Uh-oh, Reince Priebus has figured out the scheme: RNC Chairman: Tom Steyer, Democratic allies trying to keep GOP voters away from polls By Reince Priebus – Published October 14, 2014 – FoxNews.com Tom Steyer’s dark money special interest group, NextGen Climate, knows Democrats can’t win this election on the issues this year—especially not on Steyer’s […]
Spotlight on green news & views: Hell-on-wheels in the Bakken, seeing CO2, Paul Ryan still denying
Atlantic sunrise off Florida. See matching mole’s post. Many environmentally related posts appearing at Daily Kos each week don’t attract the attention they deserve. To help get more eyeballs, Spotlight on Green News & Views (previously known as the Green Diary Rescue) appears twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The most recent Saturday Spotlight […]
Obamacare enrollment begins in a month. Here’s what you need to know.
We’re just a month away from the launch of 2015’s open enrollment period for Obamacare plans, and here’s another reminder that it’s smart to shop around, again, for plans on the marketplace whether that be Healthcare.gov or a state exchange. Why? So you can save money, primarily. PriceWaterhouseCooper’s Healthcare Institute found that on average, premiums […]
Cartoon: The bizarro Nobel prizes
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What an awesome bunch of GOTV activists in South Dakota. Aren’t you excited to support them?
That’s a lot of travel for GOTV! Meteor Blades wrote earlier about the GOTV efforts we’re helping fund in South Dakota reservations. So naturally, it’s time for another update! (Can you tell I’m excited about this?) South Dakota Rep. Kevin Killer, the guy running this GOTV operation, emails me with an update: We had 125 […]
Right-wing group uses clip of Foley murder in cut-n-paste ‘border crisis’ ads
Well, you’re monsters. There’s really nothing to say to this. It’s just gross. James Foley, the American journalist murdered by ISIS militants, makes a cameo in a series of web ads from the Secure America Now, a right-wing nonprofit national security organization that lists on its advisory board people like former Gov. Mike Huckabee […]
Economics Daily Digest: “Fifteen and a Union” beyond fast food, minimum wage, Wall Street’s rep
By Rachel Goldfarb, originally published on Next New Deal Click here to subscribe to Roosevelt First, our weekday morning email featuring the Daily Digest. America’s Fastest-Growing Profession is Joining a Very Public Fight for Higher Wages (WaPo) Lydia DePillis looks at the differences in home health aides’ fight for “15 and a union” when compared […]
Hillary Clinton throws support to net neutrality advocates
Hillary Clinton drew on her experience as secretary of state to frame her support for net neutrality in an appearance at tech forum Dreamforce 2014. Maintaining an “open Internet” is a critical, asserted Clinton, going on to outline how the U.S. Department of State “kept trying to spend money to defend those rights” during her […]
Louisiana Republican Bill Cassidy: Let’s make the retirement age 70!
Mary Landrieu stands up for Social Security. Rep. Bill Cassidy, who is the regular Republican running against Sen. Mary Landrieu (they’re joined by tea party candidate Rob Maness) showed his Republican stripes and his hostility to Social Security in a debate Tuesday night. Cassidy, of course, maintained that the way to preserve Social Security for […]
Terri Lynn Land ‘blackmailing’ Detroit Free Press over endorsement meeting
Terri Lynn Land, on one of the rare occasions she’s shown up for anything. Michigan Republican Terri Lynn Land is making up excuses and making demands as she tries to dodge an endorsement meeting with the editorial board of the Detroit Free Press—and the newspaper’s editorial page editor is describing her actions as blackmail. Land’s […]