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Open thread for night owls: Frackin' up the atmosphere
At Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting, Jim Naureckas writes: You have to wonder: Do journalists covering energy issues imagine they and their loved ones are going to be living on another planet in the not-too-distant future? That seems like the only reason you would write a piece about ...
Mitt Romney in January 2009 praising President Obama's stimulus Mitt Romney, today: President Obama started out with a near trillion-dollar stimulus package – the biggest, most careless one-time expenditure by the federal government in history.  And remember this: the stimulus was...
Bill O'Reilly: Democrats are terrorists for calling out anti-gay billionaire bully
Frank L. VanderSloot (Melaleuca Inc.) On the show that Bill O'Reilly still dares to refer to as a "No Spin Zone," the high priest of propaganda accused the Obama campaign of "political terrorism" Tuesday. That ought to have brought the Department of Homeland Security rocketing into actio...
Another James O'Keefe 'sting,' another O'Keefe fraud
James O'Keefe is still at it, repeating the shenanigans that got him a grand jury investigation in New Hampshire, this time in North Carolina. In New Hampshire, the little asshole caused terrible grief for a recent widow. In North Carolina, he's besmirching a citizen. In his latest video...


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Meh Romney gets another  sorta kinda endorsement—from George W. Bush
"Just so we're clear, no one likes me. I mean, no one." (Rebecca Cook/Reuters) Feel the mehmentum: “I’m for Mitt Romney,” Bush ...
Elizabeth Warren presses for more financial reform, Scott Brown doesn't want to talk about it
Elizabeth Warren (Facebook) Elizabeth Warren is keeping up the drumbeat on the need for further financial reform in the wake of JPMor...
Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Late polls portend upset in Nebraska Republican Senate primary
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here. Leading Off: • NE...
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Chasing a solution to systemic risk
Visual source: Newseum Joe Nocera in The New York Times thinks banking should be "more boring": We know that JPMorgan’s chief invest...
Americans Elect does EVERYTHING it wanted ... except do everything it wanted
We should've run Jesse La Greca. Better than parody: A Statement by Americans Elect CEO Kahlil Byrd Over the past two years, American...
Open thread for night owls: Circus without bread, the deficit clowns confabulate Tuesday  in DC
Billionaire Pete Peterson is holding a by-invitation-only "Fiscal Summit" Tuesday. This gathering to discuss how to gut entitlement pr...
Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: Eyepopping downballot numbers kick off the week
While more attention will undoubtedly get paid to the presidential numbers today (including nearly a half-dozen new state polls that b...
Elizabeth Warren: We need a modern Glass-Steagall
Elizabeth Warren (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Elizabeth Warren, candidate for Massachusetts Senate, is the hot ticket for financial repor...
(SodaHead) Anyone looking for silver linings in last week's announcement from JPMorgan that it had lost $2 billion with synthetic cre...
Mitt Romney stages reverse Sistah Souljah bellyflop on gay adoption
Mitt Romney flip-flopped on his staged flip-flop Mitt Romney can't even fake a flip-flop: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romn...
Scott Walker recall has Wisconsin Democrats frustrated with lack of national party support
(noise of rain) Wisconsin Democrats are frustrated with the lack of national support in the effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker, and i...
Republican leadership set to clash with its foot soldiers over marriage equality
Mitt Romney and the rest of the Republican establishment want to play it cool when it comes to marriage equality. They recognize this ...
Mitt Romney seeks 'incredibly boring white guy' for vice president
Aw, gee whiz, where will I ever find an incredibly boring white guy in the Republican Party? (Jim Young/Reuters)   Remember how ...
Mitt Romney shows off some of the jobs cash created at Bain Capital Mitt Romney's campaign responds to the Obama campaign's new ad an...
Young people and Democrats continue to lead support for gay marriage in wake of Obama endorsement
A new New York Times/CBS News poll finds, in the wake of President Barack Obama's endorsement of gay marriage ... the same patterns we...