Category Archives: Politics

A Washington ‘whodunit’: who fed bogus Benghazi ‘emails’ to the media? **UPDATE: a ‘glaring omission…’**

Posted on May 18, 2013 by jreid

Who leaked bogus email “summaries” to ABC news and the Weekly Standard to try and stoke a Benghazi controversy? Continue reading →

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Ladies and gentlemen, the totally non-partisan, apolitical tea party …

Posted on May 13, 2013 by jreid

Were they right to use an algorithm to target people with “tea party” in their name? No. But did they have a legitimate reason to wonder whether the sudden upsurge in “tea party” 501(c)4s seemed suspicious, so maybe they should make sure there was no fraud going on? Yes. Continue reading →

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Yes, I called Republican Benghazi hunters ’9/11 truthers’

Posted on May 8, 2013 by jreid

… because they are, Blanche. They AHRE in that chair. Continue reading →

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Joy on ‘Meet the Press’ May 5, 2013

Posted on May 7, 2013 by jreid

I was on with former Rep. Harold Ford Jr., former House speaker Newt Gingrich and the National Review‘s Rich Lowry. Fun, fun, fun! Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Part two after the jump … Continue reading →

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This week’s Herald column: New America held hostage, by Old America

Posted on May 2, 2013 by jreid

They aren’t going to secede …

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August Busch IV’s epic ‘I quit you’ letter to the NRA

Posted on April 19, 2013 by jreid

Cheers to you, sir.

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Profiles in cowardice? Or, why can’t we have gun reform? (Includes Gabby Giffords’ column and mine)

Posted on April 18, 2013 by jreid

In the wake of the failed vote to break a GOP filibuster on gun reform on Wednesday, a lot of people are feeling depressed, but even more are getting angry (including President Obama.) on that score, former congresswoman Gabby Giffords’ … Continue reading →

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The NRA 45 — Senators who voted to block gun reform

Posted on April 17, 2013 by jreid

The NRA’s 45 minions named, with phone numbers, by Emily Hauser. Call them and tell them what you think of their filibuster.

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Watch: Bill Maher’s epic takedown of Ryan/Rand-style Libertarianism

Posted on April 6, 2013 by jreid

… Rand Paul and Paul Ryan, “intellectually stuck in their teen years,” quoting from a poorly-written book “that’s never been read all the way through by anyone with a girlfriend…” Genius.

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This week’s Herald column: Charlie Crist or bust?

Posted on March 20, 2013 by jreid

Cartoon from the Crowley Political Report This week’s column tackles the political reality that some Florida Democrats would rather not face…

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