FRINGE ELEMENTS

It's quite amazing, the number of absolute lunatics now accepted as "mainstream" Republicans

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/gohmert-comcast-the-blaze
"Al Gore was pushing the sale of Current TV, and Glenn Beck, the Blaze were trying to buy it. And it was reported that Al Jazeera wanted to get their Sharia law push into the United States, and they were willing to pay big bucks, regardless of whether they had oil and carbon all over the money," Gohmert began.  

"They were willing to pay big dollars but they wouldn't do the deal unless Comcast was willing to keep them in its list of networks provided. So it was reported Comcast agreed, so Al Gore got all that oil and carbon based money. And then, that kept Glenn Beck off the air. Of Comcast," he continued.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/nunes-amash-al-qaeda-best-friend
Infighting within the GOP spilled out into the public on Thursday with a Republican House member bashing a libertarian-leaning colleague as "Al Qaeda’s best friend in the Congress." . . .

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/08/1297857/-Michele-Bachmann-delivers-with-insane-rantings-against-women-s-history-museum
"I rise today in opposition to this bill, because I believe ultimately this museum that will be built on the National Mall, on federal land, will enshrine the radical feminist movement that stands against the pro-life movement, the pro-family movement, and pro-traditional marriage movement," [Rep. Michele Bachmann] said on the House floor Wednesday ahead of a vote on the bill. . . .

"As it's currently written," she added, "the legislation lacks the necessary safeguards to ensure the proposed museum will not become an ideological shrine to abortion that will eventually receive federal funding and a prominent spot on the National Mall." . . .

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/05/ted-cruz-christians-should-be-able-legally
Ted Cruz: ‘Christians’ Should Be Able To Legally Discriminate Against Gay People

Lead GOPer slips, calls Benghazi hearing a "trial"

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/08/1297830/-Oops-GOP-s-Benghazi-committee-chairman-says-he-s-leading-a-trial

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/05/rep-trey-gowdy-chief-prosecutor-gop-s

Boehner doesn't want to talk about Republican fundraising over the "scandal"

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/08/1297870/-John-Boehner-won-t-answer-question-about-GOP-fundraising-off-Benghazi

More: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/house-gop-isnt-investigating-scandal
House GOP isn’t investigating a scandal; it’s causing one

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/08/how-republicans-twist-benghazi.html

Does Benghazi lead to  . . .  impeachment?

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2014_05/letting_the_impeachment_genie050268.php

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2014_05/the_secret_fear_of_benghazi050269.php

The Tea Party's down -- but they aren't going away

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/05/it-s-official-majority-americans-and

http://digbysblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/tea-party-brand-losing-market-share.html

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/07/tea-party-prepared-to-fight-the-gop-forever-even-after-tuesday-s-losses.html

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2014/05/08/tea_party_yanked_gop_to_the_right.html 

Things are getting interesting in Wisconsin

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/05/appeals-court-stays-ruling-halted-scott

Undoing gerrymandering -- it wouldn't be hard

http://www.vox.com/2014/5/8/5695350/this-is-what-america-would-look-like-without-gerrymandering

In Fox World

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fox-news-geraldo-rivera-interviews-fox-business

http://www.salon.com/2014/05/08/fox_news_declares_war_on_its_own_children_inside_its_bizarre_new_crusade_partner/

Bonus item: Strange bedfellows

http://www.vox.com/2014/5/8/5695384/chicago-teachers-union-officially-opposes-the-common-core-will-it
Chicago Teachers Union officially opposes the Common Core

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/07/the-wingnut-war-on-common-core-is-a-plot-to-destroy-public-schools.html
The Wingnut War On Common Core Is A Plot To Destroy Public Schools

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TAKING CONTROL

http://tinyurl.com/kc9rss6
The Republican Party has “taken control” of its presidential primary debate process—putting a party committee in charge of its primary debates, and signaling that they will have fewer debates, with stricter rules, and fewer candidates. Slate’s John Dickerson has summed up the move by writing, “The Republican Party wants an orderly process so that their candidates can put their best foot forward,” and explaining that the plan is an effort to “take control of the crazy” that dominated the 2012 GOP debates. . 

More: http://tinyurl.com/pow3nnw

Prepping for 2016

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/07/1297654/-Only-206-House-Republicans-have-asked-to-be-on-their-Benghazi-committee
206 House Republicans have asked to be on their Benghazi committee

More: http://crooksandliars.com/2014/05/benghalewinsky
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) said the special committee he'll lead on Benghazi could continue into the 2016 campaign, when Hillary Clinton might be running for the White House. . . .

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/07/1297535/-GOP-already-using-their-Benghazi-committee-to-raise-money
GOP already using their #Benghazi committee to raise money

Should the Dems boycott the hearings?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/05/07/dccc-chair-steve-israel-boycott-the-gops-benghazi-probe-dems/
 
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2014_05/boycotting_the_benghazifest050239.php

http://www.salon.com/2014/05/06/democrats_should_boycott_latest_benghazi_charade/

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/05/should-democrats-boycott-benghazi-committee

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/boycott-or-not-boycott

It's just not working

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/07/1297644/-Obamacare-enrollment-hearing-a-total-flop-for-Republicans
Obamacare enrollment hearing a total flop for Republicans

More: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2014_05/house_gopers_face_to_face_with050248.php

http://www.vox.com/2014/5/7/5690716/sorry-republicans-obamacare-enrollees-are-paying-their-bills

Amazing judge's ruling protects Scott Walker

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/scott-walker-campaign-finance
"The plaintiffs have found a way to circumvent campaign finance laws, and that circumvention should not and cannot be condemned or restricted," Randa wrote. "Instead, it should be recognized as promoting political speech, an activity that is 'ingrained in our culture.'" . . . 

School assignment in Rialto, California

http://www.sbsun.com/social-affairs/20140504/exclusive-rialto-unified-defends-writing-assignment-on-confirming-or-denying-holocaust
The Rialto Unified School District is defending an eighth-grade assignment that asks students to debate in writing whether the Holocaust was “merely a political scheme created to influence public emotion and gain.” . . .

More: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/so-much-worse-than-i-thought
The assignment sheet for that now-notorious "Holocaust yes or no" assignment at that school in Rialto, California included at length verbatim text lifted directly from a Holocaust denial site . . .

A vast Hillary Clinton conspiracy

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/07/1297508/-Lynne-Cheney-and-Fox-News-wonder-if-Hillary-Clinton-is-responsible-for-new-Monica-Lewinsky-story

More: http://prospect.org/article/clinton-derangement-syndrome-will-soon-be-back

The GOP’s paranoid media delusion

http://www.salon.com/2014/05/07/gops_paranoid_media_delusion_why_their_bias_accusations_are_so_misguided/

In Fox World: eh, all Asians look alike anyway

http://www.salon.com/2014/05/07/fox_news_parodies_itself_uses_footage_of_random_sad_asians_instead_of_actual_koreans_partner/

In CNN World: making Fox look sane

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/05/cnn-poll-did-aliens-make-flight-370-disappear.html
Real CNN Poll Asks: Did Aliens Make Flight 370 Disappear?

Bonus item: What Sarah Palin believes

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/05/sarah-palin-believes-hillary-will-turn

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A GANG OF GOOFBALLS

Really, really stupid analogies

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/stacey-campbell-obamacare-holocaust-elaboration
Lawmaker Who Compared Obamacare To Holocaust: You're Missing My Point

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/06/1297332/-South-Dakota-Republican-explains-gay-sex-to-you
South Dakota Republican explains gay sex to you

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/thom-tillis-divide-and-conquer-poor
GOPer: We Must 'Divide And Conquer' People On Public Assistance

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/05/gop-candidate-i-d-rather-see-another
GOP Candidate: "I’d Rather See Another Terrorist Attack" Than Continue TSA Screenings 

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/05/gop-candidate-under-fire-racist-remark
GOP Candidate Under Fire For Calling Melissa Harris-Perry An Ape

Mitch McConnell seems determined to run one of the dumbest campaigns ever

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/06/1297256/-McConnell-campaign-tries-to-walk-back-not-my-job-comment-in-new-ad

The fight over the future of the Internet

http://www.vox.com/2014/5/6/5687256/the-new-fight-over-the-future-of-the-internet
 

Bonus item: Jon Stewart on Benghazi Derangement Syndrome

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/06/1297207/-Jon-Stewart-s-brilliant-takedown-of-right-wing-s-hypocritical-Benghazi-outrage

But seriously: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/06/1297334/-Benghazi-derangement-syndrome-strikes-again

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/05/benghazi-explained-ben-rhodes-foia
 

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THROWING SHOES

The GOP game plan if Hillary runs

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/05/1297070/-Conservatives-prepare-to-battle-Hillary-Clinton-the-only-way-they-know-how

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/hillary-clinton-millennials-1990s-america-rising

Obama's immigration trap for Repubs

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/obama-trap-gop-immigration

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/05/05/morning-plum-the-gops-real-position-on-immigration-laid-bare/

Koch addiction

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/05/1296458/-Why-running-against-the-Kochs-is-smart-politics-for-Democrats

Theocracy watch

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/05/1296990/-Supreme-Court-upholds-religious-prayers-in-local-government-5-4
Supreme Court upholds religious prayers in local government proceedings, 5-4

More: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/05/supreme-court-approves-prayers-at-town-meetings.html

The other day, Fox World announced that it wasn't going to cover an Obama press conference unless Benghazi came up. Now they just did it again. Is this a POLICY?

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/benghazi-fox-news-white-house-press-briefing

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/fox-declares-the-one-true-news-story
Fox’s Benghazi coverage is beginning to make CNN’s interest in Flight 370 appear timid and understated.  . . .

More: http://www.salon.com/2014/05/05/gops_benghazi_addiction_why_conservatives_so_desperately_need_a_scandal/
GOP’s demented “Benghazi!” disease: Why conservatives so desperately need a scandal

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/05/1296421/-Here-s-why-the-GOP-is-fired-up-about-Benghazi-and-why-they-re-wrong

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/super-tuesdays-primary-season-revs-n97126
The Benghazi risk for Republicans

Fox World's enlightened gender politics

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/05/1296986/-Fox-News-wonders-if-alpha-women-are-destroying-men-s-lives

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/05/fox-news-host-clayton-morris-wants-know

Bonus item: The surprising legacy of Ladies Home Journal

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/05/05/the-surprising-policy-legacy-of-ladies-home-journal/

http://www.samefacts.com/2014/05/everything-else/remembering-a-great-moment-in-the-life-of-ladies-home-journal/

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BLIND FAITH

"Benghazi: The Musical"

http://prospect.org/article/benghazi-musical-dancing-shouting-not-much-plot 

 Judge Roy Moore, he of the Ten Commandments sculpture, now tells us the First Amendment only applies to Judeo-Christian religions

http://www.samefacts.com/2014/05/culture-and-civil-society/free-exercise-of-my-religion/

News flash: not all Christians are conservatives

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/04/1296072/-Economic-justice-and-the-future-of-religious-progressives-A-conversation-with-E-J-Dionne

In Fox World

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/05/fox-panel-imagines-hillarys-assassination
Fox Panel Imagines Hillary's Assassination

More: http://crooksandliars.com/2014/05/fox-friends-blames-obama-while-linking
'Fox & Friends' Blames Obama While Linking Benghazi To Missing Malaysian Flight

Dream on

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/hillarys-nightmare-the-benghazi-industrial-complex-106332.html#.U2d6ZcciqeD
Perhaps if the Republicans can’t beat Hillary Clinton fairly in 2016, they can make her so disgusted by the prospect of running that she’ll stay out of the race.  That’s where the Benghazi-Industrial Complex comes in . . .

Buckle your seatbelts

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2014/05/05/poll_suggests_gop_wave_forming_for_midterm_elections.html
Poll Suggests GOP Wave Forming for Midterm Elections 

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2014/05/05/gop_poised_to_control_more_state_legislatures.html
GOP Poised to Control More State Legislatures

In case you missed the Sunday talk shows

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sunday-talk-shows-2012-benghazi-attacks-back-at-center-of-debate/2014/05/04/fca0ec3e-d3b5-11e3-95d3-3bcd77cd4e11_story.html?wprss=rss_politics

Bonus item: Love the headline

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/05/anti-gay-republican-candidate-worked-gay
Anti-Gay Republican Candidate Worked In Gay Nightclub As Female Impersonator

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CHARACTER ASSASSINATION

Paul Ryan, exposed

http://tinyurl.com/lam4ld7
Diagnosing Paul Ryan’s psychopathy: Arrogant, manipulative, deceitful, remorseless 

More: http://tinyurl.com/qb7hj3f

Condi Rice, disinvited from Rutgers

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/05/condi-rice-withdraws-rutgers-speech-over

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2014_05/condaleeza_rice_withdraws_from050187.php

Thanks for nothing
 
http://www.salon.com/2014/05/04/how_the_rich_stole_our_money_and_made_us_think_they_were_doing_us_a_favor/
How the rich stole our money — and made us think they were doing us a favor 

All Benghazi, all the time

http://www.vox.com/2014/5/3/5675362/benghazi-sunstein

The Sunday talk show line-ups

http://my.firedoglake.com/elliott/2014/05/03/sunday-talking-heads-may-4-2014/
ABC’S THIS WEEK: Sen. Al Franken (D-MN). Then, the Donald Sterling/NBA racism scandal with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Roundtable: Cokie Roberts, Laura Ingraham, Van Jones, David Plouffe, Sen. Rick Santorum. “Sunday Spotlight” comedian John Oliver on his new show. Plus, Mark Leibovich, “author of ‘This Town,’ takes on the annual spectacle of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.”  

CBS’ FACE THE NATION: “Race in America” with LA Mayor Eric Garcetti, Richard Williams (father of Venus and Serena Williams), Michele Norris, Michele Norris of NPR, Ta-Nehisi Coates of The Atlantic, Michael Eric Dyson of Georgetown University, and William C. Rhoden of The New York Times, plus CBS News Special Correspondent James Brown. Then BENGHAZI with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), also Ukraine. CBS News Foreign Correspondent Clarissa Ward. She and her crew were detained in Ukraine Friday for a couple hours by pro-Russian separatists. Finally Bob Schieffer on Internet privacy.  

CNN’S STATE OF THE UNION: Ukraine with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY). Then, Donna Brazile, Ana Navarro, and Gwen Ifill on politics. Plus, Stephen Moore, Mark Zandi, and Annie Lowrey on the economy. And, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) “on the political fights over Benghazi and minimum wage, plus his 2016 options.”

MOYERS & COMPANY: Is Net Neutrality Dead? Democracy loses if the Internet’s sold to the highest bidder — and that may be exactly what’s about to happen. With David Carr, who covers the busy intersection of media with business, government and culture for The New York Times and Susan Crawford, a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, contributor to Bloomberg View and author of Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age.  

NBC’S MEET THE PRESS: Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) on “the economy, his political future, and his mission to lure jobs to Texas. Plus, what, are the implications of the botched execution of a death row inmate in Oklahoma for the death penalty in the U.S.” Then, the Donald Sterling/NBA racism scandal with Sacramento mayor and former NBA All-Star, Kevin Johnson. Roundtable: will.i.am; Chuck Todd, Kathleen Parker, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Anita Dunn.

Bonus item: Obama's WHCD stand-up comedy - wait for "Orange is the new Black"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/05/04/president-obamas-white-house-correspondents-dinner-speech/?wprss=rss_politics&clsrd

The best and worst of the past: http://www.salon.com/2014/05/03/the_best_and_worst_of_the_white_house_correspondents_dinner/

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/05/joel-mchale-entertains-years-white-house

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GET TO WORK

The latest jobs report

http://www.vox.com/2014/5/2/5674776/a-good-jobs-report-but-still-a-terrible-labor-market
A good jobs report, but still a terrible labor market

More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/02/1296044/-Government-reports-increase-of-288-000-jobs-in-April-Official-unemployment-rate-falls-to-6-3

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/05/02/why-dems-shouldnt-be-too-excited-about-good-jobs-report/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/05/02/the-hidden-weakness-in-this-months-jobs-report/

http://www.vox.com/2014/5/2/5674746/we-still-havent-made-up-the-losses-since-the-recession

A matter of priorities

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/02/1296409/-Republican-week-in-review-a-very-short-story
This week the Republican Party:

• Ignored good news on Obamacare enrollment.
• Ignored a good jobs report.
• Voted down a minimum wage hike supported by three out of four Americans.

... and because Republicans really, really, really wanted to distract voters from all of the above, they capped off their week of doing mostly nothing—besides screwing over American workers—by:

• Announcing plans to form a select committee to investigate Benghazi. 

   

The GOP is still trying to come to terms with the victory of Obamacare

http://tinyurl.com/m7yof2r 

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/02/1296384/-So-much-for-repeal-Obamacare-success-can-t-be-unskewed 

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/02/1296358/-The-big-fail-in-the-House-Republicans-Obamacare-Benghazi-moment 

More: http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/05/republicans-fear-and-confusion-are-all-they-have-left

 For Republicans, Fear and Confusion Are All They Have Left 

Quietly, behind the scenes, the Repubican establishment is trying to squash the Tea Party -- but they still want their voters

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/02/1296390/-Republican-establishment-pours-money-into-beating-tea-party-primary-candidates

What this really tells you about is not changing racial attitudes, but the radically changing composition of the two parties

http://www.vox.com/2014/5/2/5671792/race-and-obama
Republicans and Democrats are more divided on race today than in 1985

Nuclear power and climate change: where do you stand?

http://www.vox.com/2014/5/2/5671394/nuclear-power-retirements-climate-change

In Fox World

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/05/fox-news-cuts-away-from-obama-because-benghazi.html
Fox News Cuts Away From Obama Press Conference Because No One Asked About Benghazi

More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/02/1296389/-Fox-will-cover-Obama-press-conference-as-long-as-he-talks-about-their-favorite-hash-tag

Bonus item: Prepping for the White House Correspondents Dinner

http://www.vox.com/2014/5/2/5675384/how-obama-prepares-for-the-biggest-standup-gig-of-the-year

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/05/history-of-whcd-punch-lines.html

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THE SONG THAT NEVER ENDS

Emails give Benghazi "scandal" new life

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/01/world/email-suggests-white-house-strategy-on-benghazi.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A newly released email shows that White House officials sought to shape the way Susan E. Rice, then the ambassador to the United Nations, discussed the Middle East chaos that was the context for the attack on the American diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012. . . 

More: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/benghazi-is-back-106233.html
Benghazi returns to the spotlight

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/04/abc-right-wing-mole-jonathan-karl-pushes

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/04/bill-oreilly-pushes-foxs-latest-false
 
http://www.vox.com/cards/benghazi-ambassador-stevens-attack/talking-points
What are "the talking points"?

Nothing new here: http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/04/30/smoking_gun_shock_benghazi_e_mail_reveals_that_obama_white_house_agreed.html

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/29/obama-administration-accused-of-slow-walking-congress-on-benghazi.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2014/04/29/white-house-email-reinforces-benghazi-talking-points/?wprss=rss_politics&clsrd

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/04/no-new-benghazi-emails-dont-demonstrate-white-house-cover
No, the New Benghazi Emails Don't Demonstrate a White House Cover-Up

Repubs bring the same Benghazi mentality to Obamacare

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/01/1296120/-House-Republicans-go-full-Benghazi-on-Obamacare-enrollments
Just when you think House Republicans might be becoming a little less obsessed with Obamacare, they go full Benghazi on it, with a "report" that challenges the administration's—and the health insurers—numbers on enrollments. Yes, it's all a big conspiracy  . . .

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/house-gop-rigged-obamacare-survey
Here's The House GOP's 'Incredibly Rigged' Obamacare Survey

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/02/obamacare-truthers-get-caught-in-a-lie-on-delinquency-rate.html
Obamacare Truthers Get Caught in a Lie

More: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/obamacare-premiums-enrollment
Best Example Yet Of The GOP's Bad Faith On Obamacare?

http://prospect.org/article/daily-meme-demise-viral-obamacare-victim-story
The Demise of the Viral Obamacare Victim Story

Here's the sad news: the election of a black president didn't change racism -- it simply provided a new platform for its display

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/05/fox-news-and-rise-racial-animus-obama-era

Coming soon: http://prospect.org/article/could-clinton-candidacy-give-us-healthy-debate-about-sexism
Could a Clinton Candidacy Give Us a Healthy Debate About Sexism?

Koch addiction

http://americablog.com/2014/05/great-koch-brothers-parody-id-like-teach-world-sing.html

The Fox World war on science

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/fox-news-targets-scientific-american-editor-hate-tweets

Bonus item: Want to worry about something apocalyptic besides global warming? Try antibiotics

http://www.vox.com/2014/5/1/5669526/get-ready-for-a-future-where-antibiotics-no-longer-work

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/01/antibiotic-resistance-is-everyone-s-problem.html

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OOPS, THEY DID IT AGAIN

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/30/1295862/-Senate-Republicans-block-minimum-wage-bill-as-expected
Senate Republicans block minimum wage bill, as expected 

More: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/senate-gop-kills-minimum-wage-increase

Our carceral society

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/04/30/the-meteoric-costly-and-unprecedented-rise-of-incarceration-in-america/

More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/04/30/theres-still-no-evidence-that-executions-deter-criminals/
There’s still no evidence that executions deter criminals

The Supreme Court decision on the EPA

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/29/supreme_court_hands_major_epa_victory_to_obama_administration/
Supreme Court hands major EPA victory to Obama administration 

More: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/04/did-the-supreme-court-tip-its-hand-on-climate.html

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2014_04/judicial_straw_in_the_wiind050135.php?

Paul Ryan, Big Phony

http://tinyurl.com/n8zae3m 

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/04/new-paul-ryan-is-all-about-heart.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/28/1295242/-Paul-Ryan-convinces-reporter-he-cares-about-poverty-by-spending-time-with-black-people

In Fox World: Unscientific Americans

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/30/1295892/-Scientific-American-editor-goes-on-Fox-but-asked-not-to-mention-climate-change

Bonus item: Startin' them young

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/tweet-o-day-guns-4-tots-edition.html

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