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Romney defends corporations, saying that they “are people”

Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney had the following to say to an unruly audience gathered along the campaign trail today in Iowa… “Corporations are people, my friends.” I can’t imagine that’s a message that will help him with the struggling men and women of Iowa, but maybe it’ll resonate with Tea Bagging set, who seem […]

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Bachmann wants your porn

According to reports, Michele Bachman signed a pledge today saying that she’d support legislation making sexually explicit materials illegal. Call it a hunch, but my sense is that you’ll see her poll numbers start falling tomorrow as a result… The following comes from Think Progress: Bachmann became the first presidential candidate to sign a pledge […]

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Michele Bachmann, saying “that’s the kind of spirit I have too,” launches her Presidential campaign near the childhood home of serial killer John Wayne Gacy

Representative Michele Bachmann, who, if you’re not familiar with her, is like Sarah Palin without the intellectual gravitas, was on Face the Nation yesterday with Bob Schieffer to announce the launch of her Presidential campaign. Schieffer, to his credit, took the opportunity to call the Tea Party favorite out on the many lies she’s told […]

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Rewarding Corporations While Punishing Workers

Our friends at ThinkProgress had a great piece yesterday on how different states are setting out to address their budget shortfalls. It would seem that not all states are seeking to balance their budgets on the backs of the middle class while at the same time handing away billions in tax breaks to the corporate […]

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Spring in Ypsilanti

I was just sent this image by NPR’s Mike Perini. If he’s to be believed, he stumbled across this record in a Council Bluffs, Iowa record store called Kanesville Kollectibles last weekend. He describes it as, “countryish late 60s pop with a mild psychedelic influence,” and threatens to play it on his immensely entertaining WCBN […]

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