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Paul Ryan Confronted About ‘Inner City’ Comment ‘If You Didn’t Mean It You Wouldn’t Have Said It’ (VIDEO)

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Constituent to Paul Ryan: ‘If you didn’t mean it, you wouldn’t have said it’ Alfonso Gardner, a black man from Mount Pleasant Wisconsin was not fooled by Paul Ryan’s platitudes. He was not going to let Paul Ryan getaway with using dog whistles when speaking. He was not going to accept some soft disingenuous apology […]

Are Rand Paul’s Presidential Prospects Up? Ted Cruz Attacks Bolsters It.

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Is Rand Paul really becoming presidential? Many will balk at this post. It is important to leave echo chambers. One must explore all sides. This prevents surprises. There is some posturing and fighting on the right flank of the Republican Party. It is rather amusing. However it foretells quite a bit. It is the war […]

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Debris Possibly Found

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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Debris Possibly Found   CNN is reporting that debris from Malaysia Airlines flight 370 may have been found. This post will be updated. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Australia says possible objects in Indian Ocean An Royal Australian Air Force Orion aircraft has already arrived in the area, John Young, general manager […]

GOP Candidate Greg Abbott admits he opposes equal pay for equal work legislation

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GOP Gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott is finally taking a position on the Lilly Ledbetter Act. The Lilly Ledbetter Act extends the statute of limitations from bringing a lawsuit against an employer for paying one employee less than the other based on race, gender, or religion. Lilly Ledbetter not supported According to the Star-Telegram, Texas Republican […]

Texas GOP Operative: Women Too Busy for Equal Pay Legislation (VIDEO)

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RedState Women is a new Republican PAC in Texas aimed at changing the earned GOP anti-women narrative. According to Politico, The organization will offer web-based videos featuring both elected officials and voters that are designed to show that Democrats don’t have a monopoly on women in politics, according to the PAC’s executive director, Cari Christman. […]

Obamacare ‘ACA’ Marketplace Enrollment Hits 5 Million Milestone

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Marketplace Enrollment The biggest fears of Republicans have come to pass. Do not delay. Do not allow the evil and immoral misinformation by the GOP to stop you from doing what is best for you, your family, and your country. Do not remain uninsured or underinsured with crappy insurance. If the Republicans will not even […]

Great Stories From The Texas Progressive Alliance (TPA) (2014-03-17)

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Texas Progressive Alliance Round Up (2014-03-17) The Texas Progressive Alliance is always springing forward as it brings you this week’s roundup. Off the Kuff analyzes the primary performances of Wendy Davis and Bill White. Horwitz at Texpatriate presents a novel idea to start getting students voting. WCNews at Eye on Williamson once again points out […]

Beware Of The Dog Whistle. We Are All Becoming ‘THOSE PEOPLE’

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Yesterday I read Paul Krugman’s piece titled ‘That Old-Time Whistle’. Of course he meant dog whistle. It is a must read. It really caught my eye because my Sunday DailyKOS front page article was on the same subject. It seems like we ultimately came to the same conclusion. To be able to solve problems one […]