Miami-Dade Republican Mayor Gimenez Shrinks Government So Small It Can't Conduct Election
The electoral maps showing Barack Obama's re-election should be complete now, but Florida once again has embarrassed itself completely by being unable to conduct an election. Fortunately, this time the outcome of the election does not hinge…
Let Mitt Romney Go Bankrupt
Because he just lost this race.
Our country hates hates hates industrial policy. But industrial policy just re-elected a President.
On the Ground Turnout in MI Feels Like It Did in 2008
I just finished a 7 hour voter protection shift in Grand Rapids MI. The precinct compares reasonably well with the Detroit precinct I worked in in 2008: both are low turnout predominantly African American precincts. The 2008 precinct also has…
Election Day: Can Democracy Be Saved? Vote! Stay Involved!
If you haven't already done so, stop reading this and go vote. Seriously. I'll wait. This post will be here when you get back.
At the Presidential level, our election has come down to a corporatist hack who ran his earlier primary campaign…
Adios Arpaio - The Fiscal and Legal Case For Removal of Sheriff Joe
America, indeed the nation, is in a financial and legal moribund lurch. No longer, if there ever was, is there taxpayer money and ethics left on balance to be wasted on entrenched politicians sucking at our tit. You say your's is the worst?…
Rick Scott, Florida Republican Legislature Used Blatantly Partisan Tactics to Suppress Democratic Votes
Florida Governor Rick Scott has done his best to prevent Democrats voting in the 2012 Presidential Election. First, Scott and his Republican legislature undertook a purge of Florida's voting lists that was so biased against minorities (who tend…
Origins of Bombs Mysterious Amid Continued Rights Clampdown in Bahrain
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There were five bomb blasts early Monday in Bahrain, but there are serious questions about who is responsible for their construction and deployment. Two street cleaners of South…
Sick Of The Election Jiz Virtually Speaking Trash Talk
If there were more days remaining, say maybe seven, perhaps there would be reason to throw some politics in here for discussion. But, no, there are, as I write this blarney, only four days left in our long national nightmare. So, enough of the…
NYT Kisses David Petraeus' Boo Boos To Make Them Better
I'm going to spoil this blowjob masquerading as profile for you. Here are the last three sentences of Scott Shane's 1,500 word "news" piece on how David Petraeus' image has taken a hit because his agency 1) missed that the militias we're partnering…
If CIA's Benghazi Annex Was So Secret, Why Were Its Personnel Being Harassed?
Of all the stories reporting David Petraeus' pushback on the Benghazi story, WSJ's was clearly the most thorough.
But I want to question this claim.
The significance of the annex was a well-kept secret in Benghazi. A neighbor said that he…
SIGAR Reports That Afghan Bases Can't Be Maintained After Handoff
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) released its quarterly report (pdf) this week. Along with the report, it issued an audit (pdf) with the long title "Afghan National Security Forces Facilities: Concerns…
The Petraeus Barrage on Benghazi
As I noted yesterday, Jonah Goldberg was whining that not enough journalists were covering this story, which said that CIA had twice asked for help from DOD, only to be denied, and stated that several fo the security guards at the CIA annex…
And They're Off! 4 GOPers Make Bid for 2016 Over Mitt's Still-Warm Body
I'm not really sure why the pundits are wasting time deciding whether Nate Silver is a wizard or a washed out baseball junky. There's another fairly clear sign that insiders believe Obama will win this election: the number of 2016 GOP contenders…
Another Sequel in the Libyan Left Behind Series
A month ago, I marveled at the remarkable frequency with which interesting documents have a way of appearing in Libya; I dubbed it the "Libyan Left Behind" syndrome.
It has happened again. Yet more journalists--Harald Doornbos and Jenan Moussa,…
Jonah Goldberg Complains That Media Treats Boys Who Cry Wolf Like Boys Who Cry Wolf
Welcome to November. As DDay joked on Twitter last night, we've officially moved out of October Surprise month.
I guess Jonah Goldberg was thinking of the same timing when he wrote a column--posted at midnight on October 31--complaining that…
Weak State Department Response to Bahrain Ban on Protests Shows Oil Higher Priority Than Lives
On Tuesday, Bahrain banned all public protests in its continued effort to clamp down on a protest movement that began in February of last year. The State Department issued a weak condemnation of this move on Wednesday, although it is not clear…
Foxes Are to Hen House Security as Bankers Are to Occupy Wall Street
Hey, it’s me, Angry Mom. Yeah, the one who spent the last nine years in political activism. I was utterly immersed in the effort, from baking cookies to persuade voters, to writing op-eds, licking envelopes, dragging my poor kids to conventions,…
Creeping Unemployment in the New Battlegrounds: PA and MI
The big news of the campaign, once you get beyond Mitt's kabuki storm assistance and auto bashing, is that PA and MI are battlegrounds again.
Maybe.
First, Restore Our Future PAC announced $2 million ad buys in both states. The the Obama…
Why Does Mitt Hate Profit?
[I posted substantially this post yesterday, but the BlogGods ate it along the way. So I'm reposting.]
Along with the deceitful attack on Italians who make better car company owners than GOP Private Equity types and the Lee Iacocca spin,…
Sandy's Teachable Moment on Infrastructure
In a remarkable development, the devastation from Sandy now is finally moving a least a portion of the national conversation onto the very important topic of infrastructure and how we need to renew our degrading infrastructure in addition to…