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The Young Turks: ‘Kissing Representative Vance McAllister Caught on Camera’

Source:The New Democrat Perhaps the new way to describe the Christian Right in America is to call them the “Do What I Say Not What I do Right.”  Perhaps the so-called the “Family Values Coalition” (which has as much meaning … Continue reading

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The New Yorker: Jeffrey Frank: Rand Paul & The Eisenhower Dream

Source:The New Democrat  Back in the day, before, lets say, the Religious Right era, the Republican Party was essentially a classically conservative, if not conservative, libertarian party that used phrases like “Get big government out of my wallet, bedrooms, classrooms, … Continue reading

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Associated Press: U.S. Senate Blocks President Obama’s Pick For Civil Rights Post

Source:The New Democrat  Wow, President Obama losing a vote on one of his executive nominations in a Democratic Senate with a clear 55-45 majority, where the minority can no longer block executive nominations by themselves. This loss has to do … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Sharif Matar Interviews Director Christopher Kay: What’s Wrong with American Politics? Of by For the American People

Source:The New Democrat  There’s an old saying about the American political system that goes something like this:  It is the worst political system in the world except for all the rest. Not exactly a high bar to shoot for, kind … Continue reading

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New America Foundation: Justin King: Senator Ron Wyden Wants Children’s Savings Accounts

Source:The New Democrat  I somewhat covered this last week with a blog on retirement and unemployment accounts for people so they can save for retirement and not have to burn those accounts when they are unemployed, especially for long periods … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Jacob Sullum: Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Major Sentencing Reforms

Source:The New Democrat  I agree that this bill that the Senate Judiciary Committee doesn’t go far enough. I would decriminalize cocaine, heroin and meth. Not legalize them which is different, but my drug policy would be that if adults twenty-one … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Robert J. Samuelson: The Debate That Wasn’t

Source:The New Democrat  I agree with Robert Samuelson that Washington really hasn’t been debating the size of government. But avoiding tough decisions and when they find things they actually want to do that is both parties they either borrow the … Continue reading

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You Hot News: Full Speech: Republican Address to The Nation 2014: U.S. House GOP Chairman Cathy McMorris Rodgers

. Source:The New Democrat  This is what Cathy McMorris Rodgers should’ve of said tonight “Good evening, I’m Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington State and I represent Eastern Washington. I’m Chairman of the House Republican Conference and tonight I have … Continue reading

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The White House: The 2014 State of The Union Address

. Source:The New Democrat  I thought President Obama gave a very good speech tonight that the American people probably enjoyed hearing. Even if it is the smallest audience to listen to one of his State of the Union’s. But I’m … Continue reading

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VOA News: Thomas Mann: President Obama to Urge Action on The Economy in State of The Union Speech

. Source:The New Democrat  “It’s The Economy Stupid!” President Obama should spend eighty to ninety percent of the State of the Union speech on the economy and this is what Democrats would do to jumpstart economic and job growth that … Continue reading

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