H. Clinton is a shew in in 2016, so relax.

If only Obama knew/

I don’t know why everyone is so down on Samantha Power.

Advocating sending US troops to Israel/Palestine seems pretty bone headed.

Why so many? In part, the definition of poverty changed between 2000 and 2011. It used to be based on income sufficient to keep the wolf from the door. It is now based on a percent of median income. Past and present poverty stats are not directly comparable.

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…a comically inept reporter…

Translation: Its Fox so he had it coming.

Josh should remember:

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out–
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out–
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out–
Because I was not a Jew.

It is most inportant to stand up for the unsympathetic.

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It was never intended to be a “for profit” entity, but a service the founders believed the government owed the people.

Not correct. The postal service in the 1700′s was how the government communicated with itself and with the public. That was its purpose. Allowing the public to use the service was a way to defray cost.

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It was no secret that the administration was unhappy with Fox News. Making government employees afraid to take a phone call or answer an email from Fox may well have been a goal.

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Surprised losers? The threat to mufti-employer plans was pointed out before passage by a number of critics. Any labor leader that supported passage of the ACA and claims to be surprised is either untruthful or was too lazy, incompetent, or corrupt to have bothered to understand the bill.

Damage to those mufti-employer plans will hurt organizing efforts big time.

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A big problem in measuring poverty among seniors is that measuring income completely ignores withdrawals from savings. Yes, a 1% return on a million dollars in seven year T-bills is only $10,000 a year. Calling that 80 year old with a million in T-bills “impoverished” is just silly.

Poverty is more about what you spend than about income.

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“It is with regret that I will be departing from the IRS as my acting assignment ends in early June,”

It is hard to say if this was a firing, or if that is just gloss on a planned departure.

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Lets recall that Liz Warren was a professor. Cheap loans for students is good news for the paychecks of professors and college administrators.

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In science anyone making bold claims, but refusing to release their research data, should always be treated as a charlatan until proven otherwise.

You are starting to sound like a climate change denier.

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55+ and teens are the hardest hit by the jobless recovery. Labor force participation is going to be several points higher before those two groups see any relief.

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Thank God for president Obama’s strong leadership or this would be even worse.

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Perhaps if the Russians or Saudis had said he was associated with the Tea Party, then the DHS and FBI may have taken a closer look.

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It is really too bad that there was no legislation introduced that would have only expanded background checks to cover purchases. The Schumer bill would have required checks for loans of firearms to friends and extended family members, payments to third parties, record keeping requirements, and multiple checks on the same person for multiple firearms.

Under the Schumer bill, a loan to your mother-in-law in the spring and returned a month later would require two background checks and payment to a third party for each of the two transfers. To repeat the process in the fall would require two more checks and payments to third parties. It is pretty hard to frame that as “reasonable restriction.” Scarce government resources may be better spent than checking the background of the same person many times over.

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80% of those directly affected by an increase in the minimum wage are adults

A finer breakdown would be helpful. An 18 year old living with mom and dad is not a strong case for an increase in minimum wage. A more persuasive number would be the percentage that are head of household.

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