Being Spectacularly Wrong About the Election Won't Be Enough to Pop the Republican Bubble | Alternet

Being Spectacularly Wrong About the Election Won't Be Enough to Pop the Republican Bubble | Alternet
'Rather than one all-encompassing "bubble" that hermetically seals the Republicans inside their media universe there's no shortage of other equally important "bubbles" that serve corporate power. These bubbles often overlap in influence and personnel and still possess the awe-inspiring ability to persuade public opinion on the problems of greatest magnitude facing the United States today."

Ousted Florida Republicans, including ex-Gov. Crist, say voter suppression was state GOP's goal

Ousted Florida Republicans, including ex-Gov. Crist, say voter suppression was state GOP's goal
"The former chairman of the Florida Republican Party and former Gov. Charlie Crist, along with two of the party's consultants, say the Grand Old Party curtailed early voting in the state for the express purpose of reducing turnout by Democrats."

Romney's 47 Percent Chickens Come Home to Roost

Romney's 47 Percent Chickens Come Home to Roost
"As the final 2012 vote tallies come in from all over the country, it's clear that Barack Obama didn't just squeak by, but will win by over three percentage points, leaving Mitt Romney with 47 percent of the popular vote."

After the $6 Billion Election, Calls for Subpoenas and Amendments

After the $6 Billion Election, Calls for Subpoenas and Amendments
"Now that the most expensive election in history is over, an increasing number of Americans are demanding action to reduce the influence of money and corporations in our political system -- and reformers are offering solutions."

ThankProgress: 10 Things Progressives Can Be Thankful For

ThankProgress: 10 Things Progressives Can Be Thankful For: Following a long presidential campaign full of policy battles and disagreements, progressives have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. Here are 10 things we can all celebrate: We are thankful for the millions of Americans serving our country at home and abroad. This includes 1.4 million Armed Services members, 80,000 AmeriCorps members, [...]/p

Obama Name-Drops Nate Silver During Turkey Pardon

Obama Name-Drops Nate Silver During Turkey Pardon: At the annual Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon, President Obama jokingly name-checked the New York Times election stats guru Nate Silver. “Once again,” Obama joked, “Nate Silver completely nailed it,” referring to the President’s decision to “pardon” both of the turkeys in question after a Facebook vote by permitting them to live out their lives rather than [...]/p

Anonymous, Karl Rove and 2012 Election Fix?

Anonymous, Karl Rove and 2012 Election Fix?
"If this is true, then the implications are enormous and could take down the entire Republican Party and finally wake Americans up to the fact that our privatized vote system is shockingly flawed and insecure."

Barack Obama Defeats Ronald Reagan: Economic 'Neoliberalism' Rejected By Voters | Alternet

Barack Obama Defeats Ronald Reagan: Economic 'Neoliberalism' Rejected By Voters | Alternet
"The real story of election 2012 isn't the coalition that re-elected Obama: It's the rejection of Reagan-era 'free-market' policies by the majority of Americans"

Anonymous claims it stopped Karl Rove from hacking the vote

Anonymous claims it stopped Karl Rove from hacking the vote
"The skeptics among us might be quick to dismiss this story, but I say not so fast.  We do know that Anonymous exists, and they have been adept at penetrating servers.  They have revealed gaping security holes, disabled websites in the name of a free and open internet, and even launched cyber attacks against the Pentagon. They stole NYPD surveillance video of OWS protesters. Though unconfirmed, they claim to have stolen one million Apple UDIDs from an FBI laptop.  There is no doubt that Anonymous, however ambiguous or loosely affiliated it may be, is real. And frankly they have proven themselves to be less bullshit prone than our politicians and broadcast media outlets."

Romney's willingness to say anything makes integrity an issue

Nonsensical Romney budget exposes math misnomer

Rachel Maddow reviews the amount of money the United States spends on defense, how much more the Romney/Ryan ticket wants to spend, and the ridiculous notion that cutting federal funding for public broadcasting will help balance the increased spending Romney would do as president.

Meet a Romney Extremist in Virginia | The Progressive

Meet a Romney Extremist in Virginia | The Progressive
"A staffer in a Romney campaign office wants to execute parents on welfare and give their kids up for adoption."

Why Right-Wingers Need ‘Skewed Polls’ Conspiracy Theory for Romney to Win -- And Even More If He Loses | Alternet

Why Right-Wingers Need ‘Skewed Polls’ Conspiracy Theory for Romney to Win -- And Even More If He Loses | Alternet
"Since the inception of the ironically named Fox News Channel, right-wing media consumers have been convinced that every news source outside of their favored outlets pushes lies designed to destroy their beloved country with a collectivist agenda, one that favors those perceived as unworthy of partaking in the nation’s bounty. (These “unworthy,” of course, are often non-white and/or non-heterosexual-male.)

To those of the paranoid, xenophobic mindset first  identified by Richard Hofstadter in the 1960s, it’s hardly a stretch to believe it when they’re told that the very polls that are used by media to assess the state of political contests are skewed to favor the liberal candidate, especially when the candidate is a black man named Obama."

Brown v. Warren: Choosing Between Automatons and Leaders - In These Times

Brown v. Warren: Choosing Between Automatons and Leaders - In These Times
"Corporate execs fear elected officials who have inconvenient morals or brains–like Elizabeth Warren."

Questions for Governor Romney

Since republicans are blocking the Veterans Jobs Bill, it's time for Mitt Romney to answer some questions.

Report: New Laws Could Disenfranchise 10 Million Latino Voters | Common Dreams

Report: New Laws Could Disenfranchise 10 Million Latino Voters | Common Dreams
"Regressive voting laws pushed by Republican controlled legislatures in 23 states across the country could keep more than 10 million Latino citizens from registering and voting this year, according to a new study to be released Monday."

Ryan Shrugged - In These Times

Ryan Shrugged - In These Times
"You’d expect a Rand devotee mired in the bureaucratic maw of the federal Leviathan to emulate her heroes by cultivating their sneeringly autocratic flare for rebellion. But Ryan has been an arch GOP loyalist, backing George W. Bush’s massive expansion of Medicare drug coverage and the costly invasion of Iraq, in spite of his carefully curated image as a crusading budget slasher. 

On closer look, though, Ryan’s Randianism seems like a pose adopted as a deeper psychic compensation to make up for a chronic need to please in every conventional manner. He shows a craving for approval going back to his senior year in Janesville, Wis., when the yearbook named him the school’s “biggest brownnoser.” And that penchant for not merely pursuing, but luxuriating in, the ripest opportunity has stayed with Ryan ever since."

10 Questions Romney Must Answer About His Taxes

10 Questions Romney Must Answer About His Taxes:  On Friday afternoon, the Romney campaign released the candidate’s 2011 tax return, which showed that he paid a tax rate of approximately 14 percent on more than $13 million of reported income. The campaign also disclosed that [...]/p

Obama campaign calls on Romney to release full 20 years, not just summary

Obama campaign calls on Romney to release full 20 years, not just summary
"And one of those questions is, as Greg Sargent wrote earlier, what Mitt Romney's actual net tax rate was during that 20 year period. Remember, the figure Romney released was theaverage tax rate per year—not the cumulative tax rate. That means years in which he had lower income but a higher tax rate are weighted the same as years in which he had higher income and a lower rate. It's sort of a like a baseball player hitting .600 as a rookie in five games and then hitting .250 the next year in a full season, and then claiming a .425 lifetime batting average. It just doesn't add up."

By Romney’s Own Standard, His Tax Returns Would Disqualify Him From The Presidency

By Romney’s Own Standard, His Tax Returns Would Disqualify Him From The Presidency: Mitt Romney will disclose his 2011 tax on Friday, along with a summary going back 20 years. The campaign has published the following summary: In 2011, the Romneys paid $1,935,708 in taxes on $13,696,951 in mostly investment income. The Romneys’ effective tax rate for 2011 was 14.1%. The Romneys donated $4,020,772 to charity in 2011, [...]/p