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Maddow to gun nuts: Violent threats are ‘not how we do things in this country’
Wednesday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow talked about the fact that in certain factions of the American right, the answer to increased concern over gun violence has been to threaten more violence. Many of the people who adamantly support guns, for some reason, can’t seem to…
Another attempted terrorist attack to send down the memory hole
Back online, and stoked about it! I’ve been interested in this story for a couple of days, but haven’t been able to blog about it: a man was arrested in Dearborn, Michigan for attempting to blow up a mosque, and this time there is no wriggling out of the fact…
Meghan McCain hits Bristol Palin, says Christine O’Donnell ‘is out of her frickin’ mind’
A winning election night is like Christmas in the McCain household, Meghan McCain told NBC’s Jay Leno Wednesday. And the famous Republican daughter has reason to celebrate. McCain’s father won another term in the Senate and Republicans took back the House of Representatives in Tuesday’s midterms. “It was a big…
Reid hits Angle hard, but it’s too little too late
In tonight’s “too little, too late” department: Harry Reid is dropping some truth bombs about Sharron Angle. Politico, being wingnutty, takes a skeptical tone towards Reid’s accusations that Angle speaks in code and wants to eliminate the vast majority of the federal government, with a special eye towards services that…
How Republican politicians see their base
This round-up of Republican race-baiting ads by Alex Pareene at Salon is at turns hilarious and frightening. But it also gives us an excellent glimpse of what Republican politicians think of their base—how they feel they need to speak to them to get a message across. Conservatives are always accusing…
But there are two weeks left!
Say what you will about the midterm elections, but they’ve been a hell of a ride. I’m a little sad to see that Sharron Angle’s handlers are beginning to just reduce her public appearances rather than risk her telling another Hispanic voter that he/she “looks Asian”, but one thing we’re…
Angle: Muslim law taking hold in parts of US
GOP Senate hopeful Angle says Muslim law taking hold in parts of United States U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle told a crowd of supporters that the country needs to address a “militant terrorist situation” that has allowed Islamic religious law to take hold in some American cities. Her comments came…
The violent right running for office
Fresh on the heels of Sharron Angle running around to conservative media and telling everyone that her base, if they can’t win at the ballot box, will turn to “Second Amendment remedies” comes the news that a congressional candidate from New Mexico is suggesting that we stop illegal immigration by…
The mainstreaming of violent right wing paranoia
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy This has been covered in a few places, but I thought I’d link it anyway, because it settles a simmering debate in the netroots about whether or not it’s wise to pay attention to the hard right. The…
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