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05.18.12 | 8:23 am
Rest Easy, Plutocrats

You a big banker worried that Jamie Dimon’s JP Morgan debacle is going to blow open the dam holding back the floodwaters of reform? One of the top reformers in DC says there’s little chance of that.

05.18.12 | 7:24 am
Unleash The Dragon

The first-ever mission to send a private commercial spacecraft to the International Space Station launches Saturday. Check out the Dragon.

05.18.12 | 5:24 am
Could Filibuster Reform Happen?

Is Filibuster Reform finally going to happen?

05.18.12 | 3:40 am
Who is Joe Ricketts?

Who is Joe Ricketts? The latest mogul fixin’ to go to war against President Obama?

05.17.12 | 5:17 pm
Big News on Trayvon Martin Case

Documents released Thursday show police investigators initially concluded that Martin’s killing was ‘ultimately avoidable’ and recommended charges of manslaughter.

05.17.12 | 2:09 pm
Not Just Greece Having Hard Times

The George Zimmerman legal defense fund has fallen on hard times.

05.17.12 | 2:06 pm
Books Update

We got so many great emails of book recommendations, I haven’t been able to get through all of them yet. Please keep them coming and I’ll report back on the great finds soon.

05.17.12 | 12:12 pm
The Holy Grail of Smackdowns

Most of today’s news has been occupied by the Times story, which reported that a gaggle of Romney supporters were prepping a big ad campaign to toss Reverend Wright and everything but the kitchen sink at President Obama. Since then virtually everyone involved has either denied involvement or is insisting that it was just an idea and not one that they’d ever planned to go ahead with.

But there’s a bigger story here. And the key is the strategist’s claim, quoted in the Times, that the plan would “do exactly what John McCain would not let us do.” Read More

05.17.12 | 11:52 am
Best. Mitt. Quote. Evah.

“I’m not familiar precisely with exactly what I said, but I stand by what I said whatever it was.”

Romney today on the campaign trail: Watch.

05.17.12 | 11:37 am
Saverin to USA: Catchya, Suckas

Eduardo Saverin just released a statement which was first interpreted as pledging to pay the taxes he had renounced his citizenship to avoid. But it actually means just the opposite and amount to pushback and goodbye to the USA.