What do you think this might look like? From a statement released Friday from the White House to Speaker Pelosi: Since this meeting will be most productive if information is widely available before...
MST3K Saturday - "Eegah!"
The official attendees for the big meeting on February 25: Senate: Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.), majority leader Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Republican leader Senator Richard Durbin (D-Ill.)...
This was an unbelievable display. I'm not talking about O'Donnell, but former Rummy speechwriter Mark Thiessen playing the "Who us?" card regarding 9/11. The Republicans are pathological regarding...
Linkins reports: As a part of its ongoing effort to retain exclusive brand licensing rights to a word that’s been a part of the English language since the early seventeenth century, Politico has...
I can't believe I missed this story yesterday: The Obama administration has already sent a sternly-worded letter to Anthem Blue Cross over the company's excessive rate increase for individual policy...
Ezra Klein makes a decent case: Emanuel -- and more to the point, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi -- did a fairly masterful job at it. In the Senate, Democrats got all 60 of their members to sign onto...
Them Crooked Vultures - "Elephant"
A Senate Democratic aide tells Brian Beutler about the Baucus version of the jobs bill: "This was about to get bogged down again so he pulled it back." Ya' think? The whole thing would've gone...
UPDATE: Harry Reid is scrapping the Finance Committee bill after determining there are too many concessions to the Republicans. Go! I'm at a complete loss as to what the hell is going on with the...
Senators Harkin and Shaheen introduced filibuster reform legislation today. Benen describes the very sensible plan like so: If approved, the measure would not do away with extended debate altogether...
In defense of Toyota despite its recall Digg and Twitter often.
"Blizzard proves there's no global warming in the same way being out of milk proves there's no such thing as cows." Comedian Dana Gould via Twitter
There aren't words to describe how wrong-headed this is: Her lengthy Saturday night keynote address to the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville and her debut on the Sunday morning talk show...
I really wonder if the far-right knows how ridiculous they sound with the "it's snowing so global warming is a myth" meme. It's arguably the most idiotic thing they've come up with in years. I think...
Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 movies since 1992 I'm one of those people who basically loves everything Tarantino has ever done, and thus I highly respect anything he has to say about movies. So I was...
Newt Gingrich today: "Treating terrorists like criminals wrong no matter who is Pres." Newt Gingrich in 2005 discussing the domestic court trial of Jose Padilla: "Well, I think if they believe they...
The new Washington Post poll shows that most Americans have come down with the Bill Passing Fever.Even 42 percent of Republicans want the current bill to pass. Let's go, Congress!
Time for the Democrats to Get Loud and Fearless Digg and Twitter often!
Boehner: How Dare Obama Televise The Health Care Debate After I Demanded He Televise The Health Care Debate! The Republicans are slipping right into the president's trap. Lovely.
