The NRA's big secret: Nobody is actually trying to take your guns

"They know the gushing stream of cash that pays their salaries and keeps their lobbyists dining at the finest restaurants inside the Beltway would slow to a trickle if gun owners were not constantly being scared to death. If those who cherish their guns understood how confident they should feel that their Second Amendment rights will not be abridged, they would stop writing checks to the NRA and save their money for more ammunition."

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-horsey-nra-text-20120731,0,7271127.story

Official Won’t Enforce Pennsylvania Voter ID Law

"Pennsylvania’s statistics indicate that 43 percent of voters in Philadelphia lack a form of state-issued identification. The law is currently on trial in state court and the Justice Department is conducting a federal investigation into whether the law is discriminatory."

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/official_wont_enforce_pennsylvania_voter_id_law.php?ref=fpnewsfeed

Santorum Defends Penn State, Blasts Freeh Report

"...during an appearance on Dallas-Ft. Worth’s KSKY 660 AM on Friday, Santorum a Penn State alum and football fan denied the overwhelming evidence that former Penn State Football Coach Joe Paterno, President Graham Spanier, and others intentionally covered up evidence that Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky molested and raped at least 10 boys."

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/07/27/597591/santorum-defends-penn-state-blasts-freeh-report/

Obama Administration Awards Large Title X Grants To Defunded Planned Parenthood

"Anti-abortion legislators and pro-life advocacy groups are enraged that The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found a way to continue the funding despite all their efforts to impose personal beliefs into our health care system."

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/07/26/obama-administration-awards-large-title-x-grants-to-defunded-planned-parenthood/

‘Quite Far To The Right’: Meet Mitt Romney’s Foreign Policy Team

"...what’s troublesome about Romney on foreign policy is what’s cooking behind the scenes. Gen. Colin Powell recently complained that Romney’s foreign policy team is 'quite far to the right.' Indeed, veterans of the Bush/Cheney administration 'pepper' Romney’s foreign policy team and the so-called “Cheney-ites” are reportedly winning the presumptive GOP presidential nominee’s ear."

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/07/25/576331/romney-foreign-policy-advisers/

Wes Harris, Arizona Tea Party Leader, Seeks To Recall John McCain Over Huma Abedin Defense

"While other top Republicans, including House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), came out to reject Bachmann's accusation, Harris says McCain's defense of Abedin is just the latest in a string of actions that have warranted a recall effort. 'Go to hell, Senator, it’s time for you to take your final dirt nap,' Harris concludes."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/24/wes-harris-arizona-tea-party_n_1697793.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

Opinion: N.J. Gov. Chris Christie's foul-tempered, foul-mouthed ways show disrespect

"When this governor doesn’t like what someone says to him or he doesn’t get his way, he is in a foul and foul-mouthed mood. It is time his outbursts be called what they are: temper tantrums from a 49-year-old man who alternates among bullying, ranting and insulting elected officials and everyday citizens."

http://www.nj.com/times-opinion/index.ssf/2012/07/opinion_nj_gov_chris_christies_2.html

Limbaugh: Batman villain ‘Bane’ could be conspiracy to defeat Romney

"According to The Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe, Bane first appeared in Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 in January 1993. It wasn’t until November of that same year that Romney took a leave of absence as the CEO of Bain Capital to challenge Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy (D)."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/17/limbaugh-batman-villain-bane-could-be-conspiracy-to-defeat-romney/

Boehner Blasts Bachmann, Says Her Unfounded Accusations Are ‘Pretty Dangerous’

"Boehner comments come after Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) took to the unusual step of repudiating Bachmann’s McCarthyesque witch-hunt as 'nothing less than an unwarranted and unfounded attack on an honorable citizen.'”

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/07/19/548671/boehner-blasts-bachmann-says-her-unfounded-accusations-are-pretty-dangerous/

Romney Says He Sympathizes With Struggling Middle Class Workers, But His Policies Would Make Them Worse Off

"He also recently flipped his position on raising the minimum wage, saying, 'There’s probably not a need to raise the minimum wage.' In Mississippi, the minimum wage is $7.25 an hour and the minimum wage for tipped employees is an even lower $2.13. The minimum wage would need be be near $10 today to have the purchasing power that it had in the 1960s."

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/07/17/529421/romney-middle-class-worse-off/

Top Romney Spokesperson Urged Kerry’s Presidential Campaign To Release More Tax Returns In 2004

"Gillespie, who served as the Chairman of the Republican National Committee during the 2004 presidential election, must know that “Kerry had put a total of 20 years of tax returns into the public domain by the time he ran for president.” After all, throughout that campaign he personally insisted that Kerry’s wife Teresa Heinz-Kerry, who files taxes separately from her husband, publicize her tax information — a position that is in direct conflict with his current spin for Romney."

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/07/17/530951/top-romney-spokesperson-urged-kerrys-presidential-campaign-to-release-more-tax-returns-in-2004/

Jon Stewart mocks Romney: ‘Retroactive retirement’ worst use of a time machine ever

"The Republican presidential candidate has offshore investments, allowing him to pay a smaller percent of income taxes than most Americans, and as Stewart noted, he received $77,000 in business deductions to send his dressage horse 'to the fucking prom.'” LOL!

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/17/jon-stewart-mocks-romney-retroactive-retirement-worst-use-of-a-time-machine-ever/

States saying no to 'Obamacare' could see downside

"For Gov. Rick Perry, saying 'no' to the federal health care law could also mean turning away up to 1.3 million Texans, nearly half the uninsured people who could be newly eligible for coverage in his state.

Gov. Chris Christie not only would be saying 'no' to President Barack Obama, but to as many as 245,000 uninsured New Jersey residents as well."

http://news.yahoo.com/states-saying-no-obamacare-could-see-downside-183742017.html 

DISCLOSE Campaign Spending Act Blocked By Senate Republicans

"Tonight Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell convinced Senators on his side of the aisle to put party loyalty over principle, demonstrating an astonishing level of hypocrisy. This is the kind of election-year partisanship that makes more and more Americans fed up with Washington."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/16/disclose-act-senate-campaign-spending_n_1678055.html

Romney Suggests Releasing Additional Tax Returns Could Be Politically Damaging

"Republicans are also raising alarms about Romney’s returns. 'The fact is, there are a couple of years he may not have paid any taxes,' MSNBC host and former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough predicted during Monday’s Morning Joe. 'Maybe he’s concerned about that. But if it’s going to come out, he needs to get it out now so he has a couple of months to explain it.'”

Republicans are also raising alarms about Romney’s returns. “The fact is, there are a couple of years he may not have paid any taxes,” MSNBC host and former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough predicted during Monday’s Morning Joe. “Maybe he’s concerned about that. But if it’s going to come out, he needs to get it out now so he has a couple of months to explain it.”

Mitt Romney Supports An End To Wind Tax Credit, Which Could ‘Mean The Loss Of Several Thousand Jobs’

"While he supports ending federal support for the wind industry, Romney has fiercely defended tax credits for the mature oil and gas industries."

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/07/16/520211/mitt-romney-supports-an-end-to-wind-tax-credit-which-could-mean-the-loss-of-several-thousand-jobs/

Martin Bashir Reminds Mitt’s Angry ‘Minions’ What Bush Sounded Like

"Poor Martin Bashir. The man has so much class he simply can’t understand the Right wing culture. One day it will dawn on him that they like Bush’s failure to reflect. They love Bush precisely because he couldn’t answer the most basic question. You see, Martin, he’s just like them."

http://www.politicususa.com/martin-bashir-reminds-mitts-starving-jackals-bush-sounded.html

George H.W. Bush Challenges GOP On No-Tax Pledge: ‘Who The Hell Is Grover Norquist, Anyway?’

"Bush isn’t the only member of his family to disavow the Norquist pledge — his son and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) told the House Budget Committee that signing the pledge was akin to 'outsourc[ing] your principles and convictions to people.'”

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/07/13/516248/george-bush-grover-norquist/

Daum: The GOP's Palin hangover

"This is the quote that turns up most often in response to the female veep question, from a source typically identified as an 'unnamed informal Romney advisor': 'Unfortunately, Palin poisoned the well on that.'"

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-daum-palin-romney-vice-president-20120712,0,721780.column

Michael Tomasky on Mitt Romney the Race Baiter at the NAACP

"We learned a great deal about Mitt Romney yesterday, and what we learned only adds to the picture of this little, plastic fellow who thinks he can get points from white moderates by appearing at the NAACP while generating high-fives on the white right for rubbing dirt in the faces of its members while there."

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/12/michael-tomasky-on-mitt-romney-the-race-baiter-at-the-naacp.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=cheatsheet_morning&cid=newsletter%3Bemail%3Bcheatsheet_morning&utm_term=Cheat+Sheet

NAACP official: Romney ‘rigged crowd’ by having blacks ‘flown in’

“'The campaign actually gave me a list of African American VIPs that they brought in to the NAACP meeting. So, I’m sure those are the one they set down with because, quite frankly, none of the rank-and-file NAACPers met with him.'”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/12/naacp-official-romney-rigged-crowd-by-having-blacks-flown-in/

The Bain Job Losses Mitt Romney Doesn’t Want You To Know About

"In all, as many as 6,000 jobs were lost at these four companies during the period between when the Romney campaign alleges he retired, and when the Globe’s report suggests he actually stepped down."

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/07/12/515555/the-bain-job-losses-mitt-romney-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about/

NAACP Reacts To Mitt Romney: ‘Patronizing,’ ‘Totally Disconnected,’ ‘A Serious Misjudgment’

“This morning Governor Romney laid out his policy agenda for this nation. Unfortunately, much of his agenda is at odds with what the NAACP stands for – whether the issue is equal access to affordable health care, reforming our education system or the path forward on marriage equality. We appreciate that he was courageous and took the opportunity to speak with us directly.”~ NAACP

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/07/11/514799/naacp-reacts-to-mitt-romney-patronizing-totally-disconnected-a-serious-misjudgment/

Rick Scott Closes A.G. Holley State Hospital Despite Largest Tuberculosis Outbreak In Country

"...according to an April 5 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Florida was suffering one of the largest uncontained TB outbreaks in 20 years -- and the largest spike nationwide -- resulting in 13 deaths and 99 illnesses, mostly among the homeless."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/09/florida-tuberculosis-outbreak-kept-secret_n_1658916.html

Romney’s Top Six ‘I Know I Am But So Are You’ Moments

"If it wasn't so serious, it would be performance art."

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/07/10/514003/romney-i-am-but-so-are-you/

Conservatives make it rough for business

"...when it comes to many of industry's top legislative priorities, conservative Republican lawmakers and like-minded groups including the Club for Growth and Heritage Action have thrown up roadblocks to tasks that had been easy before the 2010 elections sent a large class of conservative tea party insurgents to Congress."

http://news.yahoo.com/conservatives-rough-business-070726123.html

New details about Romney's wealth confirm F. Scott Fitzgerald's quip about the rich

“'Based in Bermuda, Sankaty High Yield Asset Investors Ltd. was not listed on any of Romney's state or federal financial reports,' according to the AP. 'The company is among several Romney holdings that have not been fully disclosed, including one that recently posted a $1.9 million earning suggesting he could be wealthier than the nearly $250 million estimated by his campaign.'”

http://news.yahoo.com/details-romneys-wealth-confirm-f-scott-fitzgeralds-quip-134039703.html;_ylt=AjhraHh3HDBrmKub16C.RVI5_Od_;_ylu=X3oDMTZkcHE2cWlqBGNjb2RlA2dtcHRvcDEwMDBwb29sd2lraXVwcmVzdARtaXQDQXJ0aWNsZSBNaXhlZCBMaXN0IE5ld3MgZm9yIFlvdSB3aXRoIE1vcmUgTGluawRwa2cDMDQ1ZjVmYWQtY2VkMi0zZThiLTk2NWEtMGY0NGMyOWY5N2RhBHBvcwMzBHNlYwNNZWRpYUJMaXN0TWl4ZWROZXdzRm9yWW91Q0FUZW1wBHZlcgMxYWFjMTg5MC1jODNhLTExZTEtYmVhNy0yODgwZjM5ZTc4MzM-;_ylg=X3oDMTM5cTkwNDlpBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDNTJlNDFmNzgtMzE1Mi0zZWFiLTk5YzUtODM1N2JkOTRkMDEzBHBzdGNhdANwb2xpdGljc3xyZW1ha2VhbWVyaWNhBHB0A3N0b3J5cGFnZQ--;_ylv=3

If So Proud Of His Budget, Why Does Paul Ryan Continue To Hide It?

"This waste of taxpayer resources on large printed volumes of an overview, breakdowns, and charts, all in fancy glossy color renderings, demonstrates clearly where Congressman Ryan’s real priorities are, the pandering to the ill-educated. He has no budget, there is no purpose as the budget was passed last year already."

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/07/07/budget/

Michele Bachmann Uses Info From a Chain Email to Lie about ObamaCare Home Sale Tax

"At least now we know why Michele Bachmann is so misinformed about everything. She gets her information from the same source where most Americans get work at home offers and Viagra ads. Bachmann is probably waiting for that nice Nigerian prince to deliver the millions that she inherited."

http://www.politicususa.com/michele-bachmann-info-chain-email-lie-obamacare-home-sale-tax.html

ObamaCare Armageddon Day 5: The Right Declares John Roberts a Tyrannical Rodney King

"On his radio show today Rush Limbaugh compared Chief Justice Roberts to Rodney King. Limbaugh said, 'John Roberts, the Rodney King of chief justices. Can’t we all just get along? Except Chief Justice Roberts didn’t drown in his swimming pool, as Rodney King did.'"

http://www.politicususa.com/obamacare-armageddon-day-5-declares-john-roberts-tyrannical-rodney-king.html

Rick Scott’s Initial Voter Purge List Shown To Be 98.4% Inaccurate

"When presented with the facts, Florida officials are quick to say that they don’t want to release the lists of potential non-citizens to the media because it isn’t their wish to “embarrass” those individuals: people like Bill Internicola, a WWII veteran and Bronze Star recipient. But it appears the real reason is they don’t want to embarrass themselves by making public their blatant attempt to steal another election."

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/06/30/inaccurate/

Why Romney Is a Foreign Policy Lightweight

"Is Romney an extremist? Or, in keeping with the GOP approach to politics in general these days, has he simply calculated that it’s best not to agree with Obama on anything? Either way, one thing is clear: He is not a serious man."

 http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2012/06/mitt_romney_s_foreign_policy_ideas_can_t_be_taken_seriously_.2.html