Wait...Who Made A Bad Choice For Their Nominee?

Republicans Are Not Fit For Public Office

Shelter-In-Place Reading

Coronavirus Bailouts Shouldn’t Reward Investors And CEOs, Democrats Say

Coronavirus Tracker

‘So tired of the rich profiting from every cataclysm’

Social Insurance in a Time of Pandemic

Visualizing the History of Pandemics

A Complete List of Trump’s Attempts to Play Down Coronavirus

Trump’s Company Paid Bribes to Reduce Property Taxes, Assessors Say

America’s Fox News Problem

Why the US Sucks at Building Public Transit

11 charts that explain the coronavirus pandemic

The Coronavirus Called America’s Bluff

Now Is the Time to Overreact

The Shopko Swindle — rewarding wealth instead of hard work

On Fox News, suddenly a very different tune about the coronavirus

Sen. Ron Johnson: We Shouldn’t Shut Down Economy Just Cause Up to 3.4 Percent of Infected Population Could Die

Trump’s $1 trillion stimulus is a gamble for reelection — and a sea change for Republicans once opposed to bailouts

Republicans suddenly find a bailout they can back

Rachel Maddow Names And Shames The 7 States Not 'Doing Much At All' About Coronavirus

Four senators sold stocks before coronavirus threat crashed market

Wisconsin Now the Reddest State?

Kellywise

Obama's Accomplishments

Racist Ranchers, Militias, and Other American Nuts

Playing With Fire

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Republicans Punishing The Poor

A Majority Rule Institution

"To give a minority a negative upon the majority (which is always the case where more than a majority is requisite to a decision), is, in its tendency, to subject the sense of the greater number to that of the lesser...A sixtieth part of the Union, which is about the proportion of Delaware and Rhode Island, has several times been able to oppose an entire bar to its operations. This is one of those refinements which, in practice, has an effect the reverse of what is expected from it in theory. The necessity of unanimity in public bodies, or of something approaching towards it, has been founded upon a supposition that it would contribute to security. But its real operation is to embarrass the administration, to destroy the energy of the government, and to substitute the pleasure, caprice, or artifices of an insignificant, turbulent, or corrupt junto, to the regular deliberations and decisions of a respectable majority. In those emergencies of a nation, in which the goodness or badness, the weakness or strength of its government, is of the greatest importance, there is commonly a necessity for action. The public business must, in some way or other, go forward. If a pertinacious minority can control the opinion of a majority, respecting the best mode of conducting it, the majority, in order that something may be done, must conform to the views of the minority; and thus the sense of the smaller number will overrule that of the greater, and give a tone to the national proceedings. Hence, tedious delays; continual negotiation and intrigue; contemptible compromises of the public good." ~ Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist No. 22

Is The Filibuster Unconstitutional?

Tax Cuts Do Not Boost The Economy

A recent Congressional Research Service report documented what many already knew: giving tax breaks to the rich helps concentrate wealth at the top, but it does not boost the economy (as reported here).

Taxes & The Economy: An Economic Analysis Of The Top Tax Rates Since 1945.

Republicans Angry Economy Improving

As the USA Today reported, regarding Republicans accusations and conspiracies over the latest jobs report:

"Bollocks,"' Wharton School economist Justin Wolfers said. "Once you understand how the numbers are collected and processed, you understand that it's literally impossible to fool with the numbers.''

Manipulating the unemployment rate would require the cooperation of thousands of people -- not to mention violating federal laws.

The unemployment rate is based on a survey of 60,000 households, conducted at the middle of each month because holidays, which can result in short-term hiring or layoffs, are usually at the beginning or end of a month, said Karen Kosanovich, an economist at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics who works on the survey.

About 1,500 Census workers gather the data, and the survey dates back to 1940, Kosanovich said.

Romney/Ryan: Bankrupt

Romney's Unmanageable Messaging Machine

Taxes, Voter Fraud & Campaign Finance

For Further Reading:

The Fraudulence Of Voter Fraud
The Myth Of Voter Fraud
The Voter Fraud Hoax
Voter ID Fact Sheet
Voter Identification
The Right To Vote & Voter Suppression
Voter Suppression

Mitt "O.G." Romney

Republicans have been beating on the idea that Unions are the worst. (Eyes off the 1%.) Yes, those unionized bastards living a seemingly middle-class lifestyle are living the high life. They are thugs...undeserving barbarians. Do-nothings living off the government teat.

Enter Mitt Romney.

Rachel Maddow has a great expose(s) on this O.G. The most outlandishly gangsta thug out there.

If we want to see an entitled, do-nothing slug living off the public teat (or the benefits obtained from politically buying such) look no further than Thug Romney.

Republicans Killing Unions In Wisconsin

h/t Crooks & Liars

Also watch - Martin Bashir to GOP leadership: Congratulations on undermining the country

And, don't forget:

36 Reasons Why You Should Thank a Union

1. Weekends
2. All Breaks at Work, including your Lunch Breaks
3. Paid Vacation
4. FMLA
5. Sick Leave
6. Social Security
7. Minimum Wage
8. Civil Rights Act/Title VII (Prohibits Employer Discrimination)
9. 8-Hour Work Day
10. Overtime Pay
11. Child Labor Laws
12. Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA)
13. 40 Hour Work Week
14. Worker's Compensation (Worker's Comp)
15. Unemployment Insurance
16. Pensions
17. Workplace Safety Standards and Regulations
18. Employer Health Care Insurance
19. Collective Bargaining Rights for Employees
20. Wrongful Termination Laws
21. Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
22. Whistleblower Protection Laws
23. Employee Polygraph Protect Act (Prohibits Employer from using a lie detector test on an employee)
24. Veteran's Employment and Training Services (VETS)
25. Compensation increases and Evaluations (Raises)
26. Sexual Harassment Laws
27. Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
28. Holiday Pay
29. Employer Dental, Life, and Vision Insurance
30. Privacy Rights
31. Pregnancy and Parental Leave
32. Military Leave
33. The Right to Strike
34. Public Education for Children
35. Equal Pay Acts of 1963 & 2011 (Requires employers pay men and women equally for the same amount of work)
36. Laws Ending Sweatshops in the United States

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs?

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Republicans Like Big Government

... at least according to their administrations' policies and outcomes.



Maddow Hits Romney For Using 'Overpaid' Firefighters For Photo Op

The Surprisingly Shrinking Government Footprint

Reince's War On Women

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Republicans Wrong Again

"Let Detroit Die"

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