This story is a repost from TalkingPointsMemo.com On Friday night’s Countdown, Keith Olbermann responded to Jon Stewart’s mockery of the MNSBC host on the previous night’s Daily Show, admitting, “I have been a little over the top lately. Point taken. Sorry.” On Thursday’s Daily Show Stewart impersonated Olbermann in his own “Special Comment” and ridiculed [...]

This story is a repost from WashingtonMonthly.com About 16 years ago, William Kristol crafted a lengthy strategy memo for congressional Republicans, advising them on how best to deal with then-President Clinton’s health care reform initiative. At the time, a variety of Republican offices had every intention of presenting alternative reform plans — in part to [...]

This story is a repost from Salon.com Over the weekend, Sen. Susan Collins released a five-minute video in which she sounded as though she were possessed by the angriest, most unhinged version of Dick Cheney.  Collins recklessly accused the Obama administration of putting us all in serious danger by failing to wage War against the [...]

This story is a repost from RawStory.com. US House Rep. Ron Paul says the CIA has in effect carried out a “coup” against the US government, and the intelligence agency needs to be “taken out.” Speaking to an audience of like-minded libertarians at a Campaign for Liberty regional conference in Atlanta this past weekend, the [...]

This story is a repost from RawStory.com. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) on Wednesday said the Massachusetts election was a “wake up call” for Democrats and that his party had better change course or it could suffer devastating losses come November. “People elected Democrats in 2008 to change the country’s direction,” he told Raw Story in [...]