Kyle Bell

In the first Christmas Eve session since 1963, the United States Senate today passed a historic overhaul of the nation’s health care system. The final vote was guaranteed days ago as key Democrats cast procedural votes in favor of passage. Today’s 60-39 vote in favor of extending health insurance to 30 million Americans currently without [...]

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Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) will chair the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Prior to his passing, Senator Ted Kennedy was the chairman of this same committee in charge of overseeing the nation’s healthcare system. It was a lifelong goal of Kennedy to pass universal healthcare coverage. Harkin is a strong proponent of universal coverage, [...]

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The conspiracy driven “birther” movement surrounding President Obama’s birth certificate has been well covered lately on the news. Many Republicans do not feel that the current president is legitimate, despite his overwhelming victory in November. In their racist desperation, they have latched on to this idea that Obama was born in Kenya, not in Hawaii, [...]

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Keith Olbermann of MSNBC has made a name for himself with his Special Comment commentary pieces (which unlike Fox News, MSNBC at least distinguishes news from opinion). This week he took on members of Congress for being beholden to the insurance industry. His aim was squarely at Republicans, although a few Blue Dog Democrats also [...]

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Just a few years ago John McCain was one of the biggest advocates for deregulating our financial system. Today, with the stock market in ruin and financial institutions collapsing, John McCain is all of a sudden changing his philosophy. He now believes in government regulation! It’s as if he woke up one morning and saw [...]

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Brock Olivo, the former Missouri and Detroit Lion’s football player, is running for Congress in Missouri. He has a “passion” for the people of the 9th district. Yet when asked, “What is the biggest issue for you?”, he responded: “I don’t know… I’ll get back to you.” He goes on to say that he’ll gladly [...]

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