GOP plans wave of White House probes

Politico | Republicans are planning a wave of committee investigations targeting the White House and Democratic allies if they win back the majority.

Breaking the Demopublican Monopoly

Breaking the Demopublican Monopoly –2004 publication. Breaking the Demopublican Monopoly: How to Unify the Political Right with a Third Party that Can Win. By Nelson Hultberg (with a special Appendix by Antal E. Fekete) We are taught in school that the strength of the American political system lies in the fact that we have a “two-party process.” This is akin to teaching that babies come from storks. The reality is that America is now a one-party state. The Democratic and Republican parties have become nothing but two divisions of the same party — the Central Leviathan Party. The Demopublicans now tax over 50% of our earnings every year. They steal hundreds of billions from our savings through currency debasement. They have brought us a national debt of over $7 trillion. They have saddled us with $45 trillion in unfunded liabilities to come due on the backs of our children. They have bankrupted us as a nation. It …

LA Reveals Plans For $578M High School

August 23, 2010 Yahoo News By: Christina Hoag Next month’s opening of the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools will be auspicious for a reason other than its both storied and infamous history as the former Ambassador Hotel, where the Democratic presidential contender was assassinated in 1968. With an eye-popping price tag of $578 million, it will mark the inauguration

King: Dead heroes on Dems’ hands

Politico | New York Rep. Peter King (R) said if cops and firefighters die because of Congress’s inability to pass a 9/11 health bill, it’s the Democratic party’s fault.

Fourth House incumbent falls in primary

Politico | Democratic Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick became the fourth House incumbent this year to lose a seat in an intra-party battle, losing 47 percent to 41 percent to state Sen. Hansen Clarke.

Reid Warms to July Climate Vote

By Darren Samuelsohn Senate Democratic leaders are set to roll the dice this month on a comprehensive energy and climate bill, including a cap on greenhouse gases from power plants, even though they don’t yet have the 60 votes needed to move the controversial plan. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) confirmed Tuesday that he would gamble on the high-stakes legislation – much as he undertook health care and Wall Street reform – that for now remains in the rough-draft stage but that will soon be the subject of intense negotiations. Read the rest of this story at Politico.

Pentagon Warns Congress, Accounts Running Dry

July 15, 2010 Yahoo News The Pentagon said on Wednesday it may be forced to take extreme measures — like not paying salaries — if the Democratic-led Congress fails to pass a $37 billion defense spending bill before lawmakers begin an August recess. A senior Democratic aide said lawmakers would find a way to get it done. “We

Obama’s ‘credibility crisis’ may cost House & Senate, “short of 9/11 or OKC bombing”

FT | Contrary to pretty much every projection until now, Democratic control of the Senate is starting to coming into question, while Mr Obama’s approval ratings have continued to fall.

NAACP Resolution Designed to Wreck Tea Party Movement by Playing Race Card

Kurt Nimmo | The Tea Party movement is more popular than either the Democratic or Republican parties, so it must be destroyed.

Top anti-war Democrat: Afghanistan war could ‘destroy’ Obama’s presidency

Raw Story | An outspoken anti-war Democrat said ongoing US military efforts in Afghanistan could deeply imperil the presidency of Barack Obama and the fortunes of the Democratic Party.

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