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The Most Powerful Testimony About Budget Cuts You’ll See This Month
An eloquent man named Kurt Rutzen, who lives with cerebral palsy, sums up what extreme cuts to public services will mean to disabled people. He’s testifying to the Minnesota Senate, but the same story could be told in dozens of states across the country, and in Washington.
‘You’re Getting Sleepy…You Want To Vote Republican…’
Check out Roy Zimmerman’s hot song, “Vote Republican.” It isn’t topping the Billboard charts yet, but it’s doing pretty well on YouTube.
The Ad That Won Last Night’s Historic NY Election
Republicans were supposed to win the special election in New York last night—but that was before they voted en masse for Paul Ryan’s plan to phase out Medicare. Here’s the simple ad that turned the tide:
VICTORY FOR MEDICARE: Democrat Wins Huge Upset
Long-shot Democratic candidate Kathy Hochul won a special election last night that largely turned on voters’ disgust at the Ryan plan to abolish Medicare.
People.com Editor Janet Mock: ‘I Was Born A Boy’
If you saw Janet Mock walking down the street in her hometown of New York, you’d never guess that she was born as Charles.
John Lithgow In The Performance Of A Lifetime . . . As Newt Gingrich
Editor’s note: This originally ran in May of 2011, when Newt first struck out as a candidate. He wrote an epic speech then that the media absolutely skewered. Here is that original campaign-ending speech, courtesy of The Colbert Report and performed in grandiose fashion by the great John Lithgow.
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In case you missed it last week, here’s John Lithgow on ‘The Colbert Report,’ performing a hysterical reading of Newt’s ‘my first week was a disaster but I’m not quitting yet’ press release. And yes, this is completely verbatim.
A PSA? Starring Various Celebrities Being Funny? Surely, You Jest!
What’s funny about malaria? Lots.
WI Voter Suppression Bill Sends The State ‘Right Back To The Days Of Dred Scott’
State Sen. Lena Taylor’s fiery defense of the right to vote in Wisconsin, which would be severely undercut by the Voter I.D. Bill, AKA “Voter Suppression Bill.”
What Would Make The Deficit 98% Smaller?
The omission of these four very large slices of pie chart.