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Dec 1st

Obama Pushes Lobbyists Off Federal Advisory...

Nov 27th

“For the president’s sake, let’s hope that this Thanksgiving,...”
— Why Obama supporters ought to...

Nov 27th

“This is why you should be president.”
— Barack Obama’s Work in...

Nov 27th

“I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited...”
— — Jon Stewart (via Eldafto...

Nov 27th

xojoshua:bibliotheque: “For hours she danced and sang and...

Nov 27th

You can now watch British television, live,...

Nov 27th

NY TIMES: No longer a civil rights footnote -...

Nov 27th

nedhepburn: “How nice—to feel nothing, and still get full...

Nov 26th

kevindavidcrowe:patrickmoberg: Blood Spattered Holidays:...

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Nov 26th

“The featured speakers will be the two Golden Twats of...”
— Cajun Boy, on the upcoming...

Nov 26th

“Mr. Obama will tell the delegates to the climate conference...”
— Obama to Go to Copenhagen With...

Nov 26th

“There are certain days that remind me why I ran for this...”
— President Obama (via...

Nov 26th

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brooklynmutt: You Don’t Know What Socialism Is! Congressman Anthony Weiner takes on FOX...

Nov 25th

“I believe on the 10th page she decides since the book is...”
— Stephen Colbert on Sarah...

Nov 25th

““I think that [Lieberman] is a very complicated guy,” said...”
— Howard Dean: Sen. Joe...

Nov 25th

“Google Wave was built to show younger people how older...”
— adamcoomes (via soupsoup) (via...

Nov 25th

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lfarm: A song for traveling. Yo La Tengo - I Feel Like Going Home Given to me for my journey, by...

Nov 25th

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langer: Immanuel Kant wrote in the preface to the second edition of his Critique of Pure...

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katespencer: Lykke Li and Bon Iver doing “Dance Dance Dance.”

Nov 25th

“Marriage is one of the ‘basic civil rights of man,’...”
— Supreme Court ruling in Loving...

Nov 25th

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Nov 25th

apsies:thepoliticalpartygirl: “She is tough—more hawkish...

Nov 25th

apsies:rillawafers: Orszag in the shot “The White House...

Nov 25th

kevin: — President Obama, on robots. via Gizmodo

Nov 25th

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whiskeyandgoatsmilk:frangry: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Neil Young performs the Fresh Prince...

Nov 25th

“Why do we Tumbl? In the end, we use Tumblr not because it’s...”
— Newsweek: Why We Tumbl (via...

Nov 25th

Economists Urge Passage of Health Reform

Nov 25th

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caitlinoppermann: SARAH PALIN BOOK SIGNING - Interviews with Supporters This is terrifying and...

Nov 25th

““What if I had a booth on the street and I said, ‘Attention,...”
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Nov 25th

geekwithswag: Jerry: So then..Oh are you going to do the...

Nov 25th

“We’re messing with the genes of these animals and then...”
— Jonathan Safran Foer, “Eating...

Nov 25th

How the H1N1 vaccine is made

Nov 25th

“Never in the history of journalism have the news media...”
— Statement from the group...

Nov 25th

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Nov 25th

“Religion. It’s given people hope in a world torn apart by...”
— Jon Stewart (via iamheathen)...

Nov 25th

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brooklynmutt: Martha Stewart Calls Sarah Palin A “Dangerous Person”… ‘I wouldn’t watch her if you...

Nov 23rd

“‘Global warming,’ sir? I’m sorry, that’s just a bunch of...”
— KENNETH, 30 Rock (via...

Nov 23rd

“A Senator’s average age is an elderly 63 years old, and most...”
—  America’s House of Lords...

Nov 23rd

“In an interview with a fashion industry website, Kate Moss...”
— Seth Meyers, Weekend Update...

Nov 22nd

brooklynmutt: Presidential approval tracker The Gallup...

Nov 22nd

“There is a lot on [President Obama’s] plate right now -...”
— AL GORE, referring to the 2000...

Nov 22nd

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Nov 22nd

dederants:peterwknox: Tina Fey — [Pullquote]

Nov 21st

There have been 162 murders of trans people...

Nov 21st

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kaytee: Paul Rudd and Grover introduce the word “brilliant” (These two are my favorites.)

Nov 21st

"What Does It Say When A Comedy Show Does...

Nov 21st

“I’m just moving on, and I’ve got too many other things to...”
— McCain mum on Palin’s campaign...

Nov 18th

“Two hours later, my phone rings. Clinton would like to do...”
— Secretary of State Hillary...

Nov 18th

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iamsosorry:bestrooftalkever: Dolly Parton Endorses Internet Explorer 8. Is “emails” a euphemism...

Nov 15th

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topherchris: Tilt-Shift Magic Kingdom. This is pretty great.

Nov 15th

“Don’t get so tolerant that you tolerate intolerance.”
— Bill Maher (via cocknbull)...

Nov 15th

“According to excerpts from Sarah Palin’s upcoming memoir...”
— SETH MEYERS, Weekend Update...

Nov 15th

“On Monday, Oprah Winfrey and Sarah Palin will sit down and...”
— DAVID LETTERMAN, The Late...

Nov 14th

Labels may be losing money, but artists are...

Nov 14th

“Paying taxes is like going to the zoo. Admission is twenty...”
— Jon Stewart, demolishing the...

Nov 14th

“[Palin] accuses the McCain campaign of keeping her away from...”
— The A.P. says that in the...

Nov 13th

Stupak Campaign Steeped in Abortion Cash

Nov 13th

needtherapy:mikehudack:caterpillarcowboy:mdfsmash: An open...

Nov 13th

“That is why we fight — in hopes of a day when we no longer...”
— Barack Obama (via...

Nov 13th

“What strikes me about this is the enormous self-confidence...”
— Andrew Sullivan (via...

Nov 13th

“The Republican National Committee’s health insurance plan...”
— RNC insurance plan covers...

Nov 13th

“Lou Dobbs scrambled spells Blood Bus and Blob Do Us. Whoever...”
— funnyordie (via...

Nov 12th

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the...”
— JFK (via rulesformyunbornson)...

Nov 12th

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think4yourself:brooklynmutt: Sean Hannity To Daily Show’s Jon Stewart “You Were Right” About Tea...

Nov 12th

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brieflynoted: One more reason Fox has no credibility.

Nov 12th

“Don’t for a second, think Obama wants what is best for U.S....”
— Republican Colorado State...

Nov 12th

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robot-heart-politics:soupsoup:dinnerwithzach: Sarah Palin says of possible changes to US currency...

Nov 12th

“I laugh when New Yorkers complain about the strip mauling of...”
— SweetJuniper Detroit is an...

Nov 12th

think4yourself:apsies: At the end, Clinton’s cell phone...

Nov 12th

“The Palin book leaks. She wants a talk show. There’s an...”
— Keith Olbermann (via...

Nov 12th

“A team of researchers from Harvard Medical School has...”
— Think Progress » Study:...

Nov 12th

“About one-third of all adult homeless men are veterans, and...”
— Editorial - Homeless on...

Nov 12th

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soupsoup: Lou Dobbs picks up his toys and goes home.

Nov 12th

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soupsoup: FRONTLINE: Sick Around The World In Sick Around the World, FRONTLINE teams up with...

Nov 11th

mikehudack: Light bulbs, bottle caps, toothbrushes,...

Nov 11th

John Mayer discusses Track by Track his new...

Nov 11th

suitep: Just ‘cause.

Nov 11th

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robot-heart:counterforce:wolfandfox:leyendecker:upanddowns: Bon Iver - Your Love (The Outfield...

Nov 11th

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robot-heart:counterforce:wolfandfox:leyendecker:upanddowns: Bon Iver - Your Love (The Outfield...

Nov 11th

Congressman Boehner's Terror Alert Skin Set...

Nov 11th

“So, we’ve decided that we are going to trade our Lieberman...”
— President Obama, quoted by...

Nov 11th

mikehudack: Jobs and Gates circa 1991

Nov 11th

Survey raises new doubts on military’s ‘don’t...

Nov 11th

“Let’s be honest. The goal isn’t to see whether I can pass...”
— Rahm Emanuel on healthcare...

Nov 11th

“Cute’s good. But cute only lasts for so long, and then it’s,...”
— Michelle Obama in Glamour (via...

Nov 11th

“Why do I write? It’s not that I want people to think I am...”
— Jonathan Safran Foer (via...

Nov 11th

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retropolitics:ryking: The Rachel Maddow Show: Bart Stupak’s C-Street Gang

Nov 11th

“Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you’re...”
— David Sedaris (Dress Your...

Nov 11th

“Is it not repulsive that a church like the Mormons, which...”
— Andrew Sullivan (via boyhowdy)...

Nov 11th

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Nov 11th

Dutch Views on Same-Sex Marriage

Nov 11th

“[N]o matter how bad all their ideas are, no matter how...”
— John Cole Speaking of the...

Nov 11th

“One of the most interesting things about the BBC doc on the...”
—  Dissent Of The Day - The...

Nov 11th

“I laid out a very simple principle, which is this is a...”
— President Barack Obama on...

Nov 11th

Obama campaign was the source for the...

think4yourself:southpol: David Plouffe outs himself as Ben Smith’s source. When A Haircut Is More...

Nov 11th

24freedinners:suicideblonde: Amy Poehler accepting her...

Nov 10th

“If you happen to be a rich dweeb who went to the right...”
— Matt Taibbi (via...

Nov 10th

“Abortion is a very broad term. The pro-life contingent...”
— Robin Marty, Will the Stupak...

Nov 10th

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peterwknox: Listened to the new This American Life on the way in this morning, and Act 1 was...

Nov 10th

Dead wrong: Man attends own funeral after...

Nov 10th

“There are just over 100 people in the world serving...”
— Supreme Court to Hear Appeals...

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“…the biggest federal subsidy for private insurance coverage...”
—  Ezra Klein (via azspot) ...

Nov 10th

“Most conservatives also believe that the United States has...”
— Is Health Care a Human Right?...

Nov 10th

“The richest three people in the world possess a combined...”
— Alain Badiou, The Century (via...

Nov 10th

“When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving...”
— Bill Maher (via ieatcatlitter...

Nov 10th

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southpol Rep Barbara Lee, you’re singing my song: I remember the days of back alley abortions,...

Nov 10th

The Collider, the Particle and a Theory About...

Nov 10th

thepoliticalpartygirl:apsies: Secretary of State Hillary...

Nov 10th

“As a peacekeeper, my goal is to enable women to enter a...”
— Sister Donna Quinn, a nun who...

Nov 10th

The Berlin Wall: 20 Years Later

Nov 8th

“Some of the people (at the rally) that wanted to engage me...”
— Barney Frank, being awesome...

Nov 8th

mikehudack: heyitsnoah: What Space Invaders Actually...

Nov 8th

To keep non-ticket holders from watching a U2...

Nov 8th

“To make a point no one should have to make: earlier this...”
— Spencer Ackerman, The...

Nov 8th

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mareen: pete yorn & scarlett johansson - clean o rly? what a pleasant surprise.

Nov 8th

“Joe, could you point to the verses in Quran which tell you...”
— TIMB, commenter on Top GOP...

Nov 8th

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adrifting: Jon Stewart’s incredible parody of Glenn Beck last night. Watch it if you haven’t...

Nov 8th

“White privilege: Not having to release a statement...”
— via Ezra Klein (via...

Nov 8th

mikehudack: spiegelman: Oregon Congressman Earl...

Nov 8th

mikehudack:evangotlib:thegongshow: I just changed the...

Nov 8th

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kapi: In Your Eyes — Peter Gabriel

Nov 8th

“If this amendment passes, it will mean that virtually all...”
— Ezra Call your Representative...

Nov 8th

“I am not a great outdoorsman.”
— Congressman Barney Frank,  who...

Nov 8th

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Nov 8th

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upanddowns: Bon Iver - Your Love (The Outfield Cover) I ain’t got many friends left to talk to ...

Nov 8th

“10. Just be a vegetarian, and understand that most...”
— Foster Kamer on the Eleven...

Nov 8th

“In tribute to those who fell at Ft. Hood, I’ve ordered flags...”
— President Obama | Weekly...

Nov 8th

It's official: WA voters pass expanded gay...

Nov 6th

“Harvard professor David Yoffie estimated that in the months...”
— How Jobs transformed Apple -...

Nov 6th

“It wasn’t that long ago that some men called other men...”
— Marlin Lavanhar, Senior...

Nov 6th

“When your first reaction to tragic events is to consider how...”
— Atrios | Afternoon Thought...

Nov 6th

“The Library Department is the most diabolical, ruthless...”
— Amy Poehler, Parks &...

Nov 6th

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kierstenmh: Jolene (cover)- Ray LaMontagne Still don’t know what love means

Nov 6th

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robot-heart:copycats: Better by Dashboard Confessional originally by Regina Spektor (posted by...

Nov 6th

Biologist Richard Dawkins on the evolution...

Nov 6th

“Religion is far more of a choice than homosexuality. And the...”
— Jon Stewart (via adayinboston)...

Nov 4th

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Nov 4th

“You can’t put a civil rights issue on the ballot and let the...”
— Jesse Ventura (Quote from...

Nov 4th

“I’ve seen a lot of presidential campaigns, but this is...”
— - Joe Biden, on a conference...

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