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When The Ends Justify The Means, You Often Don’t Get The Ends
Actually getting bad guys behind bars is beside the point for the “tough on terrorism” posturers. Update: Looks like a lot of my stated concerns are already going to be a problem. Tsarnaev made his admissions to FBI agents who interviewed him at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he…
Lindsay Graham: U.S. Senate is ‘where ideas go and die’
Monday on Fox News, Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) said that the U.S. Senate no longer functions as a governing body, but is rather “where ideas go and die.” He called the Senate’s performance with regards to the fiscal cliff “embarrassing.” “The Senate doesn’t function anymore. The House has passed three…
The dehumanizing language and myths around immigration
This week, I was doing some research on the surge in rhetoric about repealing the 14th amendment for the podcast,* and I have to admit that even I was astounded to hear how Fox News’ preferred nomenclature for people who immigrate here without going through the green card/citizenship channels is…
Why are they so scared?
Via Atrios, Craig Crawford shoots and scores, when discussing the reprehensible behavior of Senate Republicans towards Sonia Sotomayor, particularly Lindsay Graham’s. They are coming across as a bunch of snarky and bitter old white men who cannot bear the thought of their kind losing power. Well, exactly. It’s hard to…
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