More babies with guns. Preliminary autopsy results indicate a 12-year-old boy shot his 9-year-old half brother and then shot himself at their grandparents’ home in southern Ohio, the county...
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This Week’s Mail Bag! We Talk About Texas Senate Cheaters, Snowden Hero-Worship and the Return of Crossfire!
This week’s questions. Answers here. 1. The most obvious question this week is WHY are the Texas Republicans not facing a world of shit for trying right in front of everybody’s eyes to...
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Buzz Burbank News & Comment 6/27/13
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Eichenwald: ‘My tolerance for Edward Snowden has run out.’
Kurt Eichenwald’s new article about Snowden and the NSA is a must-read. He provides extensive details about how the NSA operates, with an historical backdrop from World War II. But here’s...
Texas Congressman Sues to Block Texas Voter ID Law
This is positive news: A Democratic congressman joined seven others Wednesday in filing a federal lawsuit to keep Texas from enforcing its voter ID law. U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey of Fort Worth filed the...
The Top Six Examples of Nefarious Republican Tactics From The Last 48 Hours
My Thursday column begins like so: One of the major takeaways from the series dramatic political events over the last 48 hours is quite simply that the Republicans will do anything to win. Almost...
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Buzz Burbank News & Comment 6/26/13
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Step Aside, Florida, South Carolina and Arizona…
There’s another contender for the Craziest State. TBogg with the tweet of the day (last night): Big winner tonight is Florida which is , temporarily, not the most embarrassing state in the...
Texas Voter ID and Redistricting Taking Effect Immediately
The other Texas atrocity: With the Supreme Court suspending the mechanism that forced Texas to get a federal OK before it can implement any election law change, state Attorney General Greg Abbott...
Quote of the Morning
“At what point must a female senator raise her hand or voice to be recognized over her male colleagues in the room?” Texas Sen. Leticia Van den Putte (D) In video form: So, Republicans...
Supreme Court Helps the GOP Revive the Era of Jim Crow
My Wednesday post: Here’s a fantastic example of cognitive dissonance. On Tuesday, Republicans and conservatives managed to somehow continue their collective screeching about the rapidly...
Texas Republicans Cheat Their Way to a Vote on Abortion; Then Lt. Gov. Declares Vote Too Late
In case you missed it, late last night the Texas Republicans held a vote on their sweeping anti-choice law — after the midnight adjournment deadline. It was easily one of the most incredible...
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Buzz Burbank News & Comment 6/25/13
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And It Just Keeps Happening…
Utterly tragic: A 5-year-old girl left home alone in New Orleans while her mother went to the store fatally shot herself in the head, police said Sunday. The child’s mother, Laderika Smith...
Here’s Why George Zimmerman Will Be Convicted
This exchange with police: Why did he follow Martin, a police officer asks. “These assholes, they always get away,” Zimmerman answers. The officer asks, “What’s behind that...
Obama’s Climate Speech is a Big Effing Deal
So says Jonathan Cohn: Even so, make sure you pay attention to what President Obama says on Tuesday, when he talks about climate change in a speech at Georgetown University. The announcement Obama...
As the IRS Scandal Goes Down in Flames, An Important Lesson for the NSA Story
My Tuesday column begins like so: So it appears as if the so-called IRS scandal has finally evaporated into nothingness. The central claim in this non-scandal was specifically that the IRS had been...