Blog Profile / Crooks and Liars
| URL : | http://crooksandliars.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | US Politics / Liberal | |
| Posts on Regator: | 32469 | |
| Posts / Week: | 117.3 | |
| Archived Since: | January 31, 2008 | |
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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
N. Carolina Leaders Protesting Tea Party Agenda Arrested
The attempted changes by the Tea Party in North Carolina (the less crazy Carolina) have inspired a growing outbreak of civil disobedience meant to draw attention to the insanity. Unfortunately, we're not seeing much about this in the corporate media. Show More Summary
A New Mile High Club to Solve Technology Gap
The problem with the entrenchment of the status quo is that there are few incentives to come up with innovative solutions that bring in others to the fold. But that doesn't negate that there is a clear digital divide that could solve many economic issues both here and abroad. Show More Summary
Obama Starts A Classic Slow-Motion Fold Over IRS Controversy
Obama doesn't seem to understand that he's only fanning the flames when he entertains even the possibility of these rightwing paranoid fantasies being true. Oy. I used to work at a lobby shop. Let me tell you, 501(c)3s and (c)4s have...Show More Summary
Cmdr. Chris Hadfield Bids Farewell to ISS With 'Space Oddity' Cover
This is way cool. Via The Telegraph Commander Chris Hadfield, a Canadian astronaut who has spent the last five months aboard the International Space Station, had said goodbye to life in zero-gravity with a moving version of David Bowie's...Show More Summary
Gingrich: Obama 'Will Not Profile Terrorists but Profile Patriots'
Click here to view this media Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Monday tied a scandal where the Internal Revenue Service targeted tea party groups to President Barack Obama's health care reform law and last September's...Show More Summary
Tea Party Complaints of IRS Audits is Just Gaming the System
Gosh, how great to have liberal 'balance' like Dennis Kucinich on Fox News As soon as I saw the headlines 'IRS apologizes for targeting conservative groups' I knew we were going to be in GOP outrage mode once again, with the calls of tyranny and claims of chilling of free speech and intimidation. Show More Summary
19 Injured as Gunmen Open Fire on New Orleans Mother's Day Parade
What the world needs is less shootings and more mothers, I think. Sunday afternoon, gunmen fired into a crowd watching a Mother's Day parade, injuring 19 people. CNN: Abdul Aziz believes he was standing right next to a shooter Sunday...Show More Summary
Allen West: IRS Targeting of Tea Party Is Part of Auto Bailout Conspiracy
Click here to view this media Former Congressman Allen West on Sunday (R-FL) said that an admission by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that it had improperly scrutinized tea party groups was part of a wider conspiracy that included...Show More Summary
McCain Downplays Dangers of U.S. Involvement in Syria
Click here to view this media Oh look! It's John McCain on a Sunday show pushing for the United States to start dropping more bombs on people's heads. What a rare treat it is that our corporate media allows McCain on for more warmongering. Show More Summary
Mike's Blog Round Up
All Things D - my mayor is the Eye of Sauron; Hullabaloo - Greenwald is Satan right wrong worse than 27 Hitlers part MCCXVIII No More Mr. Nice Blog - the tri-corner-hatted need not apply; TBogg - meet the new Paultard! The PoliticalShow More Summary
Game of Thrones: Season 3, Episode 7 'The Bear and the Maiden Fair'
(Spoiler Alert: I will be recapping this episode so don't read on if you haven't seen it yet.) Happy Mother's Day to all! Tonight's episode is another strong one as we wind down to the season finale in about three more weeks. The Bear...Show More Summary
Open Thread
"Mommy Rhapsody" from Mother's Day a couple years ago and...wow, it's good. Happy Mother's Day. Open Thread below....
C&L's Late Nite Music Club with Etta James
Genre: Blues Title: Sunday Kind of Love Artist: Etta James Happy Mother's Day. Hope everybody has a Sunday kind of love.
Whatcha listening to this evening?
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Kristol Shreds Karl Rove's Super PAC for Anti-Hillary Benghazi Attack Ad
Click here to view this media Conservative Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol is lashing out at Karl Rove and his American Crossroads super PAC for using last year's attacks in Benghazi to attack former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...Show More Summary
Want to Know How to Solve Poverty? Ask Someone Who Experiences It
There is more truth in this seven minute segment of the Melissa Harris-Perry show than you will see in the eleven hours of Sunday morning news shows programming and highlights a few of my personal bugaboos about the dishonesty of the state of American media. There are legitimate issues that affect this country. Show More Summary
Gates: Benghazi-Obsessed Republicans Have 'Cartoonish' View of Military Capability
Click here to view this media Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told CBS News that Republican lawmakers who are blasting President Barack Obama's administration for failing to take military action during last September's surprise...Show More Summary