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Advice for Obama: Knock heads on health care - 3 hours ago

"The president could take a few pages from Lyndon Johnson's book ... and start knocking heads...
Obama marks win, but challenges mount - 10 hours ago

President Obama retreated briefly to the serenity of Camp David this weekend, leaving behind seven...
High court looks at life in prison for juveniles - 4 hours ago

The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided Monday over whether sentencing a juvenile to life in...
GOP says Dems put agenda ahead of country - yesterday

Democrats just don't get the election message from voters and are pushing a liberal, big government...
House Roll Call: Health care - 20 hours ago

The 220-215 roll call Saturday by which the House passed a Democratic-written health care bill.

Blue Hampshire

Open Thread: No Way to Plant the Seeds - 11 hours ago

A Son Lux remix of the song that has infected my household more swiftly than H1N1:This one from Son...
NH-Sen: Ovide Lamontagne Finally Enters the Race - 12 hours ago

And he'll take PAC money this time. With the winds of l'affair Scozzafava blowing strongly in his...
A GOP Filibuster of Health Care Reform is Unpossible - 21 hours ago

Let me state this as plainly as I can. If you've read this site during the many months that...
Righting the System - yesterday

A few weeks ago, I went to a pig roast in New Hampshire organized for bloggers to get to know Rep....
NH Races Get Marquee Attention on GOP Worry Lists - yesterday

What a miserable week for the GOP spin cycle on our federal races here in New Hampshire. First,...

Firedoglake

Lawyers, Guns and Money

Politics as punting on fourth and one - 9 hours ago

One explanation for why people who advocate transparently idiotic policies that result in national...
3.9%! - 11 hours ago

Lesson of the day: Things are always fine if you're a white male with a college degree, age 25-44. ...
Thanks, Fred - 12 hours ago

Fred Hiatt on the immorality of health care reform:Yet neither should a civilized nation saddle its...
Unreliable Narration - 16 hours ago

Amy Sullivan asserts that the Stupak-Pitts amendment was the result of "political...
Adventures in ill-advised medical contrarianism - 22 hours ago

Over at Science-Based Medicine, Mark Crislip offers a long, detailed and highly-informed critique of...

MyDD

Support Vulnerable Democrats Who Voted For Health Care Reform - 31 minutes ago

I wrote last night about the 24 House Democrats who not only voted against health care reform but...
Welcome to Relative Backwardness - 1 hour ago

After the release of the October unemployment data that reported a steeper than expected rise to 10...
Will Patient's Rights Survive Health Care Reform? - 5 hours ago

Disclosure: I'm proud to be working with the American Association for Justice to protect patients'...
Club for Growth for Rubio - 6 hours ago

The Club for Growth has already gone after Charlie Crist in the Florida Republican Senate primary,...
IA-Sen: Conlin makes candidacy official - 7 hours ago

Roxanne Conlin made her candidacy for U.S. Senate official today, releasing this two-minute video: ...

Newsvine - ObamaVine - Articles

Josheph Lieberman - Jackal - 7 hours ago

I can think of no more contemptible person in politics in America today than Joseph Lieberman.
Do you think that David Gregory is the worst Meet the press host ever, or do you believe that he is doing a great job? - yesterday

I want to know people's opinions on this question,so please post your comments.
Poll: Health Care Reform Passes 220-215, I Take Back The Bad Things I Said About Nancy Pelosi - yesterday

Tonight was a historic night for the Democrats and the American people. Nancy Pelosi will go down in...
With the House having acted, and the debate moving to the Senate, do you support U.S. health insurance reform? - yesterday

The US House of Representatives has passed the historic “Affordable Health Care for America...
Health Care Bill: Are you pleased that it's been passed? (Poll) - yesterday

A new significant moment for the American history books has just occurred: the new Health Care Bill...

Swing State Project

SSP Daily Digest: 11/9 - 3 hours ago

? CA-Sen, CA-Gov: A new LA Times/USC poll (conducted by GQR and POS) finds a dead heat in the GOP...
The House Healthcare Vote - yesterday

The House passed the healthcare bill late last night, 220-215. Only one Republican, Joseph Cao...
Introducing SSP's 2010 Sortable Filing Deadline & Primary Calendar - 2 days ago

Click here (and bookmark) this incredibly valuable tool. It's the Swing State Project's sortable...
Weekly Open Thread: What Races Are You Interested In? - 2 days ago

Freshly baked thread. UPDATE (David): I'm doing something I don't think I've ever had to do...
SSP Daily Digest: 11/6 - 3 days ago

? House: Congratulations to Rep. John Garamendi, who was sworn in yesterday, and Rep. Bill Owens,...

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall

Ensign Leaving C Street - 1 hour ago

Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) has reportedly moved out of "C Street", the evangelical group home and...
Opportunistic Hate Watch - 1 hour ago

Author of Muslim Mafia, the book that kicked off the Muslim intern spy hunt on the Hill, says now...
Wish I Was Convinced - 2 hours ago

Gibbs says no change in US policy on West Bank settlements.
Meet the Deep Six - 4 hours ago

The six members of the Democratic caucus Harry Reid needs to get a health care reform bill to the...
Astroturf Ethics Cage Match - 4 hours ago

First, Bonner & Associates got caught sending out forged letters to members of Congress for Big Coal...

AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth

Traditional Media covers "Don't Ask, Don't Give" - 6 hours ago

Earlier today, we launched "Don't Ask, Don't Give," a donor boycott of the DNC: Joe and I are...
The right wing's "C Street House" in the spotlight as Ensign moves out - 9 hours ago

What happens when a bunch of right-wing theocrats in Congress live together in one house on Capitol...
Don't Ask, Don't Give - 11 hours ago

Joe and I are launching today a donor boycott of the DNC. The boycott is cosponsored by Daily Kos,...
Catholic Bishops have become political operation fighting social justice - 13 hours ago

Who knew one of the most aggressive political operations in the U.S. in the year 2009 would be the...
Health insurance reform moves to the Senate: Battle looms over public option - 14 hours ago

Ever painful Joe Lieberman, who has had taxpayer funded health insurance for most of his adult life,...

Alex Rosenleaf: The Fighting Liberal

Break's Over - 1 year ago

I return to the blogosphere after a while away. Why?I can no longer be silent about the crap that is...

Crooks and Liars

Poll: CA Voters Reluctant To Change State Budget Process - 1 hour ago

It's astounding to me, that California voters still remain so largely uninformed (or indifferent)...
Meet the New Boss - Same as the Old Boss - 2 hours ago

What is it about Democratic hawks that makes them so indistinguishable from Republican hawks? From...
The Stupjack Amendment: Because Every Sperm is Sacred - 3 hours ago

DOWNLOADS: (393) PLAYS: (1299) I want to propose a new amendment be added during the conference...
McClatchy: Stupak Amendment Written Because Catholic Bishops Wanted A Tougher Law - 4 hours ago

Apparently the Catholic Church, just like the other Beltway lobbyists, now writes our legislation....
Donna Edwards: Giving voice to the real need for health-care reform - 5 hours ago

DOWNLOADS: (648) PLAYS: (1217) (h/t CSPANjunkie) Donna Edwards tells her story of being a young...

Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Economist Brad DeLong's Fair, Balanced, and Reality-Based Semi-Dai

A Macro Policy Catechism - 1 hour ago

From my perspective, deciding whether to tighten or ease is easy. It involves asking and answering a...
Berkeley Political Economy Major Overview Document DRAFT - 2 hours ago

Political Economy Major Rationale: The phrase "political economy" has at least four meanings: the...
Warning! Godwin's Law Violation Ahead!! - 6 hours ago

Probably it's just that I have been reading too much about Mussolini's Italy. But reading Paul...
links for 2009-11-09 - 15 hours ago

Global Strategies: Economist Brad DeLong at Reed CollegeDaniel Little: Assurance gameRobert Frank:...
links for 2009-11-08 - yesterday

Jonathan Bernstein: Did Reagan Really Make Only Four Pictures a Year Because His Marginal Tax Rates...

MSNBC.com: Barack Obama News

Obama elected 44th president - 1 year ago

Barack Obama shattered more than 200 years of history Tuesday night by winning election as the first...
Obama campaign head gets big book deal - 9 months ago

David Plouffe has agreed to a seven-figure deal to write a book about last year's presidential...
Tears of joy, dancing in streets over Obama win - 1 year ago

Cheering supporters of Barack Obama gathered in streets across the country Tuesday night to...
Barack Obama's grandmother dies - 1 year ago

A day before the presidential election, Barack Obama announced the death Monday of his grandmother,...
A nostalgic Obama return to Iowa - 1 year ago

Iowa is where Barack Obama’s path to the presidency began. So it was fitting that on the Friday...

Needlenose - We Needle. You Decide.

Newsvine - ObamaVine - Seeds

Young Conservatives Ashamed of GOP - 6 hours ago

"Many college-aged conservatives are turned off by the Bible-thumping intolerance of much of the...
Just lay back and think of it as a Vagina Added Tax - 7 hours ago

Hey ladies! Congressman Pete Sessions of Texas thinks you should pay more for your insurance because...
FactCheck.org: Don't fear government take over of health care - 3 hours ago

The claim that the House bill would amount to "government-run health care" suffered a blow last week...
As Foreclosure Nightmares Increase, Will More Homeowners Pay Off Their Bankers in Violence? - 6 hours ago

"The economic crisis revealed late-capitalism's central offense: Human beings are being...
Krugman: Paranoia Strikes Deep - 6 hours ago

Last Thursday there was a rally outside the U.S.

The Next Hurrah

Iraq spending down 5% today - 1 year ago

by emptypockets In a report today that may signal new promise for the pro-war campaign of Senator...
Exiting the kingdom of reason - 1 year ago

by emptypockets The right-wing mot du jour seems to be "socialist." Sometimes, confusingly, it is...
Yes, Another Sara Book Review, about Neocon's - 1 year ago

by Sara, Firedoglake had Jacob Heilbrunn as a guest about two weeks ago, and I wish I had been up...
More Sara's Book Reviews. - 1 year ago

by Sara One reason Sara disappears for days at a time is simple, she reads real books, and when at...
Lower the voting age to 17 - 1 year ago

by emptypockets I've tossed around this notion twice in passing recently, but let me take a minute...

The Huffington Post | Full News Feed

Engineered Rabbit Penises Raise Human Hopes For Replacement Organs - 1 hour ago

Using tissue grown in a laboratory, researchers have engineered fully functional replacement penises...
Medical Industry Grumbles Over Bill, But It Stands To Gain - 1 hour ago

For any industry, there has to be at least some good news any time Congress votes to expand the...
test - 1 hour ago

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Sarah Palin Book Tour: Full Schedule - 1 hour ago

Texas For Sarah Palin has put out a full book tour schedule for the former Alaska governor. Here's...
Berlin Wall Newscasts 20 Years Later: Watch Brokaw, Jennings & Rather Report The News (VIDEO) - 1 hour ago

Monday marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which provides a nice opportunity...

Eschaton

Stupak Democrats - 18 minutes ago

Let's see how fast that gender gap between the parties disappears...
The Rising - 1 hour ago

It always feels like the various email missives I get from assorted villagers do little but talk...
The Evil Google - 2 hours ago

As is occasionally pointed out when journalists and news business people complain that Google is...
Afternoon Thread - 2 hours ago

Still got a bit of the ebola.
Stupak Doesn't Care If Women Die - 4 hours ago

I suppose that's unfair, it's possible he's too stupid to understand the consequences of what he's...

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

Palin to Iowa Next Month - 2 hours ago

A news release posted on the Barnes & Noble website announces Sarah Palin will make her first book...
House Democrats Revolt - 2 hours ago

"In a move that will intensify the coming war over how to treat abortion in the health care bill,...
Levi Johnston Heads to Court - 3 hours ago

More controversy facing Sarah Palin's family: Levi Johnston told The Insider he is now going to take...
Health Care Vote Becomes Issue in Senate Race - 4 hours ago

In an interview on WTKK-FM this morning, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) said this...
Tea Party Registers in Florida - 4 hours ago

A conservative Florida lawyer "has registered an official 'Tea Party' with the office of the...

Balloon Juice

Horseshit - 5 hours ago

The New Yorker is shrill: To be skeptical of climate models and credulous about things like...
Fear of a Beck planet - 6 hours ago

K-thug summarizes why no one should be rooting for FreedomWorks/Club For Growth/Beck/Palin in the...
Open Thread - 6 hours ago

Jeroen, Below the waterline. toujoursdan, Senegal. Email me a link to your one or two favorite...
These Aren’t the References You’re Looking For - 8 hours ago

So I see that several wingnut blogs are now comparing the scene Saturday night in the House after...
It’s The End Of The World As We Know It - 9 hours ago

Reviewing Republican behavior during the Health Care Reform debate on Saturday, you would think an...

Hullabaloo

Broken Rearview Mirrorby digbyNancy Keenan needs to - 1 hour ago

Broken Rearview Mirrorby digbyNancy Keenan needs to find another job. Her appearance on Andrea...
All Roads Lead To Ronnieby digbyLast night I pointed - 3 hours ago

All Roads Lead To Ronnieby digbyLast night I pointed everyone to Seymour Hersh's new article about...
Role Modelsby digbyPolitico has a big story this - 4 hours ago

Role Modelsby digbyPolitico has a big story this morning on the GOPs "women problem":Conservatives...
As A Matter Of Conscienceby digbyI know this will - 6 hours ago

As A Matter Of Conscienceby digbyI know this will shock you, so hold on to yo0ur hats. Joe...
Nightmareby digbyIf you need to get a good night's - 20 hours ago

Nightmareby digbyIf you need to get a good night's sleep tonight, don't read Seymour Hersh's latest...

Newsvine - democrats

Wis. Senate Democrats unveil job-creation proposal - 6 hours ago

Democrats who control the Wisconsin state Senate have unveiled a proposal they say will help create...
Misogyny in Healthcare - Why The Stupak Amendment Is A Monumental Setback For Abortion Access - 1 hour ago

Two articles: Why The Stupak Amendment Is A Monumental Setback For Abortion Access If you thought...
Who Are The Richest Politicians Republicans or Democrats ? - 10 hours ago

There is a common myth in America that most Republicans come from rich backgrounds, therefore all...
Taxes have fallen every single year since 1980, and people want LESS taxes? - 1 hour ago

.. lower taxes.. government waste, democrats this.. democrats that... But why does nobody, and I do...
Insurers, Drugmakers Turn to Senate for Health-Bill Changes - 3 hours ago

U.S. drugmakers, medical-device companies and insurers are gearing up for another chance to make...

Open Left - Front Page

Echoes of 1978 in Maine - 1 hour ago

Bangor Daily News has the map of the vote percentages on Question 1 in Maine: Snapshot... a...
Sen. McCaskill: the Abortion Prohibition is on the Insurance Plans not on Individuals - 2 hours ago

Senator McCaskill is sadly wrong on what the Stupak-Pitts amendment prohibits. Even if she were...
Stupak backlash: Coakley says she would vote against bill, House Dems vow to kill it - 3 hours ago

The backlash over the Stupak amendment has intensified. In the Massachusetts Senate race,...
Which is the bigger problem, lower Democratic turnout or voter shift toward Republicans? - 4 hours ago

The two major problems that Democrats face in the 2010 elections are: Voters who supported...
Health care state of play in the Senate - 5 hours ago

After two weeks where most health care attention has been on the House, we now return to Senate....

Wonkette

Reporter Following Pelosi Crashes Balls-First Into Metal Pole - 2 hours ago

Oh, do watch this a few times. A reporter following Nancy Pelosi on Saturday night completely...
Dudes Check Out This ‘Sarah Palin’s Accomplishments’ Blog Post - 3 hours ago

Read this whole thing. [Sarah Palin's Accomplishments via Blue Gal]
Bart Stupak Lives In C Street Den Of Semen, Too - 3 hours ago

The consensus “Democrat to end all Democrats” du jour, Bart Stupak, hates abortion with...
Saddest Huckabee Headline Ever - 5 hours ago

Yes Mike, we know, that’s fine. [Ben Smith]
Nicolas Sarkozy Might Have Sadly Photoshopped His Facebook Photo! - 6 hours ago

Here is your annual bit of foreign news from the foreign country of France! France’s “...

TalkLeft

Memo To Jim Cooper: You Voted FOR The Stupak Amendment - 1 hour ago

Either the House Roll Call misrecorded Jim Cooper's vote on the Stupak Amendment, or Jim Cooper is...
Monday Afternoon Open Thread - 1 hour ago

Your turn. This is an Open Thread.
41 Dems Vow To Oppose HCR If It Includes Stupak Amendment - 4 hours ago

Greg Sargent: A source sends over a working copy of the letter without the signatories, and the...
How to Reason With Joe Lieberman: Reconciliation - 5 hours ago

Ezra Klein wants to reason with Joe Lieberman. I assume it is for rhetorical effect. But the real...
Monday Morning Open Thread - 9 hours ago

Busy day. This is an Open Thread.

CNN.com - Politics

Romney builds political capital, bides time for 2012 run - 3 hours ago

For a moment, you might think Mitt Romney was still running for office if you look at his travel...
Close health care vote portends tough battle ahead - 3 hours ago

Narrow passage of a sweeping health care bill by the House of Representatives portends a continuing...
King: A defining moment of the 20th century - 15 hours ago

It was November 9, 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell -- and with it the global power structure that...
Obama, Netanyahu to meet Monday - 3 hours ago

President Obama will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on...
Inside Fort Hood center, where horror unfolded - 2 days ago

I was in the building at Fort Hood, Texas, in June where 43 people were shot this week.

Informed Comment

Iraqi Parliament Passes Electoral Law; Obama hails move toward Indpendence; Kurdistan wins on Kirkuk - 17 hours ago

Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that the Iraqi parliament approved the electoral law to govern the...
Ibish: "Against a One-State Solution" - yesterday

Hussein Ibish writes in a guest commentary for Informed CommentLast Thursday on Informed Comment,...
Baradei says Inspectors found 'Nothing;' But Israeli Attack Plans not Tabled - 2 days ago

Outgoing head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Muhammad Elbaradei, said that UN...
Mahmoud Abbas Threatens to Step Down in Light of Ongoing Israeli Colonization of West Bank - 3 days ago

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he wants to stand down and he declines to run...
Right Wing & Settler Press in Israel Denounce Peace Process, Goldstone - 3 days ago

The USG Open Source Center translates or paraphrases statements from the right wing and settler...

James Wolcott's Blog

Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow, But Quit Hogging the Balcony - 1 hour ago

And so we reach the end of our revels* with the Little Gold Men recap of last night's season finale...
The Bored and the Gored - yesterday

And so tonight we arrive at Mad Men's season ender,* a bittersweet event that will leave us various...
Ryan's Express - 2 days ago

In the run-up to Turner Classic Movies' 100th-birthday salute to Robert Ryan on Wednesday, November...
Second Guessing Makes the Going Grate - 2 days ago

It occurred to me moments after I sent the previous post that the intended echo of "makes the going...
Markos Makes the Going Great - 2 days ago

Armed with nothing more than a bug-spray can of unscented TRUTH and a deceptive joviality, the...

Jesus' General

Monday Prayer - 22 hours ago

mjs is guest blogging until the General returns from his Weekend Intensive with that nice man from...
Rule of Law vs. Rulers Above the Law - yesterday

Image © Austin ClineClick for full-sized ImageMore Propaganda PostersThe Obama administration...
Department of Book Reports: 1959: The Year Everything Changed - 3 days ago

Fred Kaplan's 1959: The Year Everything Changed (John Wiley and Sons $27.95) chronicles an...
The Opinuary Column - 3 days ago

The Opinion "Freedom isn't free" has died after a brief illness, owing in large part to its...
Oscar the Grouch Sings The Internationale - 4 days ago

How did we lose PBS? The network that once exiled gay-friendly bunnies, fired politically-suspect...

Political Cortex

What on Earth Are You Trying to Do, Mr. Obama?

Social Security recipients in 2010 will be cheated out of cash they deserve. The annual...

Salon: Glenn Greenwald

Can attacks on a military base constitute "terrorism"? - 4 hours ago

Can attack on Fort Hood constitute "terrorism"?
The universality of extremists - yesterday

The universality of extremists
Is using aid to Israel as leverage becoming a mainstream idea? - yesterday

Is pressuring Israel with aid gaining momentum?
A media orgy of rumors, speculation and falsehoods - 3 days ago

A media orgy of speculation
Pulsating diversity of views on the Post Op-Ed page - 3 days ago

Pulsating diversity of views on Post Op-Ed page

PoliticsTV.com

The American Prospect Articles

What's the Alternative to Tucker Max?

Many progressive young men are rejecting traditional and toxic notions of masculinity. But they're...
Twilight of the Op-Ed Columnist

What is the fate of the syndicated newspaper columnist in a world where online punditry is plentiful...
Constant Comment

How Kathleen Parker became America's most-read woman columnist.
Why Are We Talking About 2010?

While the urge to read the political tea leaves is strong, Tuesday's results say little about next...
Atlas Drugged

Her fans still find her intoxicating, but will the right ever truly embrace Ayn Rand?

wesley clark - Google News

POET's Project LIBERTY Field Day - Emmetsburg News - 4 days ago

Wisconsin AgriculturistPOET's Project LIBERTY Field DayEmmetsburg NewsGeneral Wesley Clark,...
Gen. Wesley Clark: 'We need E15 right now' - KTIV - 5 days ago

Gen. Wesley Clark: 'We need E15 right now'KTIVIn Emmetsburg, Iowa, on Tuesday, General Wesley Clark...
Pentagon study: Too fat to serve - Tampabay.com - 5 hours ago

Pentagon study: Too fat to serveTampabay.comWesley Clark in a report called Mission: Readiness say...
AUTOS: Clark says electric vehicles crucial - Detroit Free Press - 2 weeks ago

New York TimesAUTOS: Clark says electric vehicles crucialDetroit Free PressWesley Clark, a former...
New Report Reveals That 75% of Young Americans Are Unfit for Military Service - Reuters - 4 days ago

News & ObserverNew Report Reveals That 75% of Young Americans Are Unfit for Military...