The evidence of the Fox News / Frank Luntz takeover of the Republican Party continues to pile up. Last night, Maddow tore into the latest lie regarding reconciliation. I honestly can't think of...
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The New McCarthy
It could be any number of Republicans or Fox News hosts, but this ad from Liz Cheney really sounds like McCarthy.
Very Serious Question
This one comes from Josh Marshall: Why am I not seeing prominent Democrats on TV, actually probably President Obama on TV, saying senate Republicans are wrong to be helping Sen. Bunning (R) create so...
The President's Letter to Congress
President Obama wrote a letter to congressional leadership outlining (in a general sense) what he wants to see in terms of the sidecar legislation for the healthcare bill. Strangely, he included...
By the Way, The ACORN Videos Were Hoaxes
Apart from being a form of dog-whistle racism, the ACORN pimp videos championed by Andrew Breitbart, Fox News Channel, teabaggers and the Republican Party were faked. There are numerous people -- too...
Messin' with Jim Bunning
Here's a great idea for unemployed and furloughed Americans who are looking for payback. Block Jim Bunning. Really mess with him. Get in front of him in traffic and drive reeeeeally slow. Stop at...
Good People
I don't even know what to say about this. Employees at Catholic Charities were told Monday that the social services organization is changing its health coverage to avoid offering benefits to same-sex...
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Worst Person
Wingnut radio host Jim Quinn. President Obama is a "little wuss from Kenya" who Quinn wants to "slap silly." The Kenya lie and the "slap silly" insult aside, the president is no wuss. You know how I...
Super Stupid
The press. Most of it. Kent Conrad, yesterday, said, “Reconciliation cannot be used to pass comprehensive health care reform.” And everyone in the press freaked out. But Conrad is correct, insofar as...
President Obama's No FDR
Partly because FDR has enormous majorities to work with. Nate Silver assembled this chart: President Obama has the most successful legislative record for a first year since FDR, according to CQ...
Drudge Can't Read
Drudge's big banner headline today was about the president's physical and how doctors apparently recommended that the president cut back on drinking. You know the implication, of course...
Death Panel of One
Republicans are awesome. Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) is already infamous for blocking a temporary extension of unemployment and COBRA benefits for out of work Americans. But included in that package is...
Desperate Lies About Majority Rule
Paul Krugman: So, on the This Week panel today I didn’t get a chance to weigh in on the biggest whopper from Sen. Lamar Alexander, who told Elizabeth Vargas that reconciliation — I don’t have the...
Lies and Lying Bill Kristol
On Fox News Sunday, Bill Kristol admitted he hadn't watched the healthcare summit: KRISTOL: No, but I didn’t watch it, so — (laughter). I have a life. (laughter) So how did he know this: KRISTOL: You...
It's Not About Race. Noooo. Not At All.
What's wrong with this description of a teabagger from Idaho? SANDPOINT, Idaho — Pam Stout has not always lived in fear of her government. She remembers her years working in federal housing programs...
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Wrapping up our impromptu Tragically Hip week with "It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken"
9/11 Every Month
Bookending the death toll due to a lack of health insurance, Benen presents a more conservative, yet still immorally sizable casualty number: For adult Americans under the age of 65 -- those, in...
Quote of the Day
"Can I say that 20 million Americans unemployed, the fact that we’re worrying about the status of the White House social secretary…" Paul Krugman on This Week If you're a Krugman follower, this New...