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Front page of the Courier Journal has Mitch McConnell's promises to the Koch brothers in their secret mtg http://t.co/XzDErYDAmg #kysen — Justin Barasky (@JustinBarasky) August 28, 2014 The backstory, as described by Mr. Charles P. Pierce: Charles and David Koch — America’s favorite political porn merchants and the Mitchell Brothers of the Citizens United era …
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Pulbic shame would be a wonderful thing for our political and policy processes. At a minimum, enforced shaming thorugh the burning of incredible sources would be an improvement. Two case studies. From Businessweek’s Joshua Green: The story of Obamacare over the last year has in many ways been a story about how the various claims …
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Boer Deng, at Slate, went to the Young Americans for Liberty convention this week : … It takes dedication to a cause for students to give up a part of their summer vacation, dress up in a suit, and go off to Virginia for days of political lectures—and these convention attendees did not lack fervor. …
Late Night Open Thread: The “Libertarian” ConundrumPost + Comments (107)
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My google-fu is so weak I can’t even find the post from a few months ago when the Koch brothers were looking to hire “motivated young people” for a “temporary acting gig”. So I’m not sure whether that ad was related to Dave Weigel’s tale of “A Confusing Attempt to Denounce Obamacare”: The young couple …
Late Night Horrorshow Open Thread: Not A Carnival, Just A SideshowPost + Comments (34)
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If you’re looking for more proof that bad ideas never die, Mark Ames — currently writing for PandoDaily, but I don’t think that’ll last — is covering the other alternative-politics convention this weekend: Homophobia, racism and the Kochs: San Francisco’s tech-libertarian “Reboot” conference is a cesspool Starting [Friday], San Francisco plays host to the Reboot …
Open Thread: <em>Deliverables for Liberty!</em>Post + Comments (143)
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) is essentially tied with Democratic challenger Ed FitzGerald in a head-to-head matchup, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey. The poll found Kasich, who has been mentioned as a possible 2016 presidential candidate, leading FitzGerald 45 percent to 44 percent with 11 percent saying they are unsure. The poll’s …
by Betty Cracker| 309 Comments
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National Journal blind squirrel Ron Fournier may have stumbled over an acorn today while seeking explanations for Eric Cantor’s tsunami-earthquake-sharknado primary loss: But what may be in the air is a peaceful populist revolt—a bottom-up, tech-fueled assault on 20th-century political institutions…In Washington, Cantor’s defeat is being chalked up to the tea party’s intolerance toward immigration …
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And the winner is: Michael Cannon as he discusses ways to game PPACA open enrollment restrictions: the Affordable Care Act creates so many incentives for enrollees to drop their coverage that maintaining those enrollment numbers may start to resemble something like pushing millions of people up a greased poll. For Obamacare to work, people must …
by Betty Cracker| 196 Comments
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Modern conservatism in the US is predicated on a bizarre, ongoing inversion of reality. Item: an addled B-movie actor explodes the national debt and is lionized as a champion of small government. A cowardly, none-too-bright male cheerleader from a patrician clan is packaged and sold as a brush-clearin,’ neo-Churchillian, genius cowpoke. The party that bankrupted …
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Looks like the Koch Bros are preparing to fund their very own Project (No) Veritas — presumably with actors of less fundamentally repellant aspect than James ‘Dead Andrew Breitbart’s Dress-Up Houseboy’ O’Keefe. Joe Coscarelli at NYMag has an exclusive: … In a cryptic job listing that went out today to a New York City improv …
Late Night Open Thread: Weird Gig of the WeekPost + Comments (16)
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Via the NYT, breaking news: WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a major campaign finance decision, striking down limits on federal campaign contributions for the first time. The ruling, issued near the start of a campaign season, will change and most likely increase the role money plays in American politics. Aaaand wait for …
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Governor Kasich’s administration met with the Ohio regulatory agency that is paid to regulate oil and gas to outline how to promote an industry plan to drill in state parks and also target critics of their plan to drill in state parks. Then they all lied about it: On Friday, Gov. John Kasich’s spokesman said …
They’ve blurred the line so far it’s gonePost + Comments (69)
by David Anderson| 128 Comments
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The Arkansas Times reports that the Arkansas House of Representatives has failed to vote to accept federal funding for Medicaid expansion via the private option for Fiscal 2015. The Arkansas House of Representatives voted 70-27 with one present to approve an appropriation bill to continue for a second year the private option version of Medicaid expansion …
28% vote to deny Arkansas private optionPost + Comments (128)
by Kay| 40 Comments
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A reader sent me this: The Moral Monday movement to protest changes in North Carolina public policy that organizers believe are extreme and hurt the state won’t abate in 2014 and will spread to other states, its leader said. Activists from a dozen states attended a meeting in Raleigh earlier this month to learn how …
Moral Mondays and now Truth and Justice TuesdaysPost + Comments (40)
by Kay| 106 Comments
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It’s race, class AND punditry predictions: In most elections, the intricacies of voting procedures rarely warrant headlines or interest most Americans. But in 2012, voter identification laws took center stage. In fact, in the five years preceding the 2012 election, almost half of states enacted some form of legislation restricting voter access — such as …