I have a serious question: Is Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal high? Because in this otherwise uninteresting op-ed bleating about how the Republican Party needs to stop introspecting so much and just start being awesome, he closes with perhaps the truest...
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Rep. Marsha Blackburn, tapped by Republican leadership to be the face of their new abortion ban legislation, comes up with a new—and completely bizarre—argument in favor of the legislation: REP. MARSHA BLACKBURN (R-TN): The bill has been amended....
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The new brand is pretty much the old brand Starting at noon today, congressional Republicans will continue their laser-like focus on jobs and the economy appeasing their fundamentalist base by bringing legislation to ban abortion to the floor of the...
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The Arizona Republic isn't too pleased about the Supreme Court's ruling on Arizona's draconian proof-of-citizenship law: Arizona’s proof-of-citizenship requirement was an unnecessary political gambit that suppressed the vote. But the court did not...
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This is all that the local corporate owned newspaper is good for anymore. I recently read an editorial in a local newspaper that stated the problem with politics in this country today is that both sides are responsible for the gridlock and partisan divide...
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What's coming up on Sunday Kos ... Rand Paul's outreach coordinator declares "holy war" on us, by Denise Oliver Velez Bill Clinton (and Barack Obama?) demonstrates the type of thinking that led to the Iraq Debacle, by Armando Book discussion: Eyal...
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Rep. Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Government Oversight Committee, delivers on his promise to call committee Chairman Darrell Issa's bluff: Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have just released a full transcript of testimony...
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The public portion of Tuesday's House Intelligence Committee hearing with NSA chief Keith Alexander, along with other intelligence officials, has proven one thing: House oversight of intelligence activities is, if anything, less rigorous than the senate's....
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I hate you so much right now, crazy rightwing politician. Texas Congressman: Masturbating Fetuses Prove Need for Abortion Ban And thus, the latest internet meme is born. All right, let's hear from the cell-blob of questionable intelligence, by which...
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"It's all about me!" This is truly pathetic: On Monday afternoon: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) says Speaker John Boehner should be ousted if he rams through an immigration bill without majority Republican support. And first thing Tuesday morning:...
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Despite demands from across the political spectrum to release the full transcripts of interviews conducted with IRS agents about how tea party applications for non-profit status were handled, House Government Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa...
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Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here. Leading Off: • House: A big reason why I don't typically pay a lot of attention to generic congressional ballot polls this far out is...
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Sigh. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) announced on Monday that she was writing a book filled with "legalese" about how to fight what some social conservatives call the "War on Christmas." [...] "Kind of a legalese how-to push back and protect the...
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The Boulder Glacier retreated 450 m (1,480 ft) from 1987 to 2003. Click for more info on receding glaciers The Heartland Institute is a fossil-fuel front tasked with convincing as many people as possible to ignore their lying eyes. They were originally...
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Somewhere, Miss Teen South Carolina is smiling, while anyone who cares about pay inequality is gagging:...
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Just three years ago, Manchin was proud to have the NRA's support. Now he's going after them. Sen. Joe Manchin isn't up for reelection until 2018, but he's not taking the National Rifle Association's decision to attack him lightly. In fact, he seems...
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Bushmaster exec: Guns not relevant to gun violence George Kollitides, CEO of the company that owns Bushmaster, the maker of the AR-15 rifle used in the Newtown massacre is sick and tired of hearing people blame his gun: “It’s very easy to blame an...
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Wingnut media is reporting that House Speaker John Boehner won't bring immigration reform to the floor without a majority of Republican support, the so-called Hastert rule. House Speaker John Boehner is not going to bring a comprehensive immigration-reform...
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This is good news, at least on a symbolic level: The senior senator from Delaware will become the 51st sponsor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the Washington Blade has learned. In response to a Washington Blade inquiry, the office of Sen. Tom...
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NPR is reporting that sources have told them that President Obama is considering declassifying the court order that gives the National Security Agency the authority to collect the phone record information of millions of American citizens. The document,...
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Gov. Jan Brewer has lost again. In a 7-2 decision announced Monday morning, the Supreme Court of the United States has rejected the state of Arizona's efforts to add a proof of citizenship requirement to voter registration forms. The National Voter Registration...
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Last November, the Republican Party's extreme position on abortion contributed mightily to a double-digit gender gap and cost them easy victories in the Missouri and Indiana Senate elections. Nonetheless: ...social conservatives in town this weekend...
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Immigration reform is proving another awkward moment for Sen. Marco Rubio. Immigration reform sure has Republicans in a bind. After all, Sen. Lindsey Graham was not wrong when he said, on Sunday's Meet the Press, that: "... if we don’t pass immigration...
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Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here. Leading Off: • North Carolina: Here's a depressing read about how wealthy conservative kingpin Art Pope, now Gov. Pat McCrory's top cabinet...
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Oh, I've got more. I've got plenty more. Gritty Thomas the Tank Engine Reboot — In this hyperrealistic reimagining of the classic children's franchise to be led by famed director Michael Bay, we learn of a locomotive factory in Steam Age England whose...
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Beautiful Souls: The Courage and Conscience of Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times By Eyal Press Publishers: Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Picador Hardcover: $24.00, Paperback: $15.00, Kindle edition: $8.89 Hardcover release, February 2012; Paperback...
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Those of us who dwell in third-world America are well aware of the other, dreamy version our our nation. There's no fence to keep us out, usually. The barriers are more subtle. We drive through rich America all the time, past the glass-wrapped towering...
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Glenn Greenwald highlights Pew poll findings on Democrats but please also note what independents did This isn't a piece about the merits of the NSA program, or whether the techies were right that there's no direct access or cooperation by the tech companies...
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Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Silvio Berlusconi in Rome in 2005. One of these men did not support the Iraq Debacle. It wasn't Clinton. One of the faults that former President Bill Clinton seems unable to shake is his penchant for...
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As rainbow colored flags bravely and proudly wave across the nation in celebration of LBGT pride, activism and unity, there are continuing threats to those of us gathered under the rainbow. We are so used to the idea of "terrorist threats" that could...
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On the six month anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, I can't help but note the incredible generosity of spirit seen across the country as well as right here in Newtown. In the midst of tragedy, so many stepped up to the plate...
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A poll released this week found that, for the first time since leaving office, former president George W. Bush has attained a net positive favorability rating. The Republican party seized on this news, and immediately abandoned its widely touted rebranding...
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