Editors’ Blog - 2011
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01.13.11 | 11:49 am
Onward Solar Warriors

Will a US solar power industry be built on military demand?

01.14.11 | 3:06 am
Today Is The Day

The RNC elects a new chairman. Will Michael Steele survive?

01.14.11 | 3:11 am
Limbaugh’s ‘Straight Shooter’ Billboard Yanked in Tucson

Clear Channel to TPM: “Clear Channel Outdoor management in Tucson quickly elected to take down this ad – believing that discussion of its interpretation would not contribute to the desire for healing in the Tucson community.”

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01.14.11 | 3:20 am
Strange On Top Of Strange

The “Nazi jihadist” arrested for biting two FBI agents is now alleging through his lawyer in court filings that one of those agents had a romantic relationship with his mother — a charge the FBI categorically denies.

01.14.11 | 4:32 am
Facing Down The Tiger

Sarah Palin does her first post-Tucson interview Monday with … Sean Hannity.

01.14.11 | 5:00 am
Gaffetastic!

With Michael Steele looking likely to lose his job today as the RNC elects its next chairman, we look back at Steele’s glorious gaffetastic two years as King of the RNC.

01.14.11 | 6:12 am
Enough With Teaching The History of Minorities

Tennessee tea partiers lay out their demands to state legislators about what should and should not be taught in public schools, including:

“No portrayal of minority experience in the history which actually occurred shall obscure the experience or contributions of the Founding Fathers, or the majority of citizens, including those who reached positions of leadership.”

For Tennessee, does that mean sanitizing Andrew Jackson’s role in the Seminole Wars? Or maybe it just means we have to go back to referring to Shiloh as a tragic loss for the Confederacy at the hands of that devil Grant.

01.14.11 | 6:30 am
Brit Hume: Native American Blessing ‘Most Peculiar’

Jon Stewart rips Fox News’ coverage of the Tucson memorial service. Watch.

01.14.11 | 6:47 am
Brotherhood

Wife of Democratic congressman from Massachusetts gets 30 days in jail for aiding in the filing of false tax returns for her brother, an online gaming operator in Antigua who is wanted in the U.S. on charges of money laundering and illegal gambling.

01.14.11 | 8:36 am
Not Looking Good for Steele

The RNC is meeting today to elect it’s new chairman. Our Brian Beutler is there and he says it’s looking bad for Michael Steele.

Late Update: Here’s the first vote tally. Numbers actually a bit higher for Steele than I’d have expected.