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John Dingell Runs Through Litany Of Violent Rhetoric On House Floor (VIDEO)

Seeded on Wed Jan 12, 2011 9:17 PM EST (Talking Points Memo)

Members of Congress have, by and large, stayed out of the partisan fray over violent rhetoric in the wake of the Arizona shooting spree. But there have been some exceptions. Rep.

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Sarah Palin Says Media Guilty of "Blood Libel": Why Her Speech Was Off-Key

Seeded on Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:36 PM EST (The Daily Beast)

The talk in political circles has been that Sarah Palin had a rare opportunity in the wake of the Tucson tragedy to reach out beyond her base and recalibrate her image beyond that of a gun-toting mama grizzly.

politics, talk-radio, insanity, rush-limbaugh, conservative, right-wing, tucson, gifford, sarah-palin

Limbaugh: The Left Masturbate Over Election Of Obama (Audio)

Seeded on Thu Dec 9, 2010 12:03 PM EST (Daily Rushbo)

Rush Hudson Limbaugh III continues to be a bottom feeder. On yesterday's show El Rushbo continues his descent into the slime, deeper than a BP oil well.

elections, politics, talk-radio, rush-limbaugh, conservative, right-wing, tea-party

Nearly 1 in 5 Americans had mental illness in 2009

Seeded on Fri Nov 19, 2010 5:06 PM EST (CNBC Top News and Analysis)

CHICAGO - More than 45 million Americans, or 20 percent of U.S. adults, had some form of mental illness last year, and 11 million had a serious illness, U.S. government researchers reported on Thursday.

mental-health, us-news, depression, substance-abuse

Stephen Colbert and Jeffrey Goldberg on Full Body Scanners

Seeded on Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:48 AM EST (Little Green Footballs)

Hilarious satire of a serious issue.

travel, security, privacy, search, airports, tsa

Michael Moore To Obama: "Take Off The Pink Tutu" (Video)

Seeded on Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:27 AM EST (RealClearPolitics)

"It's time to put on the boxing gloves and go fighting for the people," Michael Moore said on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher."

politics, barack-obama, bill-maher, michael-moore, lefties, democrtats

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Ted Koppel: Olbermann, O'Reilly and the death of real news

Seeded on Sat Nov 13, 2010 5:27 PM EST (The Washington Post)

Daniel Patrick Moynihan's oft-quoted observation that "everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts," seems almost quaint in an environment that flaunts opinions as though they were facts.

politics, abc-news, cbs-news, fox-news, bill-oreilly, glenn-beck, sean-hannity, keith-olbermann, rachel-maddow

Battle over Memory: Former German Spokesman Questions George W. Bush's Intelligence

Seeded on Fri Nov 12, 2010 7:45 AM EST (SPIEGEL ONLINE)

Already having been branded a liar by former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, ex-US President George W. Bush's intelligence has now been questioned by Schröder's former spokesman. Uwe-Karsten Heye said on Wednesday that Bush "had no idea about what was going on in the world."

iraq, germany, politics, george-w-bush, cowboy, neo-cons, texan

Judge orders Alaskan borough to release Tea Party U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller's personnel records

Seeded on Sun Oct 24, 2010 9:29 AM EDT (Alaska Dispatch)

An Alaska judge has ordered the Fairbanks North Star Borough to release personnel records of U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller.

politics, republicans, conservative, tea-party, sarah-palin, joe-miller, alaska-gop, alaska-dispatch

Rush Limbaugh: President Obama looks "demonic"

Seeded on Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:36 AM EDT (Politico)

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh on Monday rolled out a new attack on Barack Obama, charging that the president looks "demonic."

politics, barack-obama, rush-limbaugh, conservative, drudge

"Pledge to America" Unveiled by Republicans (Full Text)

Seeded on Thu Sep 23, 2010 7:47 AM EDT (CBS News)

CBS News has obtained a final draft of House Republicans' legislative agenda for the next Congress, a 21-page "Pledge to America" that they will formally unveil Thursday morning at a Virginia hardware store.

congress, senate, conservatives, democrats, politics, house, contract, obama, right-wing, republians

Hey, Political Zealots, Listen Carefully to a Conversation From 1963

Seeded on Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:27 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Like a petulant 2-year-old, the hyperbolic analyses of the Tea Party's primary victories need a timeout. Political America should quietly listen to a mostly forgotten, gravelly voiced United States senator from Illinois.

democrats, politics, republicans, nuclear-arms, conservative, compromise, statesmanship

Tea Party Favorite Joe Miller on Rival Murkowski's Write-In Campaign: "She's Disrespecting the Will of the Voters"

Seeded on Sat Sep 18, 2010 9:09 AM EDT (FOXNews.com)

[GRETA] VAN SUSTEREN: Senator Murkowski was beaten in the Republican primary by Joe Miller. Joe Miller is backed by the Tea Party Express and Governor Sarah Palin. Minutes ago, Governor Palin tweeted, "Primary voters spoke. Listen to the people. Respect their will.

politics, ted-stevens, republican-party, conservative, right-wing, write-in, lisa-murkowski, sarah-palin, tea-party-express

Gingrich: Obama Wants Whitey's Money

Seeded on Tue Sep 14, 2010 7:36 AM EDT (Frum Forum)

As for the underlying D'Souza article that inspired Gingrich, what is there to be said? When last was there such a brazen outburst of race-baiting in the service of partisan politics at the national level? George Wallace took more care to sound race-neutral.

race, kenya, republican-party, forbes, right-wing, colonialism, newt-gingrich, george-wallace, conervative

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Obama Not Muslim: The Roots of Americans' Baseless Beliefs

Seeded on Wed Sep 1, 2010 6:18 AM EDT (The Daily Beast)

Every country has a percentage of people who do not know the answer to basic questions, and in some countries—particularly those in the Third World, where education is not widely available—the percentage will be very high.

politics, opinion, facts

The Speed-bump On The Road To Beck's Religious Agenda....

Seeded on Tue Aug 31, 2010 8:06 AM EDT (Political Animal)

Glenn Beck promotes a false gospel. However, many of his political ideas can help America. Our country was founded on Judeo-Christian values. Mormonism is not a Christian denomination but a cult of Christianity.

politics, republican, christianity, conservative, right-wing, christ, glenn-beck

YouTube - Obama warns Americans of covert sponsored manipulation of peoples opinion

Seeded on Wed Aug 25, 2010 11:53 AM EDT (YouTube)

WASHINGTON – In this week's address, the President urged Republican leaders in Congress to end their obstruction of a bipartisan bill that will reduce the influence wielded by corporations and foreign entities.

wall-street, bp, politics, reform, corporate, campaign-finance, obama, corporations, political-ads, citizens-united

Court: Death Threats Addressed to Corporations Aren't Illegal

Seeded on Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:19 AM EDT (Wired News)

Under the threatening-letters statute, "the 'person' to whom the mail is addressed must be an individual person, not an institution or corporation," wrote Judge William Canby, who was joined by Judge Betty Fletcher.

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"Worst Governor Ever" Sign Ruins Sarah Palin's Teevee Show, Results In Weird YouTube Coversation

Seeded on Tue Aug 10, 2010 1:58 PM EDT (Wonkette » top)

Billy Sullivan caught much of the interchange on his cell phone camera. The back of her security guard's head and Todd Palin attempted to block Billy's view, continually rotating like Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.

politics, brains, republicans, teachers, fox-news, conservative, right-wing, sarah-palin

Christopher Hitchens: 'I'm Dying' (VIDEO)

Seeded on Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:34 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Christopher Hitchens sat down with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg for a frank and fascinating conversation on his cancer and his religious beliefs.

cancer, politics, atheism, martin-amis, jeffrey-goldberg

America Goes Dark: We're on the unlit, unpaved road to nowhere

Seeded on Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:32 AM EDT (The New York Times)

[A] country that once amazed the world with its visionary investments in transportation, from the Erie Canal to the Interstate Highway System, is now in the process of unpaving itself: in a number of states, local governments are breaking up roads they can no longer afford to mai …

taxes, schools, conservatives, politics, republicans, roads, right-wing, infrastructure, anti-government, centrist-democrats

How to Lose an Election Without Really Trying

Seeded on Sun Aug 8, 2010 8:07 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Frank Rich — like myself and many other progressives — is in a bad mood:

conservatives, democrats, politics, george-bush, right-wing, epublican, tea-party

Hans Blix: Blair government became "prisoner" of US before "illegal" war in Iraq

Seeded on Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:52 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

The Blair government would have liked to have gone down the diplomatic route to disarm Saddam Hussein but became a "prisoner" of a US policy heading towards war, the former head of the UN weapons inspectors told the Iraq inquiry today .

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The Partisan Tools At Journo-List And Trig

Seeded on Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:50 AM EDT (The Daily Dish)

This is your liberal media, ladies and gentlemen: totally partisan, interested in the truth only if it advances their agenda, and devoid of any balls whatsoever.

politics, journalism, bias, ethics, liberal, right-wing, andrew-sullivan, anchorage-daily-news, sarah-palin, ezra-klein