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TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads
Good morning and happy new year and welcome once again to your liveblog of the Sunday morning politics shows. My name is Jason, and yes, while acknowledging that the 201st ten year period since the switch from B.C. has not happened yet, becau...
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The End Of A Decade: We Are All Harry Whittington
A few weeks ago, Newsweek produced a video, which condensed the major news events of the past decade into one seven-minute mashup video. This interested me! So, I merrily sat down at my desk, queued it up, and prepared to watch it unfold. A...
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CNN’s Sanchez Grills Ensign On His Affair (VIDEO)
Some generally awkward television took place Thursday afternoon when Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) -- invited on CNN to discuss the botched Christmas terrorist attack -- was quizzed about ethics allegations that he set up and aided the husband of...
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Ten Things That Totally Sucked About The Media In 2009
So, earlier today, I offered up the Ten Things That Did Not Suck About The Media in 2009. You know what's coming now! The stuff in 2009 that straight up sucked canal water! Let's hit it and quit it.
CHRIS MATTHEWS' "OH GOD" MOMENT
Back in...
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John Yoo: Obama Is A Continuation Of Bush On Executive Powers
In his new book, former Bush administration attorney and infamous torture memo collaborator John Yoo favorably argues that President Barack Obama is wielding executive powers in the same manner as his White House predecessor.
Titled "Crisis a...
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Ten Things That Did Not Suck About The Media In 2009
It's New Year's Eve, that time of year when you toss aside your better instincts and succumb to America's need for Contemplative Listicles that Explain The Year In Which We Lived.
And then, one day, you make a Listicle About Listicles, or y...
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DCCC Chair: GOP Opposition To National Security Funds Will Be Issue In 2010
Democratic leadership in Congress is pledging to make Republican votes against key national security and defense funding measures a feature in the upcoming congressional elections, following the botched Christmas Day terrorist attack aboard a ...
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Eight GOP Senators Opposed Bill That Funded Airport Screening And Explosive Detection
Some of the same Republican lawmakers currently criticizing the President for softness on terrorism voted back in July 2007 against legislation that, among other reforms, provided $250 million for airport screening and explosive detection equi...
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Major Airport Vulnerabilities Revealed In Sept 2009 Security Review
In the wake of what President Barack Obama deemed a "systemic failure" to prevent a botched Christmas terrorist attack, he ordered on Tuesday an immediate review of the Transportation Security Administration's security measures.
As it happen...
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Fixing The Sunday Morning Shows: Readers Respond!
Yesterday, the inimitable Jay Rosen put forth a simple fix for the Sunday Morning politics shows -- "Fact check what your guests say on Sunday and run it online Wednesday." It's a simple, actionable idea that I then tried to enhance by sugges...
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Latest Public Option Concession Comes Into Focus
With several prominent House Democrats acknowledging that they will likely have to give up a public option for insurance coverage in health care reform negotiations with the Senate, the focus has shifted to what concessions they can extract in...
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SEC’s Schapiro Depicted As An Easily-Influenced, Failed Wall Street Regulator – As Predicted
Over at Bloomberg today, Jesse Westbrook unpacks at length on how Securities And Exchange Commission Chair Mary Schapiro is having a hard time bringing about "Madoff-Inspired Reforms" to Wall Street.
Schapiro says she's "driving people hard"...
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“Avatar” And Religion: Jonah Goldberg’s Take
Over at the LA Times, Jonah Goldberg sets about attempting to decode the quasi-religious aspects of James Cameron's "Avatar". I've not seen the movie yet, but Goldberg reliably informs me that it's so ever-present that "even if you haven't se...
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Final Public Option Push Targets Sanders, Feingold, Brown And Franken
With just weeks left to affect the content of health care reform, a leading progressive group is launching a last-ditch effort to ensure that a public option for insurance coverage ends up in the final bill.
The Progressive Change Campaign Co...
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How To ‘Fix’ The Sunday Morning Shows
Jay Rosen, saints preserve him, has posted a "Simple Fix For The Messed Up Sunday Shows". Since Sunday morning is the time when I personally do penitence for the salvation of my immortal soul by watching these infernal displays, I'm interested...
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Iran’s Green Revolution Gaining Traction, Sustainability
Earlier this year, I had the good fortune to meet Meir Javedanfar, Middle East policy analyst for the Middle East Economic and Political Analysis Company (MEEPAS) and author of "The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and The State ...
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DNC Calls GOP Rep. Hoekstra ‘Shameful’ For Raising Funds Off Botched Attack
The Democratic National Committee is calling a leading Republican lawmaker "shameful" for raising money off the botched terrorist attack on Christmas Day.
Hours after Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich), the ranking member on the House Intelligence C...
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Napolitano Assailed For Not Showing Sufficient ‘Emotion’ In Response To Flight 253 Incident
Raw Story pulls out another objectively idiotic statement from the frantic Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.):
In the wake of the attempted bombing of a plane bound for Detroit, Rep. Peter King (NY-R) criticized Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napoli...
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The Cash Committee: How Wall Street Wins On The Hill
The question was simple: Should the lending practices of auto dealers be regulated?
It was already October and the 42 Democrats and 29 Republicans on the House Committee on Financial Services had spent the better part of the year hashing out ...
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Anti-Gay Evangelicals Attempt To Distance Themselves From Ugandan Anti-Gay Bill They Inspired