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Why Even Some Liberals and Independents Are Refusing to Sign Up For Obamacare

Mar 31, 2014 | Centrism, Health Care Reform, Liberalism, mic, Pennsylvania, Political Ideologies

Published: mic (March 31, 2014)

The Obamacare deadline is Monday, and a flurry of reports, headlines and talking heads are weighing in its success or failure. But sometimes politics cannot be understood without a human touch.

One of the most devastating aspects of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) implementation, flying under the radar, is the unwillingness of Republican-led states to accept the Medicaid expansion provision included in Obama’s legislation.... Read Original Article

Obama’s FunnyOrDie Sketch Proves There Are Other Ways To Push Ideas In Beyond Fear And Anger

Mar 11, 2014 | Democrats, Health Care Reform, Liberalism, Media Issues, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, President Obama

Published: mic (March 11, 2014)

If you haven’t seen President Obama’s appearance on “Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis,” stop everything you’re doing and watch it now.

There is a lesson to be learned from this video: Fear and anger aren’t the only effective methods for spreading a political message.

Obama’s right-wing opponents have spent the bulk of his presidency trying to destroy him with shrill accusations, inflammatory rhetoric and hyperbolic distortions of his agenda.... Read Original Article

Rand Paul’s Republican Revolution Should Be a Wake-Up Call For Democrats

Feb 19, 2014 | Civil Liberties, Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Foreign Policy, Liberalism, Libertarianism, mic, Millennials, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans

Published: mic (February 19, 2014)

The news. In a recent interview with Politico, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) discussed how the Republican Party could attract minority voters by focusing on a new slate of issues. These included reforming the war on drugs, opposing indefinite detention of detainees at military bases, and shifting the immigration debate away from border security and toward “find[ing] a place” for illegal residents who are willing to find work.... Read Original Article

5 Ways Conservative Media Is Getting ‘The Hillary Papers’ All Wrong

Feb 11, 2014 | Conservativism, Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Liberalism, Media Issues, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans, Scandals

Published:mic (February 11, 2014)

Let’s dispense with a necessary disclaimer: I believe Hillary Rodham Clinton is going to be the next President of the United States. The “Hillary Papers” that have been flying around the conservative blogosphere this week are just the latest effort by the right to do anything they can to prevent that from happening.... Read Original Article

This Venture Capitalist Thinks Occupy Wall Street and Nazis Have a Lot in Common

Jan 28, 2014 | Conservativism, Economic Policy, Extremism, Liberalism, Libertarianism, mic, Plutocracy, Political Ideologies

Published: mic (January 28, 2014

Back in 1990, American attorney and author Mike Godwin observed that political discussions (particularly those that occurred online) were oversaturated with Nazi analogies. This gave birth to the expression “Godwin’s Law,” which argues that anyone who compares a political adversary to Nazis without sound reasoning automatically forfeits the debate.... Read Original Article