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Remember, Remember, the 16th of December

By | 04.03.09 | 2:56 pm

Gee, no one could have predicted this.

The Senate Post Office has recently seen an influx of envelopes containing tea bags addressed to Senate offices. The envelopes have been irradiated, x-rayed, opened and tested by the Senate Post Office and have been cleared and deemed safe for delivery. However,

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They Want to Believe!

By | 03.06.09 | 4:51 pm

Ben Smith calls Judge James Robertson’s memo dismissing Hollister v. Soetoro a “birther smackdown,” and he’s right. The suit, which — as the more racist birthers like to do — refers to the president of the United States as “Barry Soetoro.”

This case, if it were allowed to proceed,

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The Tea Party Revolt and the Politics of Ignorance

By | 02.26.09 | 9:44 am

As Dave Weigel notes, the Tea Party movement to protest the mortgage rescue plan and other government bailouts rolls on, with a planned rally Friday in front of the White House. The revolt over bailouts got a big boost last week with the televised rant by CNBC’s Rick More…