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The Lives of the Boston Bombers: What We Do and Don’t Know

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 21, 2013 29 Comments

A comprehensive primer on the bombers, their families, and their histories.

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Elizabeth Warren Wikipedia page ethnically cleansed (Update — partial restoration)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 07, 2013 39 Comments

One of the greatest controversies surrounding Elizabeth Warren was her claim to be Native American, specifically Cherokee. The controversy was sparked in late April 2012, when the Boston Herald revealed that in the late 1990s Harvard Law School had promoted Warren as a Native American...

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Elizabeth Warren’s Google problem

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2012 37 Comments

Rick Santorum had a Google problem. And so does Elizabeth Warren, although of a different nature. Elizabeth Warren wants her message to be about evil factory owners who live off of others, and the middle class which is being”hammered” (her new favorite word). Whatever her...

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What’s going on in Maryland?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 29, 2012 86 Comments

End of day status:  According to the most recent update to McCain’s post, Walker was released and was charged with “incitement.”  I’ll have to find out more specifically what the charge is, but if there has been any criminal charge, it’s pretty outrageous. I cant...

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Saturday Night Card Game (A Friend Told Me He Chugged 40s In High School)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 28, 2011 7 Comments

This is the latest in a series on the use of the race card for political gain: Think Progress  is reeling from being punked by the Navy Seal Anchor Baby hoax.  But Think Progress needs to earn its keep, so it soldiers on. Think Progress continues its the...

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The Palin “Target Map” Lie Has Traveled Far

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 10, 2011 32 Comments

It is said that a lie travels halfway around the world before the truth can put on its shoes. This weekend, a lie traveled several times around the world, and the truth still is nowhere to be found in the mainstream media. That lie is...

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Meet The Star Performer In Upcoming Think Progress Video

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 10, 2010 4 Comments

Meet a phony Rand Paul supporter who showed up at a rally carrying a Rand Paul sign and prepared to make racist statements. As reported by Dave Weigel: … a videographer at this weekend’s Fancy Farm political celebration in Kentucky hounded a man wearing Rand...

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Palin Blamed For Hatred Of Women

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2009 6 Comments

NY Times columnist Judith Warner writes today about “the fact that our country’s resentment, and even hatred, of well-educated, apparently affluent women is spiraling out of control.” Her proof? A college professor is being charged with child endangerment for dropping three young children (ages 3,...

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It Always Has Been About Trig

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 04, 2009 71 Comments

I waited a whole day before posting about the Sarah Palin resignation. Well, not a whole day, but longer than almost everyone else in the blogosphere. Here’s my take as of this moment in time, subject to change: I don’t know why Sarah Palin resigned,...

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Yet Another Cheap Attack On Michele Bachmann

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 25, 2009 0 Comments

Michele Bachmann, the conservative Republican Congressman from Minnesota, has gotten into the heads of the left-wing blogosphere. Yesterday was the completely phony attack on Bachmann’s “armed and dangerous” comment, in which her metaphor for outrage was twisted into a supposed call to arms. Today brings...

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