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Surprise! According to the Center for American Progress, states with the weakest gun laws have the most gun deaths as illustrated here. Your chances of being the victim of a shooting as a result of lax gun laws is greatest … Continue reading
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This chart, courtesy of Health Affairs, depicts the mortality rate of women in the U.S. between 1992 and 2006 which increased in nearly 43 percent of all counties. And as you can see, much of this is geographically isolated. (click … Continue reading
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Is Obama a Liberal or a Moderate?

It’s more than a little frustrating to observe accusations from the far-left that the president is too moderate, while the far-right claims he’s too liberal. Voters, on the other hand, believe he’s squarely liberal but not too liberal. This is … Continue reading
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Here’s the consequences of the tax cuts included in Paul Ryan’s Path to Poverty 3.0 via Steve Benen. I put together the above chart to show the percentage change in after-tax income, but what I wanted to do was show … Continue reading
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The cable news networks are very concerned about the effects sequestration will have on average Americans White House tours. It’s hard to imagine much of a future for dedicated cable news channels as a professional medium when you see things … Continue reading
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Tyranny in chart form courtesy of New York Magazine. President Obama has some catching up to do if he wishes to rival the tyrannical menace of Ronald Reagan. Note: this does not include the executive orders the president signed on … Continue reading

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(via Maddowblog) In his second term, President Harry Truman condemned the snail’s pace at which lawmakers actually got some work done, labeling it a “Do-Nothing” Congress. After all, the 80th Congress (1947-1948) only passed 906 bills over its two-year period. … Continue reading

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via Steve Benen at Maddowblog Will Harry Reid push for filibuster reform in the next session of congress? To achieve maximum political effect, I believe the right course of action would be to push immigration reform, and if the Republicans … Continue reading

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431 Ways to Win

The New York Times’ new interactive electoral victory chart is a must see. According to their calculations, President Obama has 431 paths to victory, Mitt Romney has 76, and 5 paths result in a tie. This falls in line with … Continue reading

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Chart of the Day

via Kevin Drum Romney doesn’t want to spend as much on Medicaid as Obama does. In fact, he wants to take a chainsaw to it. Aaron Carroll and Austin Frakt took a look at the Romney and Obama plans in … Continue reading

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