US Unemployment has dropped to 8.6%, its lowest point in over two and a half years, with 120,000 new jobs added in October. An improving economy is a very good sign for President Obama’s reelection hopes. Despite the Republican Party’s best efforts to sabotage economic growth to hurt President Obama politically, the Obama recovery appears [...]

Disapproval of Congress is now at a record 82% after the Republican/Tea Party controlled majority took the country’s economy hostage with a manufactured debt ceiling crisis in order to cut spending that helps average Americans (while steadfastly refusing any increases in taxes on the wealthy which are at historically low rates.) In response to this [...]

I recommend reading this very enlightening article from Paul Krugman (NY Times) on how the GOP is trying to blackmail the President with their threats not to raise the debt ceiling. Remember; the debt ceiling was raised many times during George W. Bush’s 8 years (when over 4 trillion dollars were added to the debt.) [...]

Yesterday 235 Republicans voted to end Medicare by voting for the Paul Ryan 2012 budget. Only 4 Republicans voted against the plan to eliminate Medicare and 0 Democrats voted for it. The Republicans will claim that they aren’t ending Medicare but instead just “transforming” it. They’ll say Medicare will still exist because they are still [...]

It’s official: 235 House Republicans have voted to end Medicare. Only 4 Republicans voted against it. No Democrats voted for it. Democrats all stood together with the President in support of protecting Medicare. This Republican budget for 2012 phases out Medicare and replaces it with a voucher/private insurance program much like “ObamaCare.” Yes. The same [...]

Fox Lies used footage from California in an attempt to make Madison, WI protesters look bad. Consider for a moment how Fox Lies has treated the Koch brothers funded Tea Party protesters over past two years and then think about how they are treating the average working Americans who are fighting for their rights in [...]

The lying Republican Governor Scott Walker has a history of lying: Also worth noting: The Koch brother billionaires (the guys who created the Tea Party in its present form) are pulling the strings in Wisconsin. This is all about destroying the rights of average workers so that billionaires can make even more billions. This is [...]

This new CBS/NY Times poll shows that most Americans would choose to cut military spending (55%) before choosing to cut Medicare (21%) or Social Security (13%) as a way to cut government spending. Even among Republicans there is more support for cutting military spending (42%) than for cutting Medicare (31%) or Social Security (17%.) Among [...]

With it being Christmas tomorrow it seems like a good time to remember how lucky we are that we do not have a President McCain in the White House right now. Often times people seem to only focus on the things about the Obama administration they are unhappy with instead of appreciating all of the [...]

Every single Republican in the Senate (all 41 of them) stood together for bigotry and filibustered repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell today. Filibustering means they wouldn’t even let the issue come up for a simple majority vote (because it would win with Democratic Party votes.) The Republicans used a procedural rule that was meant [...]