Recent Votes

• Have You Seen Ed's Vulture Chart?

  Source: msnbc.com

  This chart shows the income inequality for the last thirty years.  You can see the blue line is flat, showing average wages, and the red line shows how far up the scale the wealthiest have gone.  An income disparity as large as this is a harbinger of disaster for any ec …

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• Daily Kos: New Hampshire widow on James O'Keefe stunt: 'Call the cops, call the police'

  Source: Daily Kos

  A grieving New Hampshire widow said she was stunned to learn her beloved husband’s identity was used for a political gotcha — just 10 days after his death. “That’s awful,” Rachel Groux said. “Why should they use his name? They shouldn’ …

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• How Israeli leader Netanyahu is using Israel lobby assets, including those within the Democratic Party itself, to sabotage Obama's reelection

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  In an extraordinary article for Huffington Post, dissident, former Israel lobbyist M.J. Rosenberg has blown the whistle on the gangster ethic of Zionist Jewry in general, and on the intention of Netanyahu to wring both the powerful Israel lobby, and its influence over the U.S. Co …

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• Sen. Hagel Says Reagan Wouldn't Identify With GOP | ThinkProgress

  Source: Think Progress

  Last week, former Sen. John Danforth (R-MO) told ThinkProgress that his party was becoming “increasingly inconsequential” and “intolerant” following the defeat of veteran Sen. Dick Lugar (R-IN). Now, former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) has also taken aim at his …

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• Bloomberg Takes on Bigots at North Carolina Commencement Speech

  Source: Daily Kos

  Today was graduation at the University of North Carolina and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg took on the bigots in his commencement address when he directly advocated for marriage equality.

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