‘Speak truth to power, guys!’ TPM hacks keep busy by digging up Palin dirt

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http://twitter.com/#!/IMAO_/status/524665843217862658 Dude. The way Talking Points Memo is behaving, you’d think Sarah Palin had actually won the 2008 presidential election: Here’s how @TPM uses their investigative powers. Wait to speak truth to power guys! You’re on the BIG stuff. https://t.co/Lb7GsE7ajU — Ben Howe (@BenHowe) October 21, 2014 The very biggest of stuff: We've got all the […]

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Imagine Harry Reid’s reaction if a GOPer told these Asian ‘jokes’

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http://twitter.com/#!/NoahCRothman/status/502829859157323776 During an address to an Asian audience yesterday, Harry Reid, who is no stranger to inappropriate racial remarks, delivered a “joke” two-fer: http://twitter.com/#!/EllieWallace/status/502832877063925760 http://twitter.com/#!/MacStoddard/status/502833988571234305 After saying “I don’t think you’re smarter than anyone else,” Reid wasn’t finished: http://twitter.com/#!/kerpen/status/502833736128286720 Ridiculous, even by Harry Reid’s standards: http://twitter.com/#!/MarkKeam/status/502846859032158208 Here are the quotes via Time.com (audio at link): […]

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Obama’s trip to MacDill ‘strictly about national security’; promise no ‘combat mission’ for U.S. forces

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http://twitter.com/#!/WhiteHouse/status/512275561327370240 The president has wrapped up meetings at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa on the fight against ISIS, and is giving a quick address to an assembled gathering of troops. Of note, there was no golf, fundraising or a meeting with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist on this visit: "but this trip is said to […]

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‘Major trouble’: House GOP hopeful Carl DeMaio accused of sexual harassment [video]

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http://twitter.com/#!/shiracenter/status/520678808761163776 That was bizarre and.. graphic. Still processing. RT @shiracenter: WTF just happened to Carl DeMaio on CNN just now. Wow. — Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) October 10, 2014 Processing what, exactly? @NoahCRothman Don't leave us in suspense. What happened? @shiracenter — Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) October 10, 2014 @gabrielmalor Graphic accusation of sexual harassment by former […]

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‘Adrift’: Obama’s schedule unchanged as ‘burger photo op’ moves forward

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http://twitter.com/#!/gabrielmalor/status/489823997195223040 A Malaysian Airlines 777 carrying 295 passengers and crew crashed in Ukraine, killing everyone on board. There are reports that the plane was shot down and that many U.S. citizens could be among the victims. President Obama was on the phone with Vladimir Putin at the time: http://twitter.com/#!/markknoller/status/489817693349244928 How did the news of this […]

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