Political Irony

Still think the Tea Party movement helped the Republicans win this election? Electoral Vote (one of my favorite websites) makes a really good point that the Tea Party actually cost them control of the Senate. Democrats held on to the Senate, but by the slimmest of margins. And what the Tea Party did, when they […]

It is just after 9pm on the west coast, and Nate Silver is predicting that the Republicans will take over the House while Democrats will keep control of the Senate, but just barely. But what makes me a bit sad is that Silver is saying that the Republicans seem to be doing slightly better than […]

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NPR gets to the bottom of how Arizona’s controversial immigration law was created. It was written by a group of private companies, many of whom stood to profit from getting the law passed. Then, the companies turned around and gave donations to the politicians who helped them get it passed. And — this is the […]