Over the past few days, Republicans have tied themselves in knots to defend Brett Kavanaugh from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who accused him of attempting to rape her when they were in high school.  The GOP has trotted out all kinds of excuses, from the letter signed by 65 of ...read more

As a liberal, I'm somewhat torn between being grateful for any attention that's being paid to the Democratic presidential race, and dismay at the form that attention is taking. On Thursday, Hillary Clinton's campaign took a hard shot back at Bernie Sanders over reports that he ...read more

As of 1:45 p.m. New York time, trading on the New York Stock Exchange remains suspended due to an as-of-right-now unknown problem, but officials at the NYSE insist that it's not a malicious cyber-attack. However, and perhaps coincidentally -- perhaps not -- United Airlines' ...read more

Via Media Matters, Wall Street Journal Editor James Taranto wrote in his weekly column that if both a rapist and his victim are drunk, they share equal blame. No, I'm not making that up. What is called the problem of "sexual assault" on campus is in large part a problem of ...read more

Washington, DC is not a popular place.  That's not really new.  For years I have been told that people "inside the beltway" are disconnected from the ordinary, hard working Americans that live outside of it.  New polling data released this week shows Congress' approval rating ...read more

As Senator Lindsey Graham stated about the GOP's appeal to minorities, "We're not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term." This couldn't be more true, as Gary Younge reports, minorities are running away from the GOP in droves. Black support for ...read more

The Daily Banter Headline grab (from the L.A Times): News Corp. reported a nearly $1.6-billion loss in its fiscal fourth quarter, reflecting the declining value of its publishing businesses — a beleaguered unit that it intends to spin off into a separate publicly traded ...read more

By Ben Cohen: Poor Jonah Lehrer - the new New Yorker staff writer raked over the coals for plagiarizing himself is getting it from all angles. Lehrer's science blog, 'Frontal Cortex' features thought provoking posts on 'science, imagination, and the mind', and his move to the ...read more

Hamilton Nolan catches the New Yorkers newest columnist Jonah Lehrer bizarrely plagiarizing himself: Jim Romenesko pointed out today that in a June 12 blog post for The New Yorker, Jonah Lehrer plagiarized the shit out of himself. Specifically, the first three paragraphs are ...read more

By Ben Cohen: Libertarian high priest Grover Norquist heads up a movement called 'Americans for Tax Reform' - an organization dedicated to slashing taxes and radically reducing the role of government. Norquist is the perfect leader for such a movement - cold, blunt and ruthless ...read more

By Bob Cesca: I'd like to get down to the bottom line when it comes to the deficit, the president's fiscal policies and the impact of government spending during and after deep recessions. This week I wrote a piece about Rove's latest Crossroads GPS commercial attacking the ...read more

JPMorgan Chase is expected to accept the resignation of one of the highest-ranking women on Wall Street after the bank lost $2 billion in a trading blunder, a person familiar with the matter said Sunday. The bank will accept the resignation of Ina Drew, its chief investment ...read more

The Occupy Wall Street movement has attempted to breathe new life into its campaign against inequities in the global financial system with a series of May Day protests across around the US. Thousands of people turned out in New York for a day of action that culminated in a ...read more

By Bob Cesca: The press and the Republican Party are almost equally driven to totally destroy Social Security as we know it. The 2012 Social Security Trustees Report was released this week and here are several headlines from three of the top newspapers in the country: The Wall ...read more