Not just pro-gun, but fervently anti-government. Again: The National Rifle Association is a far-right conservative organization whose corporate sponsors just happen to be gun companies. The spending underlines a broader shift by the NRA to step up support for Republicans at the expense of Democrats, in contrast to the past where it would back Democratic […]
Inside the GOP’s ‘secret school’ on how to not become the next Todd Akin
Clearly they haven’t learned 2012’s real lesson If you are the Republican official in charge of making sure that your party’s nominees didn’t end up becoming the next Richard Mourdock or Todd Akin, what would you do? Yeah, yeah, I know—you’d look in the mirror and wonder where your life went wrong. But apparently in […]
Texas hospital staff had to learn Ebola protocols on the fly
A second nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, the hospital where Thomas Eric Duncan became the first Ebola fatality in the U.S., has tested positive for Ebola. With that news comes the revelation that the hospital was ill-prepared to handle such an infectious disease, and that it was learning the Ebola protocols as it […]
Control of the Senate runs though South Dakota reservations, and you’re helping GOTV
President Calvin Coolidge poses with unidentified tribal leaders after signing the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924. It was supposed to ensure all Indians had the right to vote, but it took several court cases over the next 46 years to make it stick. Efforts to suppress the Indian vote have continued up to the present […]
Since St. Louis has decided against releasing a report, here’s the timeline of Mike Brown’s death
Mike Brown, an unarmed teenager, was shot and killed in the middle of the street by Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson on a hot and hazy Saturday afternoon on August 9, 2014. For over two months, people have practically begged the St. Louis County Police Department to release a detailed incident report of the […]
Michelle Nunn leads proud outsourcer David Perdue in latest poll
Another day, another piece of evidence proudly defending your career as an outsourcer isn’t the way to win a U.S. Senate election. The latest: ATLANTA — For the first time, Michelle Nunn leads the race for Georgia’s Senate seat. In an exclusive 11Alive poll conducted by Survey USA, Democrat Michelle Nunn leads likely voters 48 […]
Cartoon: No boots about it
Tom Cotton wants to restore bank profits in federal student loan programs
Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR) In 2010, Democrats cut the middle man—the banks—out of federal student loans. Federal loan subsidies that had been going to banks instead started going to things like increasing Pell Grants and strengthening Income-Based Repayment programs. Republicans started screaming about a federal takeover of a federal program. It’s now 2014, and Arkansas […]
Obamacare rate shock? Not for 2015.
Satisfied customers. Our friend Charles Gaba is keeping an eye on premium rates in Obamacare plans for 2015. He features this post from PricewaterhouseCoopers on the latest six states to report. Among the six states and DC with final rate announcements, the average premium (across metal tiers and ages) is about $328, and the average […]
Stephen Colbert brutally mocks GOP efforts to win over women voters
Remember that ridiculously insulting “Yes to the Dress” ad from the College Republican National Committee? Well, Stephen came up with an ad of his own to get women to vote Republican. (How much do you want to bet that some Republican strategist somewhere is actually lamenting “Why didn’t we think of that?!”) Full video after […]