The top recipients of health insurance contributions in the House and Senate: TOP 10 SENATE RECIPIENTS: McCain, John (R-AZ) $251,834 McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) $200,200 Baucus, Max (D-MT) $183,750...
Who's Been Bought Off by the Mafia
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Prime Time Thread
Thursdee night open thread. Go!
Probing for a Spine
Another fascinating number from the NBC/WSJ poll. These are the people the Democrats appear to be afraid of: 25 percent hold a favorable view of the Republican Party, which is an all-time low for it...
Afternoon Awesome
Sam Seder talks to protesters outside Letterman's studio.
Democratic Low T
Tom Daschle thinks the president should drop the public option: "We've come too far and gained too much momentum for our efforts to fail over disagreement on one single issue," the Senator and one...
Balls of the Day
John Cole says what needs to be said: Obama reiterated his support for the repeal of DOMA. But guess what? Obama is the President, not a congressmen, and those are the folks you need to pressure, and...
Corporate Criminals
Several of them were on Capitol Hill yesterday. If you get breast cancer, your insurance provider will investigate you for fraud and potentially cancel your coverage. Good people. Source: Digby
Doof Quote of the Day
"I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money." —George W...
76 Percent
NBC/WSJ Poll: 76 percent of respondents said it was either "extremely" or "quite" important to "give people a choice of both a public plan administered by the federal government and a private plan...
Morning Awesome
Dinosaur Jr. - "Over It" From their new album Farm Source: Chez
Formidable Opponent, With Mike Pence
POINT. Mike Pence in favor of endorsing Mousavi and his supporters: Look, the cause of America is freedom. And in that cause, we must never be silent. [...] I think the Congress behind me ought to...
Satan Is In Yur Music Lifting Yur Tables
Via Everything Is Terrible, this made me laugh and laugh: He's partly right. That Kenny Loggins album is evil.
Worst Persons
The mafia dons who run the major health insurance companies. Good lord. Today they point-blank admitted to Congress their intention to continue the practice of randomly cancelling policies as soon as...
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for Wednesday night blogotubers. Tonight! Me and Lee on the radio with special guest Dave Neiwert, author of The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right. We're...
New Huffington Post Column
'My Face Was Ripped Off' and Other Arguments for a Public Option Please Digg often. We have to win this fight.
Glenn Beck: Then And Now
Glenn Beck now: During the Iraq War, for anyone who cares to know the truth, I was on the air chastising people that were saying that Hollywood should shut up or that if you have a different opinion...
Weakling Democrats
Democratic Senators Hagen and Bingaman are refusing to vote for a public option in the HELP committee. According to a source with direct knowledge of what is happening on the HELP Committee, the...
Harry Reid Grows Half a Ball
Some good news... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he'll ditch bipartisanship in the Senate if it means getting a health care reform bill. "As important as bipartisanship is – and it is very...
More Public Option Polling
A new poll from EBRI proves that the president's public option for healthcare is totally controversial and divisive: Do you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose the...
Senator Ensign Loves Marriage
Senator John Ensign (R-Doof): “Marriage is an extremely important institution in this country and protecting it is, in my mind, worth the extraordinary step of amending our constitution.” “I believe...