Mar 25, 2015: Joan McCarter: Daily Kos: Lindsey Graham says he has the 'realistic' presidential campaign
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Feb 26, 2015: Joan McCarter: Daily Kos: Victory for the internet in the FCC!
Sept 12, 2014: MSNBC: Utah poised to joined Medicaid-expansion states
Note, HHS didn’t accept each of the provisions in Utah’s proposal, and as Joan McCarter noted, Health Department director was cautious about saying this is a done deal. 
Z-News Notes: Mar 14, 2014: Joan McCarter (Daily Kos) reports that "House Republicans brought their 52nd bill to gut Obamacare to the floor on Friday, where it passed 232-187. That's the end of it, of course, as it's been with the 51 votes before it, because the Senate won't take up the bill. This one would delay the individual mandate in the law by five years, which would mean 43 million uninsured people in 2018 and increase the premiums for people with individual plans by as much as 20 percent. So says the CBO." McCarter could not be more wrong, though. Obamacare is not getting insurance to the uninsured. "If," and I emphasize "if, " then they will get it through an expanded state medicaid. Otherwise the only thing Obamacare is doing is shifting plans, costs, and insurance companies amongst people who were already insured. A poor person without insurance cannot afford the sticker price the so-called "Affordable Health Care" will offer them if they try and sign up. (SOURCE: "House Republicans vote to gut Obamacare for 52nd time")
ON THE RECORD: Mar 6, 2014: Joan McCarter (Daily Kos) reports: " Harry Reid to Politico: 'Get a brain, OK?'." Relaying a conversation with Harry Reid and a Politico reporter and information from a Politico article, McCarter writes: "“Get a brain, OK?” the Senate majority leader snapped at a reporter, when asked why he doesn’t permit far more votes on GOP amendments. “You’re a smart guy.” McCarter goes through all the political rhetoric which appears to be plaguing Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, who appears to be some kind of hero by McCarter for having to tolerate the fact that there are other opinions in Washington DC besides his own. She summarizes: "The last thing Reid should be apologetic for is speaking the truth about Republican obstruction. And he really doesn't need to apologize for telling Politico reporters to get a brain." The fact that she is thoroughly devoted to Reid is her thing, it's just too bad that she is so blind to the fact that there are other opinions besides her own and decides, because of that, that it's OK to throw a reporter under the bus. If it were another reporter for any of her personal "pet" causes and "political" devotions I suspect she would have decried such a journalistic foul by an elected official. It was only about a month ago that McCarter, while addressing the subject of journalism in light of Snowden ("The 'Journalism After Snowden' problem") that she wrote: "If journalists are feeling such a direct threat, it's not just Fourth Amendment rights for citizens that are jeopardized by the national security state. It's the Fifth Estate and the long tradition of a free press in the U.S." Granted, Reid and Snowden are different subjects, but in one McCarter supports and endorses a "free press" while when it comes to Harry Reid her story changes. Political hacks are a dime a dozen in the blogosphere; journalistic integrity is another.
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Sept 20, 2007: Faithfully Liberal: Interview: Joan McCarter aka McJoan, Daily Kos Contributing Editor
Joan McCarter is a contributing editor and Kos Fellow at Daily Kos, one of the foremost progressive blogs.
Joan McCarter is a contributing editor and Kos Fellow at Daily Kos, one of the foremost progressive blogs.
