Tomasky: The New New Thing is Filibustering a Supreme Court Pick in Committee

May 6, 2009

When I wrote last week that the GOP would quite possibly try to filibuster Obama’s SCOTUS pick, many of you noted that they don’t really have the votes. You’re probably right. For the Republicans to get 40 votes, blocking a final vote on the nominee, they’d have to get every single Republican to fall into […]

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Rest in Peace, RSS: It's All Twitter Now

May 6, 2009

It’s time to get completely off RSS and switch to Twitter. RSS just doesn’t cut it anymore. The River of News has become the East River of news, which means it’s not worth swimming in if you get my drift.

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Bank of America Faces $35 Billion Gap According to Government Stress Tests

May 6, 2009

Math is hard, but $35 billion is a lot more than $10 billion. And the former number is the capital shortfall that, based on results of the government’s stress tests, Bank of America will require, the equivalent of half its current stock market value. Official results of the stress tests will be published Thursday afternoon.

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Arlen Specter's Interview with the New York Times: Thinks Democrats Just Aren't That Bright

May 6, 2009

Perhaps Specter’s comments were attempts at humor, but he riled the liberal blogosphere with this answer: “With your departure from the GOP, there are no more Jewish Republicans in the Senate. Do you care about that?” “I sure do. There’s still time for the Minnesota courts to do justice and declare Norm Coleman the winner.”

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The Destruction of the Newspaper Could Have Wide Ranging Effects on Communities

May 6, 2009

The newspaper’s public square, RIP: “Beyond recording the first draft of history, professional journalists are charged with gathering facts from a cross section of the neighborhoods they serve, and then distributing that information to the whole of the community.” But local news isn’t the problem: it’s that national news is now so immediate and free.

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Dom DeLouise Passes On

May 6, 2009

LOS ANGELES — With an ever-present smile that gave way to ready laughter, Dom DeLuise possessed a jovial warmth that charmed not only film and TV audiences, but the actors and directors with whom he worked for decades. Though lighthearted onscreen, the prolific actor was deeply passionate about food, forging a second career as a […]

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Human Rights Activists Among the First to Reconsider Support for Obama

May 6, 2009

A blunt assessment: as the new White House has “backed away from overt expressions of support for human rights and democracy in favor of a more subtle approach,” human rights activists are growing frustrated. Freedom House director: “They need to be careful here that they don’t set a pattern they will regret later on.”

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Mickey Kaus Does a Victory Lap: John Edwards' Pants Burn With Light of a Thousand Suns

May 6, 2009

Mickey Kaus scoffs gloriously at the ludicrous performance of the MSM during the John Edwards scandal, after “an entire presidential campaign based in large part on his character as shown by his loyalty to his brave, ill wife” the press doesn’t care, or pretends not to, until it’s entirely convenient for them to care.

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Klein: Are Democrats Making it Harder for Themselves in Senate Races?

May 5, 2009

ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: Amid the cheers in Democratic circles over the addition of Sen. Arlen Specter to the party caucus, I have a story up looking at the new enemies Specter, D-Pa., has drawn — from both ends of the political spectrum.

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Bernanke: Economy Should Grow Again by End of 2009

May 5, 2009

WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Tuesday that the economy should pull out of a recession and start growing again later this year.

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