Blog Profile / Crooks and Liars
| URL : | http://crooksandliars.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | US Politics / Liberal | |
| Posts on Regator: | 32521 | |
| Posts / Week: | 117.3 | |
| Archived Since: | January 31, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
A Pledge for Mr. Waxman
Rep. Henry Waxman should make a promise to his constituents, but he doesn't want to. So, instead of promising that he'll protect Social Security from President Obama's proposed benefit cut, Waxman told one of his constituents the very...Show More Summary
Next Week's Opportunity To Get Our Labor Board Operating Again
President Obama has nominated five people to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Two are Republicans. All are waiting for confirmation by the Senate. Let your Senators know these nominees should be confirmed so the NLRB can get...Show More Summary
Issa Smears His Former Blackwater Shield, David Petraeus
As his performance over the past week suggests, Rep. Darrell Issa's response to the tragic deaths of American citizens in the Middle East apparently depends on which party controls the White House. After all, in February 2007 Issa mocked the families of four Blackwater contractors slaughtered in Fallujah. Show More Summary
Cardinal O'Malley Boycotts Irish Prime Minister at Boston College
Four years ago, some conservatives created an uproar when pro-choice President Barack Obama was invited to deliver the commencement address at Notre Dame University. (That protest was more than a little hypocritical, given the school's...Show More Summary
Did Someone Leak Doctored Benghazi Email?
In a bizarre twist in the non-scandal known as Benghazi, it appears that someone doctored an email from Ben Rhodes to make it appear that he was more interested in protecting the State Department than telling the truth of what happened during the Benghazi attacks. Ben Rhodes is a hard target of the right wing over the whole Benghazi invention. Show More Summary
Holder Has Ordered IRS Investigation
Link: Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered an investigation into whether criminal activity took place at the Internal Revenue Service, he told reporters Tuesday. “I have ordered an investigation to be done,” Holder said. ”The FBI...Show More Summary
Darrell Issa 'Splains Why Benghazi is Worst Scandal Ever
Via Markos, Republican Congressman Darrell Issa, chairman of the GOP's Benghazi Oversight Committee, gives an articulate explanation [at 0:59] on why this is the worst scandal ever in American history: "An act of terror is different than a terrorist attack." [BlinkBlink] Oh yeah, it all makes sense now. But, Lord love a duck, there's more. Mr. Show More Summary
MN Senate Passes Marriage Equality
Twelve down, 38 to go. Minnesota’s Senate voted 37–30 to allow same-sex couples to wed on Monday. It will become the 12th state to do so once Gov. Mark Dayton signs the bill, which he’s expected to do on Tuesday. “God made gays. And God made gays capable of loving other people of the same gender. Show More Summary
RNC Hispanic Outreach Chief Quits, Registers as Democrat
Republicans say he quit a month ago, but it's all over the place today. Moral: Wingnut Republicans are wingnut Republicans, and normal people are normal people, and never the twain shall meet. This guy turned his back on a high-paid, high-profile job and burned his bridges. Show More Summary
Sen. Franken to Speak at SEC Roundtable on Credit Rating Industry Reform
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Sen. Al Franken made a rare national media appearance on Lawrence O'Donnell's show on MSNBC this Monday evening to discuss his participation in the SEC's roundtable on credit rating industry reform thisShow More Summary
Tea Party 'Leader' Dick Armey Confuses Benghazi With Bangladesh
Click here to view this media On the same day that a poll found that many Republicans did not know where Benghazi was even though they considered last year's terrorist attack there to be the biggest scandal in American history, tea party...Show More Summary
Mike's Blog Round Up
A Plain Blog About Politics - impeachment off the table? Balloon Juice - the IRS has never picked on liberal groups! And... Benghazi! Booman Tribune - turns out people with guns kill people; Instaputz - or maybe not with the impeachment...Show More Summary
Open Thread
Music Therapy for pediatric cancer patients gets Nashville involved, and it turns out some kids who happen to have cancer can write songs like nobody's business. h/t Susie Madrak. Open Thread below...
C&L's Late Nite Music Club With The National
Title: Sea Of Love Artist: The National The National is one of those bands that I really want to explore, yet I just can't seem to be hooked by them. I'm sure it's just a matter of time though. Here's the single off of their forthcoming lp Trouble Will Find Me, due 5/21.
Trouble Will Find Me
Artist: The National
Price: $9.99
(As of 05/13/13 06:35 pm details)
14-year-old Discovers Potential Heart Risk From iPad2
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Some news you can use!
Gianna Chien is somewhat different from all the other researchers reporting on their work today to more than 8,000 doctors at the Heart Rhythm Society meeting.
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Stupid Right-Wing Tweets: Donald Trump Edition
enlarge I still have no idea what BENGHAZI! is about, but I guess this summary is as good as any. Sure, it's nonsensical (Obama never "lied") and makes no sense (the White House and the State Department coordinated the messaging after...Show More Summary
End of Day News Wrapup
Dr. Joyce Brothers, dead at 85. Dr. Kermit Gosnell found guilty on three counts of homicide. Jamelle Bouie wonders: Is impeachment just a matter of time? Minnesota becomes the 12th state to legalize marriage equality. Voters trust Hillary Clinton over GOP on Benghazi. Rand Paul assures evangelicals he doesn't support drug legalization.
It's In One Of Them Yankee States Again, Right?
enlarge Okay, I know I don’t need to tell you this and Public Policy Polling probably wasted money on a poll we can liken to, “What would you rather do: Have a root canal or spend a day at the beach?” But, poll they did and discovered...Show More Summary
Rubio Calls for IRS Commissioner Who Already Left Department to Resign
Click here to view this media Sen. Marco Rubio sent out a letter this Monday, calling for the IRS commissioner to resign in the wake of the latest dust up over the agency's admission that there were some conservative groups targeted by the branch in Cincinnati. Show More Summary
Feds Secretly Obtain Two Years Of AP Reporters' Phone Records
Imagine if the Justice Department worked this hard on Wall Street fraud! Disturbing news, indeed: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The AssociatedShow More Summary