MUST SEE EPIC FAIL: Rep. Tom Price (R-GA)
The Republicans are clearly flailing around for a message of any kind. This is no surprise. Battered by two successive rounds of crushing electoral defeats, and with no clear and compelling leader in...
View ArticleGeorge W. Bush Ordered to Testify Under Oath
On April 17th, 2009, Judge Martin J. Hoffman ordered former President George W. Bush to testify under oath. Not to be questioned about torture, Iraq, or anything regarding his administration. No,...
View ArticleReflections on Autistic Pride Day by Someone With Asperger's
Today is Autistic Pride Day. I was not aware of this until this morning, when I went to look on Wikipedia for something and saw it highlighted under "On this day...", located on the right-hand side of...
View ArticleWas Sanford Hiking Nude?
This may explain Gov. Mark Sanford's bizarre disappearance for a few days - including Sunday, Father's Day - it turns out that this past Sunday was what is known as Naked Hiking Day, when hiking and...
View ArticleBig Decisions Handed Down at Supreme Court Today
A few big decisions were handed down at the Supreme Court today - Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts and Safford v. Redding among them. The Ricci case, the one involving the firefighters in New Haven, was...
View Article18th Ethics Complaint Filed Against Palin
Another ethics complaint was filed against outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin yesterday - the 18th such complaint filed against her since taking office 2 1/2 years ago. This one states that she abused...
View ArticleBREAKING: Matthew Shepard Act FINALLY Passes Senate
Earlier this evening, the Matthew Shepard Act passed in the Senate on a voice vote after clearing a 60-vote roadblocking attempt by the Republicans. The vote on the procedural hurdle was 63-28.The...
View ArticleA Brief History of Parliamentary Brawls and Fistfights
We generally take it as a given in the United States that politics is all about pointed words rather than pointed jabs, thunderous speeches rather than thunderous shots to the chin, and vigorous...
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UPDATE: Henry Waxman to the Rescue!
Rep. Henry Waxman has announced that he may sidestep his own committee and force a floor vote on health care reform!Link to AP articleA powerful House committee chairman threatened on Friday to force a...
View ArticleSonia Sotomayor Confirmation Liveblog (UPDATE: 68-31)
The vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court will begin now, at 3:00 PM.The tally of votes: 68 in favor, 31 against. All sixty members of the majority...
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REPEAT AFTER ME: Frank Lautenberg is 85 Years Old
You know what has disappointed me the most this year? Not the pace of health care reform. Not the seeming death of the Employee Free Choice Act. Not even the complete lack of movement on new...
View ArticleSad News: Ann Nixon Cooper Passed Away at 107
Ann Nixon Cooper, the woman President Obama wove into the narrative of the American story during his victory speech in Grant Park last November, has passed away. She was 107 years old.Link to...
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