Yesterday—for a few moments—the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act was deader than the 45,000 Americans who die every year for lack of health insurance, according to a Harvard study. On TV and on ...
This week we discovered that no one wants to read about Mitt Romney and no one wonders why. He’s got the charisma of damp white bread and is purposely trading in vagaries. By simply not ...
As Mitt Romney, Karl Rove and other millionaires desperate to save their tax breaks prepare to convene in Utah this weekend, we look back on a week when the Euro could have fallen apart, but ...
Mitt Romney must like to be called a “flip-flopper” (or even a “liar”). Why else would he constantly change his opinions, take credit for things he opposed and repeat debunked lies? Perhaps these insults help ...
It used to be that you couldn’t speak in a statehouse simply because you happened to have a vagina. So the fact that Republicans in Michigan only silenced a Democratic lawmaker for saying “vagina” is ...
When Republicans propose cuts to essential public services, Democrats generally respond by accusing their GOP opponents of wanting to fire teachers, police officers, and fire fighters. These public servants are cherished members of their communities. ...
A fine feed of tweets is a buttery blend of headlines, punchlines and shoptalk. But the conditions must cooperate to provide consistency. This week we tasted the acetic bite of Scott Walker and the forces ...
Fox News CEO and former Nixon aide Roger Ailes claimed late last year that his news channel had undergone a “course correction.” He no longer allowed Fox personalities to directly promote Tea Party events on the air, he ...
This week on Twitter was dominated by Donald Trump making Mitt Romney look both craven and weak, John Edwards getting far too much attention, and George W. Bush’s return to the White House. Here are ...
Documenting the explosion of lies from the mouth of Mitt Romney would be a full time job – for instance, MaddowBlog’s Steve Benen easily comes up with dozens a week. Even Politifact — which strives ...