The Fold Blog: Making history, for all the wrong reasons

Self Delusion's Hidden Government

2012-02-13T15:16:00.000-06:00

Just in time for today's budget talk, the Times did a bang up job with a very informative story over the weekend. It hits upon a constant theme, not only on this blog, but in public...

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Budget Time

2012-02-13T14:26:00.000-06:00

Lots to look at today with the president's budget coming out. Read the whole thing Stands no chance at passing $3.8 trillion in spending Revenue, revenue, revenue.... And, of course,...

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What Once Was, Still Is

2012-02-13T13:28:00.000-06:00

For the Bush administration’s entire second term, the Department of Justice failed to tell Congress how many intrusive wiretaps (i.e., eaves dropping without warrants-- direct violation of the 4th...

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GOP Voter Fraud: It's Way Worse Than Fox News Wants To Tell You

2012-02-13T13:16:00.003-06:00

Due to fudging votes, Mitt Romney was declared the winner of the Iowa caucus at the beginning of the year. Turns out, he actually lost that race. Now we have our second election in...

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Latest Round of Birth Control Hot Buttons Became Law Under Bush Administration

2012-02-10T14:44:00.000-06:00

Led by the self-labeled Christian Right, Republicans are in an uproar over President Obama's decision to require employers to offer birth control in their insurance programs. One of the key...

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Imposing Biblical Law Is the Same Thing You Know

2012-02-10T10:34:00.000-06:00

Great picture I found somewhere on Facebook today. Sums up the modern GOP, not just Santorum, perfectly. I will add something I read from a commenter on FB. It should read "So DID...

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Huckabee Says TARP Should Have Been Called CRAP

2012-02-10T09:58:00.000-06:00

I love this. I just absolutely love this. This is how the GOP takes reality and skews it to match their Fantasy World-- a world where they are small government, fiscal conservatives who...

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Scalia: USSR Had a Better Constitution

2012-02-10T09:23:00.001-06:00

Republican Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said the Soviet Union's constitution was much better than America's. "The bill of rights of the former evil empire, the Union of Soviet...

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Quickies

2012-02-09T16:23:00.001-06:00

Mortgage relief on the way? New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman calls today's mortgage relief package a "down payment towards the overall goal of accountability," and a small step in...

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Hits Them Where It Hurts

2012-02-09T10:35:00.000-06:00

Of all the crazy lies and denialism Republicans make-up to justify their Fantasy World, their insistence President Obama deserves no credit for killing bin Laden is second only to their insistence...

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How to Level the Religion Playing Field

2012-02-09T09:19:00.000-06:00

There's a discussion thread on a post from a few days ago I want to highlight. One because it's civil. And two because it makes me look like I care and like I'm holier than thou....

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Even Eden Rejects Romney

2012-02-08T12:24:00.000-06:00

Mitt Romney even lost the county he solemnly believes is home to the Biblical Garden of Eden. WWJD?

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GOP Revolts, at least for a day

2012-02-08T11:16:00.002-06:00

I'm just catching up on events that happened Tuesday. Some of it really catches me off guard. Mitt Romney, the Republican front-runner lost all three states yesterday....

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Deep Thought

2012-02-08T10:59:00.000-06:00

Rather certain my cold is a right wing conspiracy to shut me down.

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Top 10 Mitt Romney Thoughts After Donald Trump's Endorsement

2012-02-07T22:35:00.001-06:00

Contributor Michael M. Bloomer produced this while at the movie, Hugo.

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Visualizing Romney's "Safety Net" For The Poor

2012-02-06T20:53:00.002-06:00

Contributed by Michael Bloomer while locked in a closet by his beloved wife, Sue In a fit of what can only be viewed as overconfidence after his win in the Florida primary last week, Mitt Romney...

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Steve Benen Returns, Various Items

2012-02-06T14:35:00.000-06:00

It looks as if Steve Benen has returned to the intertubes. He's been writing on Maddow's Blog. I also want to apologize for the stoppage in posts over the last couple days. I got sick...

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Ron Paul Double Dips

2012-02-06T10:28:00.000-06:00

The supposed fiscal saint Ron Paul double dipped on some travel reimbursements. This only means one thing, it's a conspiracy against the Revolution! to prevent Paul from from winning.

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Deep Thought

2012-02-06T10:24:00.003-06:00

But I thought only Democrats rigged elections???????? Could Fox News be lying to me again?

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Newt's Very Good Day: Trump Endorses Romney!

2012-02-02T14:56:00.001-06:00

Contributor Michael M. Bloomer wrote this in bed. And we think we've got troubles? Consider for a moment the plight of Mitt Romney, the once nearly presumptive 2012 GOP Presidential candidate. Not...

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"The Fat-Cat Quotient" - How Many Poor Families Can Mitt Romney Afford On His 2011 Speaking Fee Income Alone?

2012-02-01T08:42:00.000-06:00

Today's post is brought to you by guest blogger Mike from They'll Say Anything! We are very glad to have him. Mitt's definitely winning the class war. Based on the Department of Health...

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CBO: Deficit Can Be Cut 75% By Congress Doing Nothing

2012-01-31T12:44:00.000-06:00

Revising its numbers from August, CBO now says the current fiscal year budget deficit will hover around $1.1 trillion. In August the budget office assumed the deficit would shrink below...

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Republican Recovery Debunked In One Graph

2012-01-30T16:11:00.001-06:00

Neither sectors are dependent upon the other. Not at all what Republicans have been saying.

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Quickies

2012-01-30T15:47:00.000-06:00

Ron Paul's former secretary says Paul indeed read and signed-off on every single newsletter. Anyone who believes Ron Paul didn't know the contents of newsletters printed under his name and...

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So Long

2012-01-30T15:14:00.002-06:00

I could kick myself for forgetting to mention that my favorite blogger, Steve Benen, has called it quits. He didn't exactly just quit. He took a better job producing The Rachel Maddow Show....

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