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Scott Brown

The unbeatable Republican?

Steve Kornacki
Salon exclusive: Secret Democratic poll finds shocking popularity for Scott Brown

Donald Trump — an insult to real birthers!

Alex Pareene
The TV personality and "candidate" proudly associates himself with the nuts. But he's not even doing that right

DOJ inquiry says “New Black Panther” case was handled appropriately

Alex Pareene
An investigation by the Justice Department's ethics office concludes that made-up scandal was made up
En esta foto de archivo del viernes 25 de marzo del 2011, el presidente Barack Obama sonríe ampliamente en un acontecimiento para festejar el Día de la Independencia de Grecia en el Salón Oriental de la Casa Blanca el viernes 25 de marzo del 2011 en Washington. El presidente Obama ofrecerá la noche del lunes 28 de marzo del 2011 un informe pormenorizado de las decisiones que tomó su gobierno para participar en las acciones militares contra el gobierno del presidente de Libia Moamar Gadafi. (Foto AP/Karolyn Kaster) (AP)

Obama and American exceptionalism

Glenn Greenwald
Last night's Libya speech again highlighted Obama's belief in American exceptionalism. Is that a good thing?
Bill Sammon

Fox exec: That whole “Obama is a socialist” thing was a wacky joke

Alex Pareene
Washington managing editor Bill Sammon says he was just being "mischievous" in multiple 2008 statements
President Barack Obama delivers his address on Libya at the National Defense University in Washington, Monday, March 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (AP)

Fact-checking Obama’s Libya speech

Richard Lardner, Calvin Woodward
Questionable assertions about NATO's role, the scope of the mission and the moral justification for it
President Barack Obama speaks about Libya at the National Defense University in Washington, Monday, March 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

Barack Obama: We’re in Libya to prevent a massacre

Alex Pareene
The president explained, as best he could, why we're there, but couldn't quite explain how we'll know when to go
Jerome Corsi

Big new Birther book coming out in time for 2012

Justin Elliott
Jerome Corsi, the right-wing author behind the swift-boating of John Kerry, has penned a new book targeting Obama
A survivor cuts woods for fire to warm at a shelter in the devastated town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday, March 28, 2011. The March 11 quake off Japan's northeast coast triggered a tsunami that barreled onshore and disabled the Fukushima nuclear complex. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) (AP)

Unpacking for a disaster

Rebecca Solnit
What you need to survive the unexpected

Donald Trump is America’s most famous birther now

Alex Pareene
The TV host and make-believe candidate takes his newfound conspiracy theories on a media tour
Libyan rebels jubilate on a checkpoint in Al-Egila, east of Ras Lanuf, eastern Libya, Sunday, March 27, 2011. The rebels claim that they have entered Ras Lanuf. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Libya air raids hit Gadhafi stronghold of Sirte

Hadeel Al-shalchi, Ryan Lucas
Libyan rebels continue rapid advance westward, building momentum in push toward Tripoli

What’s really driving the GOP’s abortion war

Amanda Marcotte
The economy is reeling and we're in three wars, but Republicans across the country are focused on ... abortion?
Jane Pederson, center, of Menomonie, Wis., protests in front of the offices of Koch Industries in Madison, Wis., Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. Opponents to the governor's budget are in their tenth day of protests. (AP Photo/Andy Manis) (AP)

Billionaire self-pity and the Koch brothers

Glenn Greenwald
The libertarian tycoons explain why they are the true victims of America's political culture
Libyan rebels stop at a checkpoint in Al-Egila, east of Ras Lanuf, eastern Libya, Sunday, March 27, 2011. The rebels claim that they have entered Ras Lanuf. The rebels claim that they have entered Ras Lanuf. Libyan rebels took back a key oil town and pushed westward Sunday toward the capital, seizing momentum from the international airstrikes that tipped the balance away from Moammar Gadhafi's military. Brega, a main oil export terminal in eastern Libya, fell after a skirmish late Saturday and rebel forces moved swiftly west, seizing the tiny desert town of Al-Egila a collection of houses and a gas station on their way to the massive oil refining complex of Ras Lanouf. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Libyan rebels reclaim 2 oil centers in sweep west

Ryan Lucas
Opposition forces recapture Ras Lanouf, Brega in march westward toward Tripoli
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Air raids force Gadhafi retreat, rebels seize east

Ben Hubbard, Ryan Lucas
Rebels secure control of Ajdabiya as Gadhafi forces shed ammunition, uniforms in retreat
FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 1, 1984 file picture, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro gives the thumbs-up sign to a crowd of supporters in downtown Jackson, Miss. as Walter Mondale and Ferraro kicked off their 1984 campaign in this Southern city. Behind Ferraro are Mondale, state Rep. Robert Clark and former Gov. William Winter. The first woman to run for U.S. vice president on a major party ticket has died. Geraldine Ferraro was 75. A family friend said Ferraro, who was diagnosed with blood cancer in 1998, died Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Massachusetts General Hospital. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm, File) (AP)

Geraldine Ferraro, one tough Democrat

Joan Walsh
She lamented being remembered for tin-eared racial remarks about Obama, but maybe God wasn't finished with her yet
President Barack Obama speaks at an event commemorating Greek Independence Day in the East Room of the White House, Friday, March 25, 2011 in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Obama on Libya: “We’re succeeding in our mission”

Darlene Superville
President defends Libya intervention in warm-up for national address Monday night
Rush Limbaugh

What the right means when it calls NPR “liberal”

Bill Moyers, Michael Winship
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship debunk the claim that NPR is the left-wing opposite of the right-wing media machine
President Barack Obama answers question on the ongoing situation in Libya during his joint news conference with President of El Salvador Mauricio Funes at the National Palace in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, March 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

Miranda is Obama’s latest victim

Glenn Greenwald
In the name of fighting Terrorism, the DOJ severely dilutes decades-old protections
U.S President Barack Obama waves at the Centro Cultural La Moneda Palace before his speech to Latin America in Santiago, Chile, Monday March 21, 2011. Obama is in Chile as part of a three-country, five-day tour of Latin America. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia) (AP)

Obama to leave Latin America early

Jim Kuhnhenn
The President will cut his trip short presumably due to the escalating situation in Libya

Was Obama henpecked into war?

Heather Michon
The press freaks out that Hillary Clinton, Samantha Power and Susan Rice were early supporters of bombing Libya
Cuba's Fidel Castro. (AP/Roberto Chile, Cubadebate)

Cuba’s Fidel Castro: I quit as party chief 5 years ago

Paul Haven
Castro's bizarre announcement raises questions about how Cuba has been led since Raul Castro took over in 2006
A Libyan rebel patrols the frontline of the outskirts of the city of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Monday, March 21, 2011. The international military intervention in Libya is likely to last "a while," a top French official said Monday, echoing Moammar Gadhafi's warning of a long war ahead as rebels, energized by the strikes on their opponents, said they were fighting to reclaim a city under siege from the Libyan leader's forces.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

The manipulative pro-war argument in Libya

Glenn Greenwald
Accusing war opponents of indifference to suffering is a common, and ironic, tactic used to justify wars

Pawlenty announces White House exploratory committee

Philip Elliott, Brian Bakst
Former Minnesota governor announces intention to run for president on his Facebook page this afternoon
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