Sunday Talk: For the love of God

Faced with an improving economy and rising approval for President Obama, Republican legislators and presidential hopefuls realized that they needed a new issue with which to cynically divide the country. The issue they chose involves sexy fun time, and this weekend’s gathering of historical reenactors, White Nationalists, furries, closeted gay men, gangsta rappers and pickup [...]

Daily Kos Elections Weekend Digest: The rise and fall of Mitt Romney (a continuing saga)

If I had enough of an ego that I felt I had to be right all the time, I would leave Daily Kos Elections until the GOP got around to settling their damned nomination, and then return. For those scoring at home, as we awoke Sunday morning, there were two things that had become abundantly [...]

Maine results: What’s the opposite of Mittmentum?

Why doesn’t anyone like him? (Jim Young/Reuters) 2008 Romney: Votes: 2,837 Percent of total: 51.67 percent 2012 (with 83.7 percent reporting) Romney: Votes: 2,190 Percent of total: 39.2 percent That’s called “going backwards”.

We’re going to write a novel: Part 5

Sorry for the unplanned outage. As it turns out, there’s been a bit of break in progress on my own novel, but not because I’m suffering from writer’s block. Actually, it’s good news. I’ve sold my second nonfiction book, this one on the gulf between the many predictions of impending worldwide doom, and the actual [...]

This week in the War on Workers: New York City hotel workers win personal panic buttons

The war from above: As the video above shows, Pomona College has joined the war on workers, just coincidentally asking workers for proof of their immigration status and firing 17, many of whom had worked at the college for years, in the middle of a union organizing drive. The Florida Senate, which has been actively [...]

Anti-immigrant Rep. Steve King and racist Peter Brimelow have a little chat at CPAC

Rep. Steve King gets down with the white right. “I’ve read your book, I just hadn’t met you,” said Rep. Steve King, beaming as he shook hands with white nationalist Peter Brimelow before a panel discussion Thursday. He went on to say that Brimelow “eloquently wrote about the balkanization of America.” But, later, he told [...]

This week in the War on Women: Women—1, bishops—0

Click to see full version (Obama for America) Don’t you just love the smell of victory in the morning? This week, the Obama administration announced that yes, it will be implementing the rule it announced last month requiring health insurance providers to cover birth control without co-pays. To allay the “moral” concerns of the criminal [...]

Mitt Romney edges Ron Paul in Maine caucus straw poll

You couldn’t get elected UNC Student Body President with Romney’s Maine vote total — @ppppolls via web It’s official: Mitt Romney edged Ron Paul in Maine’s nonbinding presidential caucuses, by a margin of 39% to 36%. Rick Santorum, who didn’t spend any time contesting the state, pulled 18%. While not exactly a slam dunk, tonight’s [...]

Open thread: Two white dudes in track suits and wigs ‘rap’ at CPAC

Who is and isn’t covered by the new birth control rules

(Ceridwen/Wikimedia Commons) A few critical stories have been lost in the firestorm over the birth control rule the Obama administration is implementing as part of the Affordable Care Act. For example, the fact that all employers have had to provide contraceptive coverage in their plans since 2000, though the coverage didn’t have to be at [...]