How low will the voices of the Right go to demonize the victims of Herman Cain? Media Matters demonstrates for us. By the way, Herman Cain's press conference today was amazingly bizarre and decidedly...
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A Record Year for Billion-Dollar Disasters
The growing trend between 1980 and 2010 is obviously that major natural disasters are becoming more frequent and more costly, and that trend has been unrelenting in 2011, with a new record being set...
One Dollar
The implosion of Herman Cain starts tomorrow. In other news, lacking anything genuine to investigate, or at least anything damaging to the Obama Administration, House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa...
Chart: Big Government Disconnect
Good news for the future status of the Affordable Care Act. According to a new poll from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard School of Public Health, Americans want more government...
The Most Anti-Business Administration Ever!
Well, not really. According to the Washington Post, Wall Street has experienced higher profits in the last two and a half years than during the entirety of the Bush Administration. Wall Street firms...
And Now, A Word From Pig Vomit
In case you missed it, a 4th accuser came forward today claiming that Herman Cain reached in her skirt and pulled her head toward his crotch inside Mister Cain's car, after which he asked her “you...
Campaign Spending
Artist - Monte Wolverton In other news, lawsuits were filed against Halliburton in Duncan, Oklahoma today which claim the plaintiffs have suffered health problems due to the release of ammonium...
Wait, What?
The list of mindnumbingly-stupid things Michele Bachmann has said over the years is fairly extensive but, to my knowledge, none have been quite as stupefying as this. "You see, there's a reason our...
That’s Good
Wow. That's all I have to say about this. Just wow. CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Let me turn to you George and ask you about the unemployment numbers. Is that something of a trend or is that scratching the...
Redistricting
Artist - Jeff Parker In other news, the first recall of a state legislator in Arizona's history will take place on Tuesday, with Senate President Russell Pearce facing a fellow Republican challenger...
Chart of the Day
via Brian Beutler of TPM Yup, $0.00. The GOP plan contained about $2.2 trillion in cuts — well over the $1.2 trillion minimum required of the Super Committee by the debt limit law. That left the...
Faux Polling
Artist - David Fitzsimmons In other news, Raw Story has compiled a list of bills passed by the House and Senate over the past week. Sorry. No jobs bills, but plenty of deregulation in the House.
Quote of the Day
Just in case Herman Cain's relationship with the Koch Brothers wasn't clear enough. “I am the Koch brothers’ brother from another mother,” Cain told a crowd at a Koch-funded Americans For Prosperity...
Beyond Parody
Representative Joe Walsh, who owes the mother of his children over $117,000 in child support payments, received a "pro-family" award yesterday from the Family Research Council. The same Hegemony of...
The Cain Scrutiny
Artist - John Darkow In other news, the Senate Republicans, along with two Democrats, successfully blocked an infrastructure and jobs spending bill today which, among other things, would have created...
Infographic of the Day
This was posted on the White House blog yesterday. It's not comprehensive, but as we all know, the Democratic party is often troubled by messaging, and this conveys the message fairly well. Feel free...
Freak Weather Events to Become More Freaky
A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which will be released in-full this month, warns that extreme weather events are almost certainly going to become more frequent and...
Iraq Withdrawal is Wildly Popular
The seemingly endless parade of Republican politicians, candidates, and "thinkers" who have been criticizing President Obama's decision to go ahead with withdrawal from Iraq may want to rethink their...
I Did Not Have Settlement With That Woman
Artist - Pat Bagley In other news, a new national poll from Quinnipiac University suggests President Obama's approval rating is on the rebound, gaining 6 points over the last month. He still holds...
Where In Mayor Bloomberg Says Stupid Things
I'm still trying to wrap my head around how a man, who is clearly not a dummy, could say something this, well, dumb. “I hear your complaints,” Bloomberg said. “Some of them are totally unfounded. It...
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