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cartoonpolitics: “Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” .. (any Fox News reporter ).. (or it might have been the White Queen in Lewis Carrolls’s ‘Through the Looking Glass)

cartoonpolitics:

“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” .. (any Fox News reporter ).. (or it might have been the White Queen in Lewis Carrolls’s ‘Through the Looking Glass)

(via truth-has-a-liberal-bias)

“We know that the press corps spent most of the last week chasing a story based on an email that didn’t exist. It was fabricated by a Republican aide and then reported as fact. Sad commentary that Republicans are so dead set on embarrassing the President, the foreign service, the CIA and our military that they would actually lie to a news organization about the contents of an email and let that news organization report their lies as fact. The attack in Benghazi is an issue of life and death. We should be focused tracking down the terrorists that committed this act and bringing them to justice not on smear politics and false scandals.”
— Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (via kileyrae)

(via truth-has-a-liberal-bias)
“And it’s a bipartisan scandal, though it’s hard to tell that judging by the names some groups have adopted — as the I.R.S. should know. Can you tell which of these lean left and which ones right? Patriot Majority USA, Crossroads GPS, American Future Fund and the Citizens for Strength and Security Fund. (Nos. 1 and 4 are liberal, 2 and 3 are conservative.)”
— The Real I.R.S. Scandal - NYTimes.com (via robot-heart-politics)

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liberalsarecool: Zero Congressional hearings amid their total shit show. Hard to believe. The good thing is there is no statue of limitations for war crimes.

liberalsarecool:

Zero Congressional hearings amid their total shit show. Hard to believe.

The good thing is there is no statue of limitations for war crimes.

(via reagan-was-a-horrible-president)

liberalsarecool: Kevin Drum: “In 2010, such legislation was introduced, and died when it was filibustered by Republicans in the Senate. More generally, media organizations have been lobbying for a federal shield law for decades, and Congress has been resolutely unwilling to pass one…. Politically, Obama is basically daring Republicans to put their money where their mouths are. You want to make the DOJ leak investigation into an issue of executive overreach? Fine. Then rein it in. Pass a law making it clear what DOJ can and can’t do in leak investigations.”

liberalsarecool:

Kevin Drum:

“In 2010, such legislation was introduced, and died when it was filibustered by Republicans in the Senate. More generally, media organizations have been lobbying for a federal shield law for decades, and Congress has been resolutely unwilling to pass one…. Politically, Obama is basically daring Republicans to put their money where their mouths are. You want to make the DOJ leak investigation into an issue of executive overreach? Fine. Then rein it in. Pass a law making it clear what DOJ can and can’t do in leak investigations.”

azspot: Challenging the Myth That Guns Stop Crime

azspot:

Challenging the Myth That Guns Stop Crime

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White House releases Benghazi e-mails - CNN.com

In the CIA’s original set, the first bullet point included a reference that the Benghazi attack was “spontaneously inspired by the protests at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and evolved into a direct assault against the U.S. consulate and subsequently its annex.”

It noted assessments could change “as additional information is collected and analyzed.”

The second bullet point noted the attackers in Benghazi were comprised of “a mix of individuals from across many sections of Libyan society.”

It specified that intelligence officials did not know whether Islamic extremists, including those aligned with al Qaeda, had participated in the attack.

This bullet was later changed after a CIA analyst questioned whether the current intelligence supported the assertion that extremists had participated in the attack.

Another CIA officer agreed, stating intelligence placed extremists at a protest but could not support the notion that extremists were responsible for the American deaths.

The editing team revised it so that talking point read, “The crowd almost certainly was a mix of individuals from across many sectors of Libyan society. The investigation is on-going as to who is responsible. That being said, we do know that Islamic extremists participated in the violent demonstrations.”

The second CIA change was to the swap out the word “attacks” with “demonstrations” in the first bullet point, which an administration source said was to eliminate an awkward and illogical account of events.

A third change the CIA made was to remove the name al Qaeda from the second talking point, which was done because it didn’t want to get ahead of the FBI’s investigation of the attack.

(Source: robot-heart-politics, via reagan-was-a-horrible-president)

“… while the politics is heating up, some important context is emerging, like the fact that liberal groups were targeted as well, and in fact the only group to have its application denied was a liberal group.”
— Joan McCarter of Daily Kos (via liberalsarecool)

(via truth-has-a-liberal-bias)
odinsblog: Earlier today, CBS News reported that at least two of the Benghazi e-mails that were leaked by Republicans last Friday were altered. The GOP leak of the altered Benghazi e-mails came five days before the White House released 100 pages of e-mail correspondence regarding the September 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi. One of the altered e-mails was from Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes. The other altered e-mail was from U.S. State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. Here’s the Republican version of the Rhodes e-mail: We must make sure that the talking points reflect all agency equities, including those of the State Department, and we don’t want to undermine the FBI investigation. Here’s the White House version of the Rhodes e-mail: We need to resolve this in a way that respects all of the relevant equities, particularly the investigation. Here’s the Republican version of the Nuland e-mail: The penultimate point is a paragraph talking about all the previous warnings provided by the Agency (CIA) about al-Qaeda’s presence and activities of al-Qaeda. Here’s the White House version of the Nuland e-mail: The penultimate point could be abused by members to beat the State Department for not paying attention to Agency warnings. BUSTED!!! Republicans have been caught red-handed altering official e-mails sent in the immediate aftermath of the Benghazi attack. I’m not surprised that Republicans would pull such a stunt, after all, it was the Republicans who misled this country into the Iraq War! Now, can we talk about the REAL Benghazi scandal…you know, the one about Republicans altering e-mails? Read More and more

odinsblog:

Earlier today, CBS News reported that at least two of the Benghazi e-mails that were leaked by Republicans last Friday were altered. The GOP leak of the altered Benghazi e-mails came five days before the White House released 100 pages of e-mail correspondence regarding the September 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi.

One of the altered e-mails was from Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes. The other altered e-mail was from U.S. State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.

Here’s the Republican version of the Rhodes e-mail:

We must make sure that the talking points reflect all agency equities, including those of the State Department, and we don’t want to undermine the FBI investigation.
Here’s the White House version of the Rhodes e-mail:
We need to resolve this in a way that respects all of the relevant equities, particularly the investigation.
Here’s the Republican version of the Nuland e-mail:
The penultimate point is a paragraph talking about all the previous warnings provided by the Agency (CIA) about al-Qaeda’s presence and activities of al-Qaeda.
Here’s the White House version of the Nuland e-mail:
The penultimate point could be abused by members to beat the State Department for not paying attention to Agency warnings.
BUSTED!!!

Republicans have been caught red-handed altering official e-mails sent in the immediate aftermath of the Benghazi attack. I’m not surprised that Republicans would pull such a stunt, after all, it was the Republicans who misled this country into the Iraq War!

Now, can we talk about the REAL Benghazi scandal…you know, the one about Republicans altering e-mails?

Read More and more

(via reagan-was-a-horrible-president)

Bush Made 935 False Statements Leading Up To The Iraq War.

liberalsarecool:

“President Bush and his top aides publicly made 935 false statements about the security risk posed by Iraq in the two years following September 11, 2001, according to a study released by two nonprofit journalism groups.”

Never forget how big a liar Bush was as President.

(Source: freakoutnation.com)

“I am disappointed at the passage of the gay marriage bill in the Minnesota State Senate today, which redefines marriage and denies religious liberty to people who believe in traditional marriage and who do not want to be forced to violate their conscience and sincerely held religious beliefs.”
—

Michele Bachmann, reacting to news of the passage of the gay marriage bill.

But here’s what I don’t get - how does this “deny religious liberty to people who believe in traditional marriage and who do not want to be forced to violate their conscience and sincerely held religious beliefs”? Those people aren’t being forced to marry same sex partners and I’m pretty sure religious institutes can still impose their views for religious ceremonies.

I know. Why am I trying to rationalize Michele Bachmann? Going to my happy place …

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