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Poll: only 35% support Ryan Medicare plan
CNN Poll: Majority gives thumbs down to Ryan plan (CNN)
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ACLU to FL gov: Not so fast with the drug testing there, buddy
ACLU sues Rick Scott over drug testing of state employees (Times-Union)
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Trump renews his threat to run in '12
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Many corporations have an effective tax rate of less than zero
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I don't think Rand Paul really gets this whole "libertarian" thing
Rand Paul, Supposed Defender Of Civil Liberties, Calls For Jailing People Who Attend ‘Radical Political Speeches’ (ThinkProgress)
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NEWS ALERT: Matt Drudge is just awful
Matt Drudge's disgusting race war awareness campaign (War Room)
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NJ Gov. Christie uses copter, limo to go to kid's baseball game
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Mozilla stands up for the First Amendment
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Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Twitter Headlines 06/01/2011
Stories to Watch: 6/1/11
Making burgers. On the grill. Because that's the sort of thing I do. Now here's the news...
Republicans don't like it when President Obama tells them that tax rates are lower now than under Reagan. In fact, they pretty much refuse to believe it. Proof yet again that the GOP is at war with reality.
Sarah Palin met with Fox News execs; presumably to decide whether she's running for president or being a Fox personality. She can't do both and stay clear of the law.
Latest maybe-gonna-run-for-prez: Jim DeMint. Sooner or later, Republicans are going to have to come to grips with the idea that the candidates they have are the candidates they have. If they don't like them, tough. Finding new nuts that are exactly like the ones already running isn't going to save their asses.
Wisconsin recall target Dan Kapanke isn't feeling any voter love for Republicans. "We've got tons of government workers in my district -- tons," he says. "From La Crosse to Prairie du Chien and to Viroqua and to Ontario and to Hillsboro, you can go on and on and on. We have to overcome that. We gotta hope that they, kind of, are sleeping on July 12th -- or whenever the date is." That quote wasn't meant for public consumption, by the way -- according to the report, it was "secretly recorded." He also doesn't hold out a lot of hope for Randy Hopper or Alberta Darling.
Jesus may have ruled out a presidential bid for Mike Huckabee, but he didn't say anything about the veepee slot.
Rep. Anthony Weiner doesn't make the most convincing argument in the world that an underwear shot is not of him.
Finally, a class act all the way, Sarah Palin goes to Ellis Island to bash the DREAM Act.
Republicans don't like it when President Obama tells them that tax rates are lower now than under Reagan. In fact, they pretty much refuse to believe it. Proof yet again that the GOP is at war with reality.
Sarah Palin met with Fox News execs; presumably to decide whether she's running for president or being a Fox personality. She can't do both and stay clear of the law.
Latest maybe-gonna-run-for-prez: Jim DeMint. Sooner or later, Republicans are going to have to come to grips with the idea that the candidates they have are the candidates they have. If they don't like them, tough. Finding new nuts that are exactly like the ones already running isn't going to save their asses.
Wisconsin recall target Dan Kapanke isn't feeling any voter love for Republicans. "We've got tons of government workers in my district -- tons," he says. "From La Crosse to Prairie du Chien and to Viroqua and to Ontario and to Hillsboro, you can go on and on and on. We have to overcome that. We gotta hope that they, kind of, are sleeping on July 12th -- or whenever the date is." That quote wasn't meant for public consumption, by the way -- according to the report, it was "secretly recorded." He also doesn't hold out a lot of hope for Randy Hopper or Alberta Darling.
Jesus may have ruled out a presidential bid for Mike Huckabee, but he didn't say anything about the veepee slot.
Rep. Anthony Weiner doesn't make the most convincing argument in the world that an underwear shot is not of him.
Finally, a class act all the way, Sarah Palin goes to Ellis Island to bash the DREAM Act.
News Roundup for 6/1/11
Democrat ponders a Bachmann candidacy
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"Bachmann: Democrats Are 'Terribly Afraid Of A Michele Bachmann Candidacy.'"
"Afraid" must mean "excited" in Bachmann-speak. For truth be told, never have I awaited with such eagerness the entrance of a candidate into a presidential race that I so wanted to lose. And that eagerness stems from the fact that she could never in a million years win.
Still, Bachmann is full of Bachmania. "They're terribly afraid of a Michele Bachmann candidacy for president of the United States," she told a radio show. "Democrats see themselves with group politics quite often, they'll see that they think they should own certain minorities or ethnicities or that they should own women. That's not true."
I think she means "owns" as in "make up the majorities within these demographic groups," not as in slavery. Still, you never know.
It is Michele Bachmann, after all. (Talking Points Memo)
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Reports are that Mittens Romney has a bit of a problem...
At least he's flexible. (Bad Reporter)
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"Minnesotans Don't Want Pawlenty or Bachmann to Run."
Those who know them best love them least. (Political Wire)
Griper Blade: Despite Outcome of State Supreme Court Race, Democrats Definitely Have the Momentum in Wisconsin
In a normal year, Prosser, a judicial conservative, might not have faced much of a challenge for re-election. But Gov. Scott Walker's efforts to curtail collective bargaining for most public employees bled over into the judicial campaign. While the race was nominally nonpartisan, conservatives tended to support Prosser; liberals tended to support Kloppenburg. A vote against Prosser became, unfairly in our view, a vote by proxy against Walker.
If this is the case, then Gov. Scott Walker lost. Kloppenburg's supporters were outspent by 38% and in a four-way primary, the incumbent took 55% of the vote to Kloppenburg's 25% second place. It was one helluva gap and JoAnne Kloppenburg closed it to less than one half of one percent. If this was a pro- and anti-Walker election, it's not hard to see which side has the momentum. Had the primary results been even fractionally tighter, Kloppenburg would've won in a walk...[CLICK TO READ FULL POST]
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