Wall Street Launches Assault On Your Money

Wall St. Demanding Deregulation For Derivatives In Government Shutdown Bill

Wall St. Demanding Deregulation For Derivatives In Government Shutdown Bill

"Wall Street lobbyists are trying to secure taxpayer backing for many derivatives trades as part of budget talks to avert a government shutdown."

GOP hopelessly divided, US faces another shutdown

GOP factions face off over pending government shutdown

Ted Cruz Continues To Prove He’s Delusional During Fox News Interview (Video)

Ted Cruz Continues To Prove He’s Delusional During Fox News Interview (Video)

"Even when it came to hints by Cruz that another government shutdown might be in order, Wallace reminded the senator that the last time he led that charge it didn’t turn out so well for his party."

GOP To Blame Obama For The Government Shutdown They’re Planning

Erick Erickson’s shutdown fantasy: Have GOP hurt people, then lie about it!

Erick Erickson’s shutdown fantasy: Have GOP hurt people, then lie about it!

"Erick Erickson is explicitly advocating that the Republican Party deliberately cause people real pain, and then lie about it for political benefit."

Top Republicans threaten shutdown over immigration

More government shutdowns! McConnell admits what GOP Senate will wreak

More government shutdowns! McConnell admits what GOP Senate will wreak

"Mitch McConnell reveals his plan for a Republican Senate is to take hostages and bring back crisis government"

How Republicans Made Congress Stupid

www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/how-republicans-made-congress-stupid
"A debilitating brain drain has actually been under way in Congress for the past twenty-five years, and it is Sensenbrenner and his conservative colleagues who have engineered it."

True GOP SOTU Response Caught On Tape

True GOP SOTU Response Caught On Tape

"mashup of Republicans' classless response to the president's policy proposals speak far louder than Cathy McMorris-Rodgers did."

Here's what Obama said that made Republicans sit on their hands

www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/29/1273402/-Here-s-what-Obama-said-that-made-Republicans-sit-on-their-hands
"Republicans couldn't bring themselves to applaud. And if you can't understand why in the world they'd be against all that stuff, then you definitely should be voting Democratic in November."

While Lying About the ACA Ted Cruz Demands An Apology From President Obama

www.politicususa.com/2014/01/26/lying-aca-ted-cruz-demands-apology-president-obama.html
"Ted Cruz is lying about the ACA, and demanding that President Obama apologize for things that have not happened. Cruz has invented his own Obamacare reality. He is still trotting out the same lies that he touting during the government shutdown. Sen. Cruz has managed to rewrite history to absolve from any blame from the government shutdown that he caused, and he expects President Obama to apologize for Cruz’s imaginary Obamacare disaster.
Sen. Cruz is one who owes America an apology for orchestrating a government shutdown that cost taxpayers $24 billion. President Obama has nothing to apologize for. In fact, he deserves praise for opening the door for tens of millions of Americans to get access to affordable health care.
It is the height of arrogance for Ted Cruz to demand anything from President Obama. Cruz is entitled to nothing, but the contempt and scorn that he has already earned from millions of Americans.
Just remember, as Ted Cruz enjoys his Goldman Sachs provided health insurance, he wants to take yours away."

Boehner: ‘I have to be the Gestapo’ because nothing is ‘conservative enough’ for Tea Party

www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/24/boehner-i-have-to-be-the-gestapo-because-nothing-is-conservative-enough-for-tea-party/
"House Speaker John Boehner went on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night and blamed Republicans for shutting down the government last year.
Although Senate Republicans like Ted Cruz continue to insist that the government shutdown was the fault of President Obama, Speaker Boehner frankly admitted that the gambit was undertaken by members of his own party."

The Year in Stupidity: A Look Back at the Dumbest Republican Moments of 2013

www.forwardprogressives.com/the-year-in-stupidity-a-look-back-at-the-dumbest-republican-moments-of-2013/
"In January of 2013, Governor Bobby Jindal implored his party to, “Stop being the stupid party,” during a National Republican Committee meeting. Unfortunately, his party wasn’t really listening to him, and as it turns out Gov. Jindal had a hard time taking his own advice."

The 8 Most Absurd Things the Right Wing Did This Year

www.alternet.org/8-most-absurd-things-right-wing-did-year
"From Megyn Kelly's freak out over Santa Claus to GOP efforts to kill Obamacare -- here's the worst of the worst."

PERRspectives: GOP Releases Government, Takes U.S. Economy Hostage Again

PERRspectives: GOP Releases Government, Takes U.S. Economy Hostage Again
"That was quick. Just two days after he joined House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) in lashing out against right-wing extremists who threatened to trigger another government shutdown by blocking his compromise budget, Rep. Paul Ryan on Sunday promised to support the Tea Party's other favorite act of national economic blackmail. Despite the fact that both Ryan and Boehner have admitted "we have no immediate debt crisis" and that "you can't not raise the debt limit" because that "would be a financial disaster, not only for our country but for the worldwide economy," Ryan on Sunday threatened to do just that."

Gearing up for a second shutdown

Long December break could create 2nd shutdown

How The Shutdown Hurt The Country’s Businesses

How The Shutdown Hurt The Country’s Businesses:
"Standard & Poor’s estimated that the shutdown would shave percentage points off of GDP growth, costing the economy $24 billion, nearly the same as paying for a year of Head Start, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Women Infants and Children (WIC) program combined."