And the D.C. Circuit Filibusters Begin

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Senate Republicans have followed through on their threat to block Obama's attempt to usurp the constitutional order by using his mythical so-called "Article III" powers to engage in the unprecedented action of nominating judges to fill vacancies. Today, it was Patricia Millett: Senate Republicans filibustered one...

BothSidesDoIt

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Ron Fournier, ladies and gentlemen: This is what happens when the two parties ruling Washington lose touch with America and pander to their crazy-extreme base. What follows is an exhaustive.

Wanker of the Day

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Jeff Goldstein. By the way, who exactly were the Republicans who drove the movement for civil rights in the 50s and 60s? Martin Luther King? Lyndon Johnson? And while it doesn't quite rise to the level of lecturing John Lewis about how the Affordable Care Act...

Walls

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No doubt the solution to drug smuggling tunnels between the U.S. and Mexico is higher border walls. And the drones America's favorite racist Sheriff Joe Arapio wants to deploy to.

In Case of Zombie Apocalypse, Break Wind

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SPOILER ALERT. Please don't read this entry if you have not seen the first three episodes of this season's "Walking Dead." A few thoughts... I've been bothered by one thing ever since Rick and Co. moved into the prison. I've wondered--since day one--why they didn't immediately...

A New Year

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Congrats to the Red Sox. It's pretty amazing considering where they were last year -- see Keri and Calcaterra. Certainly, there was a lot of luck involved; there offseason represented.

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