“When Mitt Romney Came to Town”

This is a devastating ad by Newt Gingrich. It is a brutal attack on Mitt Romney. No, it’s actually a slap across the face of capitalism unbound. Right wingers are shocked, disappointed and plain livid. Their outlaw hero Newt has gone Occupier. No Democrat would have dared been so nakedly

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DeSmogBlog: ‘Consumer Energy Alliance’ Front Group Exposed by The Tyee and Salon

Consumer Energy Alliance.png In a must-read piece co-published today by Salon.com and The Tyee, Geoff Dembicki exposes the dark underbelly of the public relations and lobbying industry, revealing the interconnectedness between Alberta tar sands movers and shakers in Alberta and their oily compatriots in Washington.  The investigative article focuses on the fossil fuel industry front group

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Cain Train derailed

From the “In What Will Come As No Surprise to Anyone” files, GOP presidential primary contender, pizzamonger and inveterate skirt-chaser extraordinaire Herman Cain has left the building: Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain effectively ended his 2012 White House race on Saturday, saying “false and unproved” sexual accusations have made it

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OWS gives Luntz The Fear

Scary Occupy Wall Street has given infamous GOP strategist Frank Luntz The Fear: The Republican Governors Association met this week in Florida to give GOP state executives a chance to rejuvenate, strategize and team-build. But during a plenary session on Wednesday, one question kept coming up: How can Republicans do a

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