David Von Drehle, the author of this fanboy love letter to Glenn Beck in TIME, is another in a long line of media people who really ought to watch Network again before they comment on it. Watch it...
Author - Bob Cesca
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The de facto leader of the Republican Party lets the truth slip out: LIMBAUGH: I think the guy’s wrong. I think not only it was racism, it was justifiable racism. I mean, that’s the lesson we’re...
Wingnuts Wanted More Socialist Trains
The sheer audacity of their moronic self-contradiction is hilarious. Wingnut tea baggers are griping about why more of them couldn't ride the DC Metrorail -- a government-run and therefore...
Stand By for Comment Weirdness
TypePad is continuing to screw with people, so I'm going to try to resolve this using my limited technical skills. The comments might be acting strangely for bit. Will update soon... UPDATE: I was...
Quote of the Day
"But you know, I want that, Ms. Owcharenko. I want that. I want, not for personally for me, but for working Americans, to have a option, that if they don’t like their health insurance, if it’s too...
The History of Healthcare in America
Just now I received an email from a reader asking me quite possibly the most loaded question I've ever received via email: What's the history of healthcare? Don't get me wrong -- it's a good question...
The Max Baucus Casualties
In the time that Max Baucus has delayed his bill, from August 1 until now, 644,000 Americans have lost their health insurance. And 2,250 Americans have died due to a lack of insurance. Heckuva job...
$700 a Month to the Mafia
David Corn describes how Max Baucus is seriously trying to screw the middle class: With the Baucus plan, a family of four making $66,000 would have to pay $700 a month for government-mandated health...
Morning Joe
They were talking with Chuck Todd about the president's appearances on the Sunday shows this weekend and here's the general idea of what they're saying. When the president goes on all these shows...
Baucus Plan Is An 'Outrage'
Howard Dean loooooooves the Baucus Plan: "The Baucus bill is the worst piece of healthcare legislation I've seen in 30 years. In fact, it's a $60 billion giveaway to the health insurance industry...
Morning Awesome
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Higher Ground" Live at Greenfest -- Indjija, Serbia 2007 Chili Peppers week continues...
Worst Persons
Senators Klobuchar, Feingold, Bayh, Webb and McCaskill for voting with the Republicans to allow states to opt out of federal funds for bicycle and pedestrian safety improvements. The measure passed...
Baucus Plan Reduces the Deficit. So What.
The CBO released a preliminary scoring of the Baucus Plan, showing that the plan reduces the deficit over its first ten years. It also shows some other positive outcomes of the bill which are, in...
The Baucus Co-Op Plan is Worse Than Expected
Ezra Klein summarizes: The co-ops have never been a satisfying alternative to the public option. But the version in Baucus's bill isn't even a satisfying alternative to the co-op option. It's a...
New Huffington Post Column
With a Health Care Plan This Insane, Who Needs Wingnuts? Enjoy and Digg often.
A Word About ACORN
This might not be a very popular thing to write, but I was a little disappointed in Jon Stewart's extended bit about ACORN on The Daily Show last night. So a few ACORN people tried to game the...
The Insurance You Have… Sucks
Ezra reports the results of a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation: The average cost of a family health insurance policy in 2009 was $13,375. Over the past ten years, premiums have increased...
Stupid Max and his Stupid Plan
(That's the title of the movie I'd love to make about this whole thing.) Anyway, the Baucus Plan has arrived and, as predicted, it's terrible. So terrible in fact that he's basically lost all...
Quote of the Day
"[You] are doing nothing but reinforcing the stereotype that the conservative right is insane." —Insane wingnut conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in an open letter to insane wingnut conspiracy theorist...
Morning Joe
Maria Bartiromo is on Morning Joe today and during a discussion with Michael Eric Dyson about racism and President Carter's remarks, she said that because President Obama once enjoyed a 70 percent...