Fox Pushes Six Tax Myths Ahead Of Spending Negotiations
Fox News tried to undermine President Obama's tax plan by pushing six debunked tax myths in advance of negotiations on how to avoid a series of automatic tax increases and spending cuts. In reality,...
View ArticleJustin Berrier: Limbaugh Dismisses Wal-Mart Worker Complaints
Rush Limbaugh attacked workers planning on striking this holiday season, claiming they're "never happy" and saying that he has "always been opposed to compromise with them." But the workers have valid...
View Article24 States To Be Dominated By Republicans In 2013
At least 37 states will fall under single-party control come January, with one party holding the governor’s office and majorities in both legislative chambers, the New York Times reports, “raising the...
View ArticleObama’s Only Presidential Pardon This Year Went To The Turkey
As is annual tradition, President Obama used his constitutionally granted pardon power the day before Thanksgiving to save one lucky turkey . But thus far, the turkey is the only recipient of a...
View ArticleNew Scientist Special Report: 7 Reasons Climate Change Is ‘Even Worse Than We...
The NY Times isn’t the only major publication going apocalypti c on climate change. New Scientist has a new dedicated issue that makes the Times’ stories seem down-right Pollyannish
View ArticleJudge Unconstitutionally Sentences Man To Attend Church
Oklahoma Judge Mike Norman has an unusual approach to sentencing — just don’t worry about the First Amendment : Oklahoma Judge Mike Norman believes an alternative to incarceration is requiring people...
View ArticleThe Morning Pride: November 30, 2012
Welcome to The Morning Pride, ThinkProgress LGBT’s daily round-up of the latest in LGBT policy, politics, and some culture too! Here’s what we’re reading this morning, but please let us know what...
View ArticleTimothy Johnson: NRA News Falls Flat In Discrediting Bipartisan Swing State Poll
On last night's edition of Cam & Company on National Rifle Association News, host Cam Edwards and guest Jim Geraghty of the National Review Online baselessly attacked the methodology of a...
View ArticleSimon Maloy: Roger Ailes And Fox News’ Lack Of Accountability
Politico's Dylan Byers neatly sums up the reaction, or lack thereof, to the news that Fox News chief Roger Ailes used a Fox contributor to pitch a presidential run to David Petraeus in 2011: No one...
View ArticleJustin Berrier: After Years Of Operating As GOP Communications Arm, Fox...
For the second day in a row, Fox News host Gretchen Carlson criticized the GOP for failing to effectively communicate its ideas, especially following its defeat in the 2012 presidential election.
View ArticleThe Biggest Republican Miscalculations Of 2012
1. Romney can still win. Karl Rove didn’t just predict Romney would win beforehand; he actually insisted that Romney still may win Ohio after Fox News called Ohio for Obama.
View ArticleSouth Carolina Saved $3M Last Year On ‘Smarter’ Prison Terms
“South Carolina is usually the first of everything bad and last in everything good,” state Senator Gerald Malloy (D) told a local newspaper this week. But not this time on criminal justice reform
View ArticlePaul Ryan Embraces Spending Cuts He Said Would Devastate The Country
During an interview on Meet The Press on Sunday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) predicted that the sequester cuts are “going to happen” and made no concrete proposals for how to avoid the reductions. The tone...
View ArticlePennsylvania GOP Senator: Rigging The Presidential Election Is What The...
Shortly after the Democratic presidential candidate won the White House last November, Pennsylvania state Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R) announced a plan to keep that from happening again...
View ArticleSergio Munoz: Voting Rights Act Support Is Bipartisan, Even If Limbaugh...
Rush Limbaugh promoted the accusation that Democrats were using The New York Times to pressure the Supreme Court into rejecting the current constitutional challenge to the Voting Rights Act in Shelby...
View ArticleGun Safety Advocates Force NRA Backed Democrat Out Of Congressional Race
Illinois State Sen. Toi Hutchinson dropped her bid to fill the Congressional seat of former Rep.
View ArticleBob Woodward Agrees With Hannity: Journalists Should Ask Obama About Bill Ayers
The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward appeared on Fox News’ Hannity on Thursday evening to complain about National Economic Council director Gene Sperling’s email disputing his characterization of the...
View ArticleMartin Luther King And The Call To Direct Action On Climate
Van Jones and I have an op-ed in “ The Miami Herald ” and many other McClatchy newspapers. I will have more on the moral dimensions of climate change in later posts.
View ArticleHouse Bill Would Effectively Abolish Voter ID In Federal Elections
Voter ID laws, which require voters to show photo ID in order to vote, are one of the most common forms of voter suppression laws favored by Republican state lawmakers.
View ArticleLara Schwartz: John Fund Calls IRS Scrutiny Of Conservative Groups "Real...
Fox News contributor and National Review columnist John Fund fabricated a link between voter suppression and IRS employees inappropriately singling out tea party and conservative groups' applications...
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