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Republicans haven’t beheaded anyone yet…but

February 25, 2015 Susan Cunningham Missouri region, Republicans, Uncategorized Leave a comment

I recently watched a segment on Rachel Maddow’s show about how the US State Department is seriously trying to combat the propaganda ISIS puts

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Giuliani: When you say something dumb, be sure to have Republican friends

February 22, 2015 Arthur Lieber Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

I don’t know why Rudy Giuliani said what he did about President Obama, but it was just plain dumb. Speaking at a fund-raiser for

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Why Republicans have it tougher than the rest of us

February 10, 2015 Arthur Lieber Ethics, Religion in Politics, Republicans 3 comments

The Humor Games are almost always won by the left-wing comics. Whether it’s Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Larry Wilmore, or whoever, the last laugh

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Midterms: Democratic Party didn’t give people a reason to vote

November 12, 2014 Madonna Gauding Campaigns, Democrats, Politics, Prison, Privatization, Republicans, Widgets: Voting Leave a comment

It’s absolutely true that Mitch McConnell and the Republicans obstructed every Democratic initiative. On the other hand, Democrats didn’t give people a reason to

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Inside the mind of a low-income Republican voter

October 13, 2014 Susan Cunningham Republicans, Uncategorized Leave a comment

We Democrats keep asking ourselves why in the world poor people vote Republican when it’s the Democrats who build and defend programs that will

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Deadbeat Congress goes home

September 19, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2014 Election, Congress 2 comments

In the ultimate act of Congressional do-nothingness, Congress has abruptly cancelled the few remaining work days scheduled between now [Sept.18] and the Nov. 4

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GOP woman-speak: What are they talking about?

August 14, 2014 Willy Kessler Republicans, Women Leave a comment

We’ve all heard that the GOP’s got a problem with women. A CNN poll taken last February found that 55% of all women –

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Republican voices, listening to themselves

May 22, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Republican Brain, Republicans Leave a comment

What happens when Republicans get together to talk about current issues? Michael Bersin, of Missouri’s  Show Me Progress blog, recently sat in on a

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MO Republicans lead state’s race to the bottom

March 11, 2014 John Terranova Missouri region One comment

The editorial “Missouri loves company,” [St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 3/08/2014] sadly reviews research by respected organizations that ranks Missouri as the 8th “Most Miserable State”

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Progressive Blog Digest: Girl talk

January 24, 2014 Nick Burbules Corruption, Republicans, Uncategorized, Women Leave a comment

This daily blog, Progressive Blog Digest,  is composed of clips and links from other progressive blog and news sites, accompanied by my own observations. It

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