wonkette:

Why Is Liz Warren Yelling At Bank Regulators Today? (Video)

Liz Warren came to Washington to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and she is ALL OUT OF BUBBLEGUM. Would you like to watch her tear into regulators about wrongful foreclosures? Specifically: why no one knows exactly how many people were wrongfully foreclosed on, and also, why wrongfully foreclosed upon people may have gotten as little as $300 for their troubles? Of course you would, these kinds of videos are the highlight of our week too, let us all sit back and relax and bask in the glory of Liz Warren, kicking ass at the Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, courtesy of ThinkProgress.

Read more at http://wonkette.com/511691/why-is-liz-warren-yelling-at-bankers-today-video#1XW2e8Pk6ZHgE7Fr.99

Like it or not, younger Americans are thirsty for change that lines up with their more liberal cultural worldview.

Advantage Democrats.

Two years ago today.

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You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat.

— Jackie Kennedy

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popgothecrackers:

Democrats Send ‘Tea Party Membership Cards’ To GOP Freshmen

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ID # 99947. Job well done. 

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gifhound:

This is how Joe Biden greets babies.

quickhits:

Historic number of women sworn in as Senators.

ABC News:

Today the Senate will make history, swearing in a record-breaking 20 female senators — four Republicans and 16 Democrats — in office.

“I can’t tell you the joy that I feel in my heart to look at these 20 gifted and talented women from two different parties, different zip codes to fill this room,” Sen. Barbara Mikulksi, D-Md., said while surrounded by the group of women senators. “In all of American history only 16 women had served. Now there are 20 of us.”

Meanwhile, in Crazytown:

The Hill:

A conservative women’s group sees an historic number of women being sworn into the Senate on Thursday as a negative development.

Independent Women’s Forum Executive Director Sabrina Schaeffer said in a statement that the increase in women, because they are mostly Democratic women, will be harmful for government.

“While a lot is being made about the record number of women joining the Senate, the reality is the majority of these women are Democrats – 16 of the 20 – and as a result we are likely to see higher taxes, bigger government, and less freedom,” she said.

Ever think there might be a reason why 16 of the 20 are Democrats? Keep waging that War on Women, conservatives. It’s working out so well for you.

Growing up in Mitchell, South Dakota in the 1920s, I remember a parishioner coming to my father’s parsonage and condemning income taxes. My father, a Republican nonetheless said, “Brother Smith, if you’re paying high income taxes, it means you’re making a high income, so praise the Lord!” My father’s response made sense to me then and it still does.

nomoretexasgovernorsforpresident:

Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren, left, and Senator-elect and current Representative Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis. walked together Capitol Hill.

Nancy Pelosi to remain House Minority leader. 

Your daily Biden.

I don’t detest Democrats who disagree with me, as many of them did in the 1960s and in my 1972 presidential campaign when I fought with all my strength to bring our boys home from the tragically mistaken American war in Vietnam.

If I should meet them in the mystery beyond the grave, I’d embrace them…

George McGovern, What It Means to Be a Democrat

Thanks for everything, Mr. McGovern, and Godspeed.

Above all, being a Democrat means having compassion for others.

It means putting government to work to help the people who need it. It means using all available tools to provide good health care and education, job opportunities, safe neighborhoods, a healthy environment, a promising future. It means standing up for people who have been kept down. It means taking care of the mentally ill, of seniors, of vulnerable children, of veterans–and making sure all people are treated with respect and dignity.

gifhound:

The DNC released a new microsite this morning: RomneyTaxPlan.com. 

Good luck getting the details.