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Texas Is Now A Swing State – Are Republican Antics Causing A Backlash?

By Unstable Isotope August 5, 200914 Comments

I missed this when it first came out last week, but Gallup has a new poll on the political preferences by state. According to Gallup, there are now only 4…

Happy Birthday, Mr. President

By Unstable Isotope August 4, 200920 Comments

On August 4, 1961, future president Barack Obama was born in Hawai'i. Place your birthday wishes below.

Breaking: Bill Clinton Secures Journalists’ Release In North Korea

By Unstable Isotope August 4, 200916 Comments

Former president Bill Clinton has secured the release of two journalists held by North Korea.

Glenn Beck Begs His Audience Not To Commit Violence

By Unstable Isotope August 4, 200933 Comments

It's sad that it's necessary for him to say this, but this is where it's heading. I think Beck is speaking out too late. Months of screaming about how Obama's…

Afternoon Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope August 3, 200924 Comments

The tea partiers are putting their heckling strategy to work. Will harassment and thuggish behavior really help their cause? As a commenter at TPM asked - are these the same…

Paul Krugman Simplifies Health Care Reform For You

By Unstable Isotope August 3, 200914 Comments

The invaluable Paul Krugman explains health care reform for easy understanding: The essence is really quite simple: regulation of insurers, so that they can’t cherry-pick only the healthy, and subsidies,…

Election Day in SD 19!

By Unstable Isotope August 3, 200910 Comments

Voters of the 19th Senate district, be sure to vote today! The polls are open from 7 AM - 8 PM.

Best Health Care System In The World!

By Unstable Isotope August 2, 200936 Comments

Newsweek's Jonathan Alter channels his inner blogger to defend our current health care system: Why should I be entitled to the same insurance that members of Congress get? Blue Dogs…

How Do We Deal With This?

By Unstable Isotope August 1, 20098 Comments

Dave Weigel at the Washington Independent breaks down the Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll even further and finds this startling bit of news: So what proportion of Southern whites doubt that…

Late Night Video: Journalists Shouldn’t Try Comedy

By Unstable Isotope July 31, 20092 Comments

Who thought this was a good idea? Dana Milbank and Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post do "Mouthpiece Theater" on the so-called beer summit. They had some suggestions for beer…

Anti-Cap & Trade Lobbying Group Sends Fake Opposition Letters

By Unstable Isotope July 31, 200969 Comments

I'm sure you're shocked to hear that a group lobbying against the ACES (American Clean Energy & Security Act) cap & trade legislation, sent forged letters to a U.S. Congressman.…

You Can See The Problem Here

By Unstable Isotope July 31, 20097 Comments

A new poll finds that Republicans differ significantly from the Democrats and Independents on the question of whether Obama was born in the U.S.

Susan Collins Wants To Kill Your Grandmother

By Unstable Isotope July 30, 200910 Comments

The newest silly GOP talking point about healthcare reform is about the provision requiring hospitals to provide end-of-life counseling to people who wanted it. This proposal has turned into a…