Nicole Sandler talks about Dick Armey dumping the Tea Party and Freedom Works, and more about the right wing reaction to Bob Costas comments on gun violence. Stephen Goldstein tells us why not to trust Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush or Charlie Crist, and David Swanson talks about the reasons Susan Rice should not be SoS and more...
On Friday afternoon, twitter was all a-tweet with the news that MSNBC had suspended Keith Olbermann - INDEFINITELY! - because he had the hubris to donate to three political campaigns... without asking permission from the corporation first! That's the important part. Not the fact that someone working for this news organization made a political contribution, but that he didn't ask permission first! Seriously?!?! This is the corporatocracy of which we've been warned. (And the right screams of 'facism'? Seriously?) Well, after a weekend of hand-wringing and petition signing, MSNBC chief Phil Griffin this morning announced that Keith will be back [...]
That's what it looks like. Lauren Valle was trying to present Rand Paul with the "Republicorp Employee of the Month Award" as he was getting out of his car last night to enter the studios of Kentucky Education Television for the debate with Jack Conway. Rand Paul's thugs tackled her and stomped on her shoulders and head. See the video for yourself... What's even uglier are some of the comments on this right wing blog, who defend the violence! A quick shout out to KagroX, who this morning tweeted "Freedom of Speech for Juan Williams. Oh, hold on, I have [...]
We have just over a week before election day, and things are getting nastier by the minute. On today's show, I'll be joined by one of the few progressive heroes in Congress - Raul Grijalva - who is in serious danger of losing his seat. On Thursday, Grijalva's Tucson office was evacuated Thursday when a staffer opened an envelope containing a plastic bag of white powder and two pieces of paper with swastikas written on them. Nice, huh? Yes, it's ugly out there... But we'll start the show with Jason Leopold of Truthout, who spent the weekend poring over the [...]
Just when you though politics couldn't get any weirder, the Aqua Buddha returns, in all his chubby, wet glory. Actually, we have Jack Conway to thank for bringing back this very strange aspect of the very strange Rand Paul's past. First, here's Conway's latest ad: Last night, the topic led off the debate between the two guys hoping to represent Kentucky in the US Senate... it was fireworks from the first word: And poor, insulted "Dr." Paul wouldn't shake Attorney General Jack Conway's hand at the end of it... Yikes. Although my favorite line of the evening came from Conway, [...]
In an election year that's supposed to be deadly for Dems, the Republicans seem to be the ones going down, so to speak. As much as they hate the "Democrat" party, they seem to ignore the bigger picture: that by nominating candidates like Sharron Angle, Rand Paul, Joe Miller and now Christine O'Donnell, they've given us a nice big wet kiss. Or, for O'Donnell's sake, a somewhat satisfying hand job. On today's show, we'll delve into the opinions of Delaware's Republican Senatorial candidate, and the rest of yesterday's primary results with Ellen Ratner of the Talk Radio News Service, Christina [...]
Politics is a dance. More often than not, it's infuriating. But it's the biggest reality show out there, where the winner gets the power. And we're just in time for the fall season. I started tonight's show talking about the Florida Senate race. I've stated before that I'm in a quandary. Kendrick Meek is the Democrat, and also happens to be my Congressman! The problem is that I'm not a big fan of his. I don't dislike him either, but I don't think he's been particularly effective. And then there's the name that doesn't scream fighter! I also think he [...]
I'm a bad host... a very bad host. I was just too tired last night to write this blog entry, letting you know who was on the show and giving you links to find out more about who they are and what we talked about. So now, I get to pull double duty again! So, we'll make this quick (as I still have to post tonight's show and blog!) We started the show last night as we do most Wednesdays, with Christy Harvey of the Center for American Progress, and a discussion of some of the stories she shares with [...]
Teachers are sadly underpaid and in every state in the nation, education budgets are being cut under the strain of budget woes. Republicans in Congress are complaining about paying unemployed citizens compensation and helping with their COBRA payments, crying that we don't have the money to pay for it. But where were their complaints when George W. Bush lied us into Iraq or waged war on Afghanistan? I haven't noticed them denying President Obama the funds he's requesting to keep these wars going either. But helping our fellow citizens get through the toughest economic times in generations? That they have [...]
I know the big fucking deal signing happened on Tuesday, but it was actually last night that the House had the final vote on the final health care reform reconciliation bill that President Obama will finally sign into law early next week. It still blows my mind that the wingnuts talk about "ramming" it through, after more than a year of debating, fighting, town hall meetings and back and forth bickering. Now it's up to us to stay on top of our elected officials to make sure they live up to their pledges to make it better! I ran out [...]