The Supreme Court has just removed campaign donation restrictions on corporations: The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on their participation in federal campaigns. By a 5-4 vote, the court on Thursday overturned a 20-year-old ruling that said corporations can […]

The Democratic Party has become an utter train wreck since Tuesday night. Now we have this from Diane Feinstein: Feinstein said it is clear that attempts to pass sweeping legislation to address climate change by capping carbon emissions cannot pass this Congress. So if Democrats are just going to cave in on any important legislation […]

Meet Charles Dyer. He is a former marine and a member of the Oath Keepers militia. On top of that he is a ‘hero’ to the tea party movement and was a featured speaker at the Oklahoma tea party on July 4th of last year. Here is video of his appearance: Dyer is not in […]

One of the staunchest bill backers out there seems to be getting fed up with President Obama. After summing up President Obama’s statement today on the future of health care reform as, “Run away, run away!”, Krugman finishes with this: Maybe House Democrats can pull this out, even with a gaping hole in White House […]

TPM has obtained a list of new talking points being about the Scott Brown victory being circulated by Democrats: It is mathematically impossible for Democrats to pass legislation on our own. Senate Republicans to come to the table with ideas for improving our nation and not obstructionist tactics. When did Republicans ever say “well we […]

Ezra Klein, one of the most vocal bill-backers, has a really good plan – scrap the bill. But that doesn’t mean healthcare reform is dead. Instead he offers up items that could easily go through reconciliation: Democrats could scrap the legislation and start over in the reconciliation process. But not to re-create the whole bill. […]

Last night Barney Frank released the following statement: I have two reactions to the election in Massachusetts. One, I am disappointed. Two, I feel strongly that the Democratic majority in congress must respect the process and make no effort to bypass the electoral results. If Martha Coakley had won, I believe we could have worked […]

The rumors were true and the New York Times today made it official: The New York Times announced Wednesday that it intended to charge frequent readers for access to its Web site, a step being debated across the industry that nearly every major newspaper has so far feared to take. Starting in early 2011, visitors […]

With all the talk focusing on Massachusetts this seems to have been overlooked: A strong earthquake has hit Haiti, shaking buildings and sending people running into the streets. The U.S. Geological Survey says the preliminary 6.0 magnitude quake hit at 6:03 a.m. Wednesday about 35 miles northwest of the capital of Port-au-Prince. People might think […]

Citing the continued blocking of his nomination by Jim DeMint, the man nominated to head the TSA has now withdrawn his name from the nomination. What a wonderful thing in a post-9/11 world. Way to go Republicans!