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Arne Duncan, Secretary of Misinformation and Miseducation
Who should we see sitting next to Secretary Duncan, joyfully reading stories to suitably enraptured Detroit school children but Gov. Rick Snyder.
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Tears of Joy as Emergency Manager Is Leaving Detroit Public Schools
The Detroit Public Schools emergency manager has announced his all-too-welcome decision to GTFO and step down in a couple weeks.
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Republicans, Need a Minority To Love? Try President Obama
Obama’s best line was when he suggested that if the Republicans were sincere about their new outreach efforts to attract minorities, they might want to do a test run by reaching out to the President.
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20 Dead Children Are Not Enough to Keep Republicans from Filibustering
The fact that polls show the vast majority of Americans want stronger gun laws means absolutely nothing to Republicans, because citizens don’t affect their cash reserves.
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Gov. Snyder’s Emergency Manager Law May Violate Equal Protection Rights
The clock is ticking, and Detroit’s new Emergency Manager is listening. June 23 is the 50th anniversary of the date when Dr. Martin Luther King gave his first ‘I Have a Dream’ speech in Detroit.
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Detroit’s Emergency Manager Is Just As Guilty As the Crook Who Hired Him
Rick Snyder’s intention all along has been to hijack democracy in Michigan – and Detroit in particular – and now he officially accomplished exactly that.
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Mayor Dave Bing Says Detroit May as Well Get Used to Being Screwed
According to Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, When in doubt and your opponent appears threatening, spread those cheeks and smile until it hurts.
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Democracy Thief Rick Snyder is Struggling to Find an Emergency Manager for Detroit
It seems Gov. Rick Snyder is having a bit of difficulty finding anyone who wants the job of becoming the emergency manager for Detroit.
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Like Most Cockroaches, Ted Nugent is Still Here
Ted Nugent said that if Barack Obama was re-elected and Mitt Romney did not prevail, then he would either be in jail or dead around this time. But Nugent, like most cockroaches, is still here.
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Immigration reform requires Republican reform
Bitter old white male that he is, even John McCain knows immigration reform is not an option. You can either try and grow more fingers to plug up the cracks in the dike or you can learn how to swim
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The fight to prevent hostile takeovers of public education goes national
The fight to save public education and retain local control of those schools against hostile takeover attempts has now attracted nationwide attention.
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Guns don’t kill people. People with guns kill people. A whole lot of people.
Guns do not kill people. People armed with guns kill people. And people armed with assault rifles have the capability of killing a whole bunch of people in a matter of minutes.
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Michigan Shows Us How Republicans Plan to Get Revenge for 2012 Loss
if you want to get an idea of what is written in the post Election 2012 Koch Brothers Playbook (aka ‘How YOU Can Still Strangle Blue States in the Crib’), then you need look no further than Michigan.
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If this is war in Michigan, then we had better win
Republicans are using Michigan as a grand experiment to see if they can get away with setting fire to democracy in plain sight. They want to see if revenge bears fruit in winter.
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You live in Michigan? Your rights are optional
If you want to get an idea of what Republican revenge for President Obama’s victory in 2012 looks like, look no further than Michigan.
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Will the True Patriots Please Step Forward
I’m beginning to think it’s time for an entirely new definition of patriotism
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Michigan Demands Democracy by Rejecting Emergency Manager Legislation
It was a great day for the nation when President Barack Obama was re-elected to a second term in office, and it was also a good day in Michigan when voters cast their ballots to reject Proposal 1.
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What was it you were saying about that 1st presidential debate..?
The panic of some of the left after the first debate has eased into the realization that President Obama is in a good position to win a second term.
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Mitt lied about Jeep because he has to lie. The truth would sink his campaign.
Romney is lying because Romney has to lie. It’s the best card he has to play in a stacked deck, betting on the ignorance and short term memory of the electorate.
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Time to Talk Race, the GOP Elephant in Campaign 2012
The one discussion that has not been receiving quite as much focused attention is the race – and racism – factor in this campaign.
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Unspinning the Myth that Mitt Romney is a Nice But Misinformed Guy
The portrayal of Romney as a well-meaning guy who’s just misguided, misinformed, and in over his head needs to come to an end.
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Mitt Romney asks, ‘Why Don’t the Brothers Love Me?’
Thanks to the margin of error in polling, the rather surreal scenario suggests that the actual number of black folks who do not want Romney to be president is less than zero.
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Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Thumbs his Nose at Court Ruling
Republican Governor Rick Snyder and his henchmen continue to do all they can to thwart the will of the people by forcing PA4 (the Emergency Manager law) down their throats.
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Joe Biden Shows why Obama (and America) Still Need Him
The president still needs Joe Biden because has that same sort of everyman charm that Obama has never been able to pull off very well but that was Bill Clinton’s specialty.
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Michigan’s Gov. Snyder says voter suppression strategy is repugnant even to him
Gov. Snyder isn’t yet receiving the off-with-his-independent-head kinda threats received by John Roberts after he also made the mistake of deciding to do the right thing rather than the easy thing
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Catholic nuns get on the bus to get out the word, but not the word Rome wants…
When the nuns are pissed off enough to become revolutionaries, you know we’re in for a serious fight folks.
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Why Michigan Is Not the Next Wisconsin
Rick Snyder is not Scott Walker. Both of them are repulsive in their own right, and each of their states would be considerably better off with them gone, but there are some significant differences.
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The Mitt Romney Ken Doll Interview Strategy: Look Good, Say Nothing
A Ken doll could give more substantive answers to questions, but then maybe that’s Mitt Romney’s intent.
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Republicans Label Obama a Metrosexual, Black Abe Lincoln
A GOP Super PAC had a genius plan to destroy Obama by connecting him (again) to his once-upon-a-time pastor Jeremiah Wright and accusing him of being a metrosexual, black Abe Lincoln.
Coming to a Hospital Near You: Bedside Bill Collectors
Some hospitals are now essentially hiring some of Tony Soprano’s relatives and associates to come pay you a bedside visit and, you know, offer ‘words of encouragement.’ to pay your bill.
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Rick Snyder Attempts to Kill Democracy in Michigan via Fontgate
Republicans decided that the people of Michigan should not be allowed to vote on the Emergency Manager law because the size of the font on the petition. Seriously.
Board of State Canvassers Deadlocks on Michigan’s Emergency Manager Law
Despite scoring a recent major victory, opponents of Michigan’s Emergency Manager law had their efforts to get a repeal measure on the ballot blocked by Republicans on the Board of State Canvassers.
If Romney Wins, Detroit is a Warning of What’s in Store for Everyone Else
If Romney wins in November, urban communities around the country will be forced into dependency by hateful Republicans. If Obama loses, Detroit is a preview of things to come.
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The Long, Long, Long Road to Justice for Trayvon Martin
George Zimmerman has been arrested, but what happens when the next similar miscarriage of justice occurs? Or to the one that’s occurring right now that none of us have heard of and aren’t likely to?
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Unions Fight Back with Largest Political Mobilization Ever For Obama
Trumka’s decision to throw the full force of the nation’s largest union behind Obama will go a long way toward providing the margin of victory that Obama and the other Democratic 2012 contenders will need to get the job done.
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Santorum and Gingrich Lies Dangerously Throw Gas On The Obama Hate Fire
Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum are utilizing lies about President Obama in a dangerously divisive manner designed to reach a boiling point.
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Be Afraid Of Michigan, Mitt, Be Very Afraid
If Mitt has to spend millions to beat Santorum in Michigan, what do you figure it’s gonna take to beat President Barack Obama?
Keep Your Eye On The Ball: 2012 Will Be A Long Fight To Reelect Obama
Republicans have been plenty busy since Obama became president in 2008, and a large part of what has been occupying their time has been rigging the election of 2012.
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Republicans Face A Do Or Die Decision If Obama Wins A Second Term
If Obama wins reelection the GOP will have a choice, either snatch back the reins from the inmates or prepare to spend a long time viewing America from behind the walls of the asylum.
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House GOP Says Unemployed Republicans Make Good Firewood
House Republicans are trying to place a provision in the payroll tax cut extension that would cut benefits for millions, including unemployed Republicans.
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Attacking Obama As The Food Stamp President Could Backfire On The GOP
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I’m guessing there are far more people on food stamps, and at risk of going on food stamps, than there are rich Republicans. There are almost certainly more unemployed folks than there are wealthy Republicans, and there are more unemployed folks collecting unemployment than there are wealthy Republicans. Matter of fact, I suspect there are…
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Addressing The Foreclosure Crisis Must Be Part of Obama Appeal To Middle Class
As a significant part of President Obama’s defender of the middle class re-election strategy, his administration should pay more close attention to the ongoing fallout from the foreclosure crisis.
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Detroit Vows To Close The Door On Emergency Financial Manager
Detroiters raise their voices – and combine forces – to do whatever is necessary to prevent an EFM from being appointed by Republican Gov. Rick Snyder to oversee Michigan’s largest city.