• #EFCpolfacts Rick Perry Said He Would NOT Run For President
  In a fall 2010 interview with Newsweek, Rick Perry was asked if he would run for President. He said “no”. Perry is expected to announce his candidacy on Saturday, 8/13/11, less than one year later. Given the time it takes to organize a campaign, was he telling the truth in the interview?

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  1. #EFCpolfacts Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) Used Billions Of $ In Fed Stimulus To Balance TX Budget, Claimed It Was Bad For Country Texas governor Rick Perry (R) has publicly decried the use of federal stimulus funds, claiming that they were bad for the economy and bad for the country. This belief did…
  2. Gov. Rick Perry Thinks Economic Crisis God’s Idea Oh, good grief. Rick Perry feels that the economic crisis isn’t the fault of Wall St. greed, but divine intervention. From ThinkProgress.: s Perry is poised to sign the most draconian state…
  3. The End Run Around The End Run Even as House Republicans “won” their repeal of the healthcare bill last week, they admitted the chances of that repeal actually passing in the Senate were less than slim. So…
• Republicans vs. The Constitution – New Update 8/12/11
  The GOP has made it a priority to mention how much they want judges to follow the Constitution, how much they believe in upholding the Constitution, how they want to make sure lawmakers respect the intent of the founding fathers.

  Then they try to destroy it.

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  1. For Allen West, RIP the US Constitution West has apparently forgotten all about freedom of the press. That freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution? To the far right, it only exists to hide behind…
  2. Another “Isolated Incident” Waiting To Happen – Update 2 UPDATE 1: Didn’t take long for another to come out oft he woodwork, this time in Indiana UPDATE 2: Crooks & Liars now has an interactive map of the “isolated…
  3. Krugman on The Media And Republicans – They Were Duped, Again Paul Krugman points out something that most of us already knew – the media has done a phenomenally bad job of vetting Republican spin. The Republicans have prided themselves on…
• #EFCpolfacts Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) Used Billions Of $ In Fed Stimulus To Balance TX Budget, Claimed It Was Bad For Country
  Texas governor Rick Perry (R) has publicly decried the use of federal stimulus funds, claiming that they were bad for the economy and bad for the country. This belief did not stop him from using them to balance the Texas state budget.

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  1. #EFCpolfacts: Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) Asked For And Received Billions In Fed Stimulus $, While Railing Against It While talking about how bad spending is, or how the the EPA is a ‘job-killing agency’, she has nonetheless made significant efforts to get money from those programs and agencies…
  2. Gov. Rick Perry Thinks Economic Crisis God’s Idea Oh, good grief. Rick Perry feels that the economic crisis isn’t the fault of Wall St. greed, but divine intervention. From ThinkProgress.: s Perry is poised to sign the most draconian state…
  3. Texas Budget Imploding – Like We Didn’t See It Coming… It appears the Texas state budget – you know, the one that Governor Rick Perry claimed and billions of dollars in surplus – is facing as much as a $25…
• #EFCpolfacts: Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) Asked For And Received Billions In Fed Stimulus $, While Railing Against It
  While talking about how bad spending is, or how the the EPA is a ‘job-killing agency’, she has nonetheless made significant efforts to get money from those programs and agencies into her district.

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  1. Really, Bachmann? Breastfeeding? Bachmann is trying to make some kind of connection to ‘suckling at the government teat’ using the breastfeeding issue. She rails against a tax break for breastfeeding equipment. But if…
  2. #EFCpolfacts – S&P Specifically Names Republicans Unwillingness To Raise Revenues In Downgrade Although Republicans are trying to spin this otherwise, the S&P report on the credit downgrade specifically names the Republicans unwillingness to raise revenues as a reason for the downgrade….
  3. #EFCpolfacts No.1 – Last POTUS To Preside Over Surplus? Clinton. Last R POTUS? Eisenhower, 1957. 54 years ago. The last President to preside over a budget Surplus in the US was Bill Clinton, who left office with a surplus. The last Republican President to preside over a surplus…
• GOP Names Their Super-Committee Choices – Impasse Imminent
  By selecting the individuals above for this committee, the Republicans have sent a clear message – this ain’t going anywhere. So be prepared for the impasse, and for the cuts to come.

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  1. #EFCpolfacts – S&P Specifically Names Republicans Unwillingness To Raise Revenues In Downgrade Although Republicans are trying to spin this otherwise, the S&P report on the credit downgrade specifically names the Republicans unwillingness to raise revenues as a reason for the downgrade….
  2. John Boehner And The Super-Duper Congress The Super-Duper Congress idea is designed to make compromise unnecessary, and regular Congresscritters irrelevant. How convenient for those in Congress who refuse to actually lead….
  3. GOP Fracturing, Tea Party Fuming This is what happens when you focus on winning campaigns rather than serving the American people. …
• #EFCpolfacts – S&P Specifically Names Republicans Unwillingness To Raise Revenues In Downgrade
  Although Republicans are trying to spin this otherwise, the S&P report on the credit downgrade specifically names the Republicans unwillingness to raise revenues as a reason for the downgrade.

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  1. Did You Get Your 36% Raise? via Banking: Bank Chiefs’ Average Pay Rises by 36 Percent – CNBC ank chiefs’ average pay in the US and Europe leapt 36 percent last year to $9.7 million, according to…
  2. Republicans’ Impossible Math While their record says otherwise, Republicans still like to portray themselves as deficit hawks, pretending they have the answer to reducing the budget deficit. Of course, the first thing they…
  3. Krugman on The Media And Republicans – They Were Duped, Again Paul Krugman points out something that most of us already knew – the media has done a phenomenally bad job of vetting Republican spin. The Republicans have prided themselves on…
• Miss the 8/9/11 Show? Catch 24/7 On Demand
  Topics on tonight’s show: WI recall elections – S&P downgrade and the Dow, and the blame game – What the right does incredibly well, and what the left can learn from it – EFC’s #EFCpolfacts launch – Anonymity online – Glacier calving

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  1. Miss Tonight’s Show (2/1/11)? Catch it 24/7 On Demand! Tonight’s topics: Egypt James O’Keefe tries to “sting” Planned Parenthood – FAIL Healthcare ruling in FL and the attempt by Republicans to attach ACA repeal to an FAA funding bill…
  2. Miss Tonight’s Show? Catch It On Demand – Topic: Tragic Shooting in Tucson Tonight’s topic: The shooting in Tucson, and where the blame should rest. Live Show Tue Jan 11 2011 09:18:59 PM on Edited…, posted with vodpod…
  3. Miss Tonight’s Show (2/9/11)? Catch It On Demand 24/7 On this week’s show: * The AOL/Huffington Post Deal * Olbermann Goes to CurrenTV * Christina Aguilera’s Superbowl Fail * Glenn Beck – Even The Right Is Turning Against Him…
• #EFCpolfacts No.1 – Last POTUS To Preside Over Surplus? Clinton. Last R POTUS? Eisenhower, 1957. 54 years ago.
  The last President to preside over a budget Surplus in the US was Bill Clinton, who left office with a surplus. The last Republican President to preside over a surplus was Dwight Eisenhower in 1957.

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  1. The Government Healthcare We’ve Been Paying For Years How much do you pay for your healthcare insurance every month? For some, having insurance would be a huge improvement. For those of us that do have it, it’s an…
  2. What Americans Need To Know The average American isn’t far left. They’re not far right either. They’re somewhere in the middle, which means they are amenable to listening….
  3. Who Are The Koch Brothers, And Why It Matters This piece from August of last year in the New Yorker looks at David and Charles Koch are. They have lot of money, aren’t afraid to use it, and were…
• What Americans Need To Know
  The average American isn’t far left. They’re not far right either. They’re somewhere in the middle, which means they are amenable to listening.

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  1. Americans Like The President’s Ideas For Deficit Reduction – Unless They’re Tea Partiers According to a new poll conducted by Democratic and Republican pollsters, a majority of Americans like what the President has been proposing. From MSNBC: Strong majorities of Democrats and independents prefer…
  2. We Are All Americans – Or We Should Be flight under the cover of darkness. A highly trained team, having rehearsed the incursion in a specially built replica of the compound executed the plan nearly perfectly. A mechanical failure…
  3. Ezra Klein’s Right – Dems Have Their Chance… Ezra Klein’s post this morning hits the nail on the head regarding the end game of the debt ceiling debate. They need to stand tough against the Bush-era tax cuts….

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