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Stephen Colbert on the Heritage Foundation Immigration Study

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Republicans Oddly Silent Over DOJ Raid on AP Records

Amid all the scandals and freak-outs this week, Republicans are curiously silent about the Justice Department's raid on Associated Press records. Republican senators who have long been critics of Attorney General Eric Holder were noticeably...Show More Summary

Tuesday Night Jam: David Byrne & St. Vincent - I Should Watch TV

WaPo Fact-Checker Says Obama "Got Away With" Stating a Fact

This is possibly the strangest and most ridiculous piece yet from Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler, as he gives four "pinocchios" (the "most dishonest" rating) to President Obama's completely factual claim that he almost immediately...Show More Summary

White House Email Contradicts Weekly Standard/ABC Benghazi Leaks

Those "leaked" emails about Benghazi talking points first reported by the Weekly Standard's Stephen Hayes, then picked up and trumpeted to the world by ABC News, were apparently distorted and mischaracterized to smear the State Department...Show More Summary

Whoa! Obama's Twitter Account Includes a 'Fallen Eagle'

Whoa! Obama's Twitter Account Includes a "Fallen Eagle" More: Whoa! Obama's Twitter Account Includes a 'Fallen Eagle' Whitehouse Twitter The official Whitehouse Twitter account has this as their page, and now the RWNJ Blogs are going berserk with it. Show More Summary

In Historic Vote, MN Senate Approves Marriage Equality Bill

Michele Bachmann inconsolable. With deafening cheers and overwhelming emotion, the Minnesota Senate voted 37-30 to legalize same-sex marriage. "Today, love wins," said Sen. Tony Lourey, DFL-Kerrick. The vote, on the heels of a vote last...Show More Summary

Tech Note: A BBEdit Text Filter to Minify Javascript With Google Closure Compiler

BBEdit is the pinnacle of text editors for Mac OS; it is the El Supremo at the top of the stairs. I've been using it on a daily basis for more years than I like to think about, and it just keeps getting better. One of BBEdit's greatShow More Summary

Dr. Kermit Gosnell Found Guilty of Murder

Kermit Gosnell, whose clinic in West Philadelphia was described as a "house of horrors," has been found guilty of three counts of first degree murder, and may face the death penalty. This horrible story does have a lesson for us, although it's not the lesson the anti-choice movement seeks to promote: The Lessons of the Gosnell Case: Exactly the Opposite of the Right Wing Spin.

National Review Defends White Nationalist-Linked Heritage Immigration Expert

Just a few months ago, the National Review was forced to fire or distance themselves from not one, but two overt white nationalists who had been writing for the publication for years. So it's not really surprising to find editor Robert VerBruggen mounting a vociferous defense of Jason Richwine and "scientific racism" research; it's what they do. Show More Summary

Heritage Immigration Study Co-Author: "I Do Not Apologize"

Byron York interviews Jason Richwine, who resigned from the Heritage Foundation when his ties to white nationalists and racist writings surfaced, and it will serve very nicely as an example of how deeply entrenched this kind of racism...Show More Summary

Pat Buchanan Calls for 'Southern Strategy' Against Latinos, Immigrants

Pat Buchanan has a plan to win more white voters for the GOP. In an article published by the website World Net Daily last week, Buchanan describes increased black voter turnout and Latino demographic growth as a "crisis for the Grand...Show More Summary

The Evidence for Climate Change Without Using Computer Models or the IPCC

YouTube SOURCES are listed in the next video, because of space constraints. Predictable posts are answered here. Please spend your time and effort in addressing the evidence presented in the video: "This is a straw man argument. Of course...Show More Summary

Former Defense Secretary Gates: Benghazi Critics Have "Cartoonish" View of Military

Video Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, a Bush appointee, said today on Face the Nation that some of the critics of the Obama administration's response to the Benghazi attack have a "cartoonish impression of military capabilities...Show More Summary

Former Guatemalan Dictator Rios Montt Found Guilty of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

Photo from havanatimes.org. Former Guatemalan dictator José Efraín Rios Montt was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity today at his trial in Guatemala City. He was immediately sentenced to 50 years imprisonment on the...Show More Summary

Saturday Jam: XTC Live on Rockpalast, 1982

YouTube A great YouTube discovery via Dangerous Minds, here's a 1982 performance on German TV's Rockpalast by XTC, a band that almost never plays live. It's a shame that Andy Partridge hated touring so much -- he's really a good performer...Show More Summary

Rachel Maddow Reviews the Right Wing Obsession With Benghazi, Mockery Ensues

MSNBC Video Also see: A Look at the Republican Benghazi Talking Points as They've Been Laid Out So Far - the Maddow Blog

Michele Bachmann (R-Mars): 9/11 and Benghazi Were God's Judgment

YouTube rightwingwatch.org On Wednesday, Religious Right activists and members of Congress gathered together for a prayer event held in Statuary Hall at the US Capitol called "Washington: A Man of Prayer." Among the speakers was Rep....Show More Summary

#Breitbart.com Exclusive Bombshell of the Day: Hitler Was Gay!

You may not have thought it possible, but Breitbart.com gets even creepier and more disgusting with the latest far right propaganda piece by psycho hack William Bigelow: NEW EVIDENCE FROM HIS DOCTORS SHOWS HITLER WAS GAY!!! (h/t: C&...