November 2, 2011

Anti-Mitt Ad Signals Dems’ Attack Lines on ‘Romney’s America’

November 2, 2011November 2, 2011 Jon Ponder

The ad was produced by PrioritiesUSAaction.

LaHood: GOP More Interested in Defeating Obama than Creating Jobs

November 2, 2011November 3, 2011 Buck Banks

I’ve been in Washington 35 years… and I’ve never seen a time when people have put their own personal political feelings over how we can get the economy moving.

— Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the only Republican in President Obama’s cabinet, telling the Daily Beast that his party “is more committed to defeating the president than creating jobs.”

Collective net worth of members of Congress in 2010, a nearly 25% increase over the 2008 total, Roll Call reports. Nearly 90% of that increase is concentrated in the 50 richest lawmakers.

Bachmann Swats Cain on Harassment Charge

November 2, 2011 Buck Banks

This is the year when we can’t have any surprises with our candidate.

— Michele Bachmann, quoted by the AP, taking a shot at rival Herman Cain as he defends himself against allegations of sexual harassment.

Greece’s Papandreou is either real smart or real dumb.
He’s created a nasty Eurozone conundrum.
Europe thought the deal was done,
Then Papandreou pulled a fast one —
Now, instead of resolution, they’ve got a referendum!

Day: November 2, 2011

Anti-Mitt Ad Signals Dems’ Attack Lines on ‘Romney’s America’

LaHood: GOP More Interested in Defeating Obama than Creating Jobs

I’ve been in Washington 35 years… and I’ve never seen a time when people have put their own personal political feelings over how we can get the economy moving.

— Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the only Republican in President Obama’s cabinet, telling the Daily Beast that his party “is more committed to defeating the president than creating jobs.”

Congress Full of 1 Percenters

$2 billion

Collective net worth of members of Congress in 2010, a nearly 25% increase over the 2008 total, Roll Call reports. Nearly 90% of that increase is concentrated in the 50 richest lawmakers.

Bachmann Swats Cain on Harassment Charge

This is the year when we can’t have any surprises with our candidate.

— Michele Bachmann, quoted by the AP, taking a shot at rival Herman Cain as he defends himself against allegations of sexual harassment.

Your Euro’s Zero

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“The man is afraid of the voice of the people and that the people understand and know what he’s doing. He’s trying to stifle the ability of journalists to let the people of America know what’s really going on with their government.”

— “Kamala Harris called President Donald Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House ‘absolutely abhorrent,’” The Wrap reports.

“Not one of them is trained in technical skills. Not one research PhD, as opposed to China, where half the cabinet is science and technology PhDs. We’re led by grifters and fools.”

— Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs, on X, on President Trump’s 35-person cabinet.

“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far… The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.”

— Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), breaking with President Trump in a direct-to-camera video.

Numerati

1,000

10%

“The unprecedented spate of mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed the congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans and significantly altered the makeup of at least one-fifth of districts, according to a new study,” the Associated Press reports.

71%

A new Fox News Poll finds 71% of voters think the Trump administration lacks a clear strategy for ending the Iran War, including 95% of Democrats, 83% of independents, and 43% of Republicans. Sixty percent say U.S. military action against Iran was the wrong decision, while just 37% say it was right.

$9.5 billion

“The Trump administration last year spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave for federal workers as part of its plan to shrink the government and save taxpayers money, according to a new estimate by a congressional watchdog,” CNN reports.

470

Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.