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What Obama Can Learn From Bubba

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics


The bitter ideological debate over Barack Obama's decision to support to controversial national security wiretapping legislation and other "moves to t...

Keith Olbermann, Glenn Greenwald Feud Over FISA

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics


A war of words has broken out between two of the progressive blogosphere's most beloved figures: MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and blogger/author Glenn Gree...

Obama's FISA Cave In: A Reverse "Souljah" Moment

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 06.22.2008 | Home


Leonce Gaiter

When other candidates tack left or right between the party primary and election day, it's a form of Kabuki; we all know what they really stand for because they've left legislative paper trails that show us.

Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media


Chris Weigant

McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.

Dems in Congress Moving Now to Spy on Americans, Reward Telecoms

Art Levine | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics


Art Levine

The Democratic-led Congress, with the support of key House leaders, is moving quickly to expand unconstitutional spying authority on Americans and reward telecoms for breaking the law.

Izzy Stone, Patron Saint of Bloggers

Jeff Cohen | Posted 06.16.2008 | Media


Jeff Cohen

When I think of today's blunt, fact-based online hell-raisers, my mind quickly flashes on Izzy Stone. You may think of Josh Marshall or Glenn Greenwald or Arianna. I think of Izzy.

Salon's Glenn Greenwald: Politico A Right Wing "Cesspool"

Salon | Glenn Greenwald | Posted 05.30.2008 | Media


Politico reporter Mike Allen, formerly of The Washington Post and Time, appeared yesterday on the show of right-wing radio host Mike Gallagher. The tw...

Shameful Days: Why Won't The Media Pursue the Pentagon Propaganda Scandal?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.30.2008 | Media


Arianna Huffington

The near-complete blackout on the Pentagon propaganda story, self-imposed by the culpable news organizations, is a despicable abdication of their role as a constitutionally protected check on our government. Read More Probing a Political Paradox: Why the Discredited Right Still Sets the Agenda and Dominates the Debate How is it that the 28 percent of the population that continues to support George W. Bush no matter how many bodies pile up in Iraq, how many jobs disappear overseas, or how high gas prices get, continues to dominate our politics? Read More Watch Arianna On: Good Morning America, 20/20, Charlie Rose, Real Time, The Situation Room, AC 360, CNN's Election Center, and MobLogic TV

"I Have Some Meth in my Pocket" -- at Least One Cable News Personality Told the Truth Last Week

RJ Eskow | Posted 04.21.2008 | Media


RJ Eskow

CNN reporter Richard Quest told police who stopped him last week that he had some meth in his pocket. And guess what? He did have some meth in his pocket.

Mea Culpa, or, I Believe I May Have Misspoken

Robert Davey | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics


Robert Davey

I think I have to eat my own words, because it looks as if I did misread the Protect America Act. But in my defense I must say that the law is very confusing.

Friday Talking Points [23]

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

As Robert Anton Wilson pointed out (or William S. Burroughs, if you prefer), hexagram 23 of the I Ching is "breaking apart." Anyone who subscribes to...

How Rockefeller & the Blue Dogs Impact the FISA Process

Matt Browner Hamlin | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics


Matt Browner Hamlin

This is a complicated, shady process with strong adversaries working against Democratic interests. I hope the leadership has the sense to recognize that "Do No Harm" is the best operating principle.

Tim Russert: Obama Responsible For Harry Belafonte, Too

Jane Hamsher | Posted 03.02.2008 | Home


Jane Hamsher

If Russert is concerned about the endorsement of religious figures that might be of concern to Jewish people, then why is he not pressing John McCain?

McCain "Proud" of Endorsement From John Hagee Who Calls Catholics "The Great Whore." Where's Tim Russert Now?

Jane Hamsher | Posted 02.29.2008 | Home


Jane Hamsher

Both sides of the political spectrum are in agreement that McCain should be forced to account for this.

"Black Candidate," Blue Voters, White Heat -- And a Troubling Silence

RJ Eskow | Posted 01.27.2008 | Politics


RJ Eskow

I don't know what makes me sadder: The gutter politics we've seen over the last few weeks, or the apparent willingness of some Democrats to tolerate it in hopes of a victory in November.

CNN's John King Goes After His Salon Critic: "I Don't Read Biased, Uninformed Drivel"

Salon | Glenn Greenwald | Posted 01.16.2008 | Media


Over the weekend, I wrote about an adulating interview which CNN's John King conducted with John McCain while riding on the storied Straight Talk Expr...

Best Prison Escape Movie Ever? And Other 2007 Pleasures

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 12.30.2007 | Entertainment


Barry Yourgrau

From 2007 encounters, some of the film, books, art, blogs, etc. that linger in my own mind:

What's Howard Kurtz's Agenda at the Wash. Post?

Eric Boehlert | Posted 12.12.2007 | Media


Eric Boehlert

Glenn Greenwald's recent take-down of Time's Joe Klein was a can't-miss media story that raged online for weeks, yet Kurtz at the Washington Post missed it.

The Right's Queer Fear

Dennis Perrin | Posted 10.03.2007 | Media


Dennis Perrin

Glenn Greenwald is under whacked-out reactionary assault and tactical differences are petty in the face of such rabid fear and ugliness.


 

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