Tag Archives: taxes

Maddow On Sen. Bernie Sanders

“A super-human display of strength and endurance.”

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Almost Nine Hours Later…..

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Mr. Smith Sanders Goes To Washington

If you’ve got access to a television, independent Sen. Bernie Sanders is approaching the fourth hour of an EPIC filibuster of the tax cuts bill. I picked it up in the second hour and have been riveted. At this writing, Sanders has just invited Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) to “colloquy” with him. Watch on C-SPAN2 at the above link. Business …

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Do As They Say, Not As They Do

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Olbermann: Would Hillary Clinton Have Been That Much Different?

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Crazy Eyes Lies About Tax Cuts

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Facebook To Reimburse Gay Staffers For Partner Benefit Tax Inequities

Facebook is joining the small but growing list of companies who are reimbursing their gay employees for the tax inequities incurred by carrying their partners on their insurance. The new policies follow similar announcements by Barclays, and also this year, Google. A handful of other large organizations, including Cisco, Kimpton Hotels and the Gates Foundation also cover these costs. Under …

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Keith Olbermann: Obama Is A Sell-Out For Caving To GOP Tax Cuts Demands

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Threatens To Filibuster Obama’s Tax Cuts Deal

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Obama Gets Pissy With The Left: Don’t Try To Hold Me To Your Abstract Ideals

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Rep. Alan Grayson: Obama Has Lost The Game Of Chicken Over Tax Cuts

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GOP Ransom Note

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SHOCKER: The Wealthy White Men At GOProud Want To Keep Their Tax Cuts At The Expense Of Homosexuals

Don’t fall out of your chairs, but the wealthy white men at gay billionaire funded GOProud have endorsed the GOP’s plan to hold the nation hostage unless America’s millionaires get richer. GOProud executive director Jimmy LaSalvia: “Senate Republicans are absolutely right. It is time that Democrats in the Senate stop playing political games with our economy. If Democrats are truly …

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GOP Senators: We Will Block 100% Of All Bills Until Bush Tax Cuts Are Extended

Today all 42 GOP members of the Senate issued a letter declaring that not one single bill (including DADT) will be considered until Congress agrees to extend the Bush tax cuts to the wealthy. Because when you’re out of money, the thing to do is cut your income. And so much for yesterday’s bipartisan summit. “[W]e write to inform you …

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Today’s Lie From Sarah Palin

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John McCain Vs. John McCain

Rachel Maddow devastatingly counts off McCain’s flip-flops.

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Wingnut Rep. Louie Gohmert:
Stop Taxing Corporations Entirely

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ACLU Files DOMA Suit In New York

On the same day that GLAD has filed a DOMA suit in Connecticut, today the ACLU has filed a similar suit in New York state on behalf of a woman whose partner recently died after 44 years of their being together. The ACLU’s case addresses the tax inequities inherent in DOMA. From their FAQs page about the suit: On November …

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Harry Jackson: Christians Need Tax Cuts So They Can Give More To Their Church

Or in other words, so they can give more to HIM.

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Evangelicals Defy The IRS

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