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Steve Benen at Washington Monthly quoting Heidi Shierholz of the Economic Policy Institute, after today's jobs report which showed a gain of 71,000 jobs in the private sector but a loss of 202,000 (143,000 of those census workers) in the public sector: "The economic case for more government action to create jobs is about as clear as they come." It's crystal clear. What is needed is government spending to create jobs, the much-maligned (by the...

Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, is supposedly a rising star in the GOP largely due to his "Roadmap for America's Future." Ryan's Roadmap is billed as "an elaborate...plan that aims to erase the federal debt by 2063, simplify the tax code and significantly alter...Medicare and Social Security" and "an answer to those who have accused Republicans of saying no, while having no ideas of their own."Fred Barnes...

Attention teachers, police officers, and firefighters: Remember this when you go to the polls in November. John Boehner, the man who would be Speaker if Republicans take control of the House, considers you to be "liberal special interests" and funds to save your jobs a "special interest bailout." He also seems to think that his time would be much better spent on the golf course than in Washington voting on a bill to save your...

Not that we needed any further proof of Republican hypocrisy when it comes to jobs and deficits, but there it was again yesterday in the cloture vote on a bill to provide $26 billion in aid to states and school districts.Here is a bill that keeps 140,000 teachers in the classroom instead of standing in line at the unemployment office (which is where Republicans actually want them to be, along with everyone else), doesn't add...

 In news from the Republican Bizarro World, Karl Rove told Neil Cavuto and Fox News viewers that George Bush never blamed Bill Clinton for anything. Bush cowboyed up and took responsibility---because blaming his predecessor would have "poisoned the political atmosphere," and besides,  it's just "not his style." (If you can't stomach 3:16 of Karl Rove jump ahead to around 2:10 of the clip).      Dave Neiwert at Crooks and Liars has some instances that must...

No, that headline's not a typo, it's not supposed to be First Amendment. Sharron Angle said that entitlement programs are a violation of the First Commandment, as in Moses and the stone tablets, Old Testament, First Commandment. Jon Ralston of the Las Vegas Sun found the audio of an April 21 radio interview in which Angle said: "And these programs that you mentioned -- that Obama has going with Reid and Pelosi pushing them forward...

Reading the right-wing blogs so you don't have to. Hey, it's a tough job but somebody has to do it. Today's episode is the "EXPLOSIVE" new video at Conservatives4Palin of Katie Couric "mocking" Sarah Palin. "New" being the day Palin was announced as John McCain's running mate. <br />Here's their take on what was heard and, more importantly (insert ominous organ music here) what wasn't heard. "As you can see, the video shows Katie Couric...

Three cheers for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for standing up against the religious bigots and fearmongers on the right yesterday. Those who use the inflammatory term "Ground Zero Mosque" even though the proposed Islamic Center in lower Manhattan is neither--it's 2 blocks from the former Trade Center site and it's not just a mosque. But the likes of Liz Cheney, Bill Kristol, Newt Gingrich, Peter King, and Rick Lazio, to name just a...

Normally I agree with Ed Schultz, but this is just stupid:"And I'm announcing today, I'm not going to vote in the midterms. I'm not going to do it. You can say it's un-American. No, it's rather revolutionary is what it is. I'm at that point. I'm checking out.I'm checking out of the Democrats because they are proving to me that they don't know how to handle these big babies over on the right that say...

I may be way off base here, but if I'm a Tea Party organizer putting together a 'Some of My Best Friends Are...' rally to prove there's no racist element within the Tea Party movement, the last person I'm going to invite to speak is Andrew Breitbart. But that's just what happened in Philadelphia last Saturday. Doing his part to promote inclusiveness, Breitbart, speaking to 300 people, ranted about the NAACP, the Congressional Black Caucus,...