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• Some Rights, Some Wrongs

  Charlie Pierce has a nice piece on Sen. Rand Paul and RNC Chair Reince Priebus, the Martin and Lewis of Wingnuttia, paying a call on the GOP in the Granite State.  Hey, it’s already 2013; time’s a-wasting for the primary.

  Among the gems that they tossed out was this little [...]

  From Bark Bark Woof Woof at May 22, 2013, 4:23am in News, Politics

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• The Facts About the IRS Story

  Dave Johnson via Crooks and Liars has a very good summation of the nothingburger that is the IRS “scandal.”  I recommend you read it before responding to your whacky uncle who watches Fox News all day and gets excited when Sarah Palin updates her Facebook page.

  Fact: The IRS is [...]

  From Bark Bark Woof Woof at May 22, 2013, 3:46am in News, Politics

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• They Knew What They Were Getting

  I don’t remember where I read it, but in response to Oklahoma Senators Tom Coburn and James Inhofe, who voted against disaster relief for the Northeast after Hurricane Sandy, a blogger noted that it will be interesting to see how they vote for relief for Oklahoma and how the folks [...]

  From Bark Bark Woof Woof at May 22, 2013, 3:31am in News, Politics

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• Short Takes

  Senate panel passed the immigration reform bill… while throwing same-sex couples under the bus to do it.

  President Obama promises aid to Moore, Oklahoma victims.

  Death toll in tornado lowered to 24.

  North Korea sends an envoy to China.

  IRS supervisor will plead the Fifth.

  Miami loses out on [...]

  From Bark Bark Woof Woof at May 22, 2013, 3:00am in News, Politics

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• WATCH: Stephen Colbert’s brilliant Benghazi, ABC #mediafail takedown

  Stephen Colbert did a takedown of Jonathan Karl’s bogus Benghazi scoop, and really, of all of us in media, and it was pure Genius.

  The Colbert Report
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  H/T Crooks and Liars. And I associate myself with [...]

  From Reidblog [The Reid Report blog] at May 22, 2013, 12:15am in News, Politics

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• TUESDAY NOTES

  We're back ... and not because we particularly enjoy spending late evenings pounding away at the keyboard.  No, we're blogging because you really need us.  The Florida Bar's actions have shaken the cobwebs of complacency clean off, and once again light will shine down the dark, dank corridors of power.  Make no [...]
  From JAABlog at May 21, 2013, 9:30pm in News, Politics

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• Good taxpayer deal or 'get-rich quick funding scheme' for $110k Rick Scott donor?

  @ToluseO

  TALLAHASSEE -- Two months after contributing $110,000 to Gov. Rick Scott’s reelection campaign, an upstart property insurance company is likely to reap a $52 million windfall, paid from the coffers of Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

  Sitting on a record cash surplus of $6.4 billion, Citizens is hoping to ink a special [...]

  From Naked Politics at May 21, 2013, 8:38pm in News, Politics

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• A Little Night Music

  For Ray.

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  From Bark Bark Woof Woof at May 21, 2013, 6:30pm in News, Politics

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• Israel, Snipes warned to keep budgets 'lean'

  The budget outlook is brighter, but it's not time for a taxpayer-funded spending spree, county commissioners told the sheriff and other top county leaders Tuesday. [...]
  From Broward Politics at May 21, 2013, 6:26pm in News, Politics

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• Dogs Rule

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  Watch this whole thing, and if you don’t blub with joy at the end, you have no heart.

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  From Bark Bark Woof Woof at May 21, 2013, 5:31pm in News, Politics

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