Democrats

Paul Krugman Strikes Back At Liberals Who Attack ‘Obamacare’

Paul Krugman Strikes Back At Liberals Who Attack ‘Obamacare’

Krugman points out that with GOP control the House, it may take many years before Republicans agree to provide more…

8 years ago

Complacency and EmoProgs Aided Conservatives’ Drive To Rewrite the Constitution

There have been a few articles lately that began appearing last October making a compelling case that while the 2016…

8 years ago

It’s Nearly 2016 – Time For Democrats To Embrace Reality And Be Pragmatic

It is apparent that Democrats are on pace to repeat the electoral debacle of 2010 that allowed conservatives to take…

8 years ago

Stop Praising A Koch Victory That Increases Climate Change and Enriches the Oil Industry

No wonder Republicans were praising themselves; just one unrelated-to-spending rider in a spending bill gave the Kochs tens-of-billions annually and…

8 years ago

Democrats Hammer Republicans For Allowing 2,000 Terror Suspects To Legally Buy Guns

As House Republicans continue to protect terrorists' legal ability to purchase deadly weapons, the facts are staggering: according to the…

8 years ago

Refugee-Hating Mayor Uses Racism to Justify Discrimination

Bowers rejects allowing Syrian refugees into his city and compares them to the non-existent threat of Japanese-Americans interred in WWII

8 years ago

Three New “Scientific” Polls and Rising Numbers Reveal Hillary Clinton Won The First Debate

Impassioned #FeelTheBern supporters proclaimed Sanders the Democratic debate winner but the numbers tell a different story

9 years ago

Nancy Pelosi Demands An Investigation Into Group Behind The Planned Parenthood Videos

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called for an investigation into the heavily and deceptively edited Planned Parenthood videos on…

9 years ago

61 House Democrats Are Taking A Stand Against Corporate America

The 61 House Democrats led by Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chairs Keith Ellison and Raul Grijalva are demanding a new funding…

9 years ago

Democrats Go On Offense, Tell Millennials Republicans Are Not On Your Side

Democrats are on the offense and will be holding Republicans accountable for their votes on the GOP budget with an…

9 years ago

Ted Cruz’s 2016 Announcement Backfires By Firing Up Liberals and Democrats

Instead of exciting Republicans by announcing his 2016 presidential candidacy, Sen. Ted Cruz has fired up liberals and Democrats who…

9 years ago

Republicans’ Rule A Death Sentence For 9 Million Disabled Americans

Republicans have shifted their focus slightly away from just killing Americans' jobs to killing disabled Americans; nearly nine million disabled…

9 years ago

Democrats Tried To Shut Elizabeth Warren Up So She Fought Them Even Harder

The talking point that Elizabeth Warren is the new Ted Cruz came from Democrats. Warren responded to this attempt to…

9 years ago

Is Georgia Ready For Hillary Clinton?

Midterm election results in Georgia show progressive trends and point to battleground potential for the 2016 presidential race.

9 years ago

Democrats Lost Because They Wasted Their Most Valuable Weapon in the Midterms

Barack Obama is still the President, and his administration's record achievements over the past five-and-a-half years were squandered by Democratic…

9 years ago

Here’s More Great Economic News For Democrats To Hammer Republicans With

There has been relative silence on two new economic reports that put a stake in the economic agenda Republicans are…

10 years ago

Kansas Is a Portent of Republican Medicare Privatization Disaster

Democrats have a living, breathing example of privatizing Medicare, and frankly everything in the Path to Prosperity budget, that has…

10 years ago

Democrats Are Squandering an Opportunity to Expose The Republican Agenda

One of the primary reasons the GOP is so successful selling a bill-of-goods to voters is that Democrats, while campaigning…

10 years ago

Politico’s Poll Showing Democrats In Trouble This Midterm Election Is a Total Crock

This week, political news site Politico released a poll showing that Democrats are at a seven-point disadvantage against Republicans in…

10 years ago

Toxic? Not So Much. President Obama’s Daily Approval at 50%

The President -- the one that the media keeps tittering Democrats must distance themselves from because he is so hated…

10 years ago

Farm Bill Screws The Poor In Order to Provide More Corporate Welfare

Republicans will never pass up an opportunity to cut spending on a program like food stamps to enrich corporations and…

10 years ago

Special Election Victory By Democrat Jennifer Wexton Completes GOP Collapse in Virginia

In a battle to determine party control of the VA Senate, Jennifer Wexton (D) coasted to a resounding 53-37 victory…

10 years ago

Virginia’s Top Three State Offices Held By Democrats as Obenshain Concedes in AG Race

On Wednesday afternoon, Republican State Sen. Mark Obenshain conceded to Democratic Mark Herring as the recount vote for Virginia's Attorney…

10 years ago

CO State Senator Resigns Preventing Recall and Preserving Democratic Senate Majority

Facing a potential recall effort for her vote to strengthen Colorado's gun laws, State Senator Evie Hudak (D-Westminster) took one…

10 years ago

Democrats Set to Rock Republicans By Pushing to Raise the Minimum Wage to $10.10

Senate Democrats are meeting today and are preparing to drop a bomb on Republicans. They are going to push for…

10 years ago

Republican Traitors Draped in Tea Keep Their Promise to Break the Government

The current Republican government shutdown is what teabaggers came to Washington to do; "break the government of the United States."

11 years ago

Conservatives Revel In Their Racism As They Mock First Lady Michelle Obama

The real issue is not Mrs. Obama's body shape, it is her presence as First Lady that challenges the historic…

11 years ago

A Revealing Look at Racism’s Role in Which Party White People Support

Ever since Democrats passed the Civil Rights Act and championed policies supporting minorities, whites have been defecting from the party.

11 years ago

GOP ReBiblicans Swept Congressional Races Virtually Unnoticed

This image gives you the dramatic story of ReBiblican wins in 2012 Congressional races.

11 years ago

Freedom Rider John Lewis Urges Us All To Stand Up, Speak Out, and March to the Polls

Must see video of Rep. John Lewis' profound speech about the history of the struggle for sacred right to vote,…

12 years ago

Rush Limbaugh Hopes that Hurricane Isaac Kills Poor Black Democrats

Rush Limbaugh hoped today that Hurricane Isaac kills lots of poor Democrats in New Orleans, so that Louisiana can become…

12 years ago

Republicans Wrong Again: Over 50% Of Small Businesses Want To Keep ObamaCare

Contrary to what Republicans say, only 30% of small businesses want the healthcare law overturned while 50% want it to…

12 years ago

The Forest and the Trees: How Extreme Ideologues Destroy the Left’s Unity

The left needs to coalesce around one goal; defeating Republicans at all costs, but here is already talk of various…

12 years ago

Our Government’s Immoral Abandonment of People with Mental Illness

Despite the fact that people with mental illnesses end up in systems that cost taxpayers more money, state governments continue…

12 years ago

The Very Real Possibility of No Compromise In The 112th Congress

The prescient question is; will the 112th Congress accomplish anything without compromise? It is difficult to foretell the future, but…

13 years ago

Senate Democrats Betray Both Bernie Sanders and Barack Obama

Senator Sanders stood up for Americans against Republicans, and true to form, only two Democrats stood with him. If Democrats…

13 years ago

Where’s the Tea Party When You Need Them?

The left and the left of left are at each other’s throats, locked in a battle of high minded principles…

13 years ago

Obama Has Nothing To Lose By Saying No To Tax Cuts for the Rich

David Axelrod said in an interview that the Obama Administration is considering keeping the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest…

13 years ago