In mere hours, Republicans and Democrats will make a very important decision. Based on the 1995 and 1996 shutdowns, here are just some of the consequences we’ll incur today if the government shuts down, according to the Center for American Progress.
Planned Parenthood keeps landing smack-dab in the middle of the Republicans’ war on women, ostensibly for its abortion practice. But that seems strange, considering this chart.
Nope, it’s not. It’s about Republicans not budging on these ideological demands, which include cutting programs for low-income and middle-class people.
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) stole the show at Wednesday night’s Congressional Correspondents Dinner. The routine included a jab at Sen. Rand Paul’s Aqua Buddhism and a few self-deprecating jokes about the sexy 1970s Jew-fro in his @repweiner Twitter profile picture, among other things.
Look what a little birdie found.
Rachel Maddow contrasts the backwardness of Michigan Republican Governor Rick Snyder’s recent union-busting, corporate tax-giving bill and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s anti-union bill with something completely unexpected and extraordinary.
Has conservative columnist Ann Coulter been exposed to too much radiation lately? Sure sounds like it.
John F. Kennedy Jr.’s short, powerful speech before the UN General Assembly in 1961 still rings true today.
Instead of the Republican proposal to cut much-needed programs for families, children and low-income people (the blue column), why not remove the tax breaks for the wealthy (green column)?
Michigan Republican Governor Rick Snyder has declared a fiscal emergency, and he’s using it to push his agenda of removing power from regular people and placing it in the hands of corporations.