Michael Moore: The Rich Are Committing Class Warfare on Us

The Colbert Report Tags: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive Michael Moore sat down with Stephen Colbert to talk about the Republican governors and corporate America’s assault on the working class in America.

Sherrod v. Breitbart

from Talking Points Memo – Andrew Breitbart says he’s “excited” for Shirley Sherrod slander case, claims it’s all about Pigford.

Megyn Kelly and Lou Dobbs are Terribly Concerned About the Wisconsin Recall Efforts

from Crooks and Liars –   Remember when Lou Dobbs was on CNN trying to pretend that he was somehow looking out for the working class in America with his reporting on outsourcing and as his series he called “The War on the Middle Class?” I used to have an ounce of respect for the man and some of his reporting before he lost his damned mind over the immigration issue and then further lost his mind and went full … Continue reading

Stewart Marvels at Crippling Taxes

from Talking Points Memo – Jon Stewart: Corporations Can’t Even Afford To Pay Negative Tax Rates!

The President’s Libya Speech

The complete text of President Obama’s Libya speech, as prepared for delivery.

GOP takes on the most powerful citizens’ lobby, AARP

From the DailyKos – The Republicans’ scorched earth Affordable Care Act repeal obsession has veered into the truly stupid. In their zeal to paint the law as the result of nefarious deals struck by various organizations in the law’s development, they’ve decided to attack the AARP, according to The Hill. The Ways and Means health and oversight subcommittees are hauling in the seniors lobby’s executives before the panel for an April 1 hearing on how the group stands to benefit … Continue reading

Special Comment: Libya, Obama and the Five-Second Rule

Keith is still off the network airways, but he is on the web. His first Special Comment since leaving MSNBC, from his blog The FOK News Channel — Special Comment: Libya, Obama and the Five-Second Rule.

Boehner Asks for Answers

Speaker Boehner demands answers from President Obama on the hows and whys of our military deployment in Libya.

War on Pensions California Edition: Costa Mesa Lays off Employees, Citing Pension Costs

This one hits a little close to home for The Liberal Rag. Costa Mesa is about 15 minutes up the 405 for us. From Crooks and Liars – Uber-conservative Costa Mesa politicians have laid off half their public workers, citing pension costs as a “crisis”. They’re not. Costa Mesa is one of the most affluent communities in Orange County, but it is a deep Republican stronghold where politicians feel free to advance the national conservative wars on employees and their … Continue reading

House Agriculture committee: Cut food assistance, but keep farm subsidies

From The DailyKos – Let them eat cake, indeed. The House Agriculture Committee endorsed a letter this week to Budget Chairman Paul Ryan arguing that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps low-income Americans purchase food, would make a better target for cuts than automatic subsidies to farms.The move comes as food prices are rising — the Department of Agriculture expects overall food prices to rise 3 percent to 4 percent this year — making it harder for the beneficiaries … Continue reading