tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58086752013-05-23T05:36:07.713-05:00PBD - Progressive Blog DigestThis daily blog is composed of clips and links from other progressive blog and news sites, accompanied by my own observations. It documents the failure and decline of the Republican party and the efforts of the Obama administration to build a new, lasting Democratic coalition.Nick Burbuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837noreply@blogger.comBlogger3234125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-69421276483504393422013-05-23T05:36:00.000-05:002013-05-23T05:36:07.730-05:002013-05-23T05:36:07.730-05:00
LESS THAN A FIFTH
Lois Lerner, the feckless, math-challenged IRS supervisor who took the Fifth before Congress yesterday, may have blown it by giving a long disclaimer first
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/issa-lerner-waived-fifth-amendment-right
Issa: Lerner Waived Fifth Amendment Right
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/05/22/Nick Burbuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-36494967057964300462013-05-22T07:27:00.001-05:002013-05-22T07:27:29.328-05:002013-05-22T07:27:29.328-05:00
ON MARS
In yet another example of the ongoing dilemma for the Repubs, the overheated rhetoric they need to use to keep their extremist wing motivated drives away everybody else. As a result, their chance to use the recent "scandals" against Obama seems to be drifting away
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/21/1210698/-Nick Burbuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-68332380741693290632013-05-21T07:28:00.000-05:002013-05-21T07:28:06.852-05:002013-05-21T07:28:06.852-05:00
POLL WATCHERS
(It's not part of our concern here, but our hearts go out to the victims of the massive tornado in Oklahoma City.)
I wonder how they keep their heads from exploding: Republicans try to wrap their minds around that fact that despite THREE scandals that are WORSE than Watergate and a totally CORRUPT administration that is like NIXON, or even more, like HITLER, Obama's popularity Nick Burbuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-54558290792257056762013-05-20T06:18:00.001-05:002013-05-20T06:18:54.870-05:002013-05-20T06:18:54.870-05:00
BELT TIGHTENING
Paul Krugman demolishes austerity economics
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/jun/06/how-case-austerity-has-crumbled/
More: http://firedoglake.com/2013/05/19/government-by-platitude/
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2013_05/qotd_if_austerity_was_a_clinic044827.php
Darrell Issa (R-CA) is a really, really bad guy
http://www.dailykos.com/storyNick Burbuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-27830971164578787482013-05-19T07:01:00.001-05:002013-05-19T07:06:11.538-05:002013-05-19T07:06:11.538-05:00
WORSE THAN WATERGATE?
Google "worse than Watergate" and you'll find the many, many Republicans over many, many issues who have tried to crank up the rhetorical scandal factor "to 11." Now we're in the middle of another "worse than Watergate" frenzy. Jon Stewart does the rest
http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/wed-may-8-2013-carey-mulligan
Worse, huh? http://www.americanprogress.org/Nick Burbuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-64765020829986797442013-05-18T07:05:00.000-05:002013-05-18T07:05:02.271-05:002013-05-18T07:05:02.271-05:00
REUNITED
Heritage gives the game away: debating issues and passing laws divides the GOP, but hatred of Obama unifies them. Therefore. . . .
http://thegrio.com/2013/05/16/heritage-to-republicans-dont-legislate-just-scandalize-obama/
Heritage letter to Republicans on Capitol Hill: Don’t legislate, just scandalize Obama
More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/16/1209669/-Nick Burbuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-54604506599364166172013-05-17T07:38:00.000-05:002013-05-17T07:38:00.207-05:002013-05-17T07:38:00.207-05:00
JUGGLING TRICK
The GOP thought they had Obama on three major scandals at once. But it turns out it's THEY who can't handle three at once. They're overplaying the controversies, they're caught in their own hyperbole, and they can't get their party messages straight
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/16/the-scandals-are-falling-apart/
The scandals are falling apart
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YOU'RE FIRED!
Obama tries to get ahead of the scandal parade: fires head of IRS, releases all the Benghazi emails
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/irs-acting-commissioner-resigns-after-targeting-scandal
Obama Administration Sacks IRS Chief After Targeting Scandal
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/05/16/did_obama_stop_the_bleeding.html
Did Obama Stop the Bleeding?
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GIVING SOMEONE A HAMMER . . .
. . . . to beat you with. A bunch of very unsurprising headlines
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/us/politics/report-on-irs-audits-cites-ineffective-management.html
Report on IRS Audits Cites Ineffective Management
[NB: Ya think?]
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/05/republicans-use-irs-scandal-to-undermine-obamacare.php
Republicans Use IRS Scandal ToNick Burbuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-56739914828839738862013-05-14T07:06:00.000-05:002013-05-14T07:06:39.699-05:002013-05-14T07:06:39.699-05:00
REAPING THE WHIRLWIND
Sometimes you get what you deserve
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/05/13/us/politics/ap-us-ap-phone-records-subpoena.html
[AP] U.S. Secretly Obtains Two Months of A.P. Phone Records
Some context: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/05/white-house-no-knowledge-of-doj-collecting-ap-phone-records.php
Although DOJ has not yet said why it subpoenaed the records, Nick Burbuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-22867464629934667922013-05-13T06:37:00.000-05:002013-05-13T09:30:08.757-05:002013-05-13T09:30:08.757-05:00
COORDINATED RESPONSE
Even Republicans blast Republicans for their overhyped Benghazi outrage
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/kristol-shreds-karl-roves-super-pac-anti-hil
[Bill Kristol!] "I do not like the conservative Republican groups putting ads up
about Hillary Clinton," he said. "What is the point of that? That is
just fundraising by American Crossroads and these other groups.Nick Burbuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-60154504266063579542013-05-12T06:38:00.000-05:002013-05-12T06:38:32.176-05:002013-05-12T06:38:32.176-05:00
TWO PARTY SYSTEM
http://tinyurl.com/ch93985
In the past couple weeks, in interviews with House and Senate staffers
for the Republican leadership, there has been a depressing message:
Nothing is going to get done for the next four years.. . .
More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/will-obama-suffer-the-second-term-curse/2013/05/11/3d6b3cde-ba61-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html
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FRESH MEAT
Obama admin gives the Republicans new opportunities for outrage, fundraising
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/11/us/politics/irs-apologizes-to-conservative-groups-over-application-audits.html
I.R.S. Apologizes to Tea Party Groups Over Audits of Applications for Tax Exemption
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/yeah-sure-theres-nothing-political.html
This is exactly the kind of Nick Burbuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-90297433972250531182013-05-10T07:08:00.001-05:002013-05-10T07:08:31.332-05:002013-05-10T07:08:31.332-05:00
WITCH HUNT
The non-scandal Benghazi "scandal"
http://prospect.org/article/benghazi-fizzles
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/right-wing-benghazi-hearing-bust
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/09/1208060/-To-Darrell-Issa-Benghazi-is-just-more-theater-but-even-fiction-doesn-t-always-work-on-stage
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2013_05/Nick Burbuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-53429732648833621782013-05-09T06:52:00.000-05:002013-05-09T06:52:16.902-05:002013-05-09T06:52:16.902-05:00
BENGHAZI REDUX
It's obvious isn't it? The GOP's obsession with Benghazi is their last desperate attempt to smear Hillary Clinton, sure-fire nominee in 2016
http://swampland.time.com/2013/05/08/benghazi-again/#ixzz2SiQFybC1
[Joe Klein] The Republicans, apparently with nothing better to do, are still chasing their tails over the tragic events in Benghazi on September 11. . . .
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THE INVISIBLE WAR
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/us/politics/pentagon-study-sees-sharp-rise-in-sexual-assaults.html
The problem of sexual assault in the military leapt to the forefront in
Washington on Tuesday as the Pentagon released a survey estimating that
26,000 people in the armed forces were sexually assaulted last year, up
from 19,000 in 2010 . . .
More: http://Nick Burbuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-56601619092932901092013-05-07T07:34:00.000-05:002013-05-07T07:34:22.106-05:002013-05-07T07:34:22.106-05:00
COMING TO AMERICAThe Repubs know they have to pass immigration reform to keep any credibility with Hispanics. They . . . just . . . can't . . . bring . . . themselves . . . to . . .do . . . . it
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/07/us/politics/gop-opponents-plan-attack-on-immigration-bill.html
G.O.P. Opponents Plan Immigration Bill Attack
The new excuse: too expensive
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NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER SURRENDER
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/05/no_more_mr_nice_nra.php
You might not have thought the NRA could get crazier or dabble more in incitement than they already were. But you’d be wrong.. . . .
More: http://occupyamerica.crooksandliars.com/diane-sweet/lapierre-we-will-never-surrender
Pumping Benghazi for all that it's worth
http://crooksandliars.comNick Burbuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-69949153857162393392013-05-05T07:33:00.001-05:002013-05-05T07:33:02.245-05:002013-05-05T07:33:02.245-05:00
OPEN FOR BUSINESSShocking, right?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/business/pro-business-decisions-are-defining-this-supreme-court.html
Corporations Find a Friend in the Supreme Court
More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/03/1206752/-Chamber-continues-winning-streak-in-Supreme-nbsp-Court
Just remember: 1984 was thirty years ago
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/04/Nick Burbuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-15060496040149328202013-05-04T07:23:00.000-05:002013-05-04T07:23:28.232-05:002013-05-04T07:23:28.232-05:00
AMERICAN WORKERS
Pretty good jobs report
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/03/unemployment-falls-to-7-5-job-creation-solid-in-april
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/05/03/18036568-us-job-creation-improves-unemployment-rate-drops
http://prospect.org/article/roaring-jobs-report
More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/03/Nick Burbuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-82033672512111993412013-05-03T07:03:00.000-05:002013-05-03T07:03:17.306-05:002013-05-03T07:03:17.306-05:00
LADIES DAY
Will Hillary Clinton oppose Obama on Social Security cuts?
http://prospect.org/article/crossroads-hillary
More: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/05/poll-clinton-2016-democrats.php
Hillary Clinton Still Looks Like A Lock In 2016
In related news
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/mccain-calls-select-committee-investigate-gop
McCain Calls for Select Committee to Nick Burbuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-32380479778551384052013-05-02T08:14:00.000-05:002013-05-02T08:14:37.885-05:002013-05-02T08:14:37.885-05:00
STATE OF THE UNION
What we're up against
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/05/armed-rebellion-poll.php
The survey, aimed at measuring public attitudes toward gun issues,
found that 29 percent of Americans agree with the statement, “In the
next few years, an armed revolution might be necessary in order to
protect our liberties.” An additional five percent were unsure.
Eighteen Nick Burbuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-33691779841133824752013-05-01T08:52:00.000-05:002013-05-01T08:52:25.438-05:002013-05-01T08:52:25.438-05:00
FOR SHAME
Obama vows (again) to try to close Guantanamo
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-no-rush-to-judgment-on-chemical-weapons-in-syria/2013/04/30/60eca3a6-b1a0-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/30/obama-gitmo-closure_n_3188702.html
A skeptical take: http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/04/30/Nick Burbuleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11052188822471256837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808675.post-28338232111874324992013-04-30T08:43:00.002-05:002013-04-30T08:43:38.144-05:002013-04-30T08:43:38.144-05:00
UPON FURTHER REVIEW. . .
Ted Cruz: too crazy for the crazies
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/04/29/ted-cruz-mocks-squishes-in-republican-party
Ted Cruz mocks Senate Republican ‘squishes’
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/30/17984071-how-to-make-enemies-and-alienate-people
http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/ted-cruz-trashes-fellow-senators-texas-free
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PARTY OF HELL NO
The Republicans don't seem at all interested in changing their obstructionist reputation
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/04/29/the-morning-plum-how-conservatives-will-try-to-kill-immigation-reform/
How conservatives will try to kill immigration reform
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/04/house-republicans-eyeing-new-hostage-opportunity.html
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