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Colbert puts Iran’s leaders ‘On Notice’
With time running out on Iran’s chase for nuclear capability, Stephen Colbert said Tuesday, saving the world was up to him, leading him to put the country’s leaders on his “On Notice” board. “Mullah this over!” the Colbert Report host announced, while slotting them between the band OK Go and…
Jon Stewart revives FDR to take down ‘wizard’ Romney
Taking a look at Mitt Romney’s economic plan, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart wondered Tuesday night whether the Republican presidential candidate was a businessman — or a wizard. Stewart noted that Romney planned to reduce the “immoral” federal deficit while cutting tax rates by 20 percent, increasing defense spending,…
WaPo columnist: Romney budget is ‘math on meth’
Tuesday night on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne said Mitt Romney’s plan to cut taxes, increase defense spending and lower the deficit did not add up. He told Maddow the fact that people were so focused on the Republican presidential candidate’s line regarding Sesame Street…
Sen. Sanders ‘surprised’ if Biden doesn’t ‘decimate’ Ryan in debate
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) thinks Vice President Joe Biden will be able to dominate the debate on Thursday because of Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) controversial budget plan. “These are devastating cuts [to Medicare and Medicaid,]” he told Current TV host Eliot Spitzer. “What kind of moral outlook throws children, poor…
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer presses Romney to explain ’47 percent’ comments
On Tuesday night, CNN host Wolf Blitzer questioned Mitt Romney about controversial statements the Republican presidential nominee made at a fundraiser earlier this year. Blitzer asked Romney why he described “47 percent” of Americans as government-dependent “victims” who paid no income taxes and were therefore going to vote for President…
NYPD officers stop-and-frisk black teen for being ‘a f*cking mutt’
New York Police Department officers berated a young African-American man named Alvin during a so-called stop-and-frisk in 2011, an audio recording obtained by The Nation revealed. In the clip, the officers tell Alvin that he is being stopped because he kept looking at them with his hood up. As he…
Santelli goes berserk when asked to defend jobs report conspiracy theory
CNBC on-air editor Rick Santelli, who is credited with helping to launch the tea party movement, flew into a rage on Tuesday after he was asked to defend his apparent suggestion that the most recent jobs report had been doctored to help President Barack Obama get re-elected. Former GE CEO…
Romney adviser to LGBT conservatives: Some decisions ‘are going to offend you’
A senior adviser to Mitt Romney on Monday assured a group of LGBT conservatives that the Republican presidential nominee would be successful at winning the White House in November. Speaking at GOProud’s “Unity” event, Bay Buchanan avoided any mention of LGBT issues but warned the audience that some of Romney’s…
Mexican authorities lose slain cartel leader’s body
Mexican officials simultaneously confirmed Tuesday morning that they had killed the leader of one of the country’s most notorious drug cartels and that the body had been stolen. According to TV Azteca, authorities in the state of Coahuila said fingerprint records prove one of the two men killed in a…
Watch live: Romney campaigns in Iowa
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign event in Van Meter, Iowa. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Oct. 9. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
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