David Corn collecting Obamacare stories on Twitter...You should read them
Over on twitter David Corn has started re-tweeting people's positive experiences with Obamacare so far, and we should make sure people (i.e. the media) know about it.My neighbor, 2 heart attacks , 50...
View ArticleOhio expanding Medicaid for 275,000 residents
GreatMixed news from Republican controlled Ohio: they're not attempting to sabotage Obamacare by screwing its residents and rejecting federal funds to expand medicaid. But they are using the new...
View ArticleTeacher survives multiple tours in Afghanistan...to be shot in Nevada...
This is just incredibly sad, not that it's likely to change anything...A student opening fire with a handgun he took from his parents. Screaming students running for cover. A teacher, trying to help,...
View ArticleMichael Hayden bashes Obama in interview, demanding anonymity...while riding...
From the "you can't make this shit up" file:Former National Security Agency director Michael Hayden is more used to being the one listening in on conversations than the one being eavesdropped on...
View ArticleTexans "volunteer" to take women to abortion clinics...only to take them to...
This really alarmed us this morning. Just one reminder that getting an abortion in Texas can be very dangerous. pic.twitter.com/bdHCZ3F3lM— Fund Texas Women (@FundTexasWomen) November 10, 2013In case...
View ArticleLet's remember to thank David Waldman today
It's easy to be extremely cynical about the political process and its ability to make the lives of the 99% actually better. But every once in a while an everyday citizen works really hard to advocate...
View ArticleHandcuffed 17-year-old shot dead while in back of police car
There's a tragic and conflicting story developing in Durham, North Carolina. According to their police department, a teenager in their custody for trespassing, somehow shot himself while handcuffed and...
View ArticleIran Nuclear Deal Reportedly Reached
Important update, The New York Times has some vague details of the emerging deal:After marathon talks that finally ended early Sunday morning, the United States and five other world powers reached an...
View ArticleMichigan Police Officer Admits to Disseminating Humiliating Videos of...
I searched the tags and didn't see a diary about this already: there's been a disturbing story developing in the Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe Park.At least one Grosse Pointe Park police officer is...
View ArticleLatest Right-Wing Meme: Greeks Self-Inflicting HIV for Government Benefits
Rush Limbaugh, The Daily Caller, The Blaze, and Fox News are all in a lather over a discredited World Health Organization report that up to 40% of new HIV cases in Greece are self-inflicted for a 700...
View ArticleDear DNC: Want to know why people stop voting? Look no further than the Iowa...
There are many reasons people, both young and old, either stop voting or never do. Some of them we probably cannot change (the electoral college), but others we can. Like the way the Democratic Party...
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