Steve Benen reports: Republican outreach continues anyway. Late yesterday, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) continued to huddle with Republicans on his committee, and around the same...
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Morning Awesome
Smashing Pumpkins - "Tonight, Tonight" From Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Today is the 40th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11.
Fundraising Open Thread
It's the final night for our mid-Summer fundraising drive, so now's your last chance. You must click the jolly candy-like button now before it returns to its usual spot on the lefthand column over...
Radio Show
Me and Stranahan on the internet radio show tonight! 8PM EDT. With special guest: former Palin speechwriter Dan Tubagoo. Listen live. Call the show: (347) 945-5235 or participate in the comments.
But He's Sooooo Charming
Pat Buchanan is a very nasty human being. He writes in his new column that the reason McCain lost was because he didn't do enough race-baiting. Buchanan could go around the halls of MSNBC handing out...
The House Bill
Other than the 2013 start date, I really like the looks of this. Jonathan Cohn lists the positives: ●Generous subisidies, available to people making up to 400 percent of the poverty line ●Expansion...
Morning Joe
Joe Scarborough once again proving how he's all about civil discourse and not resorting to name calling. In case you don't want to click the link, he calls the president's All Star pitch "dainty."...
Crazy Effing Douchebag
Glenn Beck totally loses his shit on healthcare. I wonder if he realizes how he's sabotaging his own cause. It's just remarkable how much of a maniac he is.
Birther Wingnuttery
So the military revoked the order for that birther soldier to deploy to Iraq. Birther wingnuts everywhere are rejoicing. Seriously -- they're thrilled. But what these crackpots don't know is this:...
$1 Trillion
The CBO scored the House version of the healthcare reform bill -- with the public option included -- and the price tag is almost exactly as predicted. And it would be paid for by reducing...
Throwing Out the First Pitch
President Obama threw out the first pitch at the All Star game last night. Notice the pissypants driving the golf cart. Check the look on his face. Maybe it's prejudicial of me, but do you get the...
Morning Awesome
Voicst - "Feel Like A Rocket" From 2008's Feel Like A Rocket Video animated by Fons Schiedon
Stage 10
Nothing interesting in Stage 10 of the Tour, really. But I have to confess, after watching Mark Cavendish's latest victory salute, I've concluded that it doesn't matter to me if the guy farts rocket...
Quote of the Day
"I do. I do." —Sarah Palin during last year's vice presidential debate when asked if she supports capping carbon emissions Sarah Palin "wrote" an editorial published today in which she claims that...
Founding Fathers of Failure – Update
Following up on my Manhattan Magazine essay, there's this atrocity: DETROIT (AP) — Former General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner will retire Aug. 1 with a benefit package the automaker...
Worst Persons
CBS Radio for cancelling the Mike O'Meara Show. It's the end of a 20 year era in Washington radio as FM talk station WJFK switches to an all sports-talk format. I grew up listening to Don & Mike...
Fundraising Open Thread
It's the second to last night for the big mid-Summer fundraising drive. Your generous contributions keep us bathed in luxurious bandwidth through which snark is delivered. So if you can spare it...
Sotomayor Meets the Confederates
I have to admit that I haven't been following the Sotomayor hearings, but every time I walk by the TV, I overhear a rich, privileged white male with a pronounced southern twang grilling Judge...
Hooray! Gerlach Isn't Running Again
My congressman here in PA-6, Jim Gerlach (R-Thurston Howell), isn't running for reelection so he can run for governor. He'll lose the gubernatorial race of course because Rendell's machine, which...
The Deadline
Robert Reich explains why the president's August deadline is so crucial: If bills aren't passed in the House and Senate before August 7, the fights in both chambers over the public option and money...