WTF, Ferguson Police?!
The “streets” did not “flare up”. The cops in Ferguson flared it up, perhaps, according to pretty much all of the live coverage we followed for hours last night on TV, on the web and, most crucially, on Twitter. No clue what “problem” Fire Boy above thought he was trying to solve with his 9/11 […]
Tale of Two Protests: The Armed Bundy Bunch and the Peaceful Demonstrators of Ferguson
[An updated version of this article has now been published by Salon. Updates to the version posted here, following the weekend’s developments in Ferguson, are posted at the end of the article.] On Wednesday night, I had snarked on Twitter about the lack of so-called “Tea Party” “patriots” — like those brave boys and girls […]
97-Year Old Woman Denied Right to Vote in Kansas Primary for Lack of Photo ID
Way to go Kansas Sec. of State Kris Kobach (R)! You caught another one! Last Tuesday, Beth Hiller, a 97 year-old nursing home resident from Topeka, Kansas, boarded a shuttle along with several other residents of the nursing home’s health care unit. It was a difficult process for many of the residents, who had limited […]
HuffPo and WaPo Journalists Arrested at McDonald’s During Protests in Ferguson, MO
It’s not enough that the police are killing unarmed African-Americans in Ferguson, Missouri. Now they’re arresting journalists like Huffington Post’s Ryan Reilly and Washington Post’s Wesley Lowery for sitting in a McDonald’s to recharge their cell phones while writing up their coverage of the protests and militarized police riots in response to the police killing […]
Rep. Amash (R-MI) Smashes U.S. Chamber of Commerce-Backed Opponent After GOP Primary
[This article now cross-published by Salon…] Washington Posts’ “The Fix” blog describes Rep. Justin Amash’s (R-MI) victory speech after his primary election on Tuesday as “absolutely amazing”, noting that “Politicians who win campaigns, no matter how dirty, will almost always kiss and make up with their political opponents in their election-night speeches.” Amash did no […]
‘Greatest Deception in the History of Mankind’: Behold GOP U.S. House Candidate Lenar Whitney
Michele Bachmann may be on her way out. And Sarah Palin cut and run long ago. But make way for Republican state Rep. Lenar Whitney, who is now running for an open Congressional seat from Louisiana. She cites Bachmann “as a political role model” and proudly accepts the monicker of “Palin of the South”, according […]
Kansas Republicans Reject Koch Brothers’ Radical Libertarian Economics, Endorse Democrat
The Washington Post recently reported that more “than 100 current and former [Kansas] Republican officials [have] endorsed Democratic state Rep. Paul Davis [in his] bid to unseat Gov. Sam Brownback (R).” The website of the group that refers to itself as the “Republicans for Kansas Values,” reveals that the source of their revolt can be […]
CNBC’s ‘Tea Party’ Creator Melts Down On-Air, Gets Schooled During Shout-Fest by Fellow Host
Here’s a perfect example of why people watch cable news — and, also, why they don’t. As TPM’s Josh Marshall describes it: “Rick Santelli, famously in 2009, by one measure launched the ‘Tea Party’ with an epic rant about how big government was crushing capitalism while it was actually in the midst of saving it. […]
GOP Voter Fraud Queen Ann Coulter Urges MS Senate Candidate to NOT Pursue Fraud Concerns
[This article now cross-published by Salon…] Funny thing. For some reason, professional, weapons-grade Rightwing troll Ann Coulter doesn’t think her fellow Republicans should waste their time looking into issues of vote fraud. We wonder why. Coulter, writing an op-ed in Jackson, Mississippi’s Clarion-Ledger yesterday, is hoping to urge Republican “Tea Party” Senate candidate Chris McDaniel […]
‘Green News Report’ – July 10, 2014
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Debunking Neil Cavuto of Fox ‘News’ and the 1970’s ‘global cooling’ myth; Anti-science nuttery alive and well in Kentucky…and Mars; BP oil still contaminating fish in the Gulf; Canada’s tar sands linked to cancer spike in First Nations tribes; PLUS: […]
Maine’s Gov. Paul LePage May Be Dumbest in Nation’s History
We’ve long regarded Maine’s Republican Gov. Paul LePage as giving Arizona’s Republican Gov. Jan Brewer a run for her money as the dumbest Governor in the nation, if not the dumbest in history. But it appears that LePage has been making a real run for that latter title all along. As early as 2011, we […]
Did McDaniel Commit ‘Voter Fraud’ in His Own GOP U.S. Senate Primary Runoff in Mississippi?
Mississippi’s disgruntled Republican U.S. Senate candidate Chris McDaniel may want to be very careful about what seems to be his current hope of challenging the results of his GOP primary runoff last Tuesday, at least based on the “ineligible” voters he claims cast ballots across the state. If he’s too effective in his challenge, he […]
Shadowy Photo ID Voter Initiative Fails in CA
Here’s a bit of good news for California voters for a change: an effort to place a measure on the November 2014 ballot that would have implemented polling place Photo ID restrictions on voting in the Golden State has failed to gather enough signatures to qualify. Similar voting restrictions enacted by Republicans around the country […]
Cantor Unverified; RW Terrorism; MS Mystery; CA Recounts Only for the Rich: KPFK ‘BradCast’
It’s been a stupid busy news week this week, but I tried to fit as much of it as possible into this week’s BradCast on KPFK/Pacifica Radio. So grab a pencil to take notes and buckle up before listening. We’ve got a lot of exclusive reporting for you in this week’s episode! Among the stories […]
UNVERIFIED E-VOTE COMPUTERS REPORT CANTOR LOSS TO ‘TEA PARTY’ PRIMARY CHALLENGER
The political world exploded tonight with the stunning reported defeat of Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to little-known “Tea Party” candidate Dave Brat. Cantor’s loss was so unexpected that Democrats didn’t even bother to nominate anyone to run in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District until last night, reportedly during a conference call, when they decided […]