Late Night Open Thread: Evan Thomas says Obama is “God.”

This is too much. Peter Daou posted on Twitter earlier this evening about Evan Thomas’ appearance on Hardball tonight. I found a post about it at Newsbusters and it’s actually true. Check out the video. Evan Thomas says Obama is like God, standing above the world. What is wrong with these people? Here is the [...]

“Islamic Extremists”

Have you ever heard anyone say “Christian Extremists”? Or “Jewish Extremists”? It’s not like reactionary Jews and Christians don’t exist. In fact, an act of terrorism was committed against Dr. Tiller by Scott Roeder, a person who claimed he was a Christian. Was he a Christian? Was Yagil Amir Jewish? You decide. The phrase “Islamic [...]

This is what racism looks like

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Be afraid, be very afraid

This post changed after I started it. Yesterday in my post Go Read Eriposte I quoted this passage from Eric Boehlert’s new book, Bloggers on the Bus: How the Internet Changed Politics and the Press: After the hype died down, even some corporate media observers who had been relentlessly critical of Clinton’s campaign, including some [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence

WE REMEMBER (h/t BostonBoomer) On This Day In 1968: Robert F. Kennedy Is Shot Moments After Winning California Primary Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY), moments after declaring victory in Tuesday’s Democratic presidential primary in California, is shot three times by Sirhan Sirhan, a Jordanian immigrant, at Los Angeles’ Ambassador Hotel. Kennedy, who never regains consciousness, [...]