It turns out the media-fueled Washington meme that Americans are freaked out about the deficit and want Congress to "stop spending" is mostly untrue. Fifty-two percent of voters told CBS that...
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Author - Bob Cesca
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More Stimulus, If You Please
Because the Fed can't do much of anything. Members of the Federal Reserve lowered their expectations for economic growth and raised their projections of the nation's unemployment rate, cautioning for...
Quote of the Day
"The difference between the Panthers and other freakish groups that look good on the air, of course, is that that they threaten white people." Dave Weigel in his blog entry 'Megyn Kelly's minstrel...
New Huffington Post Column
Southern Strategist Sarah Palin Denies Southern Strategy The wingnut trolls are going to love this one. Tweet and Digg often using the convenient "share" menu below.
Worst Person
Erick Erickson has great ideas. Like his latest blog entry in which he proposes rebooting the Willie Horton ads: "King Samir Shabazz Should Be 2010's Willie Horton" Yeah, and maybe the Republicans...
Oh. Great.
The president today while introducing a new deficit-reduction adviser. "At a time when so many families are tightening their belts, he’s going to make sure that the government continues to tighten...
Accomplishments Notwithstanding?
Not surprisingly, I'm with John Cole. Roger Simon's takedown of Eric Alterman's article about liberal discontentment with the president is pretty damn sharp. Simon writes: I admit, I did not go on to...
Armstrong's Solid Stage
In stark contrast to Stage 8, Armstrong had a really solid Stage 9 yesterday -- especially over the Col de la Madeleine, which crushed a dozen other yellow jersey contenders, including the rider in...
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Booooooger!
Here's some good news regarding the FCC and "indecency" on television. NEW YORK — A federal appeals court on Tuesday tossed out a government policy that can lead to broadcasters being fined for...
Jindal's Stupid Sand Berms
Just as Rachel Maddow had been suggesting, Jindal's sand barriers are washing away. But he got plenty of overcompensating-for-the-televised-response roid rage mileage out of the issue -- hectoring...
Countdown Debunks Black Panther Nonsense
The wingnut right just keeps stepping in their own racist poop. ht Oliver Willis Here's Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly suffering a total meltdown trying to defend Fox News' awful reporting about the...
The Nexus of Fox News and Wingnuttia
Via Digby, Media Matters outlines the process for how memes like ACORN and this ridiculous New Black Panthers story take shape: 1. Right-wing bloggers, talk radio hosts, and other conservative media...
Hottest Year on Record So Far
And the climate crisis gets worse: Following fast on the heels of the hottest Jan-May — and spring — in the temperature record, it’s also the hottest Jan-June on record in the NASA dataset [click on...
But Al Gore is Fat So This Can't Be True
Damn. A newly published study has concluded that, by 2039, the United States could experience at least four crop-destroying, life-threatening seasons "equally as intense as the hottest season ever...
Quote of the Day
"[Bush and Cheney] should have been indicted. They absolutely should have been indicted for torturing, for spying, for arresting without warrants. I’d like to say they should be indicted for lying...
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The Latest Glenn Beck Conspiracy
Beck thinks the president is going to seize the Gulf Coast and turn it into a tribal socialist empire: Oliver Willis debunks all of this nonsense. It bears repeating that Glenn Beck's entire schtick...
The New Drilling Moratorium
If at first you don't succeed, try again: July 12 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Interior Secretary Kenneth Salazar issued a revised ban on deep-water oil drilling that may allow new wells if the industry shows...