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Right Wing Host Calls for Clinton to be Shot

THERE IS nothing more virulently inciting than the right wing extremists who breath fire on right wing talk radio. Host Pete Santilli has now gotten the attention of the Secret Service for recently calling for Hillary Clinton to be shot, which follows similar comments directed at President Obama. From Right Wing Watch, the audio, with [...]Show More Summary

Death Toll 91 in Oklahoma Tornado

Officials have confirmed at least 91 people have been killed and 233 people have been injured by the monstrous tornado that swept through Moore, Okla., Monday. Among those killed were children at Plaza Towers elementary and a family of four with a baby who sought shelter in a freezer. Show More Summary

White House Learned of IRS Tea Party Probe Early—But Didn't Tell Obama

President Obama's chief of staff and the White House's top lawyer got wind of an inspector general's investigation into the IRS' singling out of tea partiers and conservative groups several weeks before the report went public. But those officials, according to press secretary Jay Carney, did not tell Obama. Show More Summary

A ‘Game Of Thrones’ Actress’s Revealing Comments About Nudity And Seriousness

The New York Post treats a reveal it got yesterday as a guess-that-name gossip item, but the word that a Game of Thrones actress didn’t want to do any more nude scenes raises more interesting and important questions than the simple question of who it was: One of the stars of “Game of Thrones” is [...]

Gohmert: IRS 'Would Have Shot the Boston Tea Party'

Click here to view this media Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on Friday declared that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) would have murdered the participants of the original 1773 Boston Tea Party and and would have "killed off" half of the...Show More Summary

"Mark Is Not Going To Die In Vain": New Yorkers Rally After Murder of Gay Man

The site where Mark Carson was shot on West 8th Street, New York. Police say the killing was a hate crime. James West Blinding afternoon sun lit the biggest gay rights demonstration in years in New York's West Village Monday. The LGBT...Show More Summary

Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Meet the Virginia GOP's new LG nominee, E.W. Jackson

Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here. Leading Off: • VA-LG, VA-AG: Oh yeah. This one's gonna be fun. Over the weekend, Virginia Republicans nominated hyperconservative Christian minister E.W. Show More Summary

How The Political Fight Over Medicaid Will Widen The Gulf Between Our Healthiest And Sickest States

As the political fight over Obamacare continues, Republican legislators in highly uninsured states have turned their back on Medicaid expansion — despite the fact that expanding the public insurance program could extend coverage to millions of their constituents. Of course, even if stringently anti-Obamacare politicians refuse to cooperate with health reform, the law will still [...]

Santilli Doubles Down On Clinton Attack: "I Want To Shoot Her In The Vagina And Let Her Suffer" Over Benghazi Actions

Extremist radio host Pete Santilli is defending and reiterating his inflammatory attacks on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, stating on his program that he wants "to shoot her in the vagina and let her suffer right before my...Show More Summary

Cartoon for May 21st, 2013: Vive La Différence

Oklah. GOP Senator takes own constituents hostage, demands budget cuts or no tornado aid

Low-Wage Workers Strike In Washington, Sixth City In Wave Of Actions

Service workers at four buildings in Washington, D.C., are going on strike Tuesday, putting a human face on a recent report about federally-contracted workers stuck with unlivable wages. Starting at the Ronald Reagan Building and moving through two Smithsonian museums and Union Station, the city’s commuter rail and Amtrak hub, the strikes are the latest [...]

Rehabilitating a Reputation. Watch Amy’s Baking Company Use Dick Cheney’s Methods on the Media

Have you watched Amy Bouzaglo of Amy’s Baking Company Bakery Boutique & Bistro on Gordan Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmare (Season 6 episode 16)? It was gripping TV which led to a social media disaster. At tomorrow’s press conference we’ll see how good her PR team from Rose+Moser+Allyn Public and Online Relations is at their job. Show More Summary

GOP congressman comes up with new theory for impeaching Obama

A new reason to impeach President Barack Obama (my emphasis): Representative Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican, says President Barack Obama may face impeachment over his administration’s response to the Benghazi attack. “They purposefully and willfully misled the American people, and that’s unacceptable,” Chaffetz tells me. “It’s part of a pattern of deception.” [...]Show More Summary

Top White House Aids Didn’t Tell Obama About IRS Audits

White House counsel Kathryn Ruem [Press Secretary Jay] Carney told reporters that White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler was briefed April 24 on a Treasury Department inspector general’s audit detailing how IRS employees singled out Tea Party groups and other conservative organizations for review from 2010 to 2012. Ruemmler informed other senior White House aides, including [...]

Oklahoma tornado: Late updates

via @OkCountySheriff A massive and devastating tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma today, sweeping through a suburban area of schools, shopping centers, and thousands of homes south of Oklahoma City. The tornado, which was either a powerful EF-4 or EF-5, with wind speeds of 200mph or more. Show More Summary

Public TV Tried To Placate David Koch

What does $23 million in donations to public television get you? A lot more than a tote bag, according to The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer. A New York public television outlet, WNET, went to great lengths to placate conservative industrialist...Show More Summary

Breakthrough Design By 18 y.o. Charges Batteries In Seconds

It's really thrilling to see the kinds of things made by these young kids in these science competitions. And this young lady came up with something with immediate practical applications: An 18-year-old science student has made an astonishing...Show More Summary

Giant Tornado Rips Through Oklahoma

A tornado was on the ground near Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, moving toward populated areas, CNN reports. The National Weather Service issued a rare tornado emergency for the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, meaning that significant and widespread damage and fatalities are likely. Show More Summary

Jamie Dimon’s Sleazy Record

On May 21, shareholders of JPMorgan Chase will have the opportunity to express their views of the Chairman/CEO of the mega-bank, and PR people have been filling the inboxes of every possible media outlet. They even got to the New York...Show More Summary