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"The irresponsible actions of my party, the Republican Party, over [the debt ceiling debacle] was astounding. I'd never seen anythi...

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Digby: The Grand Bargain & Jobs Jubilee . I'm not even going to excerpt it. Just go read the whole thing.

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...

SUPERCOMMITTEE!!!

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

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

Meanwhile...

...in the US, where we are determined to double-down on the social and economic injustices currently coming to rolling boil in the UK, Paul...

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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...

Oof

And while I was writing the below , the President was giving a speech with the usual bipartisan bromides in which he failed to hold Republic...

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 ...

Whoooooooooops Your Austerity Deal!

Wall Street ends worst week in more than 2 years : "Stocks closed out its worst week in more than two years on Friday in a volatile ses...

And Lo There Was Much Telling It Like It Is by Republicans Newly Empowered by "Bipartisanism"

Joining his BFF Mitch McConnell in some belligerent chest-beating about how unrepentantly and uncompromisingly horrible their garbage party...

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[Trigger warning for violent rhetoric.] "I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a ...