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Transcript of President Obama's Second Inaugural Address

Here is President Obama's second inaugural address as prepared for delivery on Jan. 21, 2013.Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring ... More >>

Is This the End of the Culture War? Nah -- Too Much Money In It.

Recently at The Week, rightwing author Michael K. Lewis penned a provocative column called "The culture war is over, and conservatives lost." He was echoing what many rightbloggers have been saying since the recent election -- that after two consecutive victories by the Kenyan Pretender, conservativ ... More >>

Obamacare's Med-School Debt Problem

Would-be primary care doctors could take a financial hit from health care reform, but most students say it's worth it to fix a broken system

I Couldn't Watch Last Night's Debate

The presidential one that preceded it was one of the most painful experiences I've ever had. I cringed watching slick Mitt, with all his lies and flip flops, wipe the floor with Obama, who came off like a nice uncle who'd wandered in for some tea and some chit chat. I felt like I was watching my f ... More >>

The 10 Most Corrupt Tax Loopholes

If Mitt Romney won't tell you which need to be closed, we will

How to Speak Republican

Leaked document reveals the secrets of the GOP's coded language

Fear and Loathing in Tampa

From cash-hungry strippers to protesters dressed as vaginas, your gonzo guide to the Republican National Convention

Mike Bloomberg, Health Cop: Where's The War On Wheaties?

Mayor Mike Bloomberg has declared war on sodium, baby formula, sugar and, most recently, soda. But if Hizzoner is so concerned with your health, where's the war on Wheaties?Wheat is actually pretty horrible in terms of its ability to turn people into unhealthy fatsos. And unlike soda, it apparently ... More >>

BREAKING: Mitt Romney Chooses Rep. Paul Ryan as His VP

Whelp, it looks like the unbelievably hyped media might have gotten it right this time.At a campaign stop in Norfolk, Virginia this morning, Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney announced to whoever was listening that the Representative from Wisconsin, Mr. Paul Ryan, would run alongside him in this race ... More >>

Romney's VIP Pick Is A Zero When It Comes To Gay Rights

Not surprisingly, Paul Ryan--the Wisconsin nightmare chosen by Mitt Romney as his wannabe Vice President--is not the type who'll have a float in a Gay pride parade. Paul Schindler's piece in Gay City News details the congressman's awful track record when it comes to LGBT rights.

Pillheads: On Contraception Issue, Rightbloggers Baptize Insurers and Defend the Faith

On Friday the Obama Administration revealed its compromise with religious organizations, such as Catholic hospitals, who didn't want to offer birth control in their health insurance plans. The orgs won't have to pay for it if it offends their beliefs, the President said -- the insurers would be obl ... More >>

Pelosi, Boehner, Bachus, Hastert, Other Congressional Reps Traded Stock On Inside Tips, But It's All Legal (!?!)

​Ever wonder why Congress seems so willing to help bail out the financial industry? Well, a 60 Minutes report on Sunday says that lawmakers purchased stock in companies while involved in debates on Capitol Hill about bills that would affect those companies. Conflict of interest? Just a teensy ... More >>

New Book Alleges JFK Really Didn't Want LBJ to be President

via Wikipedia​According to a new book of interviews with Jacqueline Kennedy, the former First Lady said that her husband openly doubted Lyndon Johnson's ability to be president. The interviews, which were conducted by historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. in the year following JFK's assassination, ... More >>

Newt Gingrich Gets Glittered (for Gay Marriage)

At a book signing in conjunction with the Minnesota Family Council & Institute Annual Dinner in Minneapolis, writes the YouTube poster/glitter provocateur of this video, "I greeted 2012 GOP presidential contender and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich with a shower of rainbow glitter" to protest ef ... More >>

Google Launches Magazine, Sort Of; Florida Newspaper Wants Cursing, Crazy Reporter

​"Is Google a Media Company?" the New York Times asked in the summer of 2008. "Critics say each new Google initiative in [content hosting] casts more doubt on the company's claims that it is not a media company." On Monday, David Carr updated us on the company's progress in three action-packed ... More >>

The 10 Best Rightblogger Rants of 2010: Obama vs. Jesus, The Sperm Donor Menace, And More!

What a horrible year it's been. There's been something to annoy everyone, and everyone took full advantage: The health care bill, the Tea Party, the BP spill, the Ground Zero Mosque, the Glenn Beck and Jon Stewart rallies, the Republican Comeback, the enhanced TSA patdowns, WikiLeaks -- and every bi ... More >>

Hot Mexican Mess

Some pendejos say Mexicans have a 'defective culture'

Sidebar: Mexican Macro-Economics

Anthony Weiner Gets Vocal about Health Care and "Altar" of Moderation

​Anthony Weiner's been speakin' out a lot lately, and continues the trend. Earlier this month, Weiner growled about the President's bipartisan health care outreaches, "Good luck with that. The GOP has been the 'Party of No' all year." Now that it looks like the Democrats are trying to push t ... More >>

All-star benefit for proto-Fug Tuli Kupferberg in Brooklyn

​On January 22, St. Ann's Warehouse will be hosting a benefit concert to help pay medical expenses for Tuli Kupferberg, the anti-war poet and all around wiseass who co-founded local heroes the Fugs. Whether because of their political activism (Kupferberg was arrested trying to levitate the P ... More >>

Go To Prison, Get A Nightline Puff Piece? Does Ted Koppel Know About This?

​Here's a challenge: try to imagine a major network television news program -- one with a long, storied reputation for hard-hitting journalism -- assigning a reporter to follow around OJ Simpson's current love interest (whoever that might be), in order to drum up sympathy for how difficult lif ... More >>

Governor backs away from new license plates, fees

​In the face of widespread opposition from New Yorkers and beleaguered state Democratic politicians, Governor Paterson says he's willing to reconsider the unpopular new Empire Gold license plates announced earlier this week.

Inside the Heads of Obama's Health Care Town-Hall Rowdies

200 NYC "Tea Party" Protests Obama as Socialist, Communist, Hitler, Etc.

One of the anti-Obama "tea parties," inspired by a rant by CNBC's Rick Santelli and encouraged by prominent rightwing bloggers, was held in City Hall Park today between 2 and 3 p.m. The event drew between 200 and 250 highly enthusiastic supporters. A series of speakers drawn from the crowd denounc ... More >>

Can Obama, Clinton or McCain Heal Our Healthcare System?

A local campaign pro is just one of the 46 million Americans without health insurance

More Working New Yorkers Go Hungry: Study

Water, Logged

Document by document, inquiry skewers Bush's Katrina cover-up

Verbatim: States of the Union, Revisited

Past annual addresses of a saber-rattling president

In D.C., It's All Relative

Congress members, staff, and lobbyists—one big happy family

Pick Your Underdog

Any Profit in a Storm

Stormy weather allows big oil to practice a crude sort of blackmail

Rad Medicine

City council wades into the middle of the nation's health care crisis

Conversation Kills

Gray-haired pols keep yammering about Social Security, but it's young people who need to be heard

Bush Has Pain on Right

Hey, big spender, the Heritage Foundation is no longer happy with you

It's Not About Bin Laden

Voters weigh the right-wing blueprint for America

Big Tent Falling Down

Hypermilitary Bush reign pushes conservative coalition to the edge

Kerry to Ohio: Vote Your Wallets, Please

Buckeyes way worse off than four years ago

Memo to Kerry: Attack Already, Geez.

In final debate, Big John goes big easy on question-dodging Bush

Get Back, Loretta

Bush's rollback of women's rights

The Ambition Tax

Why America's young are being crushed by debt—and why no one seems to care

Bush Overshadows the Primaries

Pundits Continue Their Attack on Howard Dean

The Bodies Come Home

The president is grieved by U.S. casualties. He also worries they'll cost him votes.

Lights Out in Florida

Katherine Harris Messes With Pamphlets This Time, Not Chads

Our Crudest President

Shrub Readies Message for Chinese

Backs Strong Dollar, Weak Iraq

The Vanishing Americans

A Caste of Poor Single Mothers

Nation

Nation

Nation

Socks in the Long Grass

Hillary Moves In