TICK TICK TICK

Not if, when

http://prospect.org/article/when-next-terrorist-attack-comes-will-we-be-capable-keeping-our-heads
When the Next Terrorist Attack Comes, Will We Be Capable of Keeping Our Heads?
 
More: http://tinyurl.com/lugbx57 

Supreme Court blocks early voting in Ohio

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-rules-5-4-for-republican-plan-to-limit-early-voting-in-ohio/2014/09/29/9bc0042e-4758-11e4-b72e-d60a9229cc10_story.html?wprss=rss_politics

http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/09/early-voting-in-ohio-blocked/
 
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/29/1333199/-Supreme-Court-blocks-early-voting-in-Ohio
These guys again . . .
 
Meanwhile, in NC: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/29/1333119/-North-Carolina-judge-Why-does-the-state-of-North-Carolina-not-want-people-to-nbsp-vote 

Rand Paul is continually trying to cover up his libertarian beliefs, which most people reject -- how can he possibly win?

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/06/revenge-rand-paul

More: http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/rand-paul-moderate-centrist.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/09/30/why-it-might-be-time-to-sell-that-rand-paul-stock/
Why it might be time to sell that Rand Paul stock

Don't overthink it

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/09/29/why-the-republican-party-doesnt-have-more-female-candidates/
Why the Republican Party doesn’t have more female candidates

Could she really win in Iowa?

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/09/koch-candidate-joni-ernst-flat-out-lied

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/when-senate-candidates-struggle-the-basics

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/29/1333085/-Joni-Ernst-insists-that-Iowa-workers-don-t-need-a-living-wage

This guy should be in prison

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/george-zimmerman-fbi-agents-shooting
George Zimmerman's Dad: If FBI Comes For My Son, 'He’s Probably Gonna Shoot A Few Of Them'

Who's afraid of solar power?

http://www.vox.com/2014/9/29/6849723/solar-power-net-metering-utilities-fight-states

Bonus item: John Cleese takes on Fox World

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/29/1333141/-John-Cleese-on-Fox-News-stupidity

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HONG KONG

What's happening in Hong Kong?

http://www.vox.com/2014/9/28/6856621/hong-kong-protests-clashes-china-explainer

http://www.vox.com/2014/9/28/6856663/hong-kong-democracy-protests-photos 

http://www.vox.com/2014/9/29/6861097/hong-kong-economy

From DR: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/CHIN-01-290914.html

The strange bedfellows against the Common Core

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/29/common_cores_political_fiasco_how_a_program_united_the_left_and_right_against_it/

The case against the Supreme Court

http://my.firedoglake.com/blog/2014/09/28/the-case-against-the-supreme-court-book-salon-preview/

http://fdlbooksalon.com/2014/09/28/fdl-book-salon-welcomes-erwin-chemerinsky/

Koch addiction

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/28/the_1_percents_twisted_new_scheme_the_kochs_and_other_billionaires_are_determined_to_buy_the_white_house_in_2016/

Greatest hits

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/29/6_worst_right_wing_moments_of_the_week_%E2%80%94%C2%A0michele_bachmann_declares_war_on_islam_partner/
6 worst right-wing moments of the week

In case you missed the Sunday talk shows

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/09/28/what-you-missed-on-the-sunday-shows-this-week/

Bonus item: Why Ayn Rand?

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/09/last-week-tonight-asks-how-ayn-rand-still

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IN HELL

Obama's devil horns: even if you are used to the high level of irrational Obama hatred, this one is creepy

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/27/1332635/-Saturday-nutpick-a-palooza-Obama-s-devil-horns 

More: http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/09/obama-threatened-far-more-often-any-previous-president
Obama Threatened Far More Often Than Any Previous President

Sunday think piece

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/09/the-barbarians-within-our-gates-111116.html#.VCdtlOdN2sp
The Barbarians Within Our Gates


The legal challenge to Obamacare

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/26/1321316/-Republican-lawyer-confident-he-ll-take-down-nbsp-Obamacare 

Guess which group is most at risk for workplace deaths?

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/27/report_latino_workers_dying_at_higher_rates_in_job_related_accidents_partner/

Bigots haven't changed their attitudes - they just are better at hiding them

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/28/why-bigotry-persists.html

Ah, it's the oldies but goodies that keep coming back

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/09/americans-prosperity-mails-incorrect-voter
Americans For Prosperity Mails Incorrect Voter Information In North Carolina 

Are people getting fed up with Rush?

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/09/confirmed-rush-limbaughs-ratings-are-tank

The Sunday talk show line-ups

http://my.firedoglake.com/blog/2014/09/28/sunday-talking-heads-september-28-2014/
ABC’S THIS WEEK: ISIS. Then, House Speaker John Boehner. Also, the Khorasan group with former FBI Special Agent Ali Soufan and the former Counterterrorism Coordinator for the Homeland Security Department John Cohen. Roundtable: Matt Bai, Matthew Dowd, Rep. Keith Ellison (DFL-MN), Laura Ingraham.  

CBS’ FACE THE NATION: ISIS. Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken. Then, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA). Plus, former Gen. Carter Ham, former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michèle Flournoy, and former deputy director of the CIA Mike Morell. Roundtable: Peter Baker, Kim Strassel, Michael Crowley, Ruth Marcus, Michael Gerson.  

CNN’S STATE OF THE UNION: ISIS. Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken. Then, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) (voted against voted against President Obama’s military plan), former Joint Chiefs Chairman Richard Myers, and former Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns. Roundtable: Ken Cuccinelli, Mercedes Schlapp, LZ Granderson, Penny Lee. Plus, Ebola with Dr. Adam Levine and virus hunter Joseph Fair report on their trip to West Africa.

MOYERS & COMPANY: America’s New War in the Middle East. Jonathan Landay (national security reporter for McClatchy) and Matthew Hoh (former Marine and foreign service officer in Afghanistan) talk with Bill about our deepening engagement in the fight against jihadists in Iraq and Syria.  

NBC’S MEET THE PRESS: Preempted by Ryder Cup golf.

Bonus item: Laura Ingraham lectures people about decency

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/laura-ingraham-lectures-people-about.html


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VALUES

"Values Voters" apparently don't include the value of "truth-telling"

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/26/1332619/-Republicans-arrive-at-annual-hate-group-sponsored-Values-Voters-Summit
The Values Voter Summit is when prominent Republicans go pay homage to the nastiest elements of the far right . . .

More: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/27/us/politics/ted-cruz-and-rand-paul-make-appeal-to-social-conservatives.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/26/paul-cruz-duel-at-values-voter-event.html

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/26/the_5_craziest_things_ted_cruz_just_said_at_the_values_voters_summit/
5 craziest things Ted Cruz just said at the Values Voters Summit 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/09/26/ted-cruz-democrats-are-an-extreme-radical-party/
Ted Cruz: Democrats are an ‘extreme, radical party’

One L, two N's

http://tinyurl.com/lcetaco
Michele Bachmann’s breathtakingly bigoted, ignorant Values Voters speech

More: http://tinyurl.com/mklpohp

Theocracy watch

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/27/why_right_wing_christians_think_theyre_americas_most_persecuted_group_partner/
Why right-wing Christians think they’re America’s most persecuted group 

Prepping for the fall test

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/09/26/these-five-races-will-decide-control-of-the-senate/
These five races will decide control of the Senate

Inequality is getting worse

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2014/09/americans_have_no_idea_how_bad_inequality_is_new_harvard_business_school.html

More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/09/18/income-inequality-last-year-rose-in-15-states/

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/inequality-is-bad-for-economy.html

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/inequality-is-womans-issue-in-more-ways.html

Imagine, just imagine, if a Democrat had done this during George Bush's wars

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/26/1332639/-GOP-Congressman-says-he-s-urging-American-generals-to-resign-rather-than-follow-President-s-orders
GOP congressman says he's urging American generals to resign rather than follow president's orders

More: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/gop-rep-urges-us-generals-behind-the-scenes-resign

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/09/some-might-call-treason
Some Might Call This Treason

FBI is furious that Apple, Google won't enable surveillance

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/fbi-blasts-apple-google-for-locking-police-out-of-phones/2014/09/25/68c4e08e-4344-11e4-9a15-137aa0153527_story.html?hpid=z4

Bonus item: Now we know why Sarah! never made it to the White House

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/09/palin-gets-white-house-address-wrong-while
"Well, don’t retreat. You reload with truth which I know is an endangered species at 1400 Pennsylvania Avenue anyway.  . . ."



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THE COMEBACK KID

I don't know which is more pathetic: that Mitt Romney, who ran one of the dumbest presidential campaigns in history, is looking for a "do-over," or that the GOP, after crowing about their "deep bench" and their "young rising stars," is seriously considering turning back to this has-been (will John McCain be his VP?) 

http://washingtonexaminer.com/romney-2016-is-for-real/article/2553932

http://prospect.org/article/might-we-have-mitt-romney-kick-around-some-more 

Will Jeb run?

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/jeb-bush-2016-elections-111337.html#ixzz3EQ4yAhj4
 
As predicted

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/us/politics/eric-holder-resigning-as-attorney-general.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Eric Holder Resigns, Setting Up Fight Over Successor

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2014/09/25/?entry=739
Holder Resignation Puts Focus on Senate Confirmation 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/attorney-general-confirmation-process-is-fractious-even-before-its-begun/2014/09/25/48a630c0-44dc-11e4-b47c-f5889e061e5f_story.html?wprss=rss_politics
Attorney general confirmation process is fractious even before it’s begun

More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/09/25/why-the-fight-over-eric-holders-successor-is-going-to-be-very-ugly/

Holder's legacy

http://www.vox.com/2014/9/25/6844003/Eric-Holder-resignation-Department-of-Justice-race-civil-rights-war-on-drugs-prison-police

http://www.vox.com/2014/9/25/6845259/eric-holder-will-be-remembered-for-his-work-on-lgbt-rights

http://www.vox.com/2014/9/25/6844023/holder-doj-bank-prosecutions

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/view_from_chicago/2014/09/eric_holder_resigns_the_attorney_general_s_legacy_will_be_about_civil_rights.html

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/25/eric_holder%E2%80%99s_complex_legacy_a_civil_rights_hero_who_defended_the_national_security_state/

More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/09/25/heres-a-look-at-the-most-important-moments-in-eric-holders-tenure/

Fox World says goodbye

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/andrea-tantaros-eric-holder-black-panthers
Fox Host: Holder Ran The DOJ 'Much Like The Black Panthers Would'

More: http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/holder-biggest-fans.html 

Holder's replacement?

http://www.vox.com/2014/9/25/6843899/don-verrilli-attorney-general-holder-solicitor-obamacare-copyright

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/25/who_will_replace_eric_holder_the_thorny_politics_of_selecting_a_new_attorney_general/

Congress rightly expects to be consulted on war decisions. But when they act this way, why bother?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/25/1332324/-Boehner-endorses-debate-over-air-strikes-in-Iraq-and-Syria-In-2015-Maybe
Boehner endorses debate over air strikes in Iraq and Syria. In 2015. Maybe.

More: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/boehner-ready-punt-isis-vote-until-2015

Dick Cheney should just shut up

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2014_09/taking_exception_to_american_e052223.php

Theocracy watch: the religious right goes after Republicans

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-religious-right-flexes-its.html

Bonus item: Jon Stewart weighs in on "Salute-gate"

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/09/jon-stewart-rips-foxs-latte-salute


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A KIND OF TRANSPARENCY

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/us/republicans-corporate-donors-governors.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
G.O.P. Error Reveals Donors and the Price of Access

The Republicans can't believe how MEAN people are to their candidates

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/09/24/new-ad-campaign-insists-republicans-are-people-too/

Meanwhile: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2014/09/24/how_conservatives_view_liberals.html
How Conservatives View Liberals

The GOP just can't let go of the 47% meme

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/24/gop_is_still_mitt_romney%E2%80%99s_party_why_it_can%E2%80%99t_quit_attacking_the_47_percent/

The latest right-wing freakout: Chai-gate

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/president-obama-drink-salute-marines

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/24/1332105/-It-s-Teagate-This-is-the-big-one-people

More: http://www.salon.com/2014/09/25/the_6_dopiest_right_wing_attacks_on_obama_partner/
The 6 dopiest right-wing attacks on Obama

In Fox World: Are you kidding me?

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fox-hosts-dub-uae-female-fighter-pilot-boobs-on-the-ground 
Two male co-hosts of Fox News' "The Five" cracked sexist jokes Wednesday about the United Arab Emirates' first female fighter pilot.  Kimberly Guilfoyle took a moment to salute Major Mariam Al Mansouri, who reportedly led her country's airstrikes Monday against the Islamic State. Guilfoyle noted how rich it was that an Arab woman was leading the charge against the militant group, given that women aren't even allowed to drive in some countries in the region.  "The problem is after she bombed it she couldn't park it," co-host Greg Gutfield quipped. "I salute her."  "Would that be considered boobs on the ground or no?" Eric Bolling chimed in. . . .

Bonus item: Bad boys, bad boys

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/yep-we-need-dashcams 

More: http://www.vox.com/2014/9/24/6839953/video-john-crawford-walmart-police-beavercreek-ohio-toy-gun

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/09/doj-investigating-cop-shooting-ohio

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/09/police-ferguson-protests-wear-i-am-darren

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QUICKSAND

People should have realized at the time that once you start a "war on terror," it will never stop. Never

http://prospect.org/article/so-much-end-war-terror

http://tinyurl.com/k43oo2d

More: http://crooksandliars.com/2014/09/marco-rubio-calls-permanent-us-troop
Marco Rubio Calls For Permanent U.S. Troop Presence In Middle East

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/23/marco_rubios_isis_debacle_gop_senator_all_over_the_map_on_terrorism/

Euphemisms

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/23/obamas_top_5_war_euphemisms_words_hes_used_to_avoid_calling_latest_war_a_%E2%80%9Cwar%E2%80%9D/
Obama’s top 5 “war” euphemisms: Words he’s used to avoid calling latest war a “war” 

Cruise missiles and drones: the new way of war

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/our-bombs-are-so-smart-they-can-wage.html

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/city-hit-by-raytheon-made-cruise.html

How can you tell when a senate candidate is in trouble?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/23/1331840/-Pat-Roberts-Our-country-is-headed-for-national-socialism
Pat Roberts: 'Our country is headed for national socialism'

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/23/1331836/-Scott-Brown-says-America-is-about-to-be-destroyed-by-radical-Islamic-terrorists
Scott Brown says America is about to be destroyed by 'radical Islamic terrorists'

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/23/mcconnells_long_desperate_lie_economics_is_killing_kentucky_coal_not_obama/
McConnell’s long, desperate lie

What can we do about climate change?

http://www.vox.com/2014/9/23/6834195/obama-un-climate-summit-speech

More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/09/23/obamas-biggest-climate-change-victory-might-have-nothing-to-with-carbon-dioxide/

Which big companies have pulled their support from ALEC?

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/alec-exodus-companies-list

How's that Republican anti-Obama lawsuit coming along?

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/house-gops-anti-obama-lawsuit-already-deep-trouble

A Venn diagram of the three segments of today's GOP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/09/23/understanding-conservative-america-in-one-venn-diagram/

More: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2014/09/23/why_republicans_fight_with_each_other.html
Why Republicans Fight With Each Other

Bonus item: How much food do Americans throw out? (Lots)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/09/23/americans-throw-out-more-food-than-plastic-paper-metal-or-glass/

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FULLY LOADED

Air strikes begin in Syria

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/23/world/middleeast/us-and-allies-hit-isis-targets-in-syria.html
American fighter jets and armed Predator and Reaper drones, flying alongside warplanes from several Arab allies, struck a broad array of targets in territory controlled by the militants, known as the Islamic State. American defense officials said the targets included weapons supplies, depots, barracks and buildings the militants use for command and control. Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from United States Navy ships in the region. . . .

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/23/air_war_comes_to_syria_u_s_launches_air_strikes_against_isis/

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/09/us-begins-airstrikes-against-isis-in-syria.html

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/cui-bono-who-hell-knows.html

More: http://www.vox.com/2014/9/22/6831757/us-bombing-syria-to-destroy-isis-heres-why-that-wont-work
Here's why that won't work.

Here's the next thing to worry about: Yemen

http://www.vox.com/2014/9/22/6827383/the-crisis-in-yemen-explained 

Another GOP Obamacare lie put to rest

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/obamacare-trutherism-out-to-pasture

Google chairman regrets signing up with ALEC

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/22/1331630/-Google-chairman-on-ALEC-They-re-just-literally-lying 
'They’re just literally lying'

More: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/google-latest-walk-away-alec

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/22/google_becomes_latest_company_to_abandon_right_wing_alec/

The GOP realizes the Kansas senate seat could determine control of the Senate. You know what happens next

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/218581-gops-scorched-earth-kansas-plan

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2014_09/does_ruining_a_state_reflect_m052183.php

Goodbye, Michael Boggs

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/22/1331530/-Judiciary-Chairman-Leahy-Michael-Boggs-nomination-doesn-t-have-the-nbsp-votes

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/senate-dems-derail-boggs-nomination

Donald Trump thinks the Senate has a "Speaker"

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/22/1331582/-Donald-Trump-endorses-Mitch-McConnell-for-Speaker-of-the-House

Bonus item: Christian mom rewrites Harry Potter

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/09/conservative-christian-rewrites-harry

But seriously: http://prospect.org/article/are-we-getting-enough-religion-our-politics 

http://www.vox.com/2014/9/22/6826415/five-most-surprising-findings-from-pew-faith-politics-study

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/09/22/republicans-show-growing-enthusiasm-for-tearing-down-the-wall-between-church-and-state/
Republicans show growing enthusiasm for tearing down the wall between church and state
 
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BLAMING THE VICTIM

An essential part of the GOP playbook

http://tinyurl.com/n7ekgy9 

Rand Paul, phony

http://tinyurl.com/mdcjhhm

Your (almost) daily Christie

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/22/chris-christie-isn-t-out-from-under-bridgegate-just-yet.html
Chris Christie Isn’t Out From Under Bridgegate Just Yet

More: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/09/christie-hasnt-been-cleared-in-bridgegate-probe.html

The five worst GOP governors

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/22/five-awful-gop-governors-who-need-to-go.html 

The courts told the Kansas Sect'y of State to stop screwing around with the election ballots. But of course he didn't stop

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/kobachs-ballot-disclaimer-worsens-kansas-circus
 
Why the Dems are still hopeful about the fall elections

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/21/senate-democrats-campaign_n_5853150.html

More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/21/1330816/-Where-we-can-move-the-needle-right-to-left-in-2014

In case you missed the Sunday talk shows

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/09/21/heres-what-you-missed-on-the-sunday-shows/

Goofy: http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/oh-fergawdsakes-mtp.html
"Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd on Sunday described the 2014 midterm elections as a battle between "Starbucks nation" and "Chick-Fil-A country." . . .

Shocking!

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/09/ny-times-report-conservatives-dominate
NY Times Report: Conservatives Dominate Sunday Talk Shows 

Bonus item: Breaking up with Barry

http://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/9/21/6757115/ad-women-voters-obama-breakup



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WAR POWERS

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/21/who-gets-to-decide-when-we-go-to-war.html
Who Gets to Decide When We Go to War? 

Global population growth: approaching the unsustainable? (thanks to DR for the link)

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140920-population-11billion-demographics-anthropocene/ 

Islamic feminism

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/21/twin-visions-of-islamic-feminism-split-muslim-community.html

The kind of people they are

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/16/1330215/-It-s-a-good-year-to-be-a-immoral-scandal-plagued-hypocrite

How Citizens United is ruining the country

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/20/antonin_scalias_bad_law_bad_history_how_the_supreme_court_legalized_corruption/
 
Say it ain't so, Joe

http://www.vox.com/2014/9/18/6354359/joe-biden-hillary-clinton-2016
Why Joe Biden trails Hillary Clinton by 44 points

Fox World and the paranoid style of American politics

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/09/foxs-byrnes-worries-isis-training 
Fox's Byrnes Worries That ISIS Is Training Migrant Children From Central America To Kill Us
 
More: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2014_09/damn_right_this_changes_everyt052173.php
Klein has, with this book, thoroughly and completely debunked everything promoted under the banner of conservatism today—and she has done so with a work that’s more powerful than a stack of C4.  

This Changes Everything deserves to be viewed not as one of the greatest nonfiction works of the 2010s, but as one of the greatest nonfiction works of all-time . . 

The Sunday talk show line-ups

http://my.firedoglake.com/blog/2014/09/21/sunday-talking-heads-september-21-2014/
ABC’S THIS WEEK: ISIS. Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Then, Iraq war veterans Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) Roundtable: James Carville, Ana Navarro, Bret Stephens, Katrina vanden Heuvel. Also, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel on dying and getting out of the way. Plus, Rory Kennedy on her documentary “Last Days in Vietnam.”  

CBS’ FACE THE NATION: ISIS. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI). Ebola. CBS News’ Dr. Jonathan LaPook, and Dr. William Schaffner, chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. War Party Roundtable: Joe Lieberman, Jane Harman, Robert Kagan, Mike Morell.  

CNN’S STATE OF THE UNION: ISIS. Tony Blair. Then, the NFL with Shannon Sharpe, Izell Reese and Christine Brennan. Roundtable: Newt Gingrich, Donna Brazile, Marc Lamont Hill, Tara Wall.

MOYERS & COMPANY: Climate Change: The Next Generation. Kelsey Juliana, an 18-year-old activist, is fighting climate change in the courts and walking across the country to spread the word on global warming.  

NBC’S MEET THE PRESS: ISIS. Mike Breen, Truman National Security Project) and Steven Bucci, Allison Center for Foreign & National Security Policy. Roundtable: Village People.

Bonus item: A look back

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/20/when_the_republicans_went_insane_newt_gingrich_fox_news_grover_norquist_and_the_roots_of_todays_shameful_intransigence/
When the Republicans went insane


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HOMELAND

The problem with "Homeland Security"

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/homeland-defense-is-unamerican

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/that-names-already-taken

Those crazy Republicans

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/hiawayi-robinson-robert-bentley-family-problems
Some residents in Alabama expressed outrage and frustration on Friday after the governor there made comments tying the discovery of an 8-year-old girl's body to drugs, alcohol or "family problems." . . .

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mark-walker-foreigners-blitz-drug-cartels
GOP House Candidate Open To War With Mexico 'If We Need To'

http://www.vox.com/2014/9/19/6550661/nathan-deal-conspiracy-theory
Georgia governor concocts conspiracy theory to explain away the nation's highest unemployment rate

http://washingtonexaminer.com/republicans-still-have-work-to-do-with-women/article/2553666
Republicans “still have work to do” appealing to women voters, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Greg Walden said Friday. . . .

The ISIS crisis within the GOP

http://www.vox.com/2014/9/19/6532197/republican-presidential-candidates-foreign-policy-isis

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2014_09/can_republicans_get_through_no052161.php

Congress bolts out of town a week early. Nothing important going on

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/09/congress-heads-home-rest-their-exhausting

Saving Boehner

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2014/09/19/republicans_may_change_rules_to_save_boehner.html
House Republicans are quietly discussing a proposal that could fundamentally alter the way future speakers of the House are chosen . . .

Gun deaths: the racial divide

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/09/19/the-racial-divide-in-americas-gun-deaths/

Ebola: why we should worry

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2014/09/why_ebola_is_terrifying_and_dangerous_it_preys_on_family_caregiving_and.html

I like Joe Biden, the way I like my goofy uncle. But he'll never be the nominee for president

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/09/19/why-joe-biden-gaffed-so-much-this-week/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/09/20/on-bidens-political-seismograph-this-weeks-gaffes-barely-even-register-anymore/

More: http://www.vox.com/2014/9/19/6526911/13-pictures-of-joe-biden-looking-like-vice-president-of-the-united

In Fox World: Bootgate (don't miss it!)

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/19/1330844/-Stephen-Colbert-brutally-mocks-Fox-News-for-obsessing-over-the-kind-of-boots-on-the-ground

Bonus item: Lip-synch battle (fun)

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/18/jimmy_fallons_latest_lip_sync_battle_is_absolutely_amazing/


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