"The Barackness Monster ain't feelin' it!"

I've pretty much lost all faith. — Average Congresscritter gets 1,452% raises when they turn corporate lobbyist:

Dear GOP: Want to beat Obama? Take away his women. See last paragraph here:

Great piece about the lack of African American's in US politics by @jbouie — The Other Glass Ceiling:

One Way Forward by @lessig is perhaps the most important book you should read right now. An urgent and actionable call:

How is this not unconstitutional?: Proposed US law bans protesting near anyone who rates a Secret Service detail.

"The Laffer curve postulates that no tax revenue will be raised at the extreme tax rates of 0% and 100%. If both a 0% and 100% rate of taxation generate no revenue, but some intermediate tax rate generates some tax revenue, it follows from the extreme value theorem that there must exist at least one rate where tax revenue would be a non-zero maximum. "

Beatrix's friend Governor Dayton is a BadAss™. Watch as he rubs some GOP nose in their own mess:

Nice to see at least one of our Representatives take a side and a stand. Go Keith!:

Related: Better Activism Day —

A bit too leftist and progressive for my comfort but some good points and ideas.

Know your adversary: Who wants to break the Internet?

Is there anyone who still believes Congress has not been bought?:

GOP: Why not run this guy? I'd vote for him.

Gotcha! – GOP Objects To 'Millionaires Surtax'; Millionaires We Found? Not So Much : It's All Politics : NPR:

"If you guys can't get it done, we'll get some other guys to get it done."

– Warren Buffett:

The story of Bethany and Beatrix hanging out with Governor Mark Dayton today because thats what good Governors do:

Very proud of our Senators here in MN. As a whole, they "get" digital: Full text of Senators' letter to AT&T