Senator Chris Larson to Run for Re-election!

From today’s email swarm: Dear Edward, I am happy to announce that I will be running for reelection this fall. After many busy years it is time to hit the campaign trail once again. Over the past year it has been an honor to serve as Democratic Leader in the…

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WaPo rips Paul Ryan for “lazy mendacity” and phony speaking

Ouch. This seems to harken back to Ryan’s infamous claim that the safety net is a “hammock” that lulls people into “dependency and complacency.” In this tale, the boy’s mother seems to be the person swaying back and forth in the hammock. The larger idea here has already been addressed by…

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VIDEO: Kentucky AG Jack Conway Holds fights back tears as he announces he won’t defend marriage equality ban

This is a man with character. Jack Conway’s remarks came in the wake of a federal judge’s ruling that Kentucky must recognize same sex marriages performed out of state.

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Yet more proof that Paul Ryan is intellectually bankrupt

Apparently Paul Ryan isn’t averse to plagiarizing from other people’s works when it suits his own purposes. At the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, Paul Ryan told a touching anecdote of a poor boy who said he didn’t want a free lunch at school, but a brown bag one, because…

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