U.S. GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN; ‘OBAMACARE’ HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE NOW OPEN!
Looking for something to do while the government is shut down? Sign up for “ObamaCare”! At the same moment Republican extremists closed down the U.S. Government tonight at midnight Eastern Time, for the first time in 17 years, HealthCare.gov finally opened for business!…
Democracy Is Both the Target Of and Solution To Right Wing ‘Blackmail’ – Just Ask California
As the latest round(s) of GOP hostage taking play out in Congress, it’s worth stepping back a moment to take note of what is at the heart of their ploy-slash-temper tantrum-slash-effort to undermine the very essence of American democracy. It’s also worth taking note of the fact that it’s unlikely, ultimately, to work and, if […]
‘Green News Report’ – September 24, 2013
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: First-ever carbon pollution standards for new power plants; Colorado’s flood disaster now an oil spill disaster; US coal plants 7th biggest polluter in the world (all by themselves!); Fracking industry study accidentally proves case for more regulation; PLUS: Al Gore […]
‘Green Tea Coalition’ Fights for Solar in Georgia
A few ‘Tea Partiers’ — even in Georgia, of all places — are finally beginning to discover how they’ve been had by the very corporate powers who helped create them in the first place. They’re now joining forces with some of the folks, like the Sierra Club, who have been fighting for their best interests […]
Sunday Toon of the Moment: ‘Terror Alert’
Should be a fun month. Sigh… [Hat-tip longtime BRAD BLOG Toon Sherpa Pokey Anderson]
‘Green News Report’ – July 30, 2013
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: President Obama smacks down Keystone XL jobs claims; EPA’s McCarthy smacks down false choice of jobs vs. environment; Rand Paul and Chris Christie smack down each other; In Australia, winter is the new summer; ‘Witches brew’ of pesticides still killing […]
Taking Jesus AND the Ballot Box from the Voter-Suppressing Rightwing Radicals in North Carolina
I’ve always wondered why non-Rightwing Christians have allowed Rightwingers to take “God” and “Jesus” as their own, particularly since progressive principles are far more in line with those said to be the teachings of Jesus. The folks in North Carolina — who are now under siege by Republican control of both congressional houses and the […]
Bachmann, ‘Not Crying Wolf’, Claims Obama Let Any ‘Latina Under Age 30’ Vote in 2012 [VIDEO]
U.S. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN), a one-time leading contender for the 2012 GOP Presidential nomination, may have topped herself with this one…and that is no easy feat. Steve Benen at MaddowBlog describes these remarks, as flagged by RightWingWatch today, as “one of the greatest Bachmann videos of all time”… Here’s the amazing transcript, and a […]
GOP Rep. Who Receives Millions in Federal Farm Aid, Calls for Billions in Federal Food Stamp Cuts
Before their recess for the July 4th holiday, the U.S. House rejected what has, for decades, been largely a no-brainer for the United States Congress: the federal farm subsidies bill. This year, however, with a Congress as dysfunctional as it has ever been, even that legislative “gimme” has been stymied, for now, by the far […]
IRS Flagged ‘Progressives’, ‘Occupy’ Groups For Extra Scrutiny as Recently as This Month
If you had read The BRAD BLOG when the Treasury Department’s Inspector General’s report on the pretend IRS “scandal” came out, you’d already know just about all of this. We tried to tell ya way back then. You see, unlike the rest of the media, it seems, we bothered to actually read that report before […]
‘Green News Report’ – June 13, 2013
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: CO wildfire now most destructive in state history; Another chemical plant explodes, this time in LA; Supreme Court rules on TX v. OK water war; New oil spills in Brazil and Canada; PLUS: Mayor Bloomberg’s $20B Sandy recovery and climate […]
Chris Christie: Tax and Spend Coward
Gov. Chris Christie (R) could have made 24 New Jersey school teachers millionaires today. But, instead, he decided to spend the taxpayers money on a Special Election to fill the seat of the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D) this October, just three weeks before his own previously scheduled election in November. “Party leaders sent around […]
Video Trailer from ‘Citizen Koch’ Documentary That Koch Brothers, PBS Hope to Suppress
Since the influence of the Koch Brothers on PBS — PBS! — as Jane Mayer documents in The New Yorker this week, helped, until now, to suppress this film and keep it from airing on PBS, I figure it could use all the exposure possible. So here’s the trailer from Citizen Koch. Best line belongs […]
Very Bad News from ABC, NBC and CBS
Despite completely misreporting on Administration emails related to the pretend Benghazi “scandal”, after they were misquoted (and/or fabricated) to him by a reportedly Republican source, ABC News and their White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl still refuse to properly correct and apologize for having lied about “obtaining” those emails. Had Karl’s error — compounded by his […]
‘Misconduct’?: What’s NOT in the Inspector General’s Report on IRS Identifying ‘Tea Party’ Groups for Additional Tax-Exempt Scrutiny
[This article now cross-published by Salon…] During remarks at the White House yesterday evening, President Obama offered his opinions on the Treasury Department Inspector General’s report [PDF] finding that the IRS used “inappropriate criteria to identify organizations applying for tax-exempt status,” in order to review those groups “for indications of significant political campaign intervention.” He […]