My Thursday column continues to dissect the Republican contradictions about the debt with a mind-boggling example: When a political party not only builds a convention theme but an entire political...
The governor of Wisconsin during Paul Ryan's cavalcade of lies:Oh please. Really? Crying? Who are these people?
I don't think I've ever seen a major political speech so packed with repeatedly debunked lies, and I spent eight years following closely the mendacity of the Bush White House. I mean, Ryan repeated...
"On the other hand, to anyone paying the slightest bit of attention to facts, Ryan’s speech was an apparent attempt to set the world record for the greatest number of blatant lies and...
Sharon Van Etten - "Peace Signs" (Live on KEXP)
The Obama White House just doubled fuel efficiency requirements for new cars. The White House on Tuesday announced it had finalized new fuel-efficiency standards for American-made passenger cars and...
Rachel Maddow posted this chart during her convention coverage last night showing the staggering decline Democratic voter registrations since the Republican government there passed laws making it...
The Secretary of State in Ohio, Jon Husted, has upped the ante in his attempt to disenfranchise Democratic voters: The two Democratic members of the Montgomery County Board of Elections have been...
The Republicans featured a series of business owners who spoke at the convention yesterday as part of the "we built this" theme, ostensibly relating the notion that the government didn't help...
My Wednesday column digs into the Republicans and Bobby Jindal on the debt and government spending. As I watch the convention coverage and glance across the throng of Republican delegates, I can't...
The Sounds - "Living in America"
“We’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers.” Romney pollster Neil Newhouse Oh. I see. Don't let facts get in the way of scoring political points. Gotcha. “You know, in the...
As predicted, a states' rights, small government, anti-deficit, anti-debt, anti-government spending Republican is demanding federal money that's been redistributed from taxpayers in other states. Not...
Here's the CNN team attempting to corner Steve Bannon, the director of a new Citizens United documentary about the Obama administration. So it's 90 minutes of concern trolling. Poorly-informed focus...
Whenever there's talk of racist dog-whistles, Newt Gingrich pops up and dismisses the charges. “Why do you assume food stamp refers to black? What kind of racist thinking do you have?” Gingrich said...
My Tuesday column underscores why Romney's use of the Southern Strategy is important, and why it should disqualify him as a serious presidential candidate. Yesterday on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Chris...
The Tragically Hip - "New Orleans is Sinking"
Here's Romney today talking about the race-baiting welfare reform thing. Not only is the topic itself torn directly from Lee Atwater's Playbook, but this remark absolutely confirms it. "There's no...
Here's Chris Matthews just hammering Reince Priebus on Mitt Romney's race-baiting. And, naturally, Tom Brokaw, Joe and Mika totally wuss out. Adding... You know what also drives me nuts? When people...
Yikes. BERKELEY, Calif. (CBS Seattle) – It sounds like something out of the movie “Johnny Mnemonic,” but scientists have successfully been able to “hack” a brain with a device that’s easily available...
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