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It's 2012, an election year. It is a hard fought scrap we are in, between opposing governing philosophies, and the rhetorical pitch is o...

Chris Matthews can be amusing or frustrating to watch on TV. Sometimes it can be a matter of your or his politics. And sometimes it can be...

Weapon's of Mass Destruction. Those were popular for awhile. Early part of the last decades it seemed to be all we would talk about. Not...

TPM notes the new argument.  Muslims around the world where we place our forces won't like it. Which approach to this... First, thi...

I am conflicted. I am annoyed at all these conservatives that were happy to spend and spend on wars and give out all sorts of tax cuts to t...

Olbermann gave criticism of the stance the Obama administration on the torture that happen under Bush and what will be done about it now we ...

Crooks and Liars looks at Rachel Maddows interview with IAVA over McCain's abysmal support for veterans, for all of his talk. Includes...

If that last post doesn't worry you, I am sure you will be cool with this. McCain on making the cities of the US safer. Crooks and Liars...

And TPM is covering it. Here is a coversation they had with Richard Clark on foreign policy.

Crooks and Liars : The Washington Monthly : (h/t Bill W) IRAN’S WEAPONS ….Tina Susman of the LA Times reports that Iranian involvement in Ir...

Crooks and Liars has an update on the Military Analyst story. ... I’ve been posting like crazy about the latest media/military propaganda s...

I thought this was a nice reading of McCain's thinking. TPM : To get a feel for what McCain was saying, about the best account I've...

Informed Comment : I am always astounded at the combination of unrealistic optimism and foolish gullibility that marks political discourse o...

TPM : John McCain won't stop trying to change the subject. And the RNC just won't stop lying on his behalf about his 100 years in I...

And failing. Crooks and Liars : ... During today’s hearing with Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) que...

Crooks and Liars points to this new story (in a long line): The Nation : It was an early January morning in 2008 when 42-year-old Lisa Smit...

Feministing : Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) has an op-ed in the LA Times where she reveals that " women serving in the U.S. military are mo...

TPM : Within less than a week the Basra offensive has gone from "a defining moment" in Iraqi's history, in the President's...

really? TPM : It was supposed to be, as President Bush called it, "a defining moment in the history of Iraq." And it might just b...

TPM : As you've probably heard, our local boss in Iraq, Prime Minister Nuri al Maliki, sternly set forth a 72 hour deadline for members ...