Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 04/21/2015 - 13:16
What are the Koch brothers going to think about Jeb Bush's idea of death panels on steroids? You remember death panels, Sarah Palin's bogeyman in Obamacare. The real proposal in the law was to allow Medicare reimbursement for doctors' discussions about end-of-life care with their patients, allowing physicians to have the time for this discussion, but also to incorporate research findings about appropriate end-of-life-care into their practice.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 04/21/2015 - 13:02
The effects of Citizens United are getting ready to escalate considerably as Jeb Bush considers turning over a portion of his campaign's responsibilities to his super PAC, Right to Rise, which can raise limitless cash donations from people, corporations and advocacy groups.
Thomas Beaumont reports:
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 04/21/2015 - 12:47
To work with Ted Cruz is to hate him
He may be a presidential candidate, but at this point fellow senators are openly mocking Sen. Ted Cruz. Cruz has been telling supporters that he's been "pressing" Sen. John McCain to hold hearings on gun restrictions on military bases (Cruz is ag'in em, obviously.) That's news to McCain, who takes the opportunity to lay into Cruz just for the fun of doing it.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 04/21/2015 - 12:38
Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI)
First, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker abandoned his previous support of a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and got with the Republican deportation program, conveniently timed to the rise of his presidential ambitions. Now, he's moved on to a broader anti-immigration stance, telling Glenn Beck:
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 04/21/2015 - 12:02
Deputy Bob Bates, left. Police kneeing Eric Harris in the head after being shot by Bob Bates.
This is what white privilege looks like.
Charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of Eric Harris, millionaire Deputy Bob Bates was just given permission to travel out of the country on vacation to the Bahamas.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 04/21/2015 - 10:17
Hillary Clinton has been hitting populist notes and prioritizing paid leave in the opening days of her presidential campaign, drawing some suggestions that she's cynically trying to appeal to progressives by echoing popular figures like Sen. Elizabeth Warren.