The Raw Story
- North Korea moving ahead on reactor: pictures
- WASHINGTON — North Korea appears to be moving ahead with the building of a light-water reactor that could be used to support its nuclear weapons program, according to satellite images released Wednesday. The signs of progress come amid fears that
- ‘Good’ cholesterol doctrine may be flawed, says study
- PARIS — Researchers on Thursday challenged a tenet of modern medicine that higher levels of “good” cholesterol automatically boost cardiovascular health. In a study published in The Lancet, investigators said they found no evidence to back the belief that higher
- Maddow: Democrats could keep Senate thanks to extreme GOP candidates
- MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said Wednesday night that the Democratic Party could benefit from the ouster of moderate Republican candidates. “Republicans were really, really, really confident heading into the last election cycle in 2010,” she said. “They knew they were
- Sunday’s partial solar eclipse will bring a burning ring of fire to the sky
- There will be a relatively rare solar eclipse this weekend, as the moon slides between Earth and the sun, casting its long shadow across wide swaths of the globe. Sunday’s event will be an annular partial solar eclipse, meaning that
- Facebook to kick off IPO the hacker way: reports
- SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook will go public hacker style with an all-night software bending bash to culminate with co-founder Mark Zuckerberg remotely ringing the Nasdaq opening bell on Friday, reports said. Employees were signing up for a “hackathon” to start
- Senate rejects budgets by Obama, Republicans
- WASHINGTON — The US Senate unanimously rejected President Barack Obama’s proposed 2013 budget Wednesday and shot down a series of Republican alternatives, assuring a prolonged election-year fiscal battle. The Democratic-controlled chamber has not adopted in three years a budget resolution,
- Federal judge blocks indefinite detention provision of NDAA
- A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of a controversial provision in last year’s National Defense Authorization Act regarding the detention of terrorism suspects. Last year, debate raged over the multi-billion dollar defense funding bill. Civil liberties advocates and others
Daily Kos
- Open thread for night owls: The newest birther conspiracy
- Talking Points Memo:“Dreams From My Real Father,” a 97-minute film narrated by an Obama impersonator, weaves the narrative that Obama’s grandfather wasn’t a furniture salesman but an undercover CIA agent
- Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: Bizarro world as Democrats hail great poll from ... Fox News?!
- Welcome to ass-backwards Wednesday, where Republicans breathlessly flog a CBS poll, while Democrats turn to Fox News for a counterpoint.No shit. Its been that kind of a week on the political data front. Democrats took a number
- Republican House candidate: 'Either way, people and stegosaurs were living at the same time'
- Note: This did not actually happen(Derek Chatwood)Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Crazy Town) has a new favorite candidate for the House, and he sure seems like an interesting fellow:Allen Quist, a
- Oil companies want more federal leases to add to the ones they aren't using
- Stripper well in Californias Central Valley.(Rendering by navajo)The U.S. Department of Interior has released its latest assessment of oil and gas leases on federal land. Two-thirds of the off-shore leased acreage
- Safeway's general counsel tells hilarious sexist joke at annual shareholder meeting
- Everyone knows that opening a meeting with a joke is a great icebreaker. And at the annual meeting of Safeway Inc.s shareholders, Senior Vice President and General Counsel Robert Gordon opened with a real knee-slapper:You know, this is the season
- Politico: Sunday talk shows don't want to appear partisan
- Sunday talk show rosterPoliticos Dylan Byers weighed in Wednesday morning with a theory about why the Sunday talk shows havent booked Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein. Its all
- Brian Schweitzer defeats Max Baucus in 2014 hypothetical Montana primary
- Public Policy Polling (PDF). 4/26-29. Usual Democratic primary voters. MoE 5.4%Max Baucus (D) 37Brian Schweitzer (D) 48As chair of the Senate finance committee, Sen. Max Baucus led the charge against even cursory exploration
Think Progress
- New York And Los Angeles City Councils Approve Responsible Banking Ordinances
- City councils in the nation’s two largest cities have approved laws aimed at forcing banks to invest more in their local communities. The Los Angeles city council unanimously passed its “responsible banking” ordinance yesterday afternoon; the New York’s city council
- CHART: Wages For Young Colleges Graduates Haven’t Grown In A Decade
- According to data from the Economic Policy Institute, “between 2000 and 2011, the wages of young college graduates
- Outside Groups Spend Almost $4 Million For Texas GOP Senate Primary
- In the past two days a Super PAC called the Texas Conservatives Fund — which acknowledges that it was created expressly to boost the Senate candidacy of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (R-TX) — has reported spending over $1.25 million on
- Trent Franks Blocks D.C. Representative From Testifying About Proposed D.C. Abortion Ban
- Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) wants to restrict abortions in the District of Columbia, but he refuses to allow D.C.’s delegate from testifying on behalf of the city’s residents during a hearing about his proposal. Franks’ “fetal pain” bill would ban
- A Tentacle Rape Game – Why Are People Supporting This Again?
- I almost didn’t want to write about this because the whole situation has given me a near migraine with the number of times my head has hit my desk since first hearing about it. For those of you just catching
- House Passes Watered-Down Version Of Violence Against Women Act
- The House has just passed a watered-down version of the Violence Against Women Act, by a vote of 222 to 205. The GOP-backed iteration of the bill strips out the provisions to protect undocumented, Native American, and LGBT victims that
- Top Scott Walker Donor’s Business Paid Nothing In State Income Taxes From 2005 To 2008
- The donor doing the most to finance Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) campaign against a recall hasn’t put the same effort into financing Wisconsin’s state government, according to income tax data obtained by a non-profit organization based in the state.
Little Green Footballs
- Trayvon Martin Autopsy: Knuckle Injury Was Tiny, but Gunshot Was at 'Intermediate Range'
- More details are emerging on the autopsy results for Trayvon Martin, and earlier reports that his knuckles were skinned (as if from a fight) seem to have been inaccurate. The autopsy reported only a tiny abrasion less than a quarter-inch
- Breitbart Editor John Nolte Calls for Right Wing 'Twitter War'
- Breitbart.com editor John Nolte is calling for right wingers to harass, stalk, and bully liberals on Twitter, and in typical Breitbart megalomaniac fashion, Nolte calls this The Battle for America on Twitter.I think its a great idea for wingnuts like
- Trayvon Martin Autopsy Showed Injuries to His Knuckles
- A medical exam taken the day after George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin shows that Zimmerman had a closed fracture of his nose (which means the skin was not broken) and two cuts on the back his head.And the
- Solo Guitar Moment: Van Larkins - Stomp
- YouTube Video
- Report: George Zimmerman May Face Hate Crime Charges
- Floridas WFTV is reporting that the FBI May Charge George Zimmerman With a Hate Crime.SANFORD, Fla. — WFTV has learned charges against George Zimmerman could be getting more serious.State prosecutors said Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman, profiled and stalked 17-year-old Trayvon
- Misogynist Talk Show Hater Rush Limbaugh Honored by Missouri at Secret Event
- The state of Missouri inducted Rush Limbaugh into their Hall of Famous Missourians yesterday, at an invitation-only ceremony closed to the public and guarded by armed members of the Highway Patrol: Doors Locked, Dems Banned as Missouri Honors Limbaugh.Rush Limbaugh
Crooks and Liars
- Open Thread
- enlargeCredit: #TheInternetSucksTodayOpen Thread below...
- C&L's Late Night Music Club With Chuck Brown
- Title: Bustin LooseArtist: Chuck BrownR.I.P. Godfather of Go Go.
- Rush Limbaugh Inducted into Hall of Famous Missourians Behind Locked Doors
- Click here to view this media Missouri Republicans decided to shame and embarrass our state yesterday with the induction of Rush Limbaugh into the Hall of
- Establishment Dems Proving Themselves Clueless in Washington's 1st District Race
- If you want a classic example of the way Establishment Democrats are perfectly tone-deaf when it comes to the concerns of the working families they like to flatter themselves as representing, take a look at how the race in Washingtons
- Scott Walker Ally Jeff Fitzgerald Says WI GOP Wants State to Be Right-to-Work (For Less)
- Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald told a reporter on March 27 that he and legislative Republicans were interested in pursuing a law that would make the state a right-to-work (for less) state. Gov. Scott Walker has repeatedly stated that he
- After Lobbying By Wingnut Group, VA House Of Delegates Sandbags Judicial Nominee Because He's Gay
- While the Republican Congressional caucus seems to have figured out that being perceived as anti-gay is a loser for them, the extremists with which the Republicans have filled the ranks of their state houses continue to act like the anti-gay
- Court Rules Some Anonymous Campaign Donors Must Be Revealed
- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse discusses one of the proposed solutions to the problem of anonymous campaign contributionsThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia refused to grant a stay on an earlier decision that told the Federal Election Commission
Common Dreams
- J Street President: Senators, Congressmen 'Live in Fear' of Pro-Israel Groups
- J Street founder and President Jeremy Ben-Ami stated that many congressmen and senators refuse to criticize Israel because they "live in fear" of retribution from pro-Israel groups, Haaretz reports.Ben-Ami made the comments on Tuesday evening during a tepid debate between
- Despite Fukushima, US Reduces Nuclear Plant Drills, Test Evacuations
- Despite the widespread contamination from last year's Fukushima nuclear accident, the Obama administration's nuclear regulators have quietly weakened planning for emergency response to a major US nuclear power plant accident.The Associated Press reports that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the
- Greek Voters to Face Month of Eurozone 'Fear-Mongering' to Swallow Austerity
- Greek voters are in for several tumultuous weeks ahead of next month's parliamentary elections as the country's "troika" of creditors – the European Union, the European Central Bank and the IMF – are sure to ratchet up pressure in hopes
- 'Blockupy Frankfurt' Protesters Cleared From Camp During Anti-Austerity Demonstration
- Hundreds of protesters under the banner of Blockupy Frankfurt have been removed by German police today after staging a demonstration against austerity in front of the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt.The group has called for four days of
- Cesium from Fukushima Spikes in Tokyo Bay
- Radioactive cesium measured in samples of silt taken from Tokyo Bay has increased to 1.5-13 times the amount detected in similar samples last August, according to a survey conducted by Kinki University.The cesium is believed to have entered the bay
- Associated Press Calls Out Romney's 'Prairie Fire' Speech Lies
- In a speech in Iowa on Tuesday, Mitt Romney came out swinging as he vigorously blamed the 'prairie fire' of U.S. debt on President Obama, who he painted as the leading cause of the hurting economy.Romney, calling for extreme spending
- New Research Suggests Tasers Can Be Lethal
- Questions about the safety of taser stun guns used by police forces across the globe have been raging ever since the supposedly non-lethal weapons first came into use over a decade ago.
Michelle Malkin
- Senate narrowly votes down Obama budget
- **Written by Doug Powers Did I say narrowly? I meant massively, but you probably guessed that: President Obama’s budget suffered a second embarrassing defeat Wednesday, when senators voted 99-0 to reject it. Coupled with the House’s rejection in March, 414-0,
- Soros Monkeys strike again: Prog mob targets Manny Pacquiao over gay marriage, spreads lies abo(...)
- They are ruthless. They are relentless. They have no shame. Read all about it here: Lefties call for Nike to drop Manny Pacquiao for ‘homophobic’ remarks he never made.
- Destroying private health insurance was always the goal
- Put on your shocked faces: The first Catholic college has announced it is dropping its student health insurance plan in the wake of the White House refusal to repeal the religious liberty-sabotaging Obamacare birth control/abortion mandate. Life News has the
- Obamcare cronyism: The First Lady’s patient-dumping, privacy-meddling scheme
- Obamacare’s Patient-Dumping, Privacy-Meddling Scheme by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2012 The stench of Chicago cronyism over the White House just got fouler. Inhale this: A shadowy $10 billion Obamacare agency with zero oversight just awarded first lady Michelle Obama’s
The Washington Monthly
- Day's End and Night Watch
- Thirteen posts (counting this one), and not a one about same-sex marriage. How the zeitgeist moves right along! Here are some leftovers: * Dennis Kucinich hangs it up; wont run...
- The Romney-Boehner Dream Dies
- It didnt get reported, so we all missed this important news until the full text of Speaker John Boehners remarks yesterday at the Peter G. Peterson 2012 Fiscal Summit (the...
- Kiss My Frame, Genuflect To My Spin
- The roiling dispute over Georgetown Universitys speaking invitation to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius--a Catholic, BTW--was for a good while typical of the longstanding Cold War over the intellectual independent of...
- Lamar Alexander's Senior Moment
- I cant read the whole thing yet, since its hiding behind the Wall Street Journals paywall, and Im not about to subscribe. But from the headline and lede, it seems...
- Informed Voting
- Primary Day here in California is June 5, and Ive received my handy-dandy State and County Voter Guides (sent to all registered voters) to help navigate the event. Its particularly...
- Super-O-Rama
- So today we learn from Politicos Ken Vogel that the people behind the three biggest pro-Democratic Super-PACs (the Senate-focused Majority PAC, the House Majority PAC, and the presidentially-oriented Priorities USA...
- Lunch Buffet
- The food cupboard is nearly bare, but there are some news items in the pantry: * Hilarious: George W. Bush releasing book this summer providing his sage advice on economic...
Talking Points Memo
- It's All Good
- Mitt Romney: JP Morgans $2 billion loss was someone elses $2 billion gain.
- Stung Hard
- A new public corruption case bubbling up in, of all places, Arizona ...
- Saverin: This Had Nothing To Do With Taxes
- Eduardo Saverin tells the Times his decision to renounce his US citizenship had nothing to do with US taxes. This had nothing to do with taxes. I was born in Brazil, I was an American citizen for about 10 years.
- He Was Warned
- It sounds like consular officials in Singapore would have made very clear to Eduardo Saverin that he faced being barred for life from the USA.From TPM Reader JG ...I cant speak for the quality of Mr. Saverins legal advice going
- Buh-Bye
- Over recent days weve been following the story of Eduardo Saverin, the co-founder of Facebook, now resident in Singapore, who has renounced his citizenship to avoid the big time tax bill that would have come with the Facebook IPO windfall.
- Crosstabs: Episode 2
- In todays Crosstabs, TPM Poll Editor Kyle Leighton looks at the key demographic groups Obama and Romney are fighting over for November. To view full sized video, click here.
- Small But Solid Lead
- Three polls out in the last few days show a very consistent picture. Gov. Scott Walker has a small but solid lead over Democrat Tom Barrett in the Wisconsin recall election. The TPM Poll Average has it at Walker 50.5%
Power Line
- A giant stands on the shoulders of dwarfs
- (Paul Mirengoff) Great religious prophets, when they create a new religion, usually treat the greatest prophets of pre-existing great religions as their precursors. In this way, they gain credibility while putting the earlier prophets in their place. Barack Obama is
- My Endorsement of Pete Hegseth
- (John Hinderaker) A new generation of conservative leaders is emerging. Some–not all, but many–have been tested in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Minnesota’s Pete Hegseth is in this category. Pete is from Forest Lake, Minnesota. He is a Princeton
- What To Do If You Live In Arkansas
- (John Hinderaker) One of the under-reported stories of the year is the resistance that many Democrats have manifested toward the Obama administration during the primary process. Obama has no meaningful opponent for his party’s nomination, yet in a number of
- Epistemic Closure at the Atlantic? No, Just Ignorance
- (John Hinderaker) I virtually never respond to attacks by liberals, because 1) I hardly ever see them, and 2) when I do, they are rarely worth the trouble. But this piece by Conor Friedersdorf in the Atlantic is worth noting
- Senate Democrats Achieve a New Standard of Irresponsibility
- (John Hinderaker) The Senate voted on five budgets today, at the insistence of Republican senators. The result was revealing: no Senate Democrat voted in favor of any budget. This is consistent, of course, with the fact that the Democrat-led Senate
- Obama calls debt ceiling fight “not acceptable,” whatever that means
- (Paul Mirengoff) President Obama today warned congressional leaders that a replay of the debt ceiling fight of last summer is “not acceptable” and that he will not tolerate it. Obama added that he expects a “serious bipartisan approach” to tackling
- Boehner seeks action on debt reduction
- (Paul Mirengoff) Speaker John Boehner is calling on Congress to deal with the issues of budget reductions and the Bush tax cuts before the election. And he is threatening to block an increase in the federal debt ceiling unless significant
Eschaton
- Late Night
- Rock on.
- Wednesday Night
- Enjoy.
- Once It's Gone...
- Greece might want to... have to... institute capital controls before its too late.Money has been fleeing Greece ever since the country’s debt crisis began more than two and a half years ago. But the outflow has picked up velocity since
- Happy Hour Thread
- enjoy.
- Afternoon Thread
- Busy with stuff, so go read Pierce,
- Wanker of the Day
- Fred Hiatt.
- Lunch Thread
- enjoy.
AMERICAblog
- High fructose corn syrup might make you stupid
- Sugar is related to a lot of health issues and now scientists are saying its bad for the brain as well. Its something that many of us enjoy so cutting back is not easy, but probably a good idea. As
- Bush to publish a book on economic strategies for growth
- Yes, I think thats called Do the complete opposite of what George W. Bush did from 2000-2008. For those who dont remember, the Bush administration averaged 20,000 new jobs per month during his term in office. According to mathematicians that
- The train to Versailles decorated like the palace of Versailles
- Very cool. The folks who run the French Chateau of Versailles, the former palace of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, who were executed following the French Revolution, have redesigned a few of the regional trains that take passengers from Versailles
- Obama has a $500K+ JPMorgan checking account
- When someone has a net worth of around $10 million, its no surprise that they have an account with one of the largest banks in the country. In Obamas case, he has a small percentage of his overall assets with
- Catholic school would rather kill kids' insurance than comply with Obama rules
- This is par for the course with the Catholic church. Why choose Option A when you can choose Option B and hurt someone vulnerable at the same time.Its the way the Catholic church has mishandled the pedophilia scandal (putting children
- Thom Hartmann and Dr. Michael Mann on global warming and the climate wars
- Its climate week here at La Maison. We wrote earlier about the looming global warming deadline — yes folks, game over really does mean the game is over. This is just one about six national deadlines were facing. In that
- Vintage photo: San Francisco in ruins, circa May 28th, 1906
- An amazing photo of San Francisco following the great earthquake of 1906. At first, it looks like simply a beautiful panorama of a great city.Then you zoom in on any part of the photo you want and realize that the
TPMCafe
- Message to world government: Don't govern the Internet
- You could think of the Aspen IDEA report published today as a letter to the head of the International Telecommunications Union, Hamadoun Touré, suggesting that he should reconsider his intent to put the light touch of government on the Internets
- Obama and Romney on Foreign Policy - Drawing the Contrasts
- The political battle lines are being drawn for the general election debate over foreign policy and national security, and you cant do much better than my fellow Democracy Arsenal blogger Michael Cohen for a guide. One key theme of Michaels
- Will Yale's Alumni Save Liberal Education?
- Hoping to head off alumni resistance to the brand-new Yale-National University of Singapore college that the Yale Corporation has created somewhat stealthily in collaboration with the government of that authoritarian city-state, Association of Yale Alumni chairman Michael Madison has inadvertently
- Neocons Celebrate: We Got MJ Rosenberg, We'll Get You
- The right-wing pro-Israel lobby has taken off its mask. In the wake of my departure from Media Matters, it is in a celebratory mood. In one article and column after another, the Israel-is-always-right types cannot contain their feeling of triumph.There
- "Harvard Faculty Lounge" v. "Fox News Green Room"
- Among the idiotic things about this Harvard faculty lounge nonsense is the fact that President Obama wasnt on the faculty; he was a student. But never mind all that. If Republicans want to highlight a location with a supposedly warped
- A Small But Solid Victory for Liberal Education at Yale
- Just as the Tunisian vendor who sparked the Arab Spring was provoked not only by one bureaucratic or police affront but also by a long train of abuses, petty and large, that had alienated many Tunisians from the government, so
- Republican Foreign Policy Boiled Down for You
- Some simple rules of thumb:1. Extent US must pursue missile defense: As far as conceivable2. How much it matters whether the conceivable technology is actually workable: Not very3. How much we should spend on the military: More (definitely more than