Maher on Real Time last night: “I don’t like it that people are made to disappear when they say something, or people try to make them disappear when they say something you don’t like. That’s America...
Bill Maher Is Very Wrong on Limbaugh
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The Climate Crisis Claims Its First Nation
It's going to get way, way worse than this. Kiribati, an island nation located in the central Pacific, rises just a few feet above sea level in many areas. Elevating ocean levels could soon render...
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MST3K Saturday - "Merlin's Shop Of Mystical Wonders"
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
The economy is breathing and there be jobs here. Most estimates in advance of today's new jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggested the economy added about 210,000 jobs in February...
The Republicans Aren't Done with Birth Control
Oh boy! They just don't know when to quit. House Speaker John A. Boehner signaled on Thursday that House Republicans would continue the fight. “I think it’s important for us to win this issue,” Mr...
Quote of the Morning
"To Rush Limbaugh: Hey Jackass, stop using our music on your racist, misogynist, right wing clown show. Sincerely, Rage Against The Machine" Tom Morello HA! And so they join Peter Gabriel and Rush...
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"My Favorite '80s Pop Songs" wraps up with Joe Jackson and "Steppin' Out".
Limbaugh's 70 Sexist Smears
ThinkProgress with the video compilation: Again, it's not just the word "slut." Not by a long shot.
Ignoring Limbaugh Won't Make Him Go Away
Sullivan, Bill Maher and others are defending Limbaugh's freedom of speech and condemning the boycotts and lobbying against his advertisers. Sullivan's latest: No one is involuntarily exposed to his...
Ultrasound Law Signed in Virginia
Bob McDonnell signed the anti-woman bill yesterday and even though it's not invasive, it's still intended to intimidate women while also shoving Republican politicians into private medical exam rooms...
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Is this thing on? I think I've stabilized the server and the blog should be functioning properly. So onward with our "My Favorite '80s Pop Songs" theme week and Howard Jones with "What Is Love?".
Server Problems
So you've probably noticed that our server keeps crashing for hours at a time. This is due to both higher-than-usual traffic and, concurrently, something or someone attacking the site. I'm not sure...
Sarah Palin is Really Weird
Huh? But we already know how one Alaskan voted tonight — Sarah Palin told Fox News that she cast her ballot for Newt Gingrich, the "cheerful candidate." Yeah, that's about the depth of Palin's...
Crazy Jean Schmidt Loses
Jean Schmidt has been keeping a low profile lately, but when she was first elected, she was one of the craziest of the crazy House Republicans. Not any more. She lost to primary challenger Brad...
Marcy Kaptur and Redistricting Beat Kucinich
Goodbye to Dennis Kucinich -- until 2016 when he'll probably run for president again. Redistricting eliminated Kucinich's district, so he was forced to run in a primary against fellow Democrat Marcy...
Mitt Romney Still Not There Yet
Romney won five larger states (he barely won Ohio). Santorum won three smaller states (and almost won Ohio). Gingrich won his home state of Georgia. And -- good news -- this looks likes it will...
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The "My Favorite '80s Pop Songs" theme week continues with Level 42 and "Something About You".
EXCLUSIVE: Rush Pulls Music from Limbaugh Show
Yesterday, I contacted Anthem Entertainment and Rush (the band) about Rush Limbaugh's airing of its music on his show, and today I was exclusively informed that the legendary Canadian rock group has...
32 Advertisers Drop Limbaugh
The latest tally... So far, Sleep Number, The Sleep Train, Quicken Loans, Legal Zoom, Citrix, Carbonite, ProFlowers, Tax Resolution, AOL, Bonobos, Sears, Allstate Insurance, Sensa, Bare Escentuals...
Taxpayers Don't Pay for Contraception
And it wouldn't be a capital crime if we did. But the line from Limbaugh and other liars on this issue is that "they" don't want to pay for birth control. They don't. Health insurance customers do...