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Those who have been watching have seen it in action for decades, but only recently has the real threat to America and it's way of life begun to be made clear to everyday folks who are just trying to live their lives and don't normally watch politics.  This threat has grown organically over the years, fueled by secret money from shadowy groups pumping tens of millions of dollars into a singular effort to undermine representative...

Despite 3,882 followers, the Harris County Democratic Party Facebook page has been updated once since June 29. And that one time was to sell tickets for an event.Does the HCDP have anything to say about anything here in the third largest county in America, and with city elections taking place in November?Even if it is just a few sentences, I manage to update this blog nearly every day of the year.While many good people care...

It can't be excerpted, go read the entire article. Now. That is an order, not a request. Okay, one excerpt. Here's the close:"Enough with the peas and the tea. What America needs at the present moment is a We the People Party -- a We Party. Instead of trying to dismantle the New Deal, like both the Tea Partyers and the Pea Partyers, the We Party would campaign to modernize and, where necessary, expand the...

The best Congress money can buy:"A House-passed defense spending measure adds $100 million in funding to an Air Force bomber aircraft plan.  The increased funding at a time of budget crunching comes amid concern that Chinese or Russian missiles could down existing U.S. planes. The Air Force requested only $197 million for the bomber program."We don't have enough bombers," said House Appropriations Committee ranking member Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), who is concerned about the small number...

Republicans impeached Clinton, stole the 2000 election, question Obama's citizenship, wreck the economy for political gain, use legislation to keep the poor and people of color from voting, and talk about states rights and seccession.(Above--Clinton impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate.) Our political disputes today are not about just policy differences that are open to compromise in the long-term.There is no middle ground when the other side sees you as illegitimate by definition.It is just about conflict and the need to win at this...

Here's a shocker...Montana Senator Max Baucus, who helped the Repubs kill single payer proposals during the healthcare debate, slipped an interesting provision into the watered down Healthcare bill; everyone in Libby Montana gets Medicare.  No. Really.  Everyone.  Now.So, if you need healthcare, move to Libby.  Of course, be aware that the reason he did it was that the entire town is full of asbestos and everyone is sick from it....

It's been a mystery to me why President Obama turned his focus away from job creation to all deficit reduction all the time. Mystery no more:"President Obama's senior political adviser David Plouffe said Wednesday that people won't vote in 2012 based on the unemployment rate...."The average American does not view the economy through the prism of GDP or unemployment rates or even monthly jobs numbers," Plouffe said, according to Bloomberg. "People won't vote based on...

Mr. President, What. The. Hell. Are. You. Thinking?"At a meeting with top House and Senate leaders set for Thursday morning, Obama plans to argue that a rare consensus has emerged about the size and scope of the nation's budget problems and that policymakers should seize the moment to take dramatic action.As part of his pitch, Obama is proposing significant reductions in Medicare spending and for the first time is offering to tackle the rising cost...

Los Angeles--I speak to you from the world where the air is a little stuffy with some of it entering the brain. It's beautiful country and I wouldn't mind living here if it weren't for the prices and the people. As Men at Work said, "he loves the world, except for all the people." At any rate, it occurred to me as I was flying over that politics has evolved so much even since I...

Teddy Partridge at Firedoglake nails it:"I'm not one of those Independent Voters in the mushy middle between the GOP and the Democrats. I'm an independent who believes neither party really suits my needs; neither stands for what I believe in; neither speaks for the independent voters like me.And not because the parties are extreme, but because they are in the mushy middle, the parties themselves have become ruined shells of their former selves. They have...