Sunday, November 9, 2014

RSN: Will GOP Try to Fast-Track Keystone XL Pipeline?, Dispirited America Votes for Change, Gives Up on Hope, Seattle Voters Just Taxed Themselves to Fund Preschool for the Poor


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Frank Rich | Dispirited America Votes for Change, Gives Up on Hope
Columnist Frank Rich. (photo: The New York Times)
Frank Rich, New York Magazine
Rich writes: "This deeply dispirited country wanted to throw the bums in power out, and the bums in power were the Democrats, led by the bum-in-chief President Obama."
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Obama Wants an Additional $3.2 Billion for War Against ISIS
Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "President Barack Obama will ask lawmakers Friday for an additional $3.2 billion to pay for the war against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, including funds to train and arm Baghdad government forces, officials said Thursday."
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US Supreme Court Showdown Likely After Gay Marriage Bans Upheld
Amanda Holpuch, Guardian UK
Holpuch reports: "A US appeals court upheld same-sex marriage bans in four states on Thursday, bringing to an end a streak of victories for activists fighting to extend gay rights across the country and setting up a likely supreme court battle on the issue."
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Colorado to Give Residents a Tax Rebate With Marijuana Revenues
ABC 7 News Denver
Excerpt: "Gov. John Hickenlooper's proposed $26.8 billion Colorado budget, unveiled Monday afternoon, includes two rebates for taxpayers."
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Seattle Voters Just Taxed Themselves to Fund Preschool for the Poor
Emily Badger, The Washington Post
Badger reports: "There is a place where progressives rule, where voters want government to increase support for the poor, where the idea of taxing the rich to do that doesn't come off like class warfare. It's Seattle."
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Will GOP Try to Fast-Track Keystone XL Pipeline?
Anastasia Pantsios, EcoWatch
Pantsios reports: "Now that Republicans have taken control of the Senate in addition to the House of Representatives, the attacks on the environment they've long advocated for will most likely rise to the top of the congressional agenda."
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