Late Night Video — Welfare Queens
Stop making sure that poor people can eat so that welfare can be properly distributed to corporations!
Breaking: NCAA Announces PSU’s Punishment
They announced these sanctions live this morning, from USA Today:
Late Night Video — A Retroactive Apology
Or maybe not. More funny business from Second City:
Sunday Open Thread [7.22.12]
A gorgeous Sunday and it seems to be pretty quiet everywhere -- much of the political world is still wrapped up in the Aurora murders.
Late Night Video — Sheikh-Fil-A
Fundamentalists unite.
Saturday Open Thread [7.21.12]
The weekend! What is catching your attention this weekend?
Jeff and Sher Campaigning in Philadelphia?
Really. And the local GOP wonders why we think of them as the Gang Who Can't Shoot Straight. Memo to Jeff and Sher: You are running for statewide office in Delaware -- Pennsylvanians won't save you from the craziness that is the Delaware GOP.
Friday Open Thread [7.20.12]
Friday! Yay! And there's rain! Personally, I'm ready for this week to be done. How about you?
QOTD — Would You Register to Vote via Facebook?
In the next week or so, voters in the State of Washington will be able to register to vote via Facebook. How does it work?
Wilmington Mayor Debate — Sponsored by Delaware Agents for Change
There is a Mayoral Debate tonite, sponsored by the Delaware Agents for Change at Elizon Fair Baptist Church. This is the first debate with the final field of candidates. Details…
Taking the Mittens Off
We've all been pointing and laughing at the Romney campaign as they find it simply impossible to defend not releasing his tax returns. Between throwing up a shiny bit of news bait of Condi as VP, stupid allegations of cronyism (from a guy who won't tell who funds him or who bundles contributions) and even the desperation of taking the President's words out of context -- they can't find their footing. Jonathan Chait writes in NY Magazine that Mitt Romney Gets Angry. And in getting angry, they aren't going to get smarter, they are going to morph into the comments section of (insert rightwing blog site here) . So that John Sununu trying to tell people that President Obama is not American is not a mistake of the news day -- it is the signal that more is coming.
One Battle Won In the GOP War on Women
A federal judge in Nebraska dismissed one of the lawsuits brought over the ACA's requirement that all employers offer their female employees birth control.
Late Night Video — Sununu as a Limbaugh Puppet
John Sununu has been a prominent surrogate for Mitt Romney (one who left the Bush 1 White House in utter disgrace), and got sent out to attack the President with the usual pathetic socialist, marxist, lazy negro dog whistles. Charles Blow and Joy Reid talked with Lawrence O'Donnell about this last night. See for yourself (approx 9 quick minutes):