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Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Monday, July 06, 2009
Al Franken, who will be sworn in Tuesday as Minnesota’s new senator, is working hardest at proving that he is no longer a comedian. He spoke to reporters with Harry Reid.
Sunday, July 05, 2009
What was Sarah Palin thinking? No one knows why the governor's resigning, or what she'll do next -- but her base likes the move
by Alex Koppelman
by Alex Koppelman
The Republicans need a White House candidate with ideas, steadiness and the ability to unify. That's not Alaska's departing governor.
by Doyle McManus
by Doyle McManus
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By GAIL COLLINS
Truly, Sarah Palin has come a long way. When she ran for vice president, she frequently became disjointed and garbled when she departed from her prepared remarks. Now the prepared remarks are incoherent, too.
Truly, Sarah Palin has come a long way. When she ran for vice president, she frequently became disjointed and garbled when she departed from her prepared remarks. Now the prepared remarks are incoherent, too.
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Friday, July 03, 2009
Rush Limbaugh is still a big fat idiot
By Joe Conason
And so are his Fox News pals, who lambasted Sen. Al Franken's "stolen election"
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By Joe Conason
And so are his Fox News pals, who lambasted Sen. Al Franken's "stolen election"
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Thursday, July 02, 2009
Suddenly, a Trillion Dollars Is Too Expensive?
By Joe Conason —
The senators who now claim we cannot afford to spend a trillion dollars to make long overdue changes in health care know exactly what that amount can buy. They know because they have spent it, year after year, on military misadventures and subsidies to big banks and corporations.
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By Joe Conason —
The senators who now claim we cannot afford to spend a trillion dollars to make long overdue changes in health care know exactly what that amount can buy. They know because they have spent it, year after year, on military misadventures and subsidies to big banks and corporations.
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Oscar, Emmy-Winning Actor Karl Malden Dies at 97
Karl Malden, 97, an Academy Award-winning actor who excelled in plainspoken, working-class roles.
Karl Malden, 97, an Academy Award-winning actor who excelled in plainspoken, working-class roles.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
In this in-depth profile from the upcoming August issue, Todd S. Purdum exposes Sarah Palin’s campaign missteps and trail of broken relationships. Plus: Who is the most powerful woman in the G.O.P.?
The Sickening Influence of Campaign Contributions By Joe Conason
Democrats who are talking down Obama’s health care initiative tend to have something in common—their abject dependence on campaign contributions from the insurance and pharmaceutical corporations fighting against real reform.
Obama and the Stone Tablets By E.J. Dionne —
The president has shied away from handing Congress his own plans on “stone tablets,” but if he doesn’t intervene in the health care debate, and soon, lawmakers are going to send him an unworkable monstrosity of a bill.
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