January 2012
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“He’s incapable of sympathizing with people who can’t pay their...”
– Matt Taibbi, The Odd Couple: Romney vs. Gingrich. Perhaps the most succinct explanation of Romney’s worldview I’ve ever come across.
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“True, the federal government has avoided all-out austerity. But state and local...”
– Paul Krugman, The Austerity Debacle.
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An Interactive Timeline of the John Doe... →
The Journal Sentinel put together an interactive timeline of the ongoing John Doe investigation surrounding Scott Walker’s staff.
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A Wisconsin Judge's Refusal to Recuse
The New York Times addresses Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman’s questionable ethics:
Justice Michael Gableman of the Wisconsin Supreme Court announced last week that he will not retroactively recuse himself by taking back his vote in one of the court’s highly divisive recent cases. The decision is indefensible.
In a 4-to-3, right-left vote last June, the court overturned a...
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Supervillain or Newt? →
Play the game Supervillain or Newt, where you have to decide whether an idea comes from an indestructible megalomaniac hell-bent on ruling the world, or from a supervillain!
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Scott Walker's Serious Accounting Problems →
Federal law allows states to drop adults from health care programs if the state certifies that it has a budget deficit. So, despite spending months bragging about balancing the budget, Walker’s administration quietly told the federal government in December that Wisconsin actually has an undisclosed deficit.
By claiming to balance the budget, Walker wins political points, while claiming a...
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WatchJustice Stevens talks to Stephen Colbert about Citizens United. Stevens wrote the dissent in that case, and he brought his A-game in this interview.
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“This right of privacy, whether it be founded in the Fourteenth Amendment’s...”
– Justice Blackmun, Roe v. Wade. Roe was decided 39 years ago today.
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“Up with Newt. Down with dignity. That’s the way it goes.”
– Charles Blow, Newt’s Southern Strategy.
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“When a man has left a woman — the mother of his children — who is...”
– DL Hughley, on Newt Gingrich calling questions about his affairs despicable. 