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What Does Michele Bachmann’s Grasp Of History Mean For The Children?

Over the weekend, supposed Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann made some news after she mistook the state of New Hampshire as the location of the Battles...

The Consumerist Returns For Another Year Of ‘The Worst Company In America’ Contest

Hey everyone, it's March Madness time! You know what that means, right? First of all, it's the time of year where you loathe yourself for...

The Inevitable ‘It Would Be Smart For The GOP To Lose In 2012′ Piece Has Been Written

One of the magical aspects of presidential campaign coverage is that once the material facts of the day are dispensed with and their typical mundanity is absorbed, there's still about a million hours left to attempt all sorts of counterintuitive-sounding speculation.

Michigan Set To Enact Sweeping ‘Financial Martial Law’ Bill

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder now wants to impose "financial martial law" upon struggling communities in the form of "financial managers" that would have the power to abrogate contracts at will and supercede the democratic process.

Further Analysis Finds Deceptive Editing In Sting Tape, As NPR Gains An Unlikely Defender

Last week, a Project Veritas "sting" operation directed at National Public Radio cost some NPR executives their jobs. Beginning with Senior Vice President for Fundraising...

TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads

Is McConnell having second thoughts on nuclear power? "I don't think that right after a major catastrophe is a good time to be making policy." Oh, sure. It's best to let the lessons learned from something to fade in time!

TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads

Hello and good morning everyone, and welcome once again to your quickly typed rundown of some political show on the television and the feelings they...

The 2012 Speculatron Weekly Roundup

For a long while now, we've been told that we should be impressed with the potential candidacies of Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin, who have been two heads on a three-headed frontrunner with Mitt Romney.

Advice For Journalists: Disaster Preparedness Edition

Here's a reminder to reporters on the teevee: the terrible disaster that happened isn't happening to you, okay?

Residents Of Town Where Awful Gang-Rape Occurred Are Also Awful, Apparently

Earlier this week, the New York Times published a piece about a harrowing gang-rape that occurred in Cleveland, Texas, in which "18 young men and...

Rick Santorum Described As A ‘Force,’ Because It’s March Of 2011 And So Why Not?

By now, you are probably aware that Rick Santorum is running for president. You're also probably aware that he plans to participate in this thing...

Second O’Keefe-NPR Video Released, Alleging That NPR Agreed To Shield Donation From Scrutiny [UPDATE]

A second video from James O'Keefe's Project Veritas has been made available online, extending the story of the Ron Schiller video "sting" that ended in...