Now Scott Brown will give us... the public option.
As a result of the disaster in Massachusetts, no legislation can pass the senate with 60 votes. This, I believe, will wind up being a very positive thing.The "ping-pong" gambit is unlikely to fly: The...
View ArticleTeabaggers target Perriello's family.
It's getting scary. Following his vote for the healthcare bill in November, Danville, VA "tea party" activists made plans to burn Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA) and Nancy Pelosi in effigy, before public...
View ArticleBoehner vs. Obama -- THE REMATCH (VIDEO).
Like everyone else, I was struck by the petulance and sourness of John Boehner's big speech on Sunday, and amused by its echoes of a famous speech by a certain President we all know. I thought it...
View ArticleSB 1070's biggest fans: Stormfront.org.
Seeing as how Arizona Senate Majority Leader Chuck Gray, one of the leaders who got SB 1070 passed into law, follows Stormfront.org on Twitter (or did until he was caught), I thought it would be...
View ArticlePerriello -- Hero -- shows how it's done (re 'mosque').
We are all sick of the cowardice shown by Democratic leaders on the insane controversy regarding the Burlington Coat Factor Islamic cultural center. One shining exception is Al Franken, who has spoken...
View ArticleHealth Care Reform: A Stunning Case in Point.
Meet Jeffrey Clark. He is the teabagger challenging Tom Perriello, one of the most principled members of Congress (yay!). He is running as an independent in protest to the Republican nominee, Robert...
View ArticleSarah tries again: Much better.
After the somewhat disastrous video that our favorite Wasilla soccer mom released early this morning -- which amazed us with its weird stilted delivery and at the same time managed to offend every...
View ArticleTea Party: Strip Black History from the Curriculum.
The title is only a slight exaggeration. The Tennessee tea party groups have come together and made some demands of the state government. They want the government to "reject" Health Care reform, and...
View ArticleCatholic Profs: Ryan budget is "anti-life"
It's been noted on the front page and elsewhere that dozens of professors at Catholic University have signed an open letter protesting the House Republicans' budget on the occasion of Speaker Boehner's...
View ArticleIt's beginning to look a lot like... Gingrich!
I found this delightful piece of holiday merriment on Bob Cesca's blog. I think that you will enjoy it.I don't know who this Andy Duva fellow is, but he seems to be an up-and-coming theatre and...
View ArticleMr. President, please spike this ball!
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled on PPACA, we need our president to speak to the American people and explain what this means.One of our big and frustrating problems has been that strong majorities...
View ArticleUPDATE 3: New DNC web ad nails it: the "Romney-Ryan-Akin platform for women."
I am impressed, actually flabbergasted at how this new web ad from the DNC connects the dots. It starts with Akin's infamous line, then traces it to the fraudulent Dr. Willke, then points out that...
View ArticleGotta admit -- new Romney vid is MOVING. Game changer?
As per usual practice, the Romney campaign has prepared a video to introduce the candidate to the world for his big moment at the convention, and today they leaked a teaser of it. People have been...
View ArticleThe Real Benghazi Scandal.
We now know that CBS News ran a fraudulent story on 60 Minutes about the Benghazi tragedy. The security contractor Dylan Davies told a story to the network that now appears to be complete fiction, but...
View ArticleSpeaking of Solomon Northup -- Save Shockoe Bottom.
A lot is known about the life and ordeal of Solomon Northup. For example, it is known that he was taken by the prominent slave trader James Burch, a pillar of commerce in Alexandria, VA, from...
View ArticleMeet the toughest political ad in memory: "Republican Cuts Kill."
The Agenda Project Action Fund has come up with the most brutal, direct political ad I think I've ever seen. It ties the Republican budget-cut mantra directly to the disastrous slashing of CDC and NIH...
View ArticleLaura Ingraham shouts it from the rooftops: DailyKos was so, so, so right!
[Hat tip: TPM.]In response to Jeb's much-discussed gaffe of explaining that if he knew what we now know he would still have invaded Iraq, extreme right-wing partisan and Fox-news commenter Laura...
View ArticleHorrific anti-Muslim terrorist plot thwarted: "We will cut them to shreds."
Maybe I am the last to hear about this. A group based in Tennessee and led by a gentleman named Robert Doggart had planned to attack a Muslim community near Hancock, NY (right in the middle of the...
View ArticlePlease support TAA -- regardless of your view of TPA.
Many of us have been following closely the issues of Fast Track (or Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)), the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP),...
View ArticleSea change on the Confederate flag -- an opportunity for Virginia?
I am flabbergasted that we suddenly seem to have consensus in this country that the Confederate flag is not an acceptable thing to fly on public buildings. Even Republican leaders seem to be...
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