Tag: Republican greed

  • Kansas Republicans Seek To Ban Welfare Recipients from Enjoying Their Lives

    Republicans in Kansas want their citizens who rely on government assistance to know just how much they hate them with a new law designed to make their lives even more difficult than they already are. Before the Kansas Senate went on Easter break they approved a draconian welfare bill, HB 2258, and sent it to…

  • Protests Succeed: Target Raises its Minimum Wage Due to Public Backlash

    Just one week after women’s advocacy group UltraViolet launched a grassroots campaign urging Target’s customers to switch to Wal-Mart, the retail giant has announced that it will be raising its minimum wage to $9/hour starting in April. The retailer is the latest to make such an announcement. Last month after years of pressure, Wal-Mart announced that they…

  • Bernie Sanders Blasts the 47 Republican Traitors: They're 'Itching' for ANOTHER War

    Senator Bernie Sanders has come out against the 47 Republican traitors who sent a letter to Iran in an attempt to sabotage President Obama’s nuclear peace negotiations. The Independent Senator correctly stated that the real reason Republicans are doing this is because they want to force our country into another war: [M]y Republican friends seem to be itching…

  • Republicans Trying to Kill Internet Freedom to Please Corporate Donors

    Representative Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and thirty other Republicans have just reintroduced legislation meant to kill internet freedom and please the telecommunication giants who have bankrolled many of their campaigns. Blackburn shamelessly claims that the bill, H.R. 1212 the Internet Freedom Act , is intended to stop President Obama’s make-believe internet takeover and protect Americans:  “Last week’s vote by…