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Apr 30, 2014 | By CAP Action War Room

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GOP Senators Vote Against Working Americans And Block Minimum Wage Increase

A minority of 41 Senators, all Republicans, voted today to block a bill that would raise the minimum wage to $10.10. Once again, the GOP followed the orders of the Koch brothers to keep our economy working for only the wealthiest.

Earnings for the top 1 percent have gone up 177 percent (PDF) since 1980. Meanwhile, minimum wage workers are actually making 16 percent less. But Republican Senators are still refusing to give them a raise:

What’s more, instead of voting to give 28 million people as much as a $4,000 raise each, these GOP Senators instead took checks from leading lobbyists from big corporations opposed to raising it. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, for instance, has taken $118,000 since 2008:

Let’s go over just a few of the groups that these 41 Senate Republicans — whose average net worth is $6.26 million — were voting against in deciding to not even allow debate on the minimum wage bill:

• 28 million workers overall, whose wages would go up by a combine $35 billion dollars;
• 15 million women, who make up almost two-thirds of all minimum wage workers;
• One million veterans, which amounts to one in ten of all veterans currently working;
• 21 million children, who would have had at least one parent whose pay will go up;
• 3.5 million people of color, who make up a disproportionate number of minimum wage workers and whose wages are estimated to increase by $16.1 billion with a $10.10 minimum wage.

But despite today’s vote, this issue isn’t going away no matter how hard Republicans wish it would. The 42nd ‘no’ vote came from Majority Leader Harry Reid, a procedural move in order to preserve the option of bringing the bill up again. And just before the vote took place, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) issued a clear indication on the Senate floor that this fight is long from over: “If we don’t succeed this time…we will bring this bill to the floor again and again and again. Sooner or later we will get it done.”

BOTTOM LINE: Instead of raising the minimum wage and giving Americans who work hard a better opportunity to get ahead, Senate Republicans have shown once again that they’re against the 99%. But this fight is far from over. Those who vote against everyday Americans — many of whom have voted for similar minimum wage increases in the past — are on the wrong side of history.

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Fred Phelps and his bigoted followers who spread hate and intolerance have gotten more fame than deserved, so little has been posted here about these zealots.

Hatred should have been buried with Mr. Phelps.

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Bravo KY Guv Steve Beshear! Daily Kos: Kentucky isn't done enrolling people

ALL Americans should have health care!

It defines the Moral Bankruptcy and Racism of the GOP, the Dirty Energy Koch Brothers, FAUX News and others who OPPOSE providing Health Care.

Please VOTE! And remember who fought for Americans.

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Maybe it's them!

Steve Marmel

Actual WMD's are being taken out of the mix in Syria. Meanwhile, John Kerry and Iran reach an agreement.

In a previous administration, or in a Romney administration, we'd be in the midst of our third and fourth military action and/or war right now.

At some point, even the most irrational conservative has to admit: Either they cannot stand having a black (or Democratic) president......

...or they just want a bunch of wars they can't pay for and won't fight.

Just be honest about it.

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Senate GOP blows itself up

Senate Democrats put a huge dent in Republican obstruction by eliminating the filibuster on almost all executive branch and judicial nominations. Supreme Court nominees are the only remaining exception. Here is our coverage of this tremendous victory: Senate GOP blows itself up: What the hell were they thinking? by kos Why did Harry Reid go nuclear? Here's why, in one image by Ian Reifowitz McConnell: For going nuclear before he was against it by Joan McCarter The rules have changed: Reid pulls trigger on nuclear option by Joan McCarter Filibuster reform is a reality. Read today's action as it happened by OllieGarkey What's next for filibuster reform by Joan McCarter Don't forget the blogger who started fighting for filibuster reform before it was polite to do so by fiver Bring on the judicial nominations! by Joan McCarter We founded the Daily Kos email activism program in August 2010 with a petition urging Senate Democrats to reform the filibuster. Today, almost 1,000,000 filibuster reform actions later, we won an enormous victory that will transform the courts with waves of nominees who will slowly pull the American judicial system out of the grip of corporate power. We really can change things if we work together. Thank you. Keep fighting, Chris Bowers Senior Campaign Director, Daily Kos

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Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear skewers McConnell and Paul over Obamacare

Fri Sep 27, 2013 at 05:01 AM PDT

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear skewers McConnell and Paul over Obamacare in NYT op-ed

by TXdemFollow

 

My State Needs Obamacare. Now. That's the title of Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear's pugnacious NYT op-ed lambasting Washington Republicans, specifically his fellow Kentuckians Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, for trying to blow up the health care law.

Beshear begins by raising the disconnect between the partisan obstruction of Kentucky's dysfunctional duo in D.C. and the state's eager and steadfast implementation of Obamacare.

He points to the sad fact that Kentucky is among the sickest, most unhealthy states in the union and calls for "transformational change" to address that reality.

He credits the Medicaid expansion and Kynect health exchange for providing affordable coverage to more than 600,000 Kentuckians, creating 17,000 jobs, and saving the state $800 million.

Then the good governor delivers his blunt message to the turtle, his boss, and their fellow GOP extortionists:

As for naysayers, I’m offended by their partisan gamesmanship, as they continue to pour time, money and energy into overturning or defunding the Affordable Care Act. It’s shameful that these critics haven’t invested that same level of energy into trying to improve the health of our citizens.They insist that the Affordable Care Act will never work — when in fact a similar approach put into effect in Massachusetts by Mitt Romney, then the governor, is working.
So, to those more worried about political power than Kentucky’s families, I say, “Get over it.”
...
Get over it ... and get out of the way so I can help my people. Here in Kentucky, we cannot afford to waste another day or another life.

Steve Beshear isn't the ideal dkos Democrat, but he is delivering for his people. And he knows how to take it to the Republicans.

Similarly, we need to elect Terry McAuliffe this November and Charlie Crist next November so they can push through Medicaid expansion in Virginia and Florida, respectively.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/27/1241757/-Kentucky-Gov-Steve-Beshear-skewers-McConnell-and-Paul-over-Obamacare-in-NYT-op-ed#

 

In case you missed the Crazy Right Wing Follies.....

10 Crazy Things The Right Did This Week

By CAP Action War Room on September 13, 2013 at 3:03 pm

The summer may be over, but it’s never the end of crazy season when it comes to conservatives–from the silly to the serious.

1. Republicans Threaten To Push Nation Into Default Unless Obama Agrees To Delay Obamacare For One Year: Ironically, the proposition could actually increase the deficit by billions of dollars.
2. Secret Koch Fund Decries ‘Corporate Welfare’ And Stimulus But Funds Their Top Defender: A tax-exempt group claims to fight runaway stimulus spending and “corporate welfare” but gave millions to the Chamber of Commerce, perhaps the top backer of those programs.
3. GOP Tries To Sink Uncontroversial Energy Bill With An Obamacare Amendment: An energy efficiency bill would be the first major energy legislation passed in the Senate since 2007, but Republican amendments aiming to repeal Obamacare threaten to sink a long-awaited bill that has broad bipartisan support.
4. Heritage Puts Anti-Obamacare Billboard In Times Square After State Announces Huge Premium Drop: The message is just the latest political stunt from the organization that first developed the individual health care mandate and later touted Obamacare-like reforms in Massachusetts.
5. The Origins Of An Epidemic: How Right-Wing Religious Communities Give Measles A Chance To Spread: A recent measles outbreak in Texas was traced to an evangelical church that preached against vaccines. That’s not an isolated incident.
6. Five Reasons Congress Can’t Blame The Calendar For Delaying Immigration Reform: House Republicans are telling the media they simply don’t have time to pass immigration reform this year. They’re wrong.
7. Benghazi Conspiracy Rally On Capitol Hill Attracts Dozens Of People: It was meant to be a rallying moment for thousands of conservatives to demand the truth about Benghazi. Less than a hundred bothered to show up.
8. Conservatives Pressure Textbook Publishers To Downplay Existence Of Climate Change, Evolution: Prominent creationists with little scientific background or training are asking publishers include disclaimers about existing scientific theories.
9. Meet The Maryland Republicans Who Want To Secede: The group, which calls itself the Western Maryland Initiative, is dissatisfied with the fact that, in a democracy, people with minority views are frequently outvoted by people with more common views.
10. Mitch McConnell Exploits Syria Conflict For Campaign Fundraising: The letter opened with the claim that Mitch McConnell “does not politicize issues of national security” but went on to argue that the senator’s opposition to the authorization for use of force is “a ringing example of why we need to keep Mitch fighting for us in the United States Senate.”

http://thinkprogress.org/progress-report/10-crazy-week/
 

Mitch McConnell: Bought & Paid For!

More people need to know about this.

Found on Americans Against The Republican Party

Senator Mitch McConnell: LIAR!

God Bless the President of the United States shared Sick of the Slant - A Fair Look at the News of the Day's photo.

OMG, these people are capable of anything...
**A*N*Y*T*H*I*N*G**
VOTE THEM OUT IN 2014!!!!

(Albert) Nothing is to low for them to lie about.

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/08/30/2557231/womens-event-mitch-mcconnell-touts-womens-law-voted/

428 Filibusters!

Mitch McConnell has staged 428 filibusters since he became Minority Leader in 2007 -- the highest rate of obstruction in history. And yet, instead of being ashamed of this, McConnell has declared himself the "proud guardian of gridlock."

Send McConnell a message, let him know exactly how you feel, and tell him to stop the GOP gridlock.

And KEEP UP THE PRESSURE! Key Republicans in the Senate are starting to break ranks with him on this, and we need to keep speaking out against gridlock!

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This and That and Republican Ignorance

Ted Cruz Supporter: “Canada Is Not Foreign Soil” (VIDEO)

Published On August 23, 2013 | By james |

 

This whole “birther” thing is getting quite entertaining. The GOP hypocrisy is stunning.
The Texas Tribune reported yesterday that despite the fact that President Obama released his birth certificate in June of 2008, which proves that Pres. Obama was born in Hawaii to an American mother and a Kenyan father, it seems the when it comes to who’s eligible to serve as President of the United States and who is not, the same logic does not apply when it comes to Koch-supported ALEC puppet and Tea Party darling TX Sen. Ted Cruz.
As it relates to Cruz’s eligibility, supporter Chris Leinhard is quite articulate. Interviewed at a recent Cruz town hall, Leinhard offered the following;

“…Since he was born to an American mother overseas (WTF – Canada is overseas now??)… in my mind that would qualify him.”

Republican Texas voter Christina Katok - a birther who thinks President Obama was born in Kenya and therefore ineligible to be President – had a different view when it comes to Cruz,

“As far as I’m concerned, Canada is not really foreign soil.”

*FACEPALM*
Quick question – even if President Obama was born in Kenya – which he was not, what am I missing?
OH! That’s right! OBAMA’S BLACK!
Watch via Texas Tribune;

Published on Aug 22, 2013

Liberal critics say Republicans who questioned Barack Obama's eligibility to be president are hypocritical now that one of their own, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, is facing questions about his. Partisanship may also be a factor.

http://www.theeverlastinggopstoppers.com/2013/08/ted-cruz-supporter-canada-foreign-soil-video/


Republican Jesus's photo.

**T*E*R*R*O*R*I*S*M**

These men are patriots. They know sacrifices always need to be made by the little people for the greater Republican good. The über-wealthy we serve must have their way, regardless of who is harmed in the process. Rich = Righteous and the rest of you are our pawns.

~ Republican Jesus

God Bless the President of the United States shared American Voice of Reason's photo.

Anyone who wants to shrink, destroy or sabotage our Government and shows such vile loathing for the President that we elected, TWICE, should not be in office, EVER!!!!

 

These men have publicly stated they want to DESTROY YOUR GOVERNMENT. They want to render YOUR GOVERNMENT dysfunctional so it... only works for the wealthiest people in the world (regardless of nationality).

So WHY do your fellow Americans continue to hire these men to work in OUR government?

These men have told us they do NOT want to make government function properly. They want to make our government USELESS for its intended purpose, which is to do the work of ALL the citizens of this country.

How then can we get our fellow Americans to stop voting people who hate government into public office?

And how can we convince our fellow Americans to FIRE anti-government politicians in 2014?

420 FILIBUSTERS Led By The Guardian of Gridlock, Mitch McConnell

Why would anyone support a Political Party whose sole goal is to gridlock the nation?

Why would anyone deny Americans Health Care?  


Here are three numbers for you:

3 is the number of years in a row that DFA members have voted Mitch McConnell the worst villain in the U.S. Senate;

420 is the number of filibusters Mitch McConnell has led since becoming Minority Leader and is the reason he's declared himself the "guardian of gridlock;"

2014 is the year Mitch McConnell will lose his reelection.

Our polling last week proved Senator McConnell is currently losing, but with the election a year away, we still have a lot of work to do to make sure it becomes a reality. That's why we're not waiting another day to launch our Ditch Mitch campaign.

Will you contribute $4.20 -- a penny for every filibuster Mitch McConnell has led -- to jump-start our campaign to Ditch Mitch?

Everyone from the media, to the front running democratic challenger, to Mitch's tea party primary opponent can smell blood. Now a tape recording has surfaced where even Mitch's own campaign manager told a conservative activist "Between you and me, I’m sort of holding my nose."

Yeah, he actually said that.

Here's the thing. This is an incredible opportunity. The longer we keep Republicans playing defense, especially in a red state like Kentucky, the harder their path to winning control of the Senate gets.

Contribute right now to fuel our campaign to Ditch Mitch.

Together we can make sure this is Mitch McConnell's last term in Congress.

Charles

Charles Chamberlain, Executive Director
Democracy For America

Gaffe of the Week

Republican Disgrace of the Month

The Republicans just launched a plan to strip every single cent of Obamacare’s funding. And if Democrats don’t go along with this revolting scheme that would leave 32 million uninsured, top Republicans have vowed to shut down government.

It’s despicable: The Republicans will hold the entire nation hostage unless Obamacare is completely eliminated.

The Republican Senate primaries are a complete circus!

It's a circus: in over a dozen states, elephant-on-elephant conflict is raging as Republicans fight an internal battle over the future of their party.

In some states, unpopular Republican incumbents are finding themselves challenged by even more extreme candidates. In others, the same extreme Republicans that you helped defeat in past elections are back for another go. But in each of these states, the Republicans are showing their true colors with extreme positions on Medicare, Social Security, and access to contraception.

Who's bankrolling McConnell's Super PAC?