How a Plan To Keep a GOP Rally Off the Internet Went Awry

"...Most journalists...are capitalists. We do what we do for money – and God bless the publishers who pay us. But there are those who write and operate their cameras for free, simply because they are driven....<Nydia Tisdale, citizen journalist> is one of those...."

http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2014/08/27/how-a-plan-to-keep-a-gop-rally-off-the-internet-went-awry/

The Republican Healthcare Plan

"...The United States is a wealthy nation. We boast that we’re the world’s only superpower.  We call ourselves exceptional.  And yet a significant fraction of our population doesn’t have access to basic healthcare. 

We Americans actually argue over whether or not access to healthcare is a basic human right.  Guns, in America owning a gun is a right, but not the ability to see a doctor...healthcare? Soviets got healthcare too, massively shitty healthcare to be sure, but even shitty Soviet healthcare is better than the republican plan at this point.  And, really, you’re telling me that America, America, can’t do better than the Soviet Union? Are you kidding me?..."

http://www.stonekettle.com/2014/08/ass-backward-into-unknown.html

The irrationality of Medicaid refusal

"Leading health economist Uwe Reinhardt is baffled as to why Republican governors would turn down potential billions by refusing Medicaid expansion. He uses a helpful analogy to show just how irrational an economic decision refusal is...."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/12/1321004/-The-irrationality-of-Medicaid-refusal?detail=hide

Georgia Republican Governor’s Corruption Costs Taxpayers Millions

"Allegations of corruption and ethics violations against Georgia’s GOP Governor, Nathan Deal, began to plague him even before he was elected as Georgia’s governor in 2010. An attempted cover-up of an investigation into Deal’s misuse of funds,  ethics violations, and violations of campaign finance laws, led to a series of whistle blower lawsuits, and a scandal that has implicated not only the Governor and some of his closest staffers, but the state’s entire ethics committee, as well. Recent developments also call into question whether the state’s republican Attorney General, Sam Olens, is willing or able to carry out the duties of his office in a non-partisan manner...."

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/08/03/attempted-cover-up-of-georgia-republican-governors-corruption-costs-taxpayers-millions/

Who do Republicans really work for?

"Republican senators blocked an election-year bill Wednesday to limit tax breaks for U.S. companies that move operations overseas...."

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/08/in-case-you-doubted-who-republicans.html