The Koch founded corporate astroturf front group Americans For Prosperity recently sent out absentee ballots to folks in two Wisconsin state districts with recall elections next week that instruct voters to return them after election day. This blatant election fraud is part of a pattern of dirty tricks by conservatives that date back to at least 2004, is part of a broader pattern of anti-democracy schemes, and has just resulted in a lawsuit.
If Obama let it be known in no uncertain terms that he would veto any bill that cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid by one penny (as most Americans agree with), the Tea Party would capitulate. If the fiscal conservatives really cared about paying the mortgage on the national debt that they are guilty of creating with their starve the beast policy, they would agree to generating more revenue by taxing the rich and corporations. Now is precisely the time to take the fight to them.
In the continuing backlash against the Murdoch Empire, a Firefox add-on has just been released that warns a user when they arrive at a website owned by NewsCorp or any subsidiaries.
Phoenix Police Officer responds to a domestic, enters a home with the mother’s permission, son inside tells officer he needs a warrant. The officer responds by putting a gun to the victim’s head, saying “I don’t need no warrant, motherfucker.” Seconds later, the victims dog was shot and killed, then the victim himself.
