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Los Angeles City Hall looks like it’s covered in greenwash.
Archive for June, 2010
June 25th, 2010
June 25th, 2010
Who, as Harold rightfully says, got screwed by someone jealous of his success: Matt Drudge should set himself on fire. And I mean that. You want a piece of me?
June 25th, 2010
Category: Uncategorized
It appears that Ezra Klein is folding the off-the-record progressive listserve Journolist today, after someone maliciously leaked emails from the very talented Washington Post reporter David Weigel. I don’t know who did this or why. This leak was a particularly lousy thing to do. Ezra made the right decision to close up shop once someone [...]
June 25th, 2010
Category: Rhetoric and Framing
Democrats often think they face a choice between making politics an argument about whom to blame and making it about forward-looking policies. In fact, the second requires the first—especially now.
June 25th, 2010
Category: Affordable Care Act
This is not a winning issue for the Republicans this year.
June 24th, 2010
Category: Mike Huckabee
He’s getting a bad rap. Too bad, when there are so many good ones to hit him with.m
June 24th, 2010
Category: The Dysfunctional Senate, Watching Conservatives
Republicans have a lot to apologize for, but trying to sabotage the economy over the next few months isn’t one of them.
June 24th, 2010
Category: Uncategorized
Forty Republicans and Ben Nelson won’t even allow debate on a jobs bill.
June 24th, 2010
Category: Uncategorized
The only age bracket where the Affordable Care Act doesn’t have solid majority support is the over-65s, who already have their health care paid for by the government.