Steve Benen has been cataloguing all the lies Joementum has given to explain his opposition to the public option. Here are the first six… Believe it or not, we’re up to seven arguments over seven months, none of which makes sense. In June, Lieberman said, “I don’t favor a public option because I think there’s [...]

Um, we’re a bit tardy throwing up trash this week, seeing as how Pittsburgh already has a 31-17 lead on Cincinnati. Only, we’re not that tardy–the game in question is in the Big East, not the AFC North, where Pittsburgh has already lost twice to Cinci this year. Florida v. Alabama. Anyway, the big game [...]

Max Baucus had really poor judgment when he nominated his mistress to be US Attorney. But his judgment was far worse when he put former Wellpoint VP in charge of reforming health care.

Jeremy Scahill expands on his explanation for the big Vanity Fair piece on Erik Prince.

Is DOJ stalling on the OPR report because of John Yoo’s appeal?

Comcast CEO’s Brian Roberts’ letter endorsing health care yesterday was a pretty shameless bid not just to curry favor, but to get a piece of the health care information technology business that health care reform will bring.

Feingold asked a very good question. Why aren’t we sending troops to Pakistan (where al Qaeda is headquartered) or Somalia (which is causing real problems in the US) like we’re sending troops to Afghanistan?

Nomination hearing for Ben Bernanke.

Peter Baker is worried about relying on press pools from people that resemble the people who have produced press pool reports he has relied on during his entire career.

GM will cede majority control over its joint venture in China to its Chinese partner.