Click on the video to activate live chat. My favorite liberal Nobel Peace Prize winning economist is finally happy. Noo Yawk Roolz! I watched the Senate vote this morning, and despite all, it was an inspiring moment. A few random thoughts: 1. It’s petty and silly, but after what seems like a whole adult lifetime […]

Click on the video to activate live chat. Hypocrisy? So what is new.   A story was released today saying that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal subsidies for her family farm. These farmer subsidies come from our community tax dollars, leading us to ask the question, is Michele […]

Click on the video to activate live chat. I received this letter from SEIU. The letter should have also stated that all of us who truly understand this issue has the duty to explain to all our neighbors, acquaintances, and everyone we come in contact with the reason why healthcare reform as being constructed by […]

Click on the video to activate live chat. Lawrence O’Donnell sitting in for Keith Olbermann on MSNBC’s Countdown gave a very hard hitting attack on President Obama’s statement that he never campaigned on the Public Option as well as his current support for both taxes on Cadillac insurance programs and a mandate which he campaigned […]

Click on the video to activate live chat. FoxNew delegitimized, Dobbs gone would not have occurred were it not partially for the watchful ears and eyes of MediaMatters. Let’s keep them funded to keep up their good work.   Dear Friend, Over the course of the year, right-wing media figures have repeatedly shown that there […]

Click on the video to activate live chat.  Two telling statements: "Nowhere has there been a bigger gap between the perceptions of compromise and the realities of compromise than in the health-care bill." "Every single criteria for reform I put forward is in this bill." Together, he said, these bills, many of which are highly […]

Click on the video to activate live chat. Email from Organizing for America on what is at stake. Any day now, health insurance reform will come up for a vote in the Senate. We’re hearing a lot about what’s at stake with this vote for President Obama, the Democrats who are fighting alongside him, and […]

Click on the video to activate live chat.     Published: December 21, 2009 The health care reform bill that Senate Democratic leaders have cobbled together to win support from all 60 members of their fractious caucus — the filibuster-proof majority needed to ensure passage — has drawn scornful attacks from a united Republican opposition. […]

Click on the video to activate live chat. I am not a fan of Senator Burris as I think his zeal for the seat allowed him to be used and ridiculed by the disgraced governor of Illinois. That said this poem redeems him if only for the 3 minutes 31 second duration of the clip. […]