Editors’ Blog - 2009
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08.12.09 | 6:43 pm
Video I Didn’t Think I’d Ever See

President Obama commemorates life of Harvey Milk.

08.13.09 | 5:04 am
Fear The Reaper

Ann Coulter: I’m in favor of death panels if I can be on them — and Rahm’s brother Zeke is on my “death list.”

08.13.09 | 5:07 am
TPMDC Morning Roundup

Will Dick Cheney really spill the beans on Bush in a tell-all memoir? That and the day’s other political news in the TPMDC Morning Roundup.

08.13.09 | 5:13 am
More Tales of Health Care Woe From Across the Pond

TPM Reader JR:

I’ll make this short. Our daughter suffered for years in the United States with an undiagnosed case of Myasthenia Gravis. Her doctors, including a neurologist in New York, failed to diagnosis her disease and dismissed the symptoms as psychosomatic. Mind you, the symptoms, as we learned later, were classic for a young woman with this admittedly rare disease.

After moving to Scotland to start a Masters program, she could finally no longer swallow reliably or talk for more than a few minutes before her muscles no longer worked. …

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08.13.09 | 5:49 am
Palin Gets All Academicky

Sarah Palin marries new school (Facebook) and old school (footnotes) and still comes out whacked on health care.

08.13.09 | 6:36 am
Just Deserts

Fired US Attorney David Iglesias on the latest Rove revelations: “I feel one hundred percent vindicated.”

As he should.

08.13.09 | 6:49 am
Birther Train Leaving The Station …

And Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) is on board.

Late Update: Well, maybe one foot on the train and one still on the platform?

08.13.09 | 8:17 am
Tattoo Syringes in a Doritos Bag

Former Clinton majordomo Betsey Wright (played, loosely, by Kathy Bates in Primary Colors) charged with trying to smuggle contraband into a maximum security prison in Arkansas.

08.13.09 | 8:31 am
Les Paul, 1915-2009

The legendary guitarist and inventor has died. Watch a sampling of his work.