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This is what has been needed all along. It has always been within the congressional Democrats’ power to block any new tax cuts, and simply let Bush’s expire on January 1st. This would turn the tables and bring Republicans back to negotiating from position of desperation, begging to restore tax cuts for the rich. The President himself can simply veto any deal that he doesn’t like, forcing Congress, under great pressure, to put together a better plan of tax cuts, and this would put the Republicans in a very weak and defensive position. Will others who supposedly have “guts” like Franken join with Sanders, or vote against him? 75% of Americans, according to consistent and current poll results, don’t want any tax cuts for the rich to be extended at a time of relatively high budget deficits. It’s a moral issue, not just an ideological one. Who will stand with Sanders?

So here we have the Oklahoma Republican Caucus, riding a wave of public anger and racism into office and meeting in private to plot strategy in a deserted office building emptied by a massive multi-national oil merger years ago which cost the state thousands of jobs. They say they want to focus on the economy from this gigantic symbol of corporate indifference to Oklahoma. If irony was intended, they would be making a point. Nearby will be the self-proclaimed “Tea Party” activists that helped get them elected, protesting because they want the legislature instead to focus on anti-abortion and pro-gun legislation. Because the protesters believe Oklahoma is just not conservative enough:

Okla. Considers Using Vet Drug To Execute Inmate
by KATHY LOHR

Oklahoma is moving forward with plans to execute a prisoner despite a shortage of a drug used in lethal injections that has forced some states to temporarily halt executions.

A hearing in federal court Friday will look at the implications of adopting a different drug, one used to euthanize animals, that has never been tested on people.

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CONVICTED OF FELONY MONEY LAUNDERING IN THEFT OF 2002 TEXAS ELECTION WHICH LED TO MASSIVE GOP GAINS IN US CONGRESS

The truth about why single payer never had a chance. Secret money through the Chamber of Commerce was used, just as it was to win the 2010 congressional election for the Republicans.