Amazing take-down of conservative reality.

This entry was originally posted at http://filkertom.dreamwidth.org/1569670.html. You may comment there or here, although LJ tends to have a livelier conversation at this time.

On Michigan's brand new "financial martial law".

For more background, go here, here and here. Short form: Unwanted and frickin' expensive shorefront development is in, democracy is out. Literally.

This dKos post also links up to Keith's Special Comment from last night, but the real icing on the cake is Rachel, somewhat more quietly eviscerating the President. Things of beauty, all.

Activist Mike Stark suggests a new movement for those of us who've been subscribed to Obama's Organizing For America e-mails: unsubscribe, and when you do start ( Read more... )

Rachel attempts to teach Negotiation 101 to our clueless-if-not-indeed-DINO president. Steve Benen notes E.J. Dionne and Ezra Klein saying the same thing.

You may have noticed that Keith Olbermann was suspended indefinitely by MSNBC yesterday.

There is some debate as to whether the rules were fairly applied, as well as what might happen when MSNBC/NBC Universal's new owner, ComCast, takes over in a couple of months. (Here's some perspective from Talking Points MemoWhat there is no debate about, ( Read more... )

All the info you need at Vote411.org. It really does matter. If you still can't find your polling place, try maps.google.com/vote.

ETA: And, if you need some reason to vote one side or the other, here's your morning Maddow to show you what's been happening the past twenty-one months ( Read more... )

If you haven't seen this two-minute video clip from last night's Rachel Maddow Show, you really need to.

Sixteen minutes total, but worth every second.

And a beautiful example, that I almost posted about yesterday, of the craziness Rachel's talking about.

Rachel and Ezra sum up in one pretty picture why you should vote Democrat, even if the Dems are ticking you off right now (as they are me).

Yeah, I know. It's afternoon. Big yip. :) Rachel on DADT in specific, and Obama and political capital in general.