- Olympia Snowe Quit Senate to Protest GOP Agenda
- McConnell: I'm Filibustering Seventeen Judges Because Reid Made Republicans 'Look Bad'--They got to compromise on 14.
- Partisans ignoring stimulus's success
- How Conservatives Attack the Small-Town, American Values They Pretend to Love: The Right's latest freak-out over the Girl Scouts of America is beyond hypocritical.
- Star goalie snubs White House--"A statement by the 37-year-old Thomas posted Monday on the team website said he opposed the 'out of control' growth of the federal government that threatened 'the rights, liberties, and property of the people.'" Can't tell if he's conservative or liberal just from this, to be honest.
- Gay groups denied permission to march in St. Patrick's Day parade in South Boston
- Upset in Ohio: Rep. Jean Schmidt (R) loses primary to Brad Wenstrup--Ding dong, the witch is gone.
- Assembly spends nearly $200,000 to fight public-records suit
- Lawmaker Caught Voting for Absent Member
- On the horrors of getting approval for an ice-cream parlour in San Francisco
- Texas town that's run out of water was shipping it out just weeks before well went dry--"[T] here's a lot of confusion among the town's residents, a lot of anger, because the town must now pay about $200 for each 4,000 gallon load it imports to replace the well water."
- State budget cuts hit small-town Ohio--"In the western part of the state, a Republican stronghold where forgotten barns with peeling paint sit atop flat fields, many who supported Kasich say they didn't expect the cuts would reach their small hamlets."
- Despite Cantor's 'Zero Tolerance' Policy and leadership pledges, More Than 10 GOP Congressmen Embroiled In Ethics Scandals
- S. Carolina lt. gov. quits, pleads guilty to ethics charges
- After loss, Schmidt can ignore ethics ruling
- Michigan's Hostile Takeover--"A new 'emergency' law backed by right-wing think tanks is turning Michigan cities over to powerful managers who can sell off city hall, break union contracts, privatize services—and even fire elected officials."
- Utah Rep. Introduces Bill To Make Filming Farm Abuse A Major Crime, Praises Industry Donor "Friends" At Hearing
- Democratic Congressman Who Blasted "Corporate Control Of Our Democracy" Attends Fundraiser Hosted By AT&T Lobbyist
- Lobbyists Call On Barack Obama To Tone Down Anti-Lobbyist Rhetoric
- Elected Officials Get An Average 1,452% Salary Increase When They Take A Lobbying Job
- GOP freshmen, big-bucks donors hobnob at resort
- The Widening Wealth Divide, and Why We Need a Surtax on the Super Wealthy
- Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Backs Romney, Says Rich Need More Power
- The Brothers Koch: A Guide to the Billionaire Brothers and Their Conservative Causes
- How Ayn Rand's Bizarre Philosophy Made the New Right so Toxic--"Rand's psychopathic ideas made billionaires feel like victims and turned millions of followers into their doormats."
- The One Percent's Lack of Ethics
- The Art of the Filthy Rich
- Hilarious: Mad Asks ... Who Said It? Mitt Romney or Mr. Burns?
