GT Thompson, [Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate] Vietnam Veteran and Kit Fox Society registering to vote We have a chance to help Rick Weiland win the Senate seat in South Dakota thanks to the vote the nine tribes (Oceti Sakowin or Seven Council Fires) there can provide this election. How do we get the Dakota, Lakota and […]
Good news for seniors, Medicare ‘Part B’ premiums won’t rise in 2015
Any comment, sirs? For the third year in a row, Medicare beneficiaries won’t be facing higher Part B premiums. Part B covers doctors visits, outpatient care, durable medical equipment and other non-hospitalization type medical services. This year, it’s remaining a pretty good deal for seniors, a continuing trend. Over the past four years, per capita […]
Open thread for night owls: ‘America is Not for Black People’
“We know this, and then we put it out of our minds, and then something happens to remind us.” By all accounts, Brown was One Of The Good Ones. But laying all this out, explaining all the ways in which he didn’t deserve to die like a dog in the street, is in itself disgraceful. […]
Midday open thread: Hatemonger Fischer spews homophobic sewage again. Does Jesus have car insurance?
Today’s comic by Matt Bors is Hobby Lobby joins a cult!: A teaser from David Dayen’s interview with Keith Ellison: Ellison: My thoughts about where Detroit is today? I mean the real story of Detroit is, Ford, GM and Chrysler basically used Detroit to make a lot of dough. And when they could take advantage […]
Open thread for night owls. FAIR: The whitest, malest cable news show may surprise you
Peter Hart at Fairness and Accuracy in Media writes Who Gets to Speak on Cable News? The identity of the whitest, malest show we found may surprise you. An excerpt: A survey of major cable news discussion programs shows a stunning lack of diversity among the guests. FAIR surveyed five weeks of broadcasts of the […]
Open thread for night owls. FAIR: The whitest, malest cable news show may surprise you
Peter Hart at Fairness and Accuracy in Media writes Who Gets to Speak on Cable News? The identity of the whitest, malest show we found may surprise you. An excerpt: A survey of major cable news discussion programs shows a stunning lack of diversity among the guests. FAIR surveyed five weeks of broadcasts of the […]
Open thread for night owls. FAIR: The whitest, malest cable news show may surprise you
Peter Hart at Fairness and Accuracy in Media writes Who Gets to Speak on Cable News? The identity of the whitest, malest show we found may surprise you. An excerpt: A survey of major cable news discussion programs shows a stunning lack of diversity among the guests. FAIR surveyed five weeks of broadcasts of the […]
Open thread for night owls. FAIR: The whitest, malest cable news show may surprise you
Peter Hart at Fairness and Accuracy in Media writes Who Gets to Speak on Cable News? The identity of the whitest, malest show we found may surprise you. An excerpt: A survey of major cable news discussion programs shows a stunning lack of diversity among the guests. FAIR surveyed five weeks of broadcasts of the […]
Open thread for night owls. FAIR: The whitest, malest cable news show may surprise you
Peter Hart at Fairness and Accuracy in Media writes Who Gets to Speak on Cable News? The identity of the whitest, malest show we found may surprise you. An excerpt: A survey of major cable news discussion programs shows a stunning lack of diversity among the guests. FAIR surveyed five weeks of broadcasts of the […]
Detroit: We need to renew the American dream
Abandoned building in downtown Detroit. My late father was a World War II veteran, and as a child I remember him talking about the promise of America. “If you work hard enough, you can be anything you want to be,” he would say. My dad was a Teamster who drove a milk truck for a […]