Arianna Huffington, founder of Huffington Post
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Michigan Heads Toward Partial Government Shutdown
LANSING, Mich. — One of the nation’s most economically battered states is heading into more fiscal fights after surviving a short-lived government shutdown that ended with an interim budget and lingering uncertainty about more permanent spending cuts…
HuffPost political reporter Sam Stein was a guest on both MSNBC’S “The Ed Show” and “The Rachel Maddow” tonight. Stein appeared on “The Ed Show” alongside conservative radio host Michael Medved, to discuss health care reform, particularly the prospects for a public option…
Lincoln Mitchell: Why 2010 Will Not Be 1994
In the last few weeks, Republicans have put a new twist on their campaign of never ending fear. Now the Republicans are trying to scare Democrats into thinking that 2010 will be another 1994, meaning that the Democratic Party is poised for a sweeping defeat which will vindicate the…
Dan Agin: The Way It Is: Are Liberals Disgusting?
Many people who call themselves “conservatives” and who should know better use the word “liberal” as a pejorative noun, as if it’s disgusting to have an interest in political, social, and economic justice. Conservatives say that the old way is usually the best way, and that if there’s…
Senate Finance Committee To Vote On Health Care Next Week
The Senate Finance Committee will not vote on its healthcare reform bill until next week, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said Wednesday evening…
ACORN To Stand Trial In Nevada Case
LAS VEGAS — The political advocacy group ACORN and a former supervisor were ordered Wednesday to stand trial on charges that they illegally paid canvassers to register Nevada voters during last year’s presidential campaign…
Arianna was a guest on MSNBC’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” tonight and she defended the remarks made by Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson (FL) about the GOP and health care reform, saying he has the truth on his side. She also stressed that the need for fundamental…
Aaron E. Carroll: How to have a rational debate about health care reform
Is there anyone left willing to talk about health care reform calmly? At this point, the dialogue has become so partisan and stained that it seems that the only decision anyone needs to make is which team they’re on; then it becomes just a matter of saying anything you have to in order to…
Michelle Obama: Crime Won’t Hurt Chicago Olympic Bid
First Lady Michelle Obama, off to Copenhagen on Tuesday night to lobby for Chicago’s 2016 Olympic bid, said the rash of crime in Chicago won’t hurt the city when the International Olympic Committee votes on Friday…
Alan Grayson: Republicans Are “Knuckle-Dragging Neanderthals” On Health Reform (VIDEO)
Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson (FL) escalated his battle with Republicans over comments he made Tuesday on the House floor. Rep. Grayson said that the GOP’s health care plan is for people to not get sick, and if they do, then to “die quickly.” (more)
Chris Weigant: Washington Post Looking For “America’s Next Great Pundit” — Could It Be You?
The Washington Post, one of the leading newspapers in the country, has announced on its website a contest to name “America’s Next Great Pundit.” In an enticing blend of reality television contests and print journalism, they are going to run a contest to see who deserves to…
What Rivalry? Brazil’s Lula Says He Urged Obama To Make Olympics Trip
COPENHAGEN — Brazil’s president says he’s not worried that U.S. President Barack Obama is coming to Denmark to lobby that Chicago and not Rio de Janeiro should win the 2016 Olympics. After arriving in Copenhagen, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he encouraged Obama…
Chris Weigant: Washington Post Looking For “America’s Next Great Pundit” — Could It Be You?
The Washington Post, one of the leading newspapers in the country, has announced on its website a contest to name “America’s Next Great Pundit.” In an enticing blend of reality television contests and print journalism, they are going to run a contest to see who deserves to be…
John Wellington Ennis: The Lynching of ACORN
In his confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas refuted Professor Anita Hill’s sexual harassment testimony against him with these famous words: “This is a case in which this sleaze, this dirt, was searched for by staffers of members of this…
John Knefel: New York Times To Sociopaths: Give It Another Shot
Oh for the love of God. Did you look at the New York Times’ Op-Ed section on Wednesday?! I know I’ve been writing about that dumping ground a lot lately, but the editors published an article today that — if America does escalate the conflict with Iran…
John R. Bohrer: Because Bipartisanship Is Dead Until 2011: A Defense of Senate Moderates
After the Republicans got thrashed in the 1964 elections, a GOP senator told columnist Joe Alsop, “That damn Lyndon Johnson hasn’t just grabbed the middle of the road. He’s a bit to the right of center, as well as a bit to the left of center. And with Johnson hogging the whole road…
Charles Butler: Putting the First Amendment to Work
As an American, A Black American, a radio talk show host, and participant in social, and politics issues most of life, I find an interesting trend developing since the election of Barack Obama, as the 44th president of the United States of America. That trend is to treat President Obama with…
Karen Finney: Thug Politics in America
In the words of a favorite song, it’s time to check ourselves before we wreck ourselves. Tom Friedman was on point in his column today. Our politics and national discourse have entered a new era of thug-life. Like bullies on the playground who get out of control, undermining…
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Jimmy Carter’s Price Tag
You’ve got to admire Jimmy Carter. No matter how wrong he is, no matter how many times he is refuted, no matter how inane his ramblings, he just keeps on coming back for more. Forget the fact that he was eviscerated in a landslide election where the American people…
Larry Gellman: Back to the Future — The Tension Over Tense
Have you ever noticed that most things people say they are worried might happen in the future are things that have already happened? Once the dreaded event has taken place, they start speaking in the future tense about it as though it hadn’t happened yet…
Allison Kilkenny: Police Experiment With New Weapon on Protesters During G-20
Pittsburgh police demonstrated the latest in crowd control techniques on protesters when they used “sound cannons” to blast the ears of citizens near the G-20 meeting of world economic leaders. City officials said this was the first time such sound blasters, also known as…
Dawn Teo: Tea Party Founder Announces: “A Huffington Post Of Our Own”
Eric Odom, founder of American Liberty Alliance (ALA), the organization that launched and organized the tea party movement across the country, announced Friday what he calls a movement-minded news portal and his answer to the The Huffington Post…
David Sirota: Denver Post: Obama Aide Messina Caught “Trying to Buy Off” Primary Challenger
I’ve made my position on the Emanuel administration’s attempts to crush Democratic primaries pretty plain: Beyond it being a disgusting effort to crush the kind of local democracy Barack Obama used to make Rahm Emanuel president, it also makes Democratic legislative unity…
Taliban’s Diverse Funding Might Make It Impossible To Restrict Cash Flow
KABUL — The Taliban-led insurgency has built a fundraising juggernaut that generates cash from such an array of criminal rackets, donations, taxes, shakedowns and other schemes that U.S. and Afghan officials say it may be impossible to choke off the movement’s money supply.
Deane Waldman: “MediCare-for-All” -> No-Care-at-All.
People from Nancy Pelosi to daily bloggers are screaming “MediCare-for-All” as the answer to our healthcare crisis. Is MediCare the solution for us all? The answer is clear: no.
Unlike MediCaid, MediCare was never intended as an entitlement…
Vivian Norris de Montaigu: Anti-Globalization Is Back! Police vs. the People and the “Pirates”
“A single ruler could, by fiat, decide which enemies were legitimate representatives of a state and which, by contrast, were mere ‘bandits’…” – Daniel Heller-Roazen, The Enemy of All: Piracy and the Law of Nations…
Bachmann Refuses To Answer Question About Dead Census Worker
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) refused to answer a question this weekend on the death of a census worker in Kentucky…
Daniel Bogden, Fired U.S. Attorney, Returning To Old Job Without Knowing Bush’s Reasons
LAS VEGAS — Daniel Bogden never really got a good answer why President George W. Bush fired him from his post as U.S. attorney for Nevada in 2006. But it doesn’t matter to Bogden anymore. He’s got his old job back…
Obama Administration May Have Offered Romanoff A Job To Deter Senate Run: The Denver Post
WASHINGTON — Not long after news leaked last month that Andrew Romanoff was determined to make a Democratic primary run against Sen. Michael Bennet, Romanoff received an unexpected communication from one of the most powerful men in Washington…
Death Panels By Proxy: Washington Times Spreads New Health Care Lie
There they go again. Now that the “death panel” lie has snookered nearly half the country, the Washington Times is going for the other half in an editorial headlined “Death Panels By Proxy.” Cue the scary music for this one…
Paterson: “I Don’t Know” If White House Told Me To Drop Campaign (VIDEO)
New York Governor David Paterson said on Sunday that he didn’t know whether or not the White House told him not to run for re-election, before ultimately admitting that they had conveyed…
Thomas Friedman: We Need A Partner In Afghanistan (VIDEO)
In an interview Sunday, New York Times‘ columnist Thomas Friedman said that what really mattered in Afghanistan was having a reliable partner in the country…
Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union” the same morning, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said it was a mistake to announce an exit strategy for Afghanistan.
Bob Inglis, South Carolina Republican, Booed For Independence
Rep. Bob Inglis is paying the price for independent thinking. Inglis, a Travelers Rest Republican, may have been the only GOP lawmaker in the country who was booed lustily by his own constituents at town hall meetings last month.
Gates Contradicts Obama: Afghan “Exit Strategy” A “Strategic Mistake”
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Sunday it would be a “strategic mistake” for the U.S. to put a timeline or exit strategy on its presence in Afghanistan — a position that appears to put him at direct odds with the president…
I recently attended a luncheon in Washington hosted by the Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI). Founded and run by prominent neoconservatives, FPI invited former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to hold a discussion on America’s place in the world. I predicted that the former presidential candidate’s hair would be more exquisite than his foreign policy ideas. I was not disappointed…
Will Bunch: The Real Reason They Want ACORN to Fail
The reality — that ACORN is an established group with worthy goals and some success but also poor management — is not what’s driving the story. Conservatives want to destroy ACORN and the things it does…
Racism is the one issue President Obama can’t fight. It’s the perfect tool to take to the streets and channel into the repressed anger of the American public.
The Generals and Obama. With Friends Like These…..
The military has decided it needs more troops in Afghanistan (didn’t see that one coming did ya?). News flash: The military always decides it needs more troops in wartime…
Black Lawmakers Adjusting To Political Realities Of Obama Era
Robert Naiman: McChrystal’s “Ground Truth”: Need Half a Million Boots on the Ground
Journalist Andrea Mitchell has noted that General McChrystal’s report to President Obama calls for 500,000 troops in Afghanistan. [That's not 500,000 U.S. troops, but 500,000 troops overall.] Mitchell correctly notes that if you don’t believe that the goals in McChrystal’s report for increasing the…
Eric Alterman: Falling for the Far Right’s ACORN Agenda
One night last week, Jon Stewart asked his audience, “Where were the real reporters on this story?” He meant the exposure of several ACORN employees giving tax advice to a young man and woman pretending to be a pimp and prostitute. The misdirected animosity toward…
Jeremy Scahill: To the Dems Who Voted to ‘Defund ACORN’: Where is the Defund Blackwater Act?
Democrats joined Republicans in voting to “Defund ACORN,” yet have done nothing to stop Blackwater’s ongoing taxpayer-funded crusade in Iraq and Afghanistan. Republican Congressional leaders are continuing their witch-hunt against ACORN, the grassroots community group…
Volcker: Obama Plans Maintain “Too Big to Fail”
The Impeachment of President Obama
Waking Up to the Coming Battle Over the Census
Battle Fatalities in the Fight Over Health Care Reform
ACORN Sues Makers of Pimp and Prostitute Videos
Dens Ramp Up Push for Colleagues to Block Filibuster on Health Care
GOP Favors Public Option for Property, Not People
Public Option is Not Essential
In Washington State, Yes Means No to Hate
Gen. McChrystal’s Assessment Ignores COIN Doctrine, Reality
The Snowe Trigger: A Catch-22 to Kill the Public Option
Conservatives: Our Racism is Better than Your Racism
America’s Paranoid Crisis: The Joe Wilson Case
Before Subprime There was ACORN
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