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

First Black President Jinx

2013-05-20T20:55:00.000-05:00

In 1993 Republicans claimed there would be no way Bill Clinton would get re-elected. Back then, Republicans argued, Dems had stolen the election by implanting Ross Perot-- and also because the...

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They Stole the Election

2013-05-20T13:53:00.001-05:00

Good ole fat boy Alex Jones. He never lets me down. He's easier to predict than the sun rising in the morning. Jones during a phone interview with Gun-boy Lovers of America: "They...

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Rand Paul Knows There's a Memo Somewhere

2013-05-20T13:39:00.002-05:00

Rand Paul claims he knows there's a written memo somewhere containing policy to go after "conservative groups" by the IRS. Sure the IRS applied extra scrutiny to conservative political groups...

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Congressional GOP Has Known About IRS Tea Bagger Scrutiny Since Last July

2013-05-20T13:32:00.004-05:00

"Republicans in Congress have known that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) asked additional questions of some tea party groups seeking tax exempt status since last July, only recently raising the...

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The Polls Were Skewed But It Wasn't the Dems'

2013-05-17T14:38:00.001-05:00

Another good place to pick up my writing is at the exact same place I left off: Republicans Creating an Alternative Reality So They Can Sleep at Night. It's the same tired story, no matter the...

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It's Called Lying

2013-05-17T14:15:00.001-05:00

One contemplation I've noticed about stoppages in writing is where do you pick back up again? Currently there's no shortage of political topics with all the GOP craziness trying to create a...

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Great Taste, Less Filling

2013-05-17T10:00:00.000-05:00

As you can see, we have a new look. We're not finished with it just yet. Still have some things to add and we're not too sure if the comments are working properly. Also, the...

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Democracy Is Messy!

2013-04-18T17:40:00.001-05:00

Election-eve in Iraq: Baghdad (CNN) -- A bomb exploded on Thursday night in a popular coffee shop in western Baghdad, killing at least 27 people and wounding 51 others, city police officials...

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It's the Filibuster Rule Stupid

2013-04-18T16:08:00.002-05:00

Picture credit: TPMDC I'm honestly not sure what the big deal is about four Democratic Senators not voting for the Manchin-Toomey amendment to extend some background checks. Or rather I have no clue...

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They Will Say Anything Just to be First

2013-04-18T08:51:00.001-05:00

It's so easy being a journalist in modern America. All you have to do is get paid millions, smile on teevee, and totally make shit up.

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Senate Gun Bill Gets Filibustered

2013-04-17T19:40:00.001-05:00

Actually two senate gun safety bills go down to filibuster today. One was heavily backed by Democrats and the other by Republicans. Neither could overcome the 60 vote rule....

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Quickies

2013-04-17T17:30:00.004-05:00

This week in Republican rhetoric: Republican Representative Louie Gohmert of Texas excruciatingly claimed that radical Muslims are "being trained to come in and act like Hispanics when...

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NRCC Throws in the Towel on Mark Sanford

2013-04-17T14:30:00.000-05:00

From Politico: Blindsided by news that Sanford’s ex-wife has accused him of trespassing and concluding he has no plausible path to victory, the National Republican Congressional Committee has...

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Welcome to the Big Leagues

2013-04-17T14:18:00.000-05:00

Rand Paul believes people were too harsh on him about his Afro-outreach where he tried to tell students at Howard that the Republican Party hasn't changed in the last 153 years. Welcome to the...

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North Korea would be over in a matter of weeks not months

2013-04-10T23:30:00.004-05:00

The man who told us Iraq would only last a matter of weeks, that it had something to do with 9/11 and the invasion was "sound policy", attended one of his infamous GOP leadership meetings where he...

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Stocks Hit Another Record High

2013-04-10T23:17:00.001-05:00

This can only mean one thing. Obama is coming to take away our guns.

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Rand Paul Vortex

2013-04-10T23:08:00.001-05:00

My super favorite part of this story: Paul did his best with the crowd showcasing his libertarian platform, which breaks from the GOP line on a number of key issues like drugs, where he favors more...

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Deep Thought

2013-03-30T13:05:00.001-05:00

What is going on in this country when you can't even refer to Mexicans as "wetbacks" and compare gays to pedophiles and bestiality? It's almost like the country I grew up in...

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Whatever You Do, Don't Say Vagina

2013-03-29T16:20:00.000-05:00

While teaching human anatomy in a 10th grade biology class in Idaho, the teacher is under investigation for referring to the female reproductive organ as vagina. From Raw Story: According to...

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Hey, remember that time we went to war with the army we had---not the army we might want or wish to have at a later time

2013-03-29T16:01:00.000-05:00

Kennedy School of Government at Harvard places the all-in costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the $4 trillion to $6 trillion range when all is said and done with "the largest portion of that...

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Palin Proves Once Again She's Stupid Crazy

2013-03-29T15:35:00.000-05:00

94% of the $5.1 million Sarah Palin's political action organization spent last year went to political consulting firms. So what's the big deal? Here are some "notable" lines from the Palin's...

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House Cleaning Items

2013-03-29T15:12:00.000-05:00

It's interesting to note that while the site was left vacant, to say the least, that we still had plenty of traffic. Actually, traffic was only down about 3%. In the past when I've had to...

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Okay, so we're back

2013-03-29T11:32:00.000-05:00

So we took a couple months off. You can do that when you own the place.

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Freedom Bombs and Golden Parachutes

2013-03-19T23:00:00.003-05:00

Fox News calls the invasion of Iraq the smartest thing George Bush ever did because it "restored confidence in America." Of course Fox News says this. Do we really expect them to say...

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War is Good

2013-03-19T18:54:00.000-05:00

Everything Iraq In order to give proper credit to an invasion that has cost this country no less than thousands of lives and over $2.2 trillion, The Fold is set to do an expose on all its Iraq...

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