Maddow hails Shep Smith for going to town on Republicans opposing 9/11 responders bill.
President Obama tells The Advocate DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) should go too and says his lawyers are looking at a “range of options.”
Sigh. Better crisis communications needed in the right-wing noise machine. Apparently before Haley Barbour recanted his praise for the segregationist White Citizens Councils, Fox News had a rather different take on the story: “Haley Barbour Fends off Left-Wing Racial Smears with Ease.”
Today in the Senate, they passed (by unanimous consent) the defense authorization bill that Republicans held up over objections to repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell just two short weeks ago; they passed by a voice vote the 9/11 First Responders Health bill that had been the subject of so much drama and debate; and they passed by a 71-26 vote the START nuclear treaty with Russia despite Republican objections to that as well.
And, for good measure, they are currently voting to confirm Mary Helen Murguia to be a judge in the Ninth Circuit.
Update: At 3:40, they confirmed Murguia.
Okay, this year is the fourth year of the Golden Dukes. And until now, the reader portion of the contest was in the nomination phase. Then the esteemed judges picked the actual winners. Well, we’re doing it that way again this year. But this year for the first time, you’ll get to vote on who you think should win the Golden Duke in each of this year’s eight categories.
Results so far after the jump … Read More
Many of you probably remember the exchange earlier this year when Lt. Dan Choi gave Harry Reid his West Point ring and said he wouldn’t take it back until DADT was repealed. Today, Reid gave him the ring back. Powerful video. Watch after the jump. Read More
Lieberman mulling running again as Dem, will talk to Patty Murray, who’s running the campaign committee, about the possibility early next year.