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Thursday, August 13, 2015

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The Proof That Obamacare Is Working Is Getting Really Hard To Ignore

The Proof That Obamacare Is Working Is Getting Really Hard To Ignore

Candidates Without A Clue

Candidates Without A Clue  

New Labeling Rules

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Bernie Sanders Sends A Message To The Kochs By Drawing 28,000 To Rally

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The record breaking crowds are becoming part of the routine for the Bernie Sanders campaign, but it is the message that people are turning out by the tens of thousands to hear that is a warning to oligarchic billionaires like the Koch brothers.
The Sanders campaign announced that new 2016 record crowd came out in Portland, OR:
Shattering a day-old record, 28,000 backers of Bernie Sanders on Sunday filled all the seats and crowded into overflow areas outside the Moda Center sports arena where the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers play.

“Whoa. This is an unbelievable turnout,” Sanders said after he walked onto the stage. Consistently drawing bigger turnouts than any other presidential contender, Sanders told the packed Portland arena, “You’ve done it better than anyone else.” The arena seats were filled and thousands more listened to the speech on loudspeakers outside, according to Michael Lewellen, a Rose Quarter vice president. The total turnout far surpassed the 15,000 in Seattle just 24 hours earlier.

The big and boisterous crowds, Sanders said, are sending a message that it’s time to reverse the four-decade decline of the American middle class and launch a grassroots “political revolution” to take on the billionaire class. “Bringing people together,” Sanders added, is at the core of his campaign.
The Sanders message of a political revolution to take on the billionaires is mobilizing millions into action. Bernie Sanders has been talking about a grassroots revolution to stop the Citizens United enabled Koch brothers for years. His talk has been translated into action as the Senator from Vermont is leading an increasingly powerful movement of ordinary Americans who want their government back.
Bernie Sanders is accomplishing something that every candidate dreams of, but few accomplish. He is building a popular movement that could change the country. Popular grassroots movements sometimes win and take power, but most often their lasting legacy is changing the political discussion by forcing the establishment candidates to adopt their issues and positions.
It is already is happening in 2016 as the Sanders movement has moved Hillary Clinton left on a variety of issues. Bernie Sanders and his supporters can’t defeat the billionaires and the Koch brothers alone. They will need the Democratic Party behind them.
The size of the Sanders crowds is a warning to the Koch brothers that the once considered fringe idea of taking down the billionaires is going mainstream.
The billionaires may have the dollars, but Bernie Sanders is building up the numbers.
On Election Day, dollars don’t vote, but the people who are on a mission to defeat the Koch brothers will.

Bernie Sanders Defends Rival Hillary Clinton In The Classiest Way Possible

Bernie Sanders Defends Rival Hillary Clinton In The Classiest Way Possible (VIDEO)
Republicans could learn a thing or two from this.
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Hillary Clinton Announces Groundbreaking $350 Billion Proposal For ‘Making College Affordable’


Hillary Clinton’s Game-changing Plan To Kill College Debt Hits Republicans Where It Hurts

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Hillary Clinton doesn’t just want to make college free. The Democratic presidential candidate wants to kill college debt, and by doing so she is striking at the heart of the Republican plan to make the richer wealthier and everyone else poor.
In a post on Medium, Clinton laid out the basics of her New College Compact:
– Under the New College Compact, no student should have to borrow to pay tuition at a public college.

– Schools will have to control their costs and show more accountability to their students.

– States will have to meet their obligation to invest in higher education.
– The federal government will increase its investment in education, and won’t profit off student loans.
– And millions with student debt will be able to refinance it at lower rates.

That’s my plan. It’s ambitious — and we should be ambitious. But it’s also achievable. And it would make a big difference in people’s lives.
Clinton’s plan adds the Elizabeth Warren inspired wrinkle of allowing students to refinance their loans. A vital component of every Republican economic plan involves the government profiting off of student loan debt to pay for tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans. Former Sec. of State Clinton’s proposal ends this practice by changing the way the federal government encourages higher education.
Under Clinton, the government would take steps to incentivize states to increase funding for higher education while working with colleges and universities to lower the cost of attendance. The plan would be paid for by limiting tax deductions for the wealthy.
Like all good policy proposals, the Clinton plan takes a little from the left and a little from the right and adds some twists that are unique to the candidate. Republicans are opposed to any plan that lowers student debt and makes college more affordable. Increasing economic opportunity is a concept that runs counter to the values of the lunatic fringe.
The idea that economic opportunity can be increased by forcing the wealthiest Americans to pay more pushes Republicans over the edge. The national discussion on higher education is rapidly changing. The debate has shifted beyond expanding Pell Grants and into fundamentally changing an education system that is causing crippling debt more often than it aids economic advancement.

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The True Scope Of Voter Disenfranchisement In Texas

‘Trigger-happy’ brother of Kansas' idiot Sam Brownback terrorizing neighbor family

Image: Jim Brownback shown after an arrest for nonpayment of child support (Linn County Sheriff's Office)
Kansas' Republican idiot teabagger Sam Brownback’s brother is reportedly living a completely lawless existence in one wingnut county in the state, terrorizing his neighbors and openly flouting the law.

Republicans Helping ISIL

How uniformed Republicans politicians help ISIL

The Truth Be Told

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Same Republican Morons Slamming Trump As Unfit To Be The Pretender Vowed To Back Him If He Wins Nomination

Five incredibly enjoyable ways Trump is destroying the Republican Cabal

Is it too much of a stretch to suppose that we have Bill Clinton to thank for the new Trump show?

Hillary Clinton Shreds ‘Outrageous’ Trump In Defense Of Megyn Kelly

Hillary Clinton Shreds ‘Outrageous’ Donald Trump In Defense Of Megyn Kelly (VIDEO) Donald Trump’s misogynistic “blood” comments about Fox News’ Megyn Kelly have received tons of backlash, and Democratic presidential...

In Bizarro World, Trump’s Attacks On Kelly Really Show Women ‘Ultimate Respect’

In Bizarro World, Trump’s Attacks On Kelly Really Show Women ‘Ultimate Respect’ (VIDEO)Battle lines are being drawn among wingnuts over Trump’s nasty comments about Megyn Kelly. Fischer comes down on Trump’s side.

Erick Erickson: The difference between my sexist remarks and Trump’s is I’m not running for pretender

Fox News host Neil Cavuto interviews blogger Erick Erickson on Aug. 10, 2015. [YouTube]Erick Erickson: The difference between my sexist remarks and Trump’s is I’m not running for pretender
Oh, so that what the difference is, who knew?

Fox News Went Above And Beyond To Misinform Viewers With This Graphic

Ron English Propaganda Art from 2008 DNC in Denver, CO. Fox News isn’t exactly known for accuracy in journalism. The “news” network has all but admitted they are a branch of the Republican cabal ...