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Weigel Patrols the Palin Beat on Countdown

By | 03.09.10 | 10:15 am

TWI’s David Weigel made an appearance on MSNBC’s Countdown last night, chatting with Lawrence O’Donnell about all things Palin: her hand scribblings, her religious pandering and her foray into the Canadian health care system. Check out the video after the jump:

Bachmann Holding Out for Signal From God Before Mounting Presidential Bid

By | 08.17.09 | 9:37 am

The Minnesota Independent’s Andy Birkey points to a recent interview Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) gave to the conservative Website WorldNetDaily, in which Bachmann said she will only make a bid for president if God calls on her to run.

“If I felt that’s what

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Cost of Capitol Visitor Center Set to Jump Once More

By | 07.06.09 | 5:56 pm

When the Capitol Visitor Center opened to the public in December, the $621 million pricetag raised plenty of eyebrows, not least because the cost represented a jump of nearly $360 million above original estimates.

And it’s only going up.

GOP Still Arguing for a Return to Dinosaur Era

By | 03.30.09 | 4:17 pm

Is this really the talking point Republicans want to use in their fight against climate change legislation? At a congressional hearing last week, Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) argued that we could afford to keep increasing the levels of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere, since dinosaurs got by just fine More…