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The Enemy Within

The Media Marion - August 6, 2011 83

There's been a campaign going on around the blogosphere for awhile, advocating that MSNBC ban Pat Buchanan from appearing on the network. Buchanan is...

Outrage Manufacturing, Inc.

The Media AdLib - August 1, 2011 398

Obama haters of all stripes and alleged political positions are joined in a chorus of furious, self-righteous bleating, like a flock of sheep with gas pains.

My Dinner with the National Debt

The Media funksands - July 31, 2011 4

How did the Debt get so big? How did it become so famous? And what are its future plans? I sat down with the National Debt last week to see if I could find some answers.

Rupert Murdoch may explain to those he "puts a hit" on, "It's nuthin' personal, it's just business," but to any citizen of any nation that wishes to preserve their democracy, it's pretty damn personal.

Atlas Buzzed

The Media whatsthatsound - July 11, 2011 41

While scientists remain puzzled as to the cause of the dramatic decline in honeybee populations in North America and elsewhere, some are speculating the...

All The News That’s Fit to Pit

The Media AdLib - July 7, 2011 193

You can't make up what passes for today's news...but they do anyway.

The Monolith Defined

The Media BlueStateMan - July 7, 2011 3

The depths to which our "4th Estate" has sunk is the result of a deliberate plan to obscure the differences between contrived drama...

The Professional Left and The Big Sam President

The Media Marion - June 25, 2011 30

So I understand Keith Olbermann, the multimillionaire media egotist and ex-sportscaster who deems himself eminently qualified to comment on political affairs, whose resurrected...

Watch Current TV or We’ll Burn This Flag!

The Media AdLib - June 21, 2011 25

This is a rare opportunity to strengthen our nation's democracy simply by watching tv.

Joan Walsh: Twisted Sister Punches Down

The Media Marion - June 20, 2011 29

The British have a great phrase for expressing the fact that someone is undergoing a particularly angering derangement syndrome. They simply say that someone...

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TOP NEWS

California Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Order Sending National Guard to L.A.

The state’s attorney general argued that local law enforcement had been capable of handling the situation and could have requested support from state partners had it been necessary. [...]

Key Legal Questions in Trump’s Order of National Guard to LA Protests

President Trump has long mused about sending the military to crush protests in blue-state cities. He is now using troops in Los Angeles. [...]

Waymo Limits Service in San Francisco as LA Protests Spread

The self-driving taxi company also said its vehicles were in the wrong place at the wrong time in Los Angeles after protesters set fire to several of the cars there. [...]

RFK Jr. Removes All CDC Vaccine Panel Experts

The U.S. health secretary chose to “retire” members of a committee that makes significant decisions about who receives immunizations, including the vaccines for children. [...]

Defying Trump’s Firing, Smithsonian Says It Controls Personnel Decisions

The Smithsonian is challenging the president’s authority to dismiss the leader of the National Portrait Gallery but says it will look into his complaints. [...]

White House Pushes Texas to Redistrict, Hoping to Blunt Democratic Gains

A rare mid-decade redistricting push has unnerved some Texas Republicans, who worry a drive to harm Democrats could end up endangering G.O.P. incumbents in 2026. [...]

China’s Grip on an Obscure Rare Earth Metal Threatens the West’s Militaries

China produces the entire world’s supply of samarium, a rare earth metal that the United States and its allies need to rebuild inventories of fighter jets, missiles and other hardware. [...]

New York Moves to Allow Terminally Ill People to Die on Their Own Terms

A bill permitting so-called medical aid in dying passed the State Legislature and will now head to Gov. Kathy Hochul for her signature. [...]

Sly Stone, Maestro of a Multifaceted, Hitmaking Band, Dies at 82

Leading Sly and the Family Stone, he helped redefine the landscape of pop, funk and rock in the late 1960s and early ’70s. [...]

Sly Stone: 15 Essential Songs

The Sly & the Family Stone leader has died at 82. Here’s what to know about his brilliant career and crushing addiction. [...]

How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

CNN Political Briefing

The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian. [...]

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics. [...]

Margins of Error

Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out. [...]

The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid. [...]

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court. [...]

Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts. [...]

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How LA erupted over rumours of immigration raid at a hardware store

Claims that day labourers were being rounded up trigger violent protests in a city on edge over deportations. [...]

Gaza-bound activist boat carrying Greta Thunberg towed to Israel

The yacht, which was trying to carry aid to Gaza, was intercepted by Israeli forces in the early hours of Monday. [...]

Palestinians say local gunmen and Israeli forces opened fire near Gaza aid site

Witnesses say the gunmen shot at them while organising queues for food near a site run by an Israeli- and US-backed group. [...]

One dead in Russian strike on Odesa, officials say

Almost all of the Eastern half of the country is under air raid alerts, the official raid map shows. [...]

RFK Jr sacks entire US vaccine committee

The US health secretary, a vaccine sceptic who has been criticised by health experts, said the panel was 'plagued' with conflicts of interest. [...]

Italian citizenship referendum void after low turnout

Only about 30% of Italians cast a vote - well below the 50% threshold needed to make a poll binding. [...]

Colombia presidential hopeful shot in head at rally

The opposition senator was hit three times during rally in Bogota, and is now in intensive care. [...]

Iran expands dog-walking ban

Dogs are vieved as "unclean" by Islamic officials, but ownership is rising as a form of quiet rebellion. [...]

'Have my house' - Usyk invites Trump to witness Ukraine war

Ukrainian heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk offers his house to US president Donald Trump to experience the war in his country. [...]

Watch: National Guard on LA streets as unrest erupts

Protests flare up in Los Angeles, as demonstrators against immigration raids face off with law enforcement [...]

The Media

The Enemy Within

Outrage Manufacturing, Inc.

My Dinner with the National Debt

Badfellas

Atlas Buzzed

All The News That’s Fit to Pit

The Monolith Defined

The Professional Left and The Big Sam President

Watch Current TV or We’ll Burn This Flag!

Joan Walsh: Twisted Sister Punches Down

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