FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 3, 2010 NEW VIDEO: Dropouts and distractions School’s out, how many graduated? Perry doesn’t know. HOUSTON — As students across Texas leave school for the summer, Rick Perry, in typical career politician fashion, still will not give a straight answer to the question of what’s happening to Texas students. […]

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Sarah Palin is not even ashamed of lying when there is ample video all over the internet of her supporting offshore "drill baby drill" video. Well, you know she knows her audience is the misinformed. She better be careful as we are working to enlighten her audience. Viewers are encouraged to subscribe and join the conversation for […]

  When we last left Mother Jones’ reporter Mac McClelland, she was in the Gulf Coast region, caught up in the surreal tangle of media roadblocks that were being erected by British Petroleum to keep reporters at bay. How have things done since then? Not well, as it turns out! Indeed, when I ran into […]

Until we show some spine and let Israel know we won’t stand by and let them destabilize the region and have us have to clean up their mess, they will continue their irresponsible belligerent policies. Viewers are encouraged to subscribe and join the conversation for more insightful commentary and to support progressive messages. Together, we can populate […]

  WASHINGTON — Toss it or fix it? Anxious backers of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law are starting to see a flicker of hope. While polls show Americans remain sharply divided over the Democrats’ landmark legislation, they aren’t clamoring for its repeal. Instead, the public seems willing to listen to candidates who would […]

  Rep. Mark Kirk’s (R-Il.) false claim that he was named the Navy Intelligence Officer of the Year in the late 1990’s was made at a committee hearing before the YouTube era began, but the long arm of C-SPAN can reach back and bring it up as if it happened yesterday. What is striking about […]

Rep. Burgess and the Fort Worth City Council were briefed on issues related to gas drilling in North Texas by TCEQ, and given inaccurate test results of air quality.  When TCEQ realized they had given bad information, they didn’t attempt to contact anyone they had previously briefed.  Here is an excerpt from a Fort Worth […]

  Let us be real. This is not a real story. It is a GOP talking point that is filtered to the mainstream media who have be abdicating their duty to be the research arm of our democracy. If GOP or Democratic talking points are the catalysts for media coverage, as a country we are […]

  How Conservatives Made the Case for Increased Regulations According to a new CBS News poll 70 percent of Americans disapprove of how BP has handled the oil gush, compared with 45 percent who disapprove of how Obama has handled it. This could change in the days or weeks ahead if the spill continues to […]