Big Shock: Fox News Lies
Has Faux News finally gone too far for the media to ignore? (Yeah, I know, wishful thinking.) Fox took out ads in the Washington Post, New York Times andWall Street…
Whose Values?
Talking Points Memo looks at the schedule for the Value Voters Summit and finds these breakout sessions: "Speechless - Silencing The Christians" "Thugocracy - Fighting the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy"…
Friday Open Thread
Put your brain droppings here. My WTF of the day: Bill O'Reilly supports the public option?
Massachusetts To Have A New Senator Next Week?
The efforts to change the law in Massachusetts to allow appointment of an interim senator are moving quickly now. State policymakers were reluctant to act, until Kennedy's passing made the…
The Public Is Smarter Than Republicans Think
Greg Sargent at Plumline finds some data in a Bloomberg poll that suggests that most Americans know that the Republican health-care reform opponents are just trying to scare people. Wow,…
Thursday Open Thread
It's open thread time - let's throw the floor open. Put your comments, links and topics on your mind right here. Let me do a follow-up to yesterday's Open Thread…
School Board Forced To Apologize
I came upon this story on Daily Kos. A school board in California had a hastily called meeting to ban the showing of Obama's school speech in classrooms. Community members…
Rumor Patrol: Beau Biden Will Run For Senate
FWIW, here's the latest rumor from Political Wire. Delaware Attorney Gen. Beau Biden (D) is expected to return from his National Guard duty in Iraq at the end of the…
Late Night Video: Hammer Time
Here's a preview of Tom DeLay on Dancing With The Stars. I know you can't wait.
A Conservative Calls Out Other Conservatives For Race-Baiting
So, is a backlash finally starting to happen? Rod Dreher, a conservative columnist, has called out Rush Limbaugh for his inflammatory rhetoric. But first, a little background. Yesterday, Rush Limbaugh…
Wednesday Open Thread
Discuss away! I'll throw out another conversation starter - Birther Queen Orly Taitz is in the news again. This time she's trying to stop another deployment (someone who got the…
Women Rule!
Politico has the scoop on a new study coming out of Stanford and the University of Chicago showing that in general, women lawmakers are better legislators than their male counterparts.…
Tuesday Open Thread
Get your discussion on right here. Let me add some food for thought. Two posts just appeared about the new rise of Ayn Rand: Sociopathy on the Right: Ayn Rand…