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Georgia Town Considers Mandatory Gun Ownership
From Georgia Republicans who probably objected to government-mandated health insurance: A city in Georgia is considering a proposal as soon as next month that requires every homeowner to own a gun...
And, No. Drones Will Not Kill You While You Drink Coffee at Starbucks.
Here’s the centerpiece of my Thursday column: In a senate hearing yesterday, far-right Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) grilled Eric Holder about his letter to Rand Paul, repeatedly asking Holder if he...
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I Don’t Understand the TSA
This came down yesterday from the TSA: The U.S. Transportation Security Administration will let people carry small pocketknives onto passenger planes for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist...
Rescuing Tortured Chimps
Via Sullivan, this video of former laboratory chimps being freed into an Humane Society sanctuary following decades of captivity and torture will make you cry. The United States remains one of the...
They’re Abusing It, So We Have to Take It Away
More news from the Police State of Florida and how the Republicans seriously tried to steal the state’s electoral votes for Mitt Romney. No wonder he was so falsely confident of victory there...
Well This Isn’t Surprising At All
A new study proved the obvious: politicians overestimate the conservatism of their constituents. For example, a survey of voters found they supported gay marriage and universal health care by 10...
No. Holder Didn’t Say Obama Can Use Drones To Kill Citizens on American Soil.
My Wednesday column begins like so: As I’ve written before, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to carry on a rational discussion about the use of lethal force against enemy combatants...
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Super Stupid
Oh my God. This state lawmaker from Washington State is a raging idiot. I mean, over the top stupid. A Washington State Representative who serves as a ranking Republican on the State Transportation...
More Good News on Gun Control
Wow. The hits keep coming. This time in the U.S. Senate of all places. One measure to curb gun violence in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre took a major step forward in the...
Some Good News on Gun Control For A Change
A crucial gun control law made it out of committee in Colorado yesterday: A bill that would prohibit a person who has been convicted of domestic violence or is the subject of a restraining order from...
The Greatest Chart Ever
Via Benen, the CBPP has updated its famous “parfait” chart illustrating what’s driving the national debt between now and 2019 based on CBO estimates from last month. And, shocker...
The New Leader of the Crazy Caucus and Her Crazy Remarks About VAWA
My Tuesday column contains a big announcement: Step aside, Louie Gohmert and Michele Bachmann. I believe we have no choice but to crown the new chairperson of the House of Representatives’...
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Billy Joel – “Scenes From An Italian Restaurant” Live (Joel’s inspiration for writing this song was The Beatles’ “Medley” from Abbey Road, which was...
Creepy Robot of the Day
For once, this doesn’t come to us from DARPA, and they really tried to make this one cute, but it turned out to be a screeching, lifeless nightmare. (via Paula) Continue reading → Continue...
Republicans Keep Lying About Abortion and Rape
This was ridiculous when Akin said it, and now it’s escalated to the point of mass delusion. Another Republican said pregnancies from rape are rare because, well, read this: Celeste Greig...
Worst Person in the World
I didn’t even know this guy was still alive, but yeah. Lech Walesa, the 1980s champion of democracy in Poland for this: Lech Walesa, Poland’s communist-era democracy campaigner, said...