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LePage Spins Windmill Conspiracy Theory
By Mike Tipping Governor LePage has a habit of using false anecdotes to back up his policy positions. It started during his campaign and has continued throughout his time in office. He routinely makes up regulations that don’t exist, conversations that never happened and discriminatory practices that have never occurred. LePage has repeated some of these claims even after [...]
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Republican Governors’ Failed Tax Plans, In 5 GIFs
Three Republican governors hatched big plans to pass tax breaks for millionaires, while making everyone else pay more. Here’s how they failed, in 5 easy GIFs.
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15 Reasons Chris Christie’s “Jersey Comeback” Is A Sham
Chris Christie fancies himself a straight talker, but his claim of a “Jersey Comeback” is a sham. Christie’s gross fiscal mismanagement has delayed property tax relief and forced deep cuts to critical investments the state needs to grow.
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Democrats Spy Opportunities in Ruby-Red South Carolina
Sanford’s and Haley’s vulnerabilities hearten Democrats in typically hostile political territory. by Beth Reinhard Two nationally known but weakened Republicans are raising Democratic hopes in the ruby-red Republican stronghold of South Carolina. A Southern state in which the GOP controls the state Legislature, all nine statewide offices, both U.S. Senate seats, and five out of six [...]
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As WI falls from 11th in Job Creation to 44th, Scott Walker Blames Workers
If you want to know how much worse our economic recovery could be, check out Scott Walker’s austerity-rocked Wisconsin — which has gone from 11th in job creation to 44th in just two years. Walker stormed into office in 2011 on the crest of a Tea Party wave and immediately added $117.2 million to the budget deficit [...]
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Republican-led States Move to Limit Reproductive Rights
States are becoming increasingly polarized over abortion, as some legislatures pass ever-tighter restrictions on the procedure while others consider stronger legal protections for it, advocates on both sides say.
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Virginia GOP’s war on moderates
LAST YEAR, REPUBLICANS in Richmond did their utmost to drive the state’s independent and swing voters into the Democratic column. Witness their mean-spirited, provocative and extremist stances to mandate transvaginal ultrasounds; make voting more difficult for minorities…
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Ronnie Musgrove: Affordable Health Care Is a Job Creator
By Ronnie Musgrove Now that the presidential election is in the rear view mirror, two things have become abundantly clear about the Affordable Care Act. First, Obamacare wasn’t the death knell the president’s opponents thought it would be. Second, love it or hate it, even Speaker Boehner says ACA is “the law of the land.” [...]
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Voter ID Rules Fail Court Tests Across Country
A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday blocked the key component of a highly contested state law requiring strict photographic identification to vote in next month’s election, saying the authorities had not done enough to ensure that voters had access to the new documents.
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Chris Christie, failing up the Republican party from New Jersey
Not too long ago, Chris Christie, the obstreperous governor of New Jersey, liked to tout something he called a “Jersey Comeback”. But that phrase somehow didn’t make it into his keynote speech at last month’s GOP convention…
