Yesterday on Hardball, Congressman Paul Ryan -- you know, one of the smart Republicans -- was outlining for Chris Matthews the specific areas the Republicans would like to cut in order to pay for the...
Paul Ryan Wants to Raise Your Taxes
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Author - Bob Cesca
Republican Filibuster of the Day
Today they filibustered the DISCLOSE Act... The DISCLOSE Act would require corporations and interest groups to identify themselves when they sponsor political ads and, in the case of smaller...
Quote of the Day
"The Sherrod story is a reminder — much like the 2004 assault on John Kerry by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth — that the old media are often swayed by controversies pushed by the conservative new...
Another Gulf Oil Leak
Just in: Adding insult to the Gulf's injury, a wellhead hit by a tug boat is now spewing oil near a Louisiana marsh area, officials said Tuesday. The oil is shooting up 20 feet into the air, the...
The Glenn Beck Body Count
Eric Boehlert on Glenn Beck's conspiratorial crusade against the little-known progressive group The Tides Foundation: Everybody in America would have found out about the Tides Foundation last week if...
The Public Option
The good news... Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), co-chair of the progressive caucus, is making good on her promise to continue pushing for a public health insurance option after the enactment of sweeping...
RNC Event to Feature Breitbart
Republican career advice: Orchestrate multiple hoaxes and get paid by the GOP! Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has a party fundraising event coming up in August that is...
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The 2010 Tour de France in Three Acts
Hayward Is Out
It sounds official: "On Monday, BP's board is expected to announce that Hayward, 53, will step down on Oct. 1. The departure, say people close to the company, will be his decision as much as the...
The American Dream
Go read this now, then come back and discuss. The Republican solution for these problems? More tax cuts for the super rich, less spending on the poor and middle class, and more spending on the war...
Worst Person
Jeffrey Lord at the American Spectator for accusing Shirley Sherrod of lying -- lying about a lynching, of all things. Lord doesn't know that "lynching" doesn't specifically mean "hanging."
'Wingnuts'
Several commenters are having issues with my use of the slang "wingnut." Boiled down, the argument is that I won't convince anyone if I'm using a pejorative term to describe them. I want to emphasize...
The Glenn Beck Monkey Show
Here's Glenn and his soundalike morning zoo sidekick Pat Gray saying absolutely nothing of substance about Keith Olbermann's recent Special Comment. Dave Neiwert has several important observations...
Tax Cuts = Deficit Spending
I'm sure various Republicans will insist he's a liberal shill (he's not), but a guy from Moody's Analytics was on the Chuck Todd show this morning and when Savanah Guthrie asked him whether tax cuts...
Just Words
Actually, no. Just words and a long list of serious accomplishments. Here's President Obama's surprise address to Netroots Nation, featuring Rachel Maddow: And somehow there's a real chance the...
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The Raconteurs - "Level"
Deadbeats
Not a surprise: In a deal negotiated last month, President Obama and BP officials agreed the company would pay $5 billion annually over the next four years into an escrow account for damage its oil...
Wingnuts Lying to Wingnuts
Matt Yglesias (via DougJ): At some point conservatives need to ask themselves about the larger meaning of this kind of conduct—and Andrew Breitbart’s—for their movement. Beyond the ethics of lying...
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The Police - "Synchronicity I" (Live)
Crazy Quote of the Day
"If anybody reads the sainted, martyred Sherrod’s entire speech, this person has not gotten past black vs. white." Andrew Breitbart Douchey snark aside, this is another illustration of the false...