BREAKING: Speaker Boehner breaks off federal debt ceiling talks
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Weeper of the House, John Boehner, and the leader of the Tea Party economic suicide squad, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, waited until the stock exchange closed on Friday before announcing late this afternoon that they are breaking off negotiations with the White House on raising the federal debt ceiling before House … Read more
Repeal of DADT certified – ends September 20, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Statement issued by the White House. Statement by the President on Certification of Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell | The White House: The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 22, 2011 Statement by the President on Certification of Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell Today, we have … Read more
Tea-Publican Tyranny in Ohio: Repeal of SB 5 on November Ballot
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted certified a referendum on Senate Bill 5 for the Nov. 8 ballot on Thursday. SB 5 makes the ballot; stage is set for battle | The Columbus Dispatch: Husted reported at noon that 915,456 valid signatures of Ohio voters had been collected, far exceeding the 231,147 … Read more
(Update) How they voted on the GOP’s Gimmicks-R-Us ‘cut, cap and balance’ amendment
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Earlier this week, the Tea-Publican House voted 234-190 for the GOP's Gimmicks-R-Us "cut, cap and balance" amendment. As I pointed out at the time, "the vote did not even come close to the two-thirds majority vote required to pass a constitutional amendment in Congress. This was simply a symbolic vote for Tea-Publicans … Read more
The Tax Fairy is the first to blink in this game of brinksmanship
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It appears that in this GOP manufactured crisis over the federal debt ceiling that it is the Tax Fairy, Grover Norquist, who was the first to blink in this game of brinksmanship. And we have the Washington Post editorial board of all people to thank for it. Special thanks to Ruth Marcus. A … Read more
The Tea Party Effect on Employment
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Kevin Drum at Mother Jones posts Fun With Numbers!: The chart below is dedicated to the Heritage Foundation. Thanks go to Matt Yglesias, Karl Smith, and Stan Collender. "Mr. Boehner, Where are the jobs?" For more on this, see Political Animal – Heritage plays a foolish game.
Is the Arizona Daily Star headed for bankruptcy?
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Lee Enterprises destruction of a once great local daily newspaper continues. Last week, the Tucson Weekly reported in its Media Watch: During the severe economic downturn, amid troubling concerns for the print-daily-newspaper model, Lee Enterprises, which owns the Arizona Daily Star, saw its stock value plummet to a low of about 30 … Read more
