I was just watching Bill Maher and they were talking about the Joe Sestak deal. The talk was about how the right wants to impeach President Obama over this, despite nothing illegal being done. Patrick Ruffini, a former Bush adviser, defended this by saying “Obama promised not to do this stuff”, to which Jonathon Alter […]
This is the kind of news that should be plastered on every network tonight: The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to confirm Martha N. Johnson as head of the General Services Administration, nearly 10 months after she was first nominated to head the federal agency. Upon assuming office, Johnson “will become the first permanent […]
A lot of people in the progressive blogosphere are shocked by the passionate disagreements going on over the uncertain fate of health care reform. I for one am not. We are dealing with an issue that will very much affect every single one of us, so people are going to take a much deeper look […]
Republicans in the Senate have so far offered 27 amendments to the health care bill. The Wonk Room has a rundown of all these crazy changes and they will only make healthcare less affordable. Ironically even if all these amendments were added the Republicans still wouldn’t support the bill. Hopefully Democrats will show enough spine […]
I am actually glad we are still talking about the arrest of Professor Gates. Not only is the race issue being opened up, but there is much more here than people are realizing – the reach of the long arm of the law. On the race issue, I don’t think anyone can pass judgment on […]
I love how all these “big stories” on right wing blogs can be traced back to some “emailer” who writes them. The latest case is this one from Glenn Reynolds: A READER AT A MAJOR NEWSROOM EMAILS: “Off the record, every suspicion you have about MSM being in the tank for O is true. We […]
24 more hours and primary season will be over here in Ohio! I have received 23 calls since 8:00 am this morning – all automated saying “support my candidate”. A majority have been for McCain. You think these fucking morons would look at a voter list and see I am a registered Democrat, but no. […]
Really. Just look at the news yesterday. First off the dollar hit a record low. That occurred on the same day that oil hit a record high of $98.00 a barrel (and expected to go past the $100 mark today). This sounds bad, but if you ask anyone in the administration they will tell you […]
Bush forgot about the Katrina victims in his State of the Union address. Hell – it seems like a lot of America forgot about them (and we are only 3 days from Fat Tuesday). The Democrats in the House have not forgot though. They are introducing legislation to get more help to the storm ravaged […]
Well imagine this. The Republicans are holding the lower class citizens hostage yet again: Republican leaders are willing to allow the first minimum wage increase in a decade but only if it’s coupled with a cut in future inheritance taxes on multimillion-dollar estates, congressional aides said Friday. A package GOP leaders planned to bring to […]