The Minnesota Senate Race Is Over — Coleman Has Conceded Defeat To Franken – TPMDC (6/30/09):
In a press conference just now, former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) has conceded defeat to the Democratic comedian Franken in the 2008 Senate race — nearly eight months after Election Day, and six months after the seat went vacant when [...]
(First off, here is the post I link to whenever I write about civil rights for the GLBT community. If you haven’t read it before, I highly suggest you do so now.)
Since the passage of Prop 8 taking away the right of gay and lesbians to marry in California, and the Obama administration’s broken [...]
I find it comical to see Bernie Madoff’s victims — and all the invincible champions of Truth and Justice — celebrating Madoff’s 150-year sentence. After laughing all the way to the banks for years (those would be the banks where the billions he stole still remain safely stashed away), I think Bernie is now [...]
Another hour of news programming bites the dust:
MSNBC has shaken up its dayside (sic) lineup, adding “Morning Meeting” with Dylan Ratigan from 9AM-11AM and “Dr. Nancy” at noon.
Yet another major victory in the continuing battle between “news” and news on the 24-hour news channels.
I used to watch CNN and MSNBC over [...]
Obama issues signing statement on $106B war bill – The Hill (6/26/09):
President Obama signed the $106 billion war-spending bill into law Friday, but not without taking a page from his predecessor and ignoring a few elements in the legislation.
Obama included a five-paragraph signing statement with the bill, including a final paragraph that outlined his objections [...]
White House won’t rule out taxing health benefits – USA Today (6/28/09):
The Obama White House left open the possibility Sunday that the president would break a campaign promise and raise taxes on people earning less than $250,000 to support his health care overhaul agenda.
White House adviser David Axelrod said the administration wouldn’t rule out taxing [...]
The last eight years have not been demographically kind to the Republican Party:
In 2001, respondents were asked for their party affiliation, and independents were encouraged to pick one of the two major parties. Democrats had the narrowest of leads over the GOP, 45% to 44%. This year, Dems are up to 53%, while Republicans have [...]
Yesterday, I criticized The State for sitting on the emails for six months.
The NYT has an article which is being touted as explaining why The State was unable to publish the emails till Wednesday. Apparently, the NYT swallows this as a satisfying explanation:
Reporters sent e-mail back to the originating e-mail address and to the [...]
The Waxman-Markey bill (a.k.a. the energy reform bill, a.k.a. the climate change bill) is expected to come up for a House vote today. Passage requires 218 votes, and it’s not at all clear the votes exist:
According to an E&E analysis of the floor debate, Democrats still have their work cut out for them. Even [...]
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In retrospect, one thing is clear about the 2008 Presidential election. It seems to have forever emboldened adulterers in the Republican party (both admitted and unadmitted) into fancying themselves as perfectly viable candidates.
This is perhaps the natural result of seeing admitted serial adulterer John McCain make it all the way to the finals, and [...]
