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Virginia GOP launches extreme tea party ticket

By JONATHAN MARTIN RICHMOND, Va. – Rejuvenated by a Democratic scandal in Washington and a tea party conservative atop their ticket, Virginia Republicans Saturday nominated a trio of statewide candidates whose fate will be closely watched as an indicator of the health of the national GOP. Crusading state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, facing no intra-party opposition,…

Christie vetoes early voting bill

By: Jenna Portnoy TRENTON — Calling the proposal “hasty, counterproductive and less reliable,” Gov. Chris Christie today vetoed a bill that would have let residents vote at their polling place starting 15 days before Election Day. The move was instantly criticized by Democrats who accused the Republican governor of trying to stifle the vote. Read…

WATCH: How Chris Christie Has Failed New Jersey

Sen. Barbara Buono’s campaign is out with a new web ad laying out the facts about Chris Christie’s failure to help New Jersey’s middle class. Watch it here: Agree with us? Make a contribution here: http://demgoverno.rs/kKsQa

Strengthening Our Democracy by Making It Easier to Vote

By Gov. Martin O’Malley There are some rights that are so fundamental to our society that you’d think the public debate would be closed on them. The right of every American citizen to vote — regardless of age, race, or income level — is one of them. It’s a right that we have as a free…

Malloy Backs Minimum Wage Increase

In contrast to Republican governors Chris Christie and Susana Martinez, Connecticut’s Dannel Malloy is fighting for an increased minimum wage for working people in his state. “During the last session I supported an increase, but for a host of reasons it never came to pass,” Malloy told reporters after the monthly meeting of the State Bond…

Obama: Republicans' policies on women "more suited to the 1950s"

President Obama delivered a forceful rebuke of Republican governors and state legislators who are trying to roll back the clock on women’s rights. Watch here:

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…

The 8 craziest things about Tea Party hero Ken Cuccinelli

Dave Catanese posted a profile of Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Ken Cuccinelli for the The New Republic aptly titled, “Ken Cuccinelli’s Crazy Ambition.” Here are the 8 craziest parts: 8. Right wing gadflies are already promoting Cuccinelli as the greatest thing since Pat Buchanan. “Bob Vander Plaats, an influential social conservative who heads Iowa’s Family…

Koch Brothers Plan To Buy Up Eight Major Newspapers

The New York Times has a must-read piece on the right-wing billionaire Koch brothers’ push to buy 8 major newspapers as part of their strategy to promote their extreme political ideology: The papers, valued at roughly $623 million, would be a financially diminutive deal for Koch Industries, the energy and manufacturing conglomerate based in Wichita,…

Georgia Governor Calls Push To End Segregated Prom A ‘Silly Publicity Stunt’

During the long fight to end apartheid in the American South, defenders of segregation would frequently dismiss civil rights workers as nothing more than “outside agitators” intruding on communities that did not want them. Nearly 60 years after Brown v. Board of Education, little appears to have changed in the Georgia governor’s mansion. In response to a…

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