When the world’s largest retailer backs something like this, it’s hard to ignore. Especially since they’ve had such a spotty record when it came to covering their 2 million employees in the past.
From The Hill:
With Wal-Mart’s endorsement of a legal requirement that employers provide health benefits to their workers, the nation’s largest employer has broken [...]

I should come as no surprise that many Democrats pray for Sarah Palin to be the candidate in 2012, but many smart GOPers realize how much damage she could do to the brand.
That’s why we’re seeing pieces like this latest rather lengthy Vanity Fair exposé.
Read the rest over at True/Slant.

Nearly 9 months after the election, there appears to be some light at the end of the tunnel for Minnesota.
From the AP:
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that Democrat Al Franken be certified as the winner of the state’s long-running Senate race.
The high court rejected a legal challenge [...]

BOMBSHELL!!!!!
Matt Drudge creates the news so you don’t have to…
As the summer begins, White House watchers have spotted a new look by President Obama: The Evil Eye!
Staffers have joked about the menacing glance, which comes when the president meets with world leaders who are not aligned with his progressive view.
White House photographers have captured the [...]

In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court has reversed the appellate court decision on a controversial race case involving firefighters in New Haven, Connecticut.
Previously, the appellate court including Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, ruled that the city of New Haven did nothing wrong by throwing out the results of a promotion exam because no African [...]

“We always knew we were not going to get all that much fiscal impact during the first five to six months. The big impact starts to hit from about now onwards.”
- Obama economic adviser Christina Romer on when the economy will pick back up
And this is true. From the CBO’s projections back in January, the [...]

Have you noticed how little you’ve heard about Sonia Sotomayor lately?
The reason is pretty simple, there are bigger fish for the Republicans to fry. Replacing a liberal justice with a liberal justice on the SCOTUS isn’t a huge deal at the end of the day and they have to save their strength to work on [...]

I haven’t done this for a couple Sundays, but David Axelrod is back to try and do some damage control on the economy and Iran.
Also, Mitt Romney and Lindsey Graham talk about Mark Sanford and the future of the GOP.
Hello 2012.

What did you think?

I’m on 2012 watch yet again…
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Here he is on fiscal conservatism…
“If you’re going to be, for example, the party of fiscal discipline and be the person who’s talking about fiscal responsibility, then you better do that. Hypocrisy doesn’t sell. And, the Republicans have to be true to their values, true to [...]

Boo!

And yes, I know it’s a joke and I actually found parts of it funny, but do they honestly think things like this will be effective?
Let me put it another way…do libertarians not realize that our system, which doesn’t cover 40M+ people and is bankrupting our country, needs serious reform?
And I’m talking real reform, [...]

So, I’ve been invited to join a cool new site called True/Slant and my first day was yesterday. No doubt some of you who follow my Twitter feed know this already.
Here are my first stories…

Shorter Sanford: King David Didn’t Step Down, So…

Nokia And Siemens Aiding Iranian Government?

Iran’s Balloon Protest Paints The Sky Green

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Something has to give, and it isn’t going to be the CBO’s numbers.
From Politico:
“They are shaking people down, and it’s fair to say that includes a broad range of health care stakeholders,” said a health care industry insider, who asked for anonymity to speak candidly without fear of retribution. “They’re playing hardball, and they’re serious [...]

A bombshell story broke today about the Obama administration drafting an executive order that could be used to hold terrorism suspects indefinitely.
First, here’s the story…
Obama administration officials, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, are crafting language for an executive order that would reassert presidential [...]

Contrary to popular belief, Stewart takes it to both sides…

I’ve said it before that I think all of these moves are a big mistake, but that’s what happens when you overpromise and underdeliver. You end up looking like you’ve broken promises…which you have.
*sigh*

Glenn Reynolds criticizes the media — and I completely agree with him:
A TV LOW POINT: Turned on the TV to see Geraldo interviewing Tommy Mottola about Michael Jackson’s death. In the background, footage of the body being delivered to the coroner’s office by helicopter. Glad to see Fox is keeping us up on what’s really [...]

The Basij have been pretty brutal the past few days so the protesters are resting, regrouping and planning the next phase.
In the meantime, the following video shows a brilliant, silent way for everybody to get involved in the protests.

How long before we hear that the Iranian government outlaws helium?
More as it develops…

Seems like a lot of insiders believe so.
National Journal polled lawmakers and found that 62% of Dems think it’s “very likely,” while 33% of them think it’s “somewhat likely.”
On the other side, a majority of Repubs believe it’s likely, with 13% thinking it’s “very likely” and 39% thinking “somewhat likely.”
Some “very likely” quotes [...]