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Colbert: Hillary left Benghazi hearing with GOP’s ‘nuts in her attaché case’
On Thursday night’s edition of “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert recapped the drama of Hillary Clinton’s Senate hearing on the terror attack in Benghazi, Libya. Colbert said that it looked like Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) got a little more than he bargained for in his effort to cross examine…
Blood Clots Won’t Stop the Conspiracy Theorists
Unfortunately, Hillary Clinton’s health problems have gone from bad to worse, as she’s been re-hospitalized after a stomach virus caused a fainting spell that caused a concussion earlier this month. Now she’s got a blood clot, and sensible people whose minds haven’t been degraded beyond compassion by wingnuttery are concerned. As noted…
5 Questions For: Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on Clinton, Obama and money in politics
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is his state’s junior Senator, first elected in 2006 and thus up for reelection in 2012. He is one of the Senate’s more liberal members on everything from marriage equality (he supports a repeal of DOMA) to the elimination of the Citizens United ruling. He spoke…
Clinton: ‘sand is running out of the hourglass’ for Assad
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton warned hardline Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad that his days were numbered as both countries intensified the rhetoric in a war of words on Sunday. Speaking in Tokyo, Clinton said an admission by UN mediator Kofi Annan that his peace plan was failing should serve…
NC school strip searches 10-year-old over $20 he didn’t steal
An elementary school in Clinton, North Carolina says an assistant principal was within her legal rights when she stripped a 10-year-old boy down to his underwear because he had been accused of stealing $20. Clarinda Cox told WRAL that her son, Justin, was forced to take off everything but his…
Democrats deploy Bill Clinton in recall fight against Scott Walker
Bill Clinton will travel to Wisconsin on Friday to campaign in the state’s recall election amid accusations from local activists that the Obama administration has failed to get behind their bid to oust Republican governor Scott Walker. The Democratic National Committee announced the former president’s trip on Thursday in the hope that a…
Daily Show: Diplomatic mess with Chinese dissident all President Clinton’s fault
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng escaped from house arrest during a diplomatic visit by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton earlier this week and presented himself at the U.S. embassy seeking asylum. The U.S. initially portrayed this moment as a human rights victory, but that take on things quickly unraveled as…
This will all end in a shootout with the feds
I’m certainly not the expert on Outer Wingnutteria (hat tip to David for the phrase) like David Neiwert is, but I know enough to start really beginning to worry that the hardest of the hard right are going to go on a self-immolation and violence-causing spree like they did in…
Obama’s team asked to retire $10M of Clinton’s $22M debt
That’s a lot of scratch to raise. Hillary’s video request to supporters is here. Barack Obama asked his finance committee this afternoon to help Senator Hillary Clinton retire her debt. On a conference call that lasted about 45 minutes Obama made a personal plea to his top donors, telling them…
Chatting about feminism and Hillary Clinton
I’ll be on KFPA out of Berkeley this morning with Kim Gandy of NOW and Shireen Mitchell, Founder of Digital Sisters to discuss Clinton’s feminist legacy and the future of women in politics, starting at 7AM Pacific Time, 10AM Eastern Time. You can listen to it here.…
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