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Gingrich for the Win
He's leading everywhere except New Hampshire, and I imagine he's only behind in New Hampshire because Romney is from a neighboring state. NATIONAL (Fairleigh Dickinson): Gingrich 36, Romney 23, Cain...
Dick Quote of the Day
"Most of us wage earners are paying 39.6 percent in taxes and add in another 12 percent in New York state and city taxes and we're paying 50 percent of our income in taxes." Jamie Dimon, the CEO of...
African-Americans and Studying the Civil War
Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote a phenomenal piece in The Atlantic's Civil War commemorative issue, and he laments that so few blacks are students of the Civil War, noting that it was "their" war. And for...
Romney Has a Terrible Solution for Medicare
Once he's done privatizing Medicare, he'll offer varying benefits. Hooray! And every year don’t call this an entitlement. Every year pass a budget for how much the total subsidy is going to be. And...
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Blur - "Chemical World"
Sebelius Blocks Expansion of Morning-After Access
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius blocked an FDA ruling allowing over-the-counter Plan B morning after pill access to underage girls -- that is, females 16 and younger. WASHINGTON — Health and Human...
Quote of the Day
“Like being a woman, like being a racial, religious, tribal, or ethnic minority, being LGBT does not make you less human. And that is why gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights...
Shocker: Tea Party Governor Sucks Bigtime
Florida governor Rick Scott is very, very, very unpopular. Most of the Class of 2010 tea party nutbags are tanking in the polls. But none are as unpopular as Rick Scott. Rick Scott has hit a new low...
Worst Persons in the World
Once again, the South Fulton, Tennessee fire department and Mayor David Crocker who allowed another house to burn down simply because the homeowner had failed to pay their "subscription fee." “In an...
Reasonable Republican Becomes Less Reasonable
Jon Huntsman appears to be softening on his position regarding the man-made climate crisis: "The scientific community owes us more in terms of a better description of explanation about what might lie...
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Beastie Boys featuring The Roots - "So What'cha Want" Live on Jimmy Fallon
The President Outlines His Second Term Agenda
From Kansas, the president made yet another case for liberal economic policy and liberal government, while revealing the theme of his re-election campaign and the agenda of his second term. It was...
Occupy Joe Walsh's Office
Occupy protesters have set up shop inside Rep. Joe Walsh's office on the Hill, and I effing love this. About half an hour ago, a group of demonstrators entered Rep. Joe Walsh’s (R-IL) office. These...
Dick Quote of the Day
“If we don’t extend the payroll tax (cut), we’re giving the Democrats an issue.” Rep. Peter King (R-NY) Aw hell. No, see if the payroll tax cut isn't extended, middle class families will have to pay...
Militarizing Local Police Since 1997
Who knew this was going on? Through its little-known “1033 program,” the Department of Defense gave away nearly $500 million worth of leftover military gear to law enforcement in fiscal year 2011 — a...
Not The Bomb We're Looking For
Sarah Kliff at Ezra Klein's place disagrees with Rick Ungar's assessment that the new medical loss ratio rules in the healthcare reform law will destroy private health insurance companies. She makes...
'My Mommy… Doesn't Need Fixing.'
At a book signing, a nine-year-old boy told Michele Bachmann, "My mommy -- Miss Bachmann, my mommy's gay but she doesn't need fixing." I appreciate the intention of this very awkward video, but I...
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The Who - "A Quick One While He's Away" With Rushmore accompaniment.
Are Liberals Abandoning the President?
Gallup's answer is a big fat nope. The president's very first job approval rating among liberal Democrats was 83 percent, around the inauguration. Today, he's at 84 percent, down from 87 percent at...