It’s not every day I get to watch the Republican Party — nay, the only true keeper of the sanctity of the vote — utterly flummoxed by the process of counting votes. Here’s what Wikipedia says about the 2012 Iowa caucus today. The 2012 Iowa caucuses took place on Tuesday, January 3, starting at...
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What to make of Iowa
What is the Tea Party?
The Tea Party is a product. It’s a product that was rolled out during tax time in early 2009. It was created to showcase the extreme right wing of the Republican Party. The Tea Party does this by providing a focal point to stare at while it appears that these particular Republicans elected in...
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Democrat Wins NY-26
If you were paying attention to New York state politics last year, you might remember a fellow named Carl Paladino. He was running for governor of New York against Andrew Cuomo on the Republican ticket. He won the GOP nomination. He’s the same guy that threatened to “take out” a New York Post reporter....
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Libya: Protester Shot (Video)
The below video was presumably shot in Benghazi, Libya today, or perhaps yesterday. The video shows one anti-government protester who’s been shot and the chaos on the streets as the government tries to crush the rebellion. I came across this video from a Tweet by jmsardo who said at 12:58 EST US, “Breaking: videos...
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Anti-Government Protests Spread Across the Middle East (Live)
The protests that started in Tunisia and then moved to Egypt are spreading across the region to Bahrain and Libya. Last night several people in Bahrain were killed as the government swept through the sleeping protesters and brutally beat them. The governments fear that if Bahrain falls, Saudi Arabia will be next. Here’s a...
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Stepped Down
At approximately 11:03 EST, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down. After 30 years of ruling with an iron fist, the people of Egypt are now free. The crowds in Egypt are roaring with cheers. This is history unfolding before our eyes on Al Jazeera. The announcement from Omoar Suleiman was brief but it didn’t...
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Live Al Jazeera Feed From Egypt
Feb. 11. 2011 11:03 EST US – Mubarak stepped down as president and the power has been transferred to the military. Feb. 11, 2011 10:59 EST US – Mubarak has left Cairo and several government officials have resigned. A message from the presidency is expected some time today. Feb. 10, 2011 15:30 EST US...
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Vice President Biden Announces Six Year Plan to Build National High-Speed Rail Network
Philadelphia, PA – Vice President Joe Biden today announced a comprehensive plan that will help the nation reach President Obama’s goal of giving 80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail within 25 years, as outlined in his State of the Union address. The proposal will place high-speed rail on equal footing with other...
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Violence in Egypt Breaks Out
Today in Egypt, Mubarak supporters and pro-government gangs swept into Tahrir Square in Cairo and other places and violence broke out. Some of the men rode into Somouha, Alexandria on horses and camels. Others carried rocks, clubs and Molotov cocktails and attacked the peaceful anti-government demonstrators in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Several hundred people...
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Enquirer Editor Details How the Tabloid Broke the John Edwards Affair Story
The former editor of the National Enquirer David Perel details how he used technology and psychology to get the John Edwards love child story. It took two years, thousands of man hours and a cross-country chase to catch John Edwards cheating. That was the easy part. Even after gathering and publishing overwhelming proof that...
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Raw Video of Demonstrators in Tahrir Square
This is a raw video from Al Jazeera of demonstrators in Tahrir Square in Cairo. These people are so peaceful, and it looks like they’re even taking the time to recycle plastic bottles.
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What the People of Egypt Are Saying
A Web site called egypt.alive.in is translating voice-to-tweet messages from Egyptians into English and other languages. Here’s a sample. Please I am an Egyptian citizen and I have something to say. I am going out to the protests with all the Egyptians. First of all I have to say, if today was successful (inshaallah),...
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Massive Demonstrations in Egypt
Today could be the day of reckoning for Egypt’s President Mubarak. Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets shouting, “Down with the regime!” Al Jazeera’s Dan Nolan is in Cairo. He tweeted that a 59-year-old woman named Loraya, not much taller than 4 feet, peeked through her headscarf and told him...
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Beat: Tea Party People’s Party
the tea party is a huge steaming pile of shit. that’s all it is. a bunch of illiterate motherfuckers getting played for fools and thinking they’re so clever. they fight for health insurance companies so they can die a painful death from ass cancer. they fight for more war so they can get their...
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Revolution Egypt: January 31, 2011 (Update)
Today is the sixth day of the revolution in Egypt. I’ll be updating this post frequently throughout the day with breaking news. 11:39 EST — Reuters is reporting that the European Union is now calling for free and fair elections in Egypt and “an orderly transition to a broad-based government, leading to a genuine...
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Making Politics Fun
Too often people get bogged down in what’s not going their way politically and they fixate on the negative aspects of the democratic process. You’ll never always get everything that you want and that’s OK. In her Sister Citizen column, Melissa Harris-Perry, wrote that progressives should put the negativity away and just have some...
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Julian Assange Says ‘Publishers Must Be Free To Publish’
Julian Assange sat down with 60 Minutes’ Steve Kroft to talk about WikiLeaks. Assange views WikiLeaks as no different than any other publisher and therefore, if the US government were to arrest him that would blow a hole right through the First Amendment. “Publishers must be free to publish,” Assange told Kroft. Watch this...
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Revolution Egypt: January 30, 2011 (Update)
The following post will be updated as new information comes out of Egypt. Obviously, this is a rapidly evolving story. Jan. 30, 2011 – 19:04 EST — NBC’s Richard Engel reporting from Cairo about Egyptian military show-of-force and looting. Many Egyptians, Engel said, believe that Mubarak is allowing the looting to take place because...
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Inside the White House: The State of the Union Address
At 9 p.m. Eastern time, President Obama is going to deliver his third State of the Union address. The White House released this video to show a glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes leading up to tonight’s event.
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In Egypt, Protesters Follow Tunisia and Seek New Government
Bolstered by the success of the Tunisian revolution, anti-government protesters took to the streets of Cairo today to call for an end to President Hosni Mubarek’s 30-year reign. The best source of information on this breaking story is from The Guardian.
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