In The U.S. Congress, Politics Wins, America Loses

Success of 'Occupy' Evident in Detractors Tactics

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Dude, Where's My Uterus?

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People who want to do this need a reality check.

'Occupy Wall Street' Goes Mainstream, Gains Steam!

Michael Moore Warns The Media That Protests Like Occupy Wall St. Won’t Go Away

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The Elizabeth Warren Wordcloud

'Shouting into the wind' in Mississippi

'Shouting into the wind' in Mississippi: "Personhood Amendments, where they've been tried, tend to fail. That's because defining personhood as beginning at fertilization comes with unintended consequences, like outlawing popular forms of birth control and making IVF a lot more complicated. Can embryos in an IVF clinic inherit property? If you crash your bike and miscarry, is that a crime?

Cristen Hemmins was one of two plaintiffs who sued to stop the Personhood Amendment from going to referendum. The Mississippi Supreme Court said last week that the measure can go forward, and so far the campaign to defeat it amounts to a Facebook page. The vote's in November. "It's an uphill battle, and we're not helped by the fact that we've got seven weeks to educate the entire state of Mississippi," says Hemmins. Mississippi remains a place where politics and religion are not always separate ideas...."

The Ohio jobs puzzle

The Ohio jobs puzzle: "Ohio Governor John Kasich says his reforms should be judged on whether they create jobs. The last while hasn't been kind to him on that score. In July, the state now reports, unemployment rose for the second consecutive month. It's now at 9 percent, up from 8.8 percent in June. The rate had been falling -- it was 10 percent a year ago, before Mr. Kasich took office -- and now it's rising again.

From the start, Governor Kasich has made a point of shifting resources from the public sector to the private one, stripping rights from unions because he said it would save the state money, and cutting the overall budget...."

What Hurt US's Credit Rating?: The Disproportionate & Perilious Influence of Ignorant Tea-Partiers

Flirting With Treason: Rick Perry Invites You To Join His 'Godly' Government Overthrow Delusion

These people make it sound like fasting and praying fixes everything. If it was that simple, why isn't everything fixed already?!

Rachel Maddow Debunks GOP Talking Point That S&P Downgrade Was Due To Debt

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Happy Birthday Mr. President

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Best Debt Ceiling Word Cloud Graphic We've Seen This Week