GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces shelled the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, setting fire to the compound filled with hundreds of refugees as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon...
Author - Bob Cesca
Obama's People
This is a stunning photo essay by Nadav Kander featuring President-elect Obama's allies. My favorite of the batch is easily the Axelrod photo...
Lincoln and Gitmo
As I detailed in my Huffington Post column this week, Hannity and others on the far-right are challenging the president-elect's position on Gitmo based upon Lincoln's more questionable executive...
Finally, The Truth Comes Out
On Larry King last night: G. BUSH: No. No. Everything we did was -- you know, it had legal -- legal opinions behind it. Look, you're sitting there, you've captured Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. He's the...
Morning Awesome
The Whitest Kids You Know - "Sic Semper Tyrannis"
Yesterday's News
One of the president's favorite lines: BUSH: Yes, look it — these opinion polls are nothing but a, you know, a shot of yesterday’s news. But at some point 1,460 or so "yesterdays" in a row become one...
Remorseless Quote of the Day
"I think so." —Vice President Dick Cheney, responding to the question: "4,500 Americans have died, at least 100,000 Iraqis have died. Has it been worth that?"
New Huffington Post Column
Lincoln, Obama and the Madness of Sean Hannity Enjoy!
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for mocking the constant variety of cable news hackery. And random discussion. Tonight! Did Palin say any hilarious things today?
I Curse That Goddamn Bankruptcy Law
Another piece of the awesome Bush Legacy: There’s no shortage of blame for the mortgage crisis that drove the economy into the ditch. But here’s a fresh culprit: the 2005 bankruptcy reform act, which...
Inauguration Plans and Events
The Official Photo
The official presidential photograph of Barack Obama has been released. It's the first ever presidential portrait shot with a digital camera. Posted after the jump...
Scary, Indeed
Krugman quotes a stimulus analogy by Mark Thoma: I think the stimulus package is like driving up an icy hill. If you don’t have enough momentum from the start and fail to provide enough “stimulus” to...
Obama and Same-Sex Marriage
About the president-elect's 1996 letter in support of same-sex marriage, Laffy asked: "What changed?" Throughout the campaign, Barack Obama repeatedly stated that he's personally not in favor of same...
More Awesome Bush Legacy
Bin Laden? Still at large.
Politics of Fear
I hope the president-elect grilled Bill Kristol about these gems: KRISTOL: [Obama’s] riding a wave of euphoria. She [Clinton] needs to puncture it. The way you puncture euphoria is reality, or to be...
Morning Awesome
What About Gay Marriage? By A.D. Miles at 23/6
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for mocking the cable news DRAMA! And whatever else dunks your donut. Tonight! Endless and totally fake DRAMA! about Secretary-designate Clinton. (And also, I've added tags for your...
Dinner and Movies at the White House
I'm insanely envious and, you know, totally not envious of this guy. Envious of the White House part. Not envious of the Bushes part.
Seeing Russia From The Position Flexible
Sarah Palin in Esquire on seeing Russia from Alaska: "You have to let it go. Even hard news sources, credible news sources — the comment about, you can see Russia from Alaska. You can! You can see...