THE LAST WORD, July 30, 2011--Lawrence O'Donnell told his viewers he was banning Tea Party Rep. Joe Walsh from his show until the Republican pays the child support he owes his wife and children.
O'Donnell seemed seriously disgusted with Walsh, who ...
Posted Saturday, July 30th 2011 at 10:37PM
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NEW YORK TIMES, July 30, 2011—My grandfather spoke to me this week. That would’ve been unremarkable if not for the fact that he died four years ago.
I had ducked into a movie theater to escape the maddening debt-limit debacle. I chose “Capta ...
Posted Saturday, July 30th 2011 at 7:20PM
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(Day dreamin' and I'm thinkin' of you)
(Day dreamin' and I'm thinkin' of you)
(Day dreamin' and I'm thinkin' of you)
(Day dreamin' and I'm thinkin' of you)
(Look at my heart floating away)
He's the kind of guy that would say
'Hey baby let's ...
Posted Saturday, July 30th 2011 at 8:57AM
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NEW YORK TIMES, July29, 2011 — Aretha Franklin isn’t letting medical problems sideline her anymore. At Jones Beach Theater on Wednesday night she let fly a voice with its power, range and improvisational spirit fully alive. Her songs were about t ...
Posted Saturday, July 30th 2011 at 8:55AM
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HUFFINGTON POST, July 29, 2011--Long before Rosa Parks was hailed as the "mother of the civil rights movement," she wrote a detailed and harrowing account of nearly being raped by a white neighbor who employed her as a housekeeper in 1931.
The six ...
Posted Saturday, July 30th 2011 at 8:14AM
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Every once in a while, Stephen Colbert likes to give a shout-out to the people who change our world for the better in a segment called "Difference Makers." This week, however, Colbert got sidetracked by his "difference maker" being an apparent vampir ...
Posted Thursday, July 28th 2011 at 5:00PM
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THE DAILY SHOW, July 27, 2011--On Wednesday night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart put aside the debt ceiling debate to focus on the recent terrorist attacks in Norway, or at least how Fox News responded to them. Once again Stewart found an opportunity to ...
Posted Thursday, July 28th 2011 at 11:36AM
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THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW, July 27, 2011--Melissa Harris-Perry, the MSNBC contributor who guest-hosted for Rachel Maddow on Tuesday, broke down the so-called "wealth gap" for her viewers in a lengthy segment.
On Tuesday morning, the Pew Research Cent ...
Posted Thursday, July 28th 2011 at 11:31AM
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HUFFINGTON POST, July 27, 2011--A Christian rocker is suing Rachel Maddow for $50 million, charging the MSNBC host with defamation for what he says were misleading statements she made about his views on gay rights and Sharia law. (H/T Towleroad)
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Posted Wednesday, July 27th 2011 at 6:59PM
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THE ED SHOW, July 26, 2011--Wisconsin just passed a law requiring photo ID to register to vote while at the same time is closing DMV offices where folks can obtain a photo ID. Most of the closings are in minority neighborhoods, targeting Democratic ...
Posted Wednesday, July 27th 2011 at 2:21PM
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RACHEL MADDOW SHOW, July 26, 2011--It's a clear pattern. Republican State Legislatures in half the states are passing new laws suppressing vote totals among minorities, elderly, poor and students, all groups that traditionally vote Democrat.
Watc ...
Posted Wednesday, July 27th 2011 at 7:24AM
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THINK PROGRESS, July 25, 2011--As the world struggles to make sense of the tragic attacks in Norway last week, it has become apparent that Anders Behring Breivik, the main suspect held by police, left a long trail of online comments, a YouTube video, ...
Posted Tuesday, July 26th 2011 at 9:09AM
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ABC NEWS, July 25, 2011--Legal Analyst who interviewed Dominique Strauss-Kahn's accuser believes her story is convincing.
Here is the analysis: ...
Posted Monday, July 25th 2011 at 2:08PM
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ABC NEWS, July 25, 2011-- Although her case might be in jeopardy, the hotel maid who accused former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault breaks her silence to ABC's Robin Roberts, saying she initially feared for her own life after the at ...
Posted Monday, July 25th 2011 at 2:00PM
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POLTICO, July 25, 2011--The president and vice president kept one big secret from their spouses earlier this year: Both Michelle Obama and Jill Biden say they were kept in the dark about the Osama bin Laden raid before it took place.
"I knew somet ...
Posted Monday, July 25th 2011 at 10:05AM
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HUFFINGTON POST, July 21, 2011--The White House's recent addition of a Norman Rockwell painting has prompted a serious discussion of civil rights. Rockwell's 1963 painting, "The Problem We All Live With," shows a young girl on her way to first grade ...
Posted Friday, July 22nd 2011 at 10:04AM
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NEW YORK TIMES, July 21, 2011--Companies have long used criminal background checks, credit reports and even searches on Google and LinkedIn to probe the previous lives of prospective employees. Now, some companies are requiring job candidates to also ...
Posted Friday, July 22nd 2011 at 9:59AM
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NEW YORK TIMES, July 21, 2011--By now, Susannah Mushatt Jones knows her tastes are not changing.
She likes men, but not her ex-husband. She likes bacon and watermelon, though not necessarily together.
She likes Ronald Reagan — the actor, not ...
Posted Friday, July 22nd 2011 at 8:54AM
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MOTHER JONES, July 21, 2011—By now you've read about Florida GOP Rep. Allen West's unhinged email rant, in which he told Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, who represents his neighboring congressional district, that "you have proven repeatedly that you ...
Posted Thursday, July 21st 2011 at 12:05PM
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THE COLBERT REPORT, July 20, 2011--Florida GOP Congressman Allen West dispatched a scathing personal email to Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, calling her "vile, unprofessional ,and despicable," "a coward," "characte ...
Posted Thursday, July 21st 2011 at 12:03PM
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NEW YORK TIMES, July 21, 2011 — Executives from Wal-Mart, Walgreens, SuperValu and other stores joined Michelle Obama at the White House on Wednesday to announce a pledge to open or expand a combined 1,500 stores in communities that have limited ac ...
Posted Thursday, July 21st 2011 at 10:31AM
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July 19, 2011--Jon Stewart on Tuesday did what he does best: poke fun at Fox News.
Responding to Fox's condemnation of the media "piling on" the News Corp. phone-hacking scandal, Stewart said the company's properties like Fox News and the New York ...
Posted Wednesday, July 20th 2011 at 10:55AM
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July 18, 2011—CNN host Ali Velshi challenged Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist on his position against raising the debt ceiling on CNN last Saturday. Norquist is the creator of a pledge signed by almost all GOP Congress members, pr ...
Posted Tuesday, July 19th 2011 at 10:17PM
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July 18, 2011--On HARDBALL last night, Chris Matthews grilled the most powerful man in Washington--Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform. It was Grover Norquist who obtained signed pledges from nearly every Republican lawmaker to NE ...
Posted Tuesday, July 19th 2011 at 10:12PM
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