Number of the Day

480%: The percentage by which "the income of the very rich, the top 100th of 1 percent of the income distribution" in the US gre...

Headline of the Day

House Speaker Boehner rejects Obama deficit plan . Of course he does.

Grand Old Promises

There are two quotes getting a lot of play in the political news this week. The first is "Let him die," which is the option suppo...

Dispatches from the Two Americas

In the latest CNN/ORC poll, 80% of respondents believe we are in another recession . One-third believe it is a "serious" recessio...

Cool War Profiteering, Robber Barons!

[Trigger warning for torture.] Remember when the Iraq War started—SHOCK AND AWE! USA!—and all the dirty hippies were saying things like, ...

Number of the Day

38: The number of US states in which child poverty has increased in the last decade. Nearly 15 million children, or 20 percent of America...

Jobs Schmobs

In case you were worried that President Obama might accidentally pursue some progressive economic policies, DON'T WORRY HE WON'T : P...

Of Course

Lisa Mascaro in the LA Times : Anti-tax group is top donor to super committee members . The conservative Club for Growth and its members gav...

Number of the Day

92%: The percentage of foreclosures "on bankrupt families in and around New York City [for which there was] no proof the creditors ha...

SUPERCOMMITTEE!!!

Representatives James Clyburn, Xavier Becerra, and Chris Van Hollen: Those are the three Democratic dudes House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi...

Slumlord Millionaires

So let me see if I have this straight: The Obama administration's proposed solution to the foreclosure crisis is basically to turn it i...

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Boehner, McConnell announce picks for deficit 'super committee' : House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced Wednesday that he ha...

SUPERCOMMITTEE!!!

Harry Reid super committee picks in place : In the first of what will be a closely watched selection process for a powerful new deficit pane...

Q&A

Q: Does Rick Santorum ever stop being stupendously stupid and colossally cruel? A: No. This has been another edition of Easy Answers to Rhet...

Submitted Without Comment

CNN Breaking News: Dow drops more than 3%; mortgage finance agencies Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae downgraded by S&P.

Today in Raw Deal News

Everyone was playing the Downgrade Blame Game over the weekend on the political news shows. If scientists could find a way to harness the ...

Number of the Day

$761 million: Tiffany's first-quarter sales, up 20% from the last quarter of 2010. (And that's just Newt Gingrich's accounts !...