Who is Saul Alinsky, and why is Newt Gingrich so obsessed with him?

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:35 PM EST (Christian Science Monitor)

Newt Gingrich keeps likening President Obama to radical community organizer Saul Alinsky. But Gingrich seems to have adopted Alinsky's tactics himself, as has the tea party. Mainstream Republicans aren't happy.

politics, republicans, tea-party, president-obama, newt-gingrich, dick-armey, freedomworks, saul-alinsky, radical-community-organizer, rules-for-radicals-a-pragmatic-primer-for-realistic-radicals

Bill Maher: Republicans Run Against Fictitious Candidates (VIDEO) | Addicting Info

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:56 PM EST (Addicting Info)

The best example of that is of course, the current occupant of the White House.

us, muslim, politics, writer, barack-obama, socialist, newt-gingrich, bill-maher, glen-beck, community-organizer

Sarah Palin's Facebook: 'Reagan Would Be Ashamed' Of 'Stalin-esque' GOP 'Cannibal' Tactics | Mediaite

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:18 PM EST (Mediaite)

Palin came out swinging on her Facebook account today, posting a doozy of a long note, acknowledging the importance of vetting candidates but arguing that “Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater, the fathers of the modern conservative movement, would be ashamed of us in th …

us, politics, gop, barry-goldwater, facebook, nancy-reagan, newt-gingrich, reagan-revolution, tea-party, sarah-palin

FBI Stepping Up Monitoring of Social Media

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:23 AM EST (AllGov)

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is creating a spy system that will allow it to monitor social media websites, including Facebook and Twitter.

us, politics, cnn, fox-news, central-intelligence-agency, facebook, msnbc, twitter, federal-bureau-of-investigation-fbi, monitor-social-media-websites

How the Media Is Shaping the Republican Race

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:51 PM EST (The Fiscal Times)

In reading commentary on this incident, mainstream media commentators were baffled by it.

us, democrats, politics, republicans, mitt-romney, washington-post, cnn, fox-news, rush-limbaugh, evangelical-christians

Little Green Footballs - AZ Gov. Brewer Angrily Lectures President Obama

Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:06 PM EST (Little Green Footballs)

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s book Scorpions for Breakfast is a classic example of the right wing genre; i.e., incredibly disrespectful of the office of the Presidency.

us, arizona, politics, fox-news, finger-pointing, president-obama, jan-brewer, scorpions-for-breakfast, raging-wingnut, arizona-greta-van-susteren

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Has Petroleum Production Peaked, Ending The Era Of Easy Oil?

Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:26 AM EST (Counter Currents.org)

Despite major oil finds off Brazil's coast, new fields in North Dakota and ongoing increases in the conversion of tar sands to oil in Canada, fresh supplies of petroleum are only just enough to offset the production decline from older fields.

us, environment, china, russia, canada, oil, brazil, nigeria, north-dakota, global-economy

Obama's Common Sense

Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:56 AM EST (The Huffington Post)

In January of 1776, Thomas Paine published his pamphlet Common Sense that galvanized colonist support for American independence. 236 years later, Barack Obama presented his own forceful version of common sense in his third State-of-the-Union address.

us, politics, gingrich, barack-obama, osama-bin-laden, romney, state-of-the-union, tax-reform, common-sense, tea-party

Political Animal - Boehner’s confidence about keeping his job

Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:19 PM EST (Political Animal)

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) not only believes his caucus will keep its majority in the next Congress, but told Politico yesterday he expects the Republican House majority to last a decade. Is it because GOP officials will impress voters and earn the public’s trus …

politics, us, republicans, democrats, gop, congress, john-boehner, redistricting-process

Boehner: 'No idea' what Pelosi has on Gingrich

Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:47 AM EST (TheHill.com)

During a Wednesday interview on the "Laura Ingraham Show," House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said dismissively that he had "no idea" what information Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has about GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.

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Factcheck.org Confirms President’s Record on Job Growth, Proves Romney Lies When He Says Obama Has Created No Jobs

Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:37 AM EST (Pensito Review)

The 18 debates among the Republican presidential wannabes have been such horrific clown shows that both Sen.

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Obama’s State of the Union speech: The president attempts to trap Republicans.

Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:58 AM EST (Slate)

The speech set the tone for the fall campaign. The president hopes to launch a debate about fairness: what role the government should play in regulating business and how much each citizen should contribute and expect.

politics, barack-obama, republicans, state-of-the-union

European Union Imposes Oil Embargo On Iran

Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:58 AM EST (Counter Currents.org)

European Union (EU) foreign ministers meeting in Brussels yesterday imposed far-reaching economic sanctions on Iran, including an embargo on Iranian oil imports that will come into full force in July.

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Rick Santorum Thinks Pregnancy Through Rape is God's Gift? Seriously? | Common Dreams

Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:36 AM EST (Common Dreams)

Of course, that's the beginning and the end of my respect for Santorum, who had the gall to tell Morgan that his opposition to legal abortion is "not a matter of religious values".

politics, us, tea-party, pro-life, rick-santorum, roman-catholic, jesus-christ, roe-v-wade, catholic-doctrine, religious-values

A State of the Union Guide for Socialists & Racists

Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:23 AM EST (The Huffington Post)

After every State of the Union and rebuttal, operatives and journalists go on a noble mission to "fact-check" what's been said.

politics, us, barack-obama, gop, republican, mitt-romney, newt-gingrich, state-of-the-union, obama-sotu-response

Obama's State of the Union Plays to His Base -- But Not Everything Was Worth Cheering | AlterNet

Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:52 AM EST (AlterNet.org)

In his State of the Union message, Obama succeeded in painting the GOP as obstructionist, and came down hard on the banks.

politics, us, barack-obama, republicans, gop, congress, state-of-the-union, obstructionism

Politics of Resentment

Seeded on Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:11 PM EST (The American Prospect)

By this point—roughly 30 minutes before the party was scheduled to start— the DJ had moved to AC/DC’s classic single, “Back in Black,” and the ballroom had begun to fill with Gingrich supporters.

politics, barack-obama, gop, mitt-romney, south-carolina, newt-gingrich, rick-santorum, food-stamps, republican-presidential-nomination, radical-european-socialism

Rep. Giffords Stepping Down

Seeded on Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:49 PM EST ( NationalJournal.com)

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., is stepping down from Congress this week, almost exactly one year after she was shot at close range at a campaign event, she said in a video posted to YouTube on Sunday. "Thank you for your prayers and for giving me time to recover.

politics, gabrielle-giffords

High Rents, Low Wages and the Coming Homeless Surge

Seeded on Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:06 AM EST (The Fiscal Times)

Get ready for the next big financial bubble—the growth of America’s homeless population. The biggest boon for the homeless was President Obama’s 2009 stimulus package, that appropriated $1.5 billion to the Homeless Prevention and Rapid-Re-Housing Program th …

us-news, obama, labor, justice, homeless, stimulus-package, financial-bubble, america-s-homeless-population, commerce-and-health-and-human-services, departments-of-housing-and-urban-development

Political Animal - How Gingrich connects - articulating paranoid victimhood

Seeded on Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:45 AM EST (Political Animal)

The right really does believe they’re victims. As Steve Kornacki explained very well, “It’s no mystery why the audience of Republicans so instinctively and passionately rallied to Gingrich’s defense.

politics, us, barack-obama, republicans, gop, cnn, newt-gingrich, john-king, open-marriage, habitual-adultery

Why Are Republicans Attacking 'Vulture Capitalism'?

Seeded on Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:59 PM EST (The Nation)

The opportunistic cross-dressing by conservatives amounts to a battlefield conversion.

politics, barack-obama, republicans, gop, republican-party, mitt-romney, newt-gingrich, rick-perry, crony-capitalism, laissez-faire

OpEdNews - Article: The Religious Right? Wrong!

Seeded on Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:06 PM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

A small but extremely vocal sub-group of radical conservatives within the Christian Church, also known as The Religious Right, believes itself to be the savior of an American Republic which has lost its way.

politics, religious-right, jesus-christ, separation-of-church-and-state, family-values, theocracy, fundamentalist, theocratic, christian-doctrine, founders-original-intent

Robert Redford: President Obama Stands Up to Big Oil

Seeded on Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:44 AM EST (The Huffington Post)

Let's face it: Big Oil is used to getting its way. But not today...

politics, us, obama, big-oil, oil-gas-industry, keystone-xl-tar-sands-pipeline

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Bill Clinton Interview 2012 - Esquire

Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:03 PM EST (Esquire)

Even his staunchest enemies now regard his presidency as the good old days. He has become the rare consensus figure in a country that has lost all sense of consensus. So we talked to him about where it went, and how we might get it back.

politics, clinton, bill

Bain Capital Spells Big Trouble for GOP

Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:15 PM EST (The Democratic Strategist)

The last few weeks of the Republican Presidential road show has been dominated by discussion of Mitt Romney's career as head of a Wall Street private equity firm -- Bain Capital.

politics, us, barack-obama, republicans, gop, republican, mitt-romney, occupy-wall-street, theodore-roosevelt, bain-capital

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