Via Greg Sargent, this should scare the piss out of every Democrat. I’d like you to compare your financial situation to what it was four years ago, during the last presidential election when George W...
Author - Bob Cesca
Quote of the Morning
“I think that members of our party have spoken about this in a way that’s not only anti-immigration but anti-Hispanic, and I think that’s harmful to the long term future of the party.” Former Bush...
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The Mynabirds - "Generals" (via Chez)
The Attack on Pensions and the End of the American Dream
My Thursday column is appropriately angry. RT and Like often! The debt and deficit are evidently making American voters more insane and more self-defeating than they usually are. Conservatives...
Shep Smith on Fox News Host Lou Dobbs: 'Blah Blah Blah'
No one deserves a "blah, blah, blah" more than Lou Dobbs, who claimed the stock market rallied on news of Scott Walker's victory. Adding... This clip also encapsulated the war against pensions. Yes...
Progress!
Another judge noticed that DOMA is unconstitutional: The Defense of Marriage Act suffered another defeat in federal court Wednesday when a New York district judge ruled the statute unconstitutional...
A Little Something for Republicans Bitching About the Debt
This: ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE -- The White House is insisting President Barack Obama will not extend the Bush-era tax cuts for wealthier Americans – even temporarily. Obama spokesman Jay Carney said the...
Starving the Beast, Karl Rove Style
The new Crossroads GPS commercial from Karl Rove could actually be worse than the previous one. From my column at The Daily Banter: I promise I won’t write about every single Karl Rove Crossroads GPS...
The Doctor Who Saved Lincoln. Briefly.
They've discovered the first draft of a medical report written by the doctor who first treated President Lincoln immediately after he was shot in the head. And it's typically frustrating to read...
Morning Awesome
The Most Serene Republic - "No One Likes A Nihilist" Luxury Wafers Sessions
Pitching A Solution for a Problem That Was Already Solved
The whole discussion over Romney and his thoughts about the Detroit bailouts is a perfect example of Republican duplicity, cynicism and opposite-day nonsense. Once again yesterday, Mitt Romney tried...
Worst Persons
Talking Monkey Brian Kilmeade and author Ed Klein for criticizing Hillary Clinton's physical appearance, referring to her as "tired and overweight" and therefore incapable of running for president in...
Senate Republicans Filibuster Equal Pay for Women
Every Republican voted to block this. Today, Republicans in the Senate blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act by filibustering the bill. The legislation would have strengthened protections for women who...
Wisconsin Post Mortem
What else can we say? I'll let Ashby pick this up in more detail later since he's been covering it here, so I'll keep this brief. I'm sure today will see random accusations of voter fraud and...
Morning Awesome
Iron Maiden - "Total Eclipse" (I'm in that kind of mood.)
The News Media Doesn't Care About GOP Sabotage
The Democrats and, specifically, the Obama campaign might be flirting with the "Republicans Are Sabotaging the Economy" meme. And while I think it's important to get this one out there (I've been...
The Republican Strategy
Kevin Drum: 1. Do everything humanly possible to prevent the economy from recovering. 2. Wait for 2012. 3. Run a campaign focused on the fact that the economy is lousy. Job well done, Republicans...
If Romney Wins, He'll Pay Himself $5 Million
One of the perks of being a Republican president: Under his plan, Romney’s tax rate would fall from its current 14.7 percent to 13.1 percent, while under Obama’s tax plan, Romney would pay a 34.3...
Americans Love Delicious Chemical Tacos
Big news from Taco Bell: Taco Bell announced last Friday that its Doritos Locos Tacos — that's a taco with a nacho cheese-flavored Doritos shell — has been sold over 100 million times in the last 10...
Morning Awesome
Moby - "We Are All Made of Stars"
