Jon Stewart on the sequester

Jon Stewart blasts Congress’ selfish sequester fix

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Congress fixed the sequester for air travel, which affects them, but not Medicare patients losing chemo.
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One way to blackmail progressives in office — put a hostage in the bill

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Neoliberals love offering hostage-filled choices. Progressive are prone to say No. Grayson on hostages in bills.
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Congress’ socialist retirement plan exempted from budget cuts

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Add that to Congress’ socialist health care plan and it’s a pretty sweet deal being exempt from budget cuts.
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Congress, White House get full pay during sequester

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We shouldn’t expect answers to tough problems when politicians in Washington have no skin in the game.
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Aaron Swartz cost MIT some documents. Wall Street cost MIT billions. Guess who got indicted?

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Aaron Swartz took MIT’s documents. Wall Street banksters cost MIT $2bn. Guess which one the feds indicted?
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PPP: Congress less popular than lice, root canals and colonoscopies

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On the good side, Congress is more popular than gonorrhea, Ebola & communism. But they lose out to France.
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New Hampshire to be 1st state with all-female congressional delegation

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New Hampshire will become the first state in the nation’s history to send an all-female delegation to Congress.
Postpone the week-long party, the Republicans are actually working the week before Christmas. How butch of them.  Christmas party via Shutterstock.

GOP wants kudos for working week before Xmas – uh, who doesn’t?

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Why does Congress always want kudos for working the hours the rest of us do?
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Congress slightly more trusted than car salespeople

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Members of Congress rank just above car dealers, but below bankers, lawyers, stock and insurance brokers.
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Did Biden drop “flat guarantee” of no cuts to Social Security?

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Previously Biden offered “flat guarantee” of no changes, now he’s talking about “everybody making some sacrifices.”
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