“There is ample evidence to suggest that leading Republican members of the House and Senate are a good deal more familiar with the fiction of Ayn Rand than with the self-evident truths of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison or Abraham Lincoln.”
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President Obama: “Weapons designed for the theater of war have no place in a movie theater."
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Drones Made of Platinum, from Tom Tomorrow
It's a Big Week for Gun Control, and the Debate Is Moving Left
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Voter intimidation materials, which are supposed to be given to employees by their employer, handed out at a Herman Cain event today in Philadelphia. It was part of Cain’s nationwide voter intimidation tour, during which he’s met with hundreds of business owners in swing states, urging them to pressure their employees to vote Republican. (Read More)
“The virtual absence of prefrontal cortical activity in post-debate analyses should remind us that without critical thinking, we are not much more than that little nub of neurons that constitutes the lizard’s entire brain.”
“On our current path, we all end up as guest workers: trapped in an economy of temporary, intermittent work, subcontracted, migratory, struggling with debt rather than building wealth, sourced into labor supply chains rather than climbing career ladders.”
“Can you imagine a Republican candidate actually going to a group of homeless men in a park and arguing that cutting the capital gains tax is what will most help them?”
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Inside this week’s issue—A forum of progressive voices on the stakes in 2012 and beyond.
“The United States does not have presidential debates in any realistic sense of the word. It holds quadrennial joint appearances by major-party candidates who have been schooled in the art of saying little of consequence in the most absurdly aggressive way. And Americans will be served a full helping this evening… But the likelihood that it will matter is slimmer now than ever. That is because presidential debates have become the political equivalent of a classic rock radio station. You’ll hear all the hits, and maybe even a few obscure tracks that you’d almost forgotten. But the whole point of the Barack Obama’s appearance will be to say nothing that harms himself and everything that harms Mitt Romney, just as the whole point of Romney’s appearance will be to say nothing that harms himself and everything that harms Obama.”
In search of votes, billionaire-backed anti-Obama groups give away free gas, gift cards and iPads
Romney on Teachers and Their Unions: Silence Them!
Mitt Romney, yesterday:
We simply can’t have a setting where the teachers unions are able to contribute tens of millions of dollars to the campaigns of politicians and then those politicians, when elected, stand across from them at the bargaining table… I think we’ve got to get the money out of the teachers unions going into campaigns. It’s the wrong way for us to go.
So Mitt’s got absolutely no problem with billionaires buying elections, but working people participating in the political process is apparently a bridge too far.
Meet Mitt Romney's Muslim-Baiting Backers
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The latest issue is out today—inside this week’s Nation:
