Sen. Scott Brown’s staff has been caught on tape ridiculing Elizabeth Warren’s Indian heritage: Staffers for Sen. Scott Brown chanted Indian “war whoops” and made “tomahawk chops” during a rally for the Republican senator this week in Boston. n a video posted on YouTube, Brown’s staffers are seen holding campaign signs near the Erie Pub, […]
Think Progress points out an interesting tidbit on Romneycare: As governor, Romney greatly expanded access publicly-financed contraception through his 2006 health care reform law. The state’s Commonwealth Care, established under Romneycare, offers subsidized, low or no-cost insurance to low-income residents and provides primary and preventive care that includes “family planning services” and prescription contraceptives. In […]
Whenever President Obama says he inherited a bad economic situation the right instantly starts crying about “blaming Bush”. If you listen to right wing talkers like Fox and Limbaugh, they would have you believe that we had the best economy ever until the day Barack Obama took office. These are the lies that have been […]
Newt has constantly denied that he once supported Mitt Romney’s health insurance mandate in Massachusetts, but the wayback machine has something else to say about that. Here’s a letter written by Newt in April of 2006: The most exciting development of the past few weeks is what has been happening up in Massachusetts. The health […]
Take a look at this story on CNN: Barely a month in office, Sen. Scott Brown, R-Massachusetts, is putting some muscle behind his independent image by twice voting against his own party and questioning the use of the filibuster. Brown took to the Senate floor Tuesday to announce he would vote for cloture, or to […]
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 […]
There has been a lot of polls come out over the past 48 hours showing the Massachusetts special election for Kennedy’s seat was turning a tide and heading towards a possible defeat for Democrats. Now there is a new poll that may give Democrats some breathing room: A new Boston Globe poll shows Martha Coakley […]
Paul Kirk, the interim replacement for the late Ted Kennedy, has sworn to “absolutely” vote for health care reform. It looks like he could get that chance: The U.S. Senate ultimately will schedule the swearing-in of Kirk’s successor, but not until the state certifies the election. Today, a spokesman for Secretary of the Commonwealth William […]
He did this last year unsuccessfully, hopefully it will be different this time: Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts has introduced two pieces of legislation on marijuana — one medical, and one recreational — that deserve a lot more attention (and support by fellow House members) than they have been getting. The first would change federal […]
This is a real sign of the times: A small but growing number of cash-strapped communities are printing their own money. Borrowing from a Depression-era idea, they are aiming to help consumers make ends meet and support struggling local businesses. The systems generally work like this: Businesses and individuals form a network to print currency. […]