Author - SK Ashby

Open Thread

Border Lines

Artist - Steve Greenberg In other news, CNN is now at a 21-year ratings low, down 41 percent from this time last year in the 25 to 40 demographic. The view from nowhere isn't very popular.

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Quote

Quote of the Day

Joe said some unkind things about Willard Romney and white people. Joe retweeted a joke about Ann Romney's maladroit quote about "unzipping" her husband. A ludicrous Tinker Toy news outlet stamped...

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Environment

Victory for the EPA

Good news -- the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected an industry challenge of the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions...

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Open Thread

The Not-Obama

Artist - Tim Eagan In other news, Speaker Boehner will hold a vote of contempt for Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday. The same day the Supreme Court will announce a ruling on the Affordable...

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Open Thread

83 Percent of America

Artist - Bob Englehart In other news, Grand Dragon Inquisitor Darrell Issa admitted to Fox News' Chris Wallace today that there is no evidence that the White House was involved in Fast and Furious...

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Open Thread

Do-Something Congress

Artist - Kirk Walters In other news, the monstrous Jerry Sandusky was found guilty of 45 out of 48 sexual abuse charges. Also -- Rep. Peter King (R-NY) continues to lie and make stuff up about...

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Epic Fail

Word Salad of the Day

When Michele Bachmann disappears for a few months it's easy to forget just how profoundly loony she is, but it only takes one word salad to remind us. via RightWingWatch It appears that there has...

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Campaign Finance

The Worst Record

According to analysis from the Annenberg Public Policy Center, political attacks ads are now "about 85 percent false." For most of us that would generate a genuine gut response of "no shit," but the...

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Ethics

Extortion

During the hours leading up to the vote of contempt in the House Oversight Committee, Attorney General Eric Holder and Oversight Chairman Darrell "Witch Hunt" Issa met in an effort to resolve the...

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Wingnuts

Super Stupid

Republican congressional candidate Wes Riddle (R-TX) is pledging to begin impeachment proceedings against President Obama if he is elected to congress. Why? Because he's giving away Arctic islands to...

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Open Thread

Farce and the Furious

Artist - Chris Weyant In other news, according to a new poll from Dartmouth College, 63 percent of self-identified Republicans still believe Iraq had Weapons of Mass Destruction when we invaded in...

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Best Persons

Best Persons

Representative Ron Barber (D-AZ) is holding a "Congress On Your Corner" event at a Safeway in Tuscon this weekend. Gabrielle Giffords and Barber were both shot at a "Congress On Your Corner" event at...

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Photography

Photo of the Day

Those are 857 desks on the national mall representing the 857 students who drop out of high school every hour of every single school day. One of our many national embarrassments. Meanwhile, only one...

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