Here are a few excerpts from the latest edition of
Harper's Index:
• Number of U.S. retail jobs Doritos Locos tacos created in the past year, according to Taco Bell: 15,000
• Number of retail jobs created worldwide by Apple in that same period: 400
• Percentage of college professors teaching online courses who do not believe students should receive credit for them: 72
• Number of bills strengthening gun control that have been signed into law since the Sandy Hook shooting: 14
• Number weakening gun control: 37
• Percentage of criminal suspects asked to waive their Miranda rights and speak to police who do so: 84
• Number of early deaths in China in 2010 that have been attributed to air pollution: 1,200,000
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Blast from the Past. At Daily Kos on this date in 2010—The Republicans are not on your side:
The message is simple and easy, because it happens to be true. On issue after issue, the Republicans prove that they don't care about people, they only care about their corporate owners. Last week, they blocked an extension of unemployment benefits. This week, theykilled it. They also ensured a pay cut to doctors who accept Medicare patients, ensuring that fewer doctors will, and that those on Medicare will have more trouble finding medical care. But while they've been busy hurting people, they've also been busy helping corporations
With the BP oil gusher destroying the Gulf of Mexico, Republicans are having to pretend not to be defending BP. Meanwhile, they're criticizing President Obama for trying to protectpeople from BP. It's always the same. They protected the banks from financial regulation. They protected the health insurance industry from real health care reform. They killedcramdown, which would have protected homeowners from losing their homes. The list goes on and on. Issue after issue. Year after year.
When have the Republicans supported legislation that helps people at the expense of corporate special interests? When have they proposed such legislation, on their own? Don't hurt yourself trying to find examples. They're rhetorical questions.
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Tweet of the Day:
NSA Chief: Contractor trainee waltzed into #NSA HQ & stole doc only 20 people on the planet supposedly had access to:
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— @billmon1
On today's
Kagro in the Morning show, a Republican back-bencher (not a euphemism) makes headlines with an eyebrow-raising claim about how fetuses pass their time!
Greg Dworkin discusses his latest for
Politix, both-sides-ism, Republican rebranding, and traditional media missing the point(s).
Armando called in on trust in gov't, in the context of the fading IRS story, the NSA revelations, Syria, and the polling on all three. David Weigel at
Slate notes Republican tactics in conflating IRS accusations. Jindal's latest derp. David Dayen's
Salon entry, "Bank of America whistle-blower's bombshell: 'We were told to lie.'" And the KS Sec. of State outraged by a protest at his home goes to 2nd Amendment rhetoric.
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