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For Congressional Approval, It’s How Low Can You Go

Ezra Grant — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:07:11 +0000

You couldn’t get this low of an approval even if you tried. Hammered by bipartisan discontent with its partisan rancor, the U.S. Congress reconvenes Tuesday with its lowest approval rating on record in polls dating back nearly 40 years –ideal fodder not just for late-night comedians, but also for President Obama in the election year […]

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Fox News Calls President A “Vigilante” For Making Recess Appointment

Ezra Grant — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:37:48 +0000

If you listen to the fake news people at the fake news network called Fox News, you will believe that recess appointments started when President Obama became president. The fake news channel has been busy over the last few days criticizing the President for appointing Richard Cordray as head of the new Consumer Protection Agency. […]

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Lie Of The Day – Eric Cantor, “I Respect The Man. I Like The President.”

Ezra Grant — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:35:22 +0000

The world watches, as Eric Cantor and Republicans do everything they legally can to defeat this president. They especially fight against things that economists from both sides of the political fence agree will benefit the economy, simply because allowing the economy to flourish means President Obama’s presidency will be a bigger success than what it […]

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While Congress Got Richer, Average Americans Got Poorer

Ezra Grant — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 02:22:11 +0000

The New York Times is once again, shedding some light on the selfish, mine mine mine mentality that is now elected Congressional members. Apparently, Congress is the place to go if you want to be a millionaire, while the rest of your constituents suffer! While the median net worth of members of Congress jumped 15 […]

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President Obama Calls Boehner’s Caving “Good News”

Ezra Grant — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:06:34 +0000

In a statement, the President praised the “good news” that Boehner and House Republicans caved on extending the Payroll tax cuts for the middle class. “For the past several weeks, I’ve stated consistently that it was critical that Congress not go home without preventing a tax increase on 160 million working Americans. Today, I congratulate […]

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Boehner Surrenders – Bad Politics Caused House Republicans To Cave On Payroll Tax Cuts

Ezra Grant — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:04:34 +0000

Chalk this one up as a win for the hard-working middle class families. Earlier today, John Boehner, under excruciating pressure from members of his own party, caved and agreed to the payroll tax cut bill the Senate passed last week – a move that would save American families $1000.00 a year. It was the kind of pressure that […]

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Mitch McConnell Raised The White Flag On The Debt Ceiling…Or Did He?

Ezra Grant — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:24:13 +0000

When President Obama earlier stated that “nothing is agreed upon until everything is agreed upon”, no one really understood where the President was going in terms of the negotiations concerning raising the debt ceiling. Later when he put forth his plan for a massive $4 trillion dollars in spending cuts – if Republicans agreed to ending the […]

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Bill Clinton Blames Republicans For Present Economic Woes

Ezra Grant — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:27:39 +0000

Former President Bill Clinton blamed Republicans in Congress for the state of the economy. Mr. Clinton called out the GOP as hypocrites for implementing massive tax cuts and increased spending during the Bush administration, policies that directly contributed to the present recession. Speaking to a group of liberal group activists in Washington, Clinton said, “”Partly […]

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Republican Suggests Impeaching President Obama For Maybe Invoking The 14th Amendment

Ezra Grant — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:52:02 +0000

Section 4 of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution says: The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. Because of this amendment, many suggests that Congressional authorization to […]

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Pat Buchanan Predicts That Obama Will “Fold” On Debt Ceiling

Ezra Grant — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:13:52 +0000

Politics were on full display on MSNBC’s Morning Joe with Pat Buchanan demanding that Republicans do nothing on the upcoming vote to raise the debt ceiling. Buchanan’s reasoning to his Republican friends in Congress? – Don’t raise the debt ceiling because “Obama will fold!” In his call for the Republicans to do nothing, Pat Buchanan […]

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Weiner Will Forever Be Remembered As Sending His Covered Weener On Twitter

Ezra Grant — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:41:22 +0000

The unfortunate part of this whole Weiner episode is that now, he will forever be remembered as the man who sent a picture of his covered weener on Twitter, instead of being remembered as the great Democratic voice in Congress. Will Anthony Weiner survive this? No. We expect another press conference where Weiner will announce […]

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Weiner Pulls Out… of Scheduled Wisconsin Event

Ezra Grant — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 15:16:29 +0000

Democratic congressman from New York, Anthony Weiner has had enough, so instead of going to a scheduled event in Wisconsin this weekend and being faced with more questions about the picture of a man’s bulging private parts, sent from his twitter account to a 21-year-old, Weiner has decided that spending time “with his family” is […]

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Bush’s Patriot Act Pt 2 – Boiling Frogs

son of man — Mon, 30 May 2011 15:45:55 +0000

As an easily distracted and soundbite sized attention span nation, we are prime fodder for what is called the “boiling frog syndrome”. ‘If you put a frog into a boiling pot of water he would quickly jump out. However a frog in a cool pot of water that is gradually heated would not perceive the danger and would […]

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The Most Raucous Town Hall Yet, Against A Republican

Ezra Grant — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 03:11:12 +0000

This town hall by Republican Representative Dan Webster is being considered by most as the most “raucous” yet, where those in attendance shouted down the freshman representative and were even scolded by the police. A town-hall meeting held in Orlando by U.S. Rep. Dan Webster degenerated into bedlam Tuesday, with members of the crowd shouting down […]

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Paul Ryan Can’t Explain His Trickle Down Economics To The Voters

Ezra Grant — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:17:49 +0000

Republican Paul Ryan is able to go on television and proclaim the myth that taking money from seniors and giving it to billionaires in the form of a Tax cut is the way to get America back on the economic track. On television, with the media bought and paid for by some of these same […]

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New Poll Finds Americans Have Soured On The Republicans

Ezra Grant — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 02:29:39 +0000

Call it buyer’s remorse, a recall on faulty merchandise. Or call it a demand for a refund due to false advertising. Whatever you call it, Americans are beginning to see that this batch of Republicans in Congress are not what they had bargained for. A new PPP poll finds that just a few months after handing the control […]

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No Specifics, But Hate Group Demands President Be Impeached

Ezra Grant — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:02:21 +0000

In the same style that has become the norm with today’s Republican party,–and that is the lack of specifics in any claim they make– a right winged group called Liberty Counsel is actively pushing for the impeachment or removal from office of President Obama. The group has been sending out emails to this effect, the […]

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Republican Muscle-Man and His Red Phone on Craigslist

Ezra Grant — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:25:33 +0000

A Republican congressman, Christopher Lee quit his job today. Seems the congressman had a nice camera phone, you know, the kind that was capable of taking pictures of the congressman as he posed in front a mirror half naked. And apparently its the kind of phone capable of sending said pictures directly online, as in this case, […]

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Congresswoman Votes for Repeal, But Didn’t Know Who Pays Her Health Care

Ezra Grant — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 23:36:22 +0000

Apparently, not all Republicans in Congress who voted to repeal the Obama Care Health Law know that their Health Care is paid for by the Government. That appeared to be the case with Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle, Republican Representative from New York. The freshman Congresswoman held her first town hall meeting in Newark NY, and […]

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What Americans Want From The 112th Congress This Year

Ezra Grant — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:11:14 +0000

According to a new Gallup Poll, a whopping 83% of Americans want Congress to do something about an energy bill favoring clean energy or alternative energy. This same poll also finds that 76% of Americans want the tax system overhauled, and 72% want a speedy withdrawal from Afghanistan. See more from Gallup

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Is The Individual Mandate Constitutional? Its Creator Says…

Ezra Grant — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:05:20 +0000

In a recent interview conducted by Ezra Klein of the Washington Post, with one of the original authors of the individual mandate – the piece of language in the health care reform bill that requires Americans to purchase health insurance, but is attacked by Republicans as “unconstitutional,” – was asked if the constitutionality of the mandate […]

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