Her first book, Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power by Rachel Maddow, will debut at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. This is not only good news for the smartest woman in media...
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Quote of the Morning
"I think that there is often times the impulse to suggest that if the two parties are disagreeing, then they're equally at fault and the truth lies somewhere in the middle, and an equivalence is...
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Mark Lanegan - "Bleeding Muddy Water"
Worst Person
Fox News anchor Heather Childers for spreading the most absurd anti-Obama conspiracy theory -- ever. You have to read it to believe it. It makes the birth certificate theory and the terrorist sleeper...
Single-Payer as an Ultimatum?
Benen spotted an interesting remark by the president yesterday: "...I think most health care economists who have looked at this have acknowledged, is there are basically two ways to cover people with...
Who Resumed Production on the Electric Car?
Good news from Chevy. Josh Marshall reports: Coming on strong sales in March, the Chevy Volt is going back into production a week early. This is part of today's strong sales report for the Big Three...
Romney Wins Wisconsin, Maryland and DC
Results here. No big shockers. Santorum wasn't even on the ballot in DC. The overriding result here is that we can probably bet on Romney being the presumptive nominee. That is, if there's not some...
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The Shins - "Simple Song"
How Many Men Died in the Civil War?
For decades, it's been generally accepted that around 620,000 men were killed during the American Civil War. Astonishing -- more men died during that war that all other American wars combined. Old...
New Post at the Daily Banter
Here's my post today for The Daily Banter: Another Right-Wing Terrorist Hits Planned Parenthood. Excerpt: We talk a lot about the “Republican War Against Women” and how a series of state and federal...
Map of the Day
Healthcare for women -- with and without the Affordable Care Act.Following up on my previous post, this includes Republican women.
Everyone Is Going to Hate the Supreme Court
The Republicans are totally psyched for the Supreme Court to overturn the Affordable Care Act. They're absolutely giddy about it. However, it's worth noting at this point that Republicans with pre...
Here's Exactly Why the Ryan Budget Sucks
Illustration Number One: It absolutely guts programs for poor and working Americans, while significantly boosting after tax income for wealthy Americans -- as seen in Illustration Number Two: So it...
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Heartless Bastards - "Down In The Canyon" No video for this one. Don't care. The song is too cool.
Sorkin's 'The Newsroom' Trailer
Oh hell yeah. This looks utterly kickass. So it looks like Sorkin made the Daniels character a Republican news anchor who loses his shpadoinkle. Might be a good way to mitigate the predictable...
Privatizing Our Infrastructure is Bad
Brad Plumer at Ezra Klein's place covers the upsides and downsides of leasing or selling off our roads and bridges to private corporations. The main problem here isn't just that transportation...
Best and Worst Persons
Worst to NBC News for airing a misleadingly edited clip of George Zimmerman's 911 call. The clip makes it sound like Zimmerman is volunteering the "he looks black" description of Trayvon Martin...
Romney Losing Women Voters in Swing States
This is both remarkable and not surprising. TPM: President Obama has emerged with an impressive lead in swing states around the country — thanks to women voters abandoning the GOP in droves...
There's an Actual 'Conservative Teen Magazine'
Via Buzzfeed, here are several kickass headlines from the new "Conservative Teen Magazine": RONALD REAGAN: Our First Black President? Why Abstinence Works, And How It Can Work for You! Government...
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Sharon Van Etten - "Serpents" Live at Studio Q
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