salon titled “Something is rotten in Michigan”: Poisoned water supplies, dissolved school districts and a massive unraveling of American democracy. Gottesdeiner says that Michigan Governor “Rick Snyder … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Conservatives, Corruption, Democracy, Government, Local Government, Political Science, Politics, Society, States, United States
Tagged Governor Rick Snyder, Michigan, Michigan Emergency Managers, Republicans
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Picture of the Day for May 12, 2015: Regarding the GOP’s War on Women
Posted by Elaine Magliaro Here’s a “Picture of the Day” that I think is an appropriate follow-up to the article that I posted this morning titled The Public Shaming of Unwed Mothers: Regarding Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and Florida’s 2001 … Continue reading
What’s the Matter with Kansas?: How Governor Sam Brownback Threatened to Defund the Judiciary If It Rules Against a Law He Favors
By Elaine Magliaro Things just keep getting worse in the state of Kansas thanks to the policies and political actions of its governor Sam Brownback. Steve Benen of MSNBC said, “If the spectacular failures of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s (R) … Continue reading
Picture of the Day for June 8, 2015: The De-evolution of the Republican Party
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
“Shoot with Cruz” Campaign Fundraiser Reserves the Right to Conduct Background Checks on Potential Winners
By Elaine Magliaro Brendan James has an interesting article about presidential candidate Ted Cruz and one of his campaign fundraisers over at Talking Points Memo. As part of a recently launched “Shoot with Cruz” fundraiser, the Republican senator from Texas … Continue reading
Wisconsin Judges Considering “John Doe” Criminal Investigation into Scott Walker May Be Implicated in Same Kind of Offense
By Elaine Magliaro In April, I wrote a post about the Wisconsin Supreme Court being slated to take up a “John Doe” criminal investigation of alleged coordination between Friends of Scott Walker and “independent” groups during the tumultuous 2011-2012 recall elections. Mary … Continue reading
Injustice in America: Regarding Texas’s Restrictive and Racist Voter ID Law and the Innocent Citizens It Disenfranchises (VIDEOS)
By Elaine Magliaro Patrick Svitek of The Texas Tribune reported yesterday that presidential hopeful and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would use her speech today in Houston “to call for expanded early voting across the country and criticize states … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Courts, Democracy, Equal Rights, Government, Justice, Political Science, Politics, Racism, RNC, SCOTUS, Short Video, Society, States, United States
Tagged Campaign Legal Center, GOP, Justice Ginsburg, Paul Weyrich, Republican Party, Republicans, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Texas, Voter Disenfranchisement, Voter ID Laws, Voter Suppression, Voting, Voting Rights
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On the Subject of Jeb Bush’s Team of Foreign Policy Advisers and Neocon Warmonger Paul Wolfowitz (With a Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video)
By Elaine Magliaro Political cartoonist Mark Fiore: Jeb Bush has performed a valuable service with his recent missteps and flubs, he’s reminded the world of the baggage he willingly carries. I’m not tarring him with the same brush as George … Continue reading
Posted in American History, CIA, Conservatives, Countries, FBI, Foreign Policy, George W. Bush, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Humor, Iraq, Neoconservatives, Political Science, Politics, Presidents, Propaganda, Short Video, United States, War, War on "Terror"
Tagged Department of Defense, Iraq War, Jeb Bush, Mark Fiore, Neocons, Paul Wolfowitz, Political Cartoon, Republicans
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