View image | gettyimages.com It’s been an entire 12 years since we started a war, and apparently the American people are getting a little antsy. A new Quinnipiac poll finds that 62 percent of Americans, including 72 percent of Republicans, favors the use of ground troops to fight ISIS in Iraq and Syria. We should […]
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Republicans Still Obsessed With Message-Sending
There was a weird little sidelight to the just-concluded mini-crisis over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which was that the American Action Network, a group allied with John Boehner, was running ads criticizing conservative Republicans for not supporting a clean DHS funding bill, even as Boehner was trying to win them over with […]
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Photo of the Day, Not Buying It Edition
View image | gettyimages.com Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer listening to Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech today. They don’t look particularly impressed.
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Inane Budget Mini-Crisis Comes to Predictable End
View image | gettyimages.com While everyone was getting ready for Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech (you can read my thoughts on that here), John Boehner took the opportunity to capitulate to Democrats: It was all but inevitable, and Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) finally cut his losses on Tuesday, telling House Republicans he will allow a vote on […]
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The Latest Clinton Story: Scandal, Nothingburger, Or Something In Between?
View image | gettyimages.com Before we get into the details of the Hillary Clinton email story, note that I’m writing this on Tuesday morning, and with each passing hour the story seems to be getting a little clearer. It may turn out to be significant, or it may turn out to be a big nothing; […]
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Photo of the Day, Special Relationship Edition
View image | gettyimages.com Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking before the Likud lobby, aka AIPAC. Unfortunately, he didn’t bring his cartoon bomb.
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Mikulski Retiring; Could Donna Edwards Be Her Replacement?
Flickr/AFGE Senator Barbara Mikulski announced today that she will not be running for re-election next year, bringing her 30-year tenure in the Senate to an end. This sets up what could be an interesting race to succeed her. The natural candidate might be Chris Van Hollen, the most high-profile of the state’s House members. But […]
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No Rootin’-Tootin’ Solution For GOP’s Immigration Woes
If you want to understand the challenge Republicans face in their two goals for the next two years-to keep their control of Congress from turning into a disaster, and to win back the White House-all you have to do is look at the way they’ve handled the issue of immigration. They’ve spent the last few […]
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Pay Discrimination? Your Fault for Not Suing. (At CPAC, Carly Fiorina Explains How to Talk to Women)
Posted by guest blogger Kristen Doerer “If you read newspapers-and I hope you don’t clutter your mind with such nonsense” is how Chris Doss of the Leadership Institute opened a breakout session “Lies Told to You by Liberals.” Billed as an “activism boot camp,” the session took place on February 27, the second day of […]
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Photo of the Day, Live Long and Prosper Edition
View image | gettyimages.com Leonard Nimoy passed away today at the age of 83. It’s just impossible to overstate what a fantastic and enduring character he created in Mr. Spock. As Charlie Jane Anders writes today, before Spock, that kind of character-the emotionless alien-was a one-note character, but he managed to imbue him with a […]
