As long as the workers and communities are protected, it's about time: WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Monday will reject requests for almost $22 billion in new taxpayer bailout money for...
Author - Bob Cesca
Must Watch
"Taken For A Ride" - A film by Jim Kleina and Martha Olson about how GM and the auto industry attempted to kill American mass transit. Incidentally, this story is partially covered in the book Fast...
Teleprompter Crazy
Jed Lewison summarizes the ridiculousness: By the way, there's an almost-as-ridiculous story making its rounds today: President Obama has an entourage! Gasp! The president travels with staff and...
Tea Bagger Fail of the Day
Photo: TIA ANN CHAPMAN / HARTFORD COURANT Genius.
Baiting Bill
If you're interested in joining with the ThinkProgress effort against Bill O'Reilly, it might also be a good idea to make an extra effort to watch Olbermann every night. Not watching O'Reilly and...
Morning Awesome
Nada Surf - "Firecracker"
Chrysler Joins UPS
That's two advertisers to bail out of O'Reilly's creepy stalking show.
Dear Mrs. Obama,
Please be sure to inject some of our excellent chemical poisons into your White House garden. Bon appetit, Mid America CropLife Association
Sunday Night Thread in America
Open thread for your Sunday night blogotubing in America.
Geithner and The Rule of Law
Say what you will about his plan, but at least Geithner appears to understand the rule of law -- unlike the so-called emergency actions of the previous administration. On This Week, Stephanopoulos...
Suddenly There's Krugman
Boehlert nails it: Looking back on the Bush years, Krugman's track record was rather impeccable. But you'll note he didn't appear on the cover of Newsweek back then. And for years Krugman only...
Drama!
Does it strike you as odd that Newsweek put Krugman on their cover? It seems to me as if they're trying to manufacture the DRAMA! by perhaps casting Krugman as a bookish, liberal version of Rush...
Doof Quote of the Day
"So if we decrease the use of carbon dioxide, are we not taking away plant food from the atmosphere?" —Congressman John Shimkus (R-IL) No. We're not. Poor little Shimkus.
Morning Awesome
U2 - "Where The Streets Have No Name"
Three Mile Island
Today is the 30 year anniversary of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant crisis. Walter Cronkite reports: Part 2 after the jump, including discussion of the impact of the xenon radiation that...
I'm Jealous
John Aravosis from AmericaBlog was invited to the White House for Greek Independence Day. Full report with excellent White House photos here. Note to White House: I'll have to check my calendar, but...
Saturday Night Thread
Open thread for your Saturday night blogotubery. Don't forget to turn off your lights for an hour beginning at 8:30 (local time).
Loud Noises – Earth Hour Edition
Tonight at 8:30 is Earth Hour when everyone around the world is supposed to turn out their lights for one hour in order to raise awareness of the climate crisis. But throughout the wingnut...
Weird
According to Financial Times, "America's liberals" are three guys. And they represent a backlash against the president, apparently. It's three people. Krugman, Reich, Stiglitz. Adding... These guys...
Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!
Artist Justine Lai is working on a series of self-portraits called Join or Die in which she depicts herself having sex with each President of the United States. NSFW and all that. And Tyler, too! So...