Suck it, Republicans: Between 600,000 and 1.6 million jobs were created or saved through September as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to a Congressional Budget...
Author - Bob Cesca
Crazy Quote of the Day
"I basically don't." —Dick Cheney on whether he thinks the Bush administration bears responsibility for Afghanistan
Another List
Nathan Newman at TPM Cafe lists the progressive accomplishments of the Obama administration. Source
Mr. Short-Term Memory
Congressman Bill Shuster (R-PA) hates the stimulus bill. HATES it. This is how much he hates it: – Last week, Shuster attended the groundbreaking ceremony for a sewage treatment plant for the...
Win, Fail and 60 Votes
Ezra Klein on the president's first ten months: Obama has 60 Democratic seats in the Senate. His recent predecessors haven't enjoyed majorities nearly as large. That's the difference between him and...
This Is The Problem
BlueCross BlueShield continues to coerce and intimidate its customers into protesting healthcare reform: A small business owner in the Kansas-City area who carries BCBS insurance for her employees...
Morning Awesome
The Road - Official Trailer
Win
Steve Benen: The success of his first year will be largely dependent on the outcome of the health care debate, but Obama may soon be able to point to his first 12 months in office and say he rescued...
Doof Quote of the Day
"What if one of them were a ninja? Obama could have been killed." —Ed Schultz on the gate crashers I like Ed Schultz, but he sometimes gets caught up in these crazy cable news narratives and totally...
By Grabthar's Hammer, What A Savings!
The Senate healthcare reform bill looks like a really good deal for much of the individual market. Ezra Klein summarizes today's CBO analysis on costs: The CBO estimates that 57 percent of people in...
Dick Cheney for President
Jon Meacham thinks Cheney should run in 2012. John Cole is calling it Dickmentum. And, of course, we all know why Meacham is pitching Cheney. The Drama! Imagine candidate Cheney running against...
Undermining the Commander-in-Chief
Sullivan on the president's Afghanistan strategy: If he does the full metal neocon as he is being urged to, he should not be deluded in believing the GOP will in any way support him. They will oppose...
Change We Can Believe In
Monsanto is going to be investigated by the Justice Department for anti-trust violations. During the Bush administration, the Justice Department did not file a single case under antimonopoly laws...
Afghanistan
You haven't seen much Afghanistan blogging here because it's an impossible situation and it's difficult for me to see any upside to this thing. Whatsoever. There's obviously a case, though, for the...
Wingnuts Endangering Children Again
World Net Daily has "outed" a high school musical -- and named the school. In effect, putting a gigantic target on every student in the play. The lack of responsibility in lieu of red meat is...
Morning Awesome
The Muppets - "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Super Stupid
Fox News thinks President Obama traveled back in time using his Muslim-Hitler-Commie Flux Capacitor and somehow passed the FY09 budget before he was actually elected president. Fox News is smart!
More Excellent News for the Unemployed
COBRA subsidies are about to go away. Happy Holidays! Unless Congress moves swiftly to extend the benefit, millions of other jobless Americans will experience the same sticker shock when they exhaust...
That Party Crasher Couple
I get it. The party crasher couple is good news for the Republicans because it shows the Obama administration is weak on -- I don't know -- middle-aged socialite reality show people (aka...
Quitter
Sarah Palin goes rogue again: Sarah Palin dropped out of a 5k race on Thanksgiving Day in Kennewick, Wash. The former vice presidential candidate and Alaska Governor quit the race because she wanted...