Daily Archives: January 6, 2011

Alabama Democratic Party Chair Joe Turnham to Step Down

Glynn Wilson Joe Turnham Alabama Democratic Party Chair Joe Turnham will be stepping down effective January 29 after his party suffered a bruising defeat in the election of 2010. While the Republicans on the national level took control of the House, Alabama’s GOP captured both houses of the state Legislature for the first time in…

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Health Care Group Calls GOP Claims About the Deficit Double Talk

While the new Republican majority in Congress seems hell-bent on rejecting the Congressional Budget Office announcement that the Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act would add $230 billion to the federal budget deficit over 10 years, $1.2 trillion in the second decade, a national grassroots coalition of more than 1,000 organizations in 46…

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Survey Shows Small Business Owners Support Health Care Reform

Tax Credits, Insurance Exchanges Make it More Likely Employers Will Cover Workers Small business owners say the Affordable Care Act will spur them to provide health insurance for their workers, the same small business owners Republicans claim to represent who are looking at health care reform as a way to cut their health care costs.…

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War: What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing!

Just a Reminder: Wars are Still Going On Whether the news media covers them or we talk about them or not. A Facebook friend shared this video with me this morning, and it reminded me of Spider Martin’s last words. To read the true story of Civil Rights Photographer Spider Martin’s death, and for a…

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