Your Morning Addiction: 1/3/2013 – Boehner’s Last Stand Edition?
Thursday: Is today the last we’ll ever see of John Boehner? Only if we’re lucky!
Republicans Do The Impossible – Raise Tax Rates On The Wealthy (VIDEO) by Liberal Lamp Post:
After a lot of false bravado, the Republican members of Congress collectively tucked their tails between their legs and passed the White House and Senate approved deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff 257 to 167 at 10:45 p.m. on Tuesday night. Read more
For 17th Time Hillary Clinton Is Chosen ‘The Most Admired Woman In The World’ by Lorraine Devon Wilke:
It’s not every day one is chosen the “Most Admired Woman in the World,” but winning the honor seventeen times in the last twenty years is a global accolade of unprecedented significance. Read more
Fox News Continuously Mocks The Health Problems Of Hillary Clinton (VIDEO) by Justin Acuff:
Conservative media has repeatedly attacked her health, likely because it has postponed her Benghazi testimony. The New York Post (owned by the same parent company as Fox News) theorized (in an editorial) that she was faking. Read more
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Obama’s Not Done Yet – Will Seek New Tax Increases On Rich In 2013 by Liberal Lamp Post:
The progressives who are criticizing President Obama for “giving away” too much are failing to recognize that the fiscal cliff deal is a watershed moment. After a year of hard campaigning to raise taxes on the rich, and months of strained negotiations with obstinate Republican leaders, Obama has cracked open the revenue dam Republicans have so viciously guarded. Read more
More GOP Infighting: House Refuses To Vote On Sandy Aid Bill, GOP’ers In NY And NJ Furious by Rika Christensen:
To those who live in New York and New Jersey, the House pushing needed aid over the edge of the cliff is a massive, painful slap in the face. Read more
Rumors That John Boehner Will Resign As Speaker (VIDEO) by Wendy Gittleson:
The writing has been on the wall for the divisive and ineffective leader for a while, but his vote for the fiscal cliff deal that raised taxes on those who make above $400,000 ($450K for couples) was too much for the Tea Party and Boehner’s corporate constituency to take. Read more
Fox News: Fiscal Cliff Vote Like Lead Up To Revolutionary War by Justin “Filthy Liberal Scum” Rosario:
To suggest that the rich paying more is the equivalent situation is laughable. If we were to tax the rich according to the amount of representation they have, they would be paying 90% or more! Read more
‘Go F— Yourself’ Says Boehner To Reid: Fiscal Cliff Deal Barely Reached, Bigger Battles Loom by Elisabeth Parker:
As we narrowly avoid an economic disaster with a deal that satisfies no one, future battles loom. According to Politico‘s Reid J. Epstein, McConnell only agreed to the fiscal cliff deal to gain “leverage” in the upcoming debt ceiling fight only two months from now. Read more
Arizona Still Suffers Huge Financial Losses From Anti-Immigrant SB 1070 by Deborah Montesano:
“We will not only speak with our voices and our feet, we will speak with our economic clout. And we will not spend our money in Arizona and urge other organizations and people who believe in equality under the law to do the same.” Read more
Study Shows Dumbing Down Of Congress – Here’s The Bottom Ten by T. Steelman:
The study doesn’t pretend to understand why this result came out of it, it just lays out the data. But maybe people who believe that evolution is merit-less and climate change is a myth aren’t the sharpest knives in the drawer. Read more
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