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Bernie Sanders Tells Progressives Why They Must Vote For Joe Biden

Bernie Sanders Tells Progressives Why They Must Vote For Joe Biden

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) made a compelling case to his fellow progressives for why they must vote for President Joe…

8 months ago

“It’s Very Scary to Me”: Election Expert David Shor on 2022 and the Future for Democrats

Democratic elections expert David Shor has a stark warning: if Democrats think they're sitting pretty, they're deluding themselves.

3 years ago

“Resistance” Group Endorses Biden: He’s Like “Abraham Lincoln Compared to Donald Trump”

A progressive group has endorsed Joe Biden for president despite not supporting him during the primaries. The group, part of…

5 years ago

GOP Is Starting To Panic About 2018 As Democrats Quietly Outperform In Special Elections

It's hard to gauge the outcome of midterm elections more than a year before they're held, but Donald Trump's presidency…

7 years ago

Stop Attacking President Obama For Not Being A Progressive “Purist”

It is troublesome, even for a progressive secular humanist, to see Democrats resort to a Republican ploy of measuring other…

9 years ago

Republicans Only Have Religious Freedom Because The Founders Created A Secular Nation

If these evangelicals in the Republican ranks had even the slightest clue how fortunate they are to live in a…

9 years ago

Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Raul Grijalva Becomes First Congressman To Endorse Sanders

Arizona Congressmen Raul Grijalva (AZ-3) plans to announce his endorsement of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders for President on Friday.

9 years ago

We Have To Get It Right: Only Gun Owners With Lots of Guns Tend to be Angry, Unstable, Impulsive

Gun research is scarce so when it does come out progressive gun regulation advocates have to report on it accurately.

9 years ago

The Democratic Party Is Not Your Abusive Partner, Progressives, It’s Your Problem Child

Calls for the Progressives to "break up" with the Democratic Party as an abusive partner miss the mark. The problems…

10 years ago

The Professional Left Is Handing Republicans Precisely What They Want

The professional left is really not different than the right in that they forget their past missteps and repeat them…

12 years ago

As Usual EmoProgs Overreact because they Don’t Understand Negotiating and Governing

There has been no dearth of outrage from EmoProgs who are furious with the president for his third fiscal cliff…

12 years ago

Progressives and Corporatists Struggle for Control of the Democratic Party

The Democratic Party is a big tent. However, the party needs to refocus on its progressive values, not get led…

12 years ago

Liberals Need to Avoid Being Their Own Worst Enemy

Some liberals have the mind-boggling view there is no difference between Romney & Obama, and are even planning not to…

12 years ago

Right Wingers Are More of a Threat to Gun Owners Than Liberals

Republicans from past experience seem to be eager to take away your rights to firearms and shift the blame to…

12 years ago

Public Schools Face a New Nemesis in Parent Trigger Laws

Parent trigger laws are being pushed by ALEC and other right wing groups to allow parents to essentially 'fire' a…

12 years ago

A Rudderless Ship: The Left’s Betrayal of Obama and Women

Progressives and Liberals must be proud of themselves for their wavering support of President Obama and women’s rights. It is…

14 years ago

Why Progressives are Wrong About Julian Assange

Anyone accused of a crime is innocent until proven guilty but right now I would no more trust a jury…

14 years ago

President Obama’s Tax Compromise Passed by Congress

President Obama's tax compromise passed Thursday with a 277 to 14 (139 Democrats and 138 Republicans voting aye). The Senate…

14 years ago

Regulation to Left of Me; Regulation to Right of Me

You hear a lot of talk about the evils of big government and federal regulations but damned if both groups…

14 years ago

A Lesson for Americans: Reaping the Consequences of Hate

Words and actions have consequences, sometimes to the person who speaks, sometimes to the people spoken of. In an environment…

14 years ago

The GOP Wants a Return to the Gilded Age. Do You?

Unregulated capitalism gave us the evils of the Gilded Age. Unregulated capitalism gave us the crash of 2008 that has…

14 years ago

Is the Two-Party System Best for America?

Why do we have a two-party system? It is not enshrined in the Constitution. In reality, the Founding Fathers viewed…

14 years ago

Glenn Beck Falsely Claims that Nazis Learned Propaganda Use from Progressives

On his radio show today Glenn Beck continued his jihad against intelligence by saying, "The Nazis learned their propaganda from…

15 years ago

Arianna Huffington Confronts Roger Ailes about Glenn Beck

Fox News president Roger Ailes was on ABC's This Week today, where he was confronted by Arianna Huffington about the…

15 years ago

Progressives Continue to Betray Obama and Themselves

When Democrats can’t get the obstructionists to play and we fail to read up on how our government works (so…

15 years ago

A Call for Progressive Action In the Massachusetts Senate Race

Tuesday’s special US Senate election in Massachusetts presents a critical moment for both the Obama administration and the Democratic Party,…

15 years ago

A Progressive Solution: How to Win the War on Terror without Being Terrified

The attempted Christmas day terror attack has thrust the issue of terrorism back into the spotlight, while the cynical, paranoid…

15 years ago

Palin Bans Bloggers and Local Media from “Public” Book Signing in Alaska

While Palin has refused to allow any media to ask her questions on her "book" tour, and now she's laid…

15 years ago

MSNBC’s Countdown Pays Tribute to Sarah Palin’s Whack Job 2009

You can call it a teaser for Countdown's whack job of the year special, but if anyone needed a recap…

15 years ago

How Joe Lieberman Became Progressive Enemy # 1

First, the fact that he couldn't take losing to Ned Lamont in the Democratic Primary for his Senate seat in…

15 years ago

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews Apologizes for West Point Enemy Camp Comment

Tonight, Chris Matthews opened up his MSNBC program Hardball with an apology for his comment that Obama went into the…

15 years ago

Limbaugh Declares MSNBC and the White House the Real Enemy Camp

On his radio show, Rush Limbaugh warped Chris Matthews' statement that Obama went to the enemy camp last night, by…

15 years ago

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews Calls West Point an Enemy Camp

Whether you love him or hate him, MSNBC's Chris Matthews has a habit of planting his foot firmly in his…

15 years ago

Keith Olbermann Blasts President Obama’s Afghanistan Decision

On his MSNBC program Countdown tonight, host Keith Olbermann delivered a brutal critique against President Obama's decision to send more…

15 years ago

Donny Deutsch Calls Beck and Limbaugh Circus Acts, and Lou Dobbs a Racist

Donny Deutsch was on MSNBC's Morning Joe this morning, and in response to a new poll that found that Rush…

15 years ago

Right Wing Media Bias and the Assault on Journalism

Gone are the days of smoky newsrooms and journalists that are committed to facts. They have been replaced by 24…

15 years ago

MSNBC’s Scarborough Completely Ignores the History of US Detainee Trials

On MSNBC's Morning Joe today, host Joe Scarborough jumped on the fear mongering bandwagon over trying detainees in the United…

15 years ago

Dennis Kucinich: HR 3962 Is a Give Away to Insurance Companies

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who was the only Democrat to vote against the House healthcare reform bill, was on MSNBC's The…

15 years ago

Are Progressive Audiences Tired of MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann?

In an interesting blog post today, Harvard Business professor, and Obama voter Bill George argued that MSNBC's Keith Olbermann is…

15 years ago

White House: Obama is Firmly Committed to the Public Option

In an interview this morning on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Obama White House adviser Valarie Jarrett expressed the president's firm commitment…

15 years ago

Limbaugh Calls MSNBC Pornography and CNN Child Porn

On his radio show today Rush Limbaugh defended Fox News by labeling both MSNBC and CNN respectively porn and child…

15 years ago

Joe Scarborough Claims that Fox News Isn’t More Biased than Other Networks

Today on MSNBC Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough defended Fox News, and retreated back into the liberal media bias argument…

15 years ago

On MSNBC Donny Deutsch Calls Rush Limbaugh a Douche

When Donny Deutsch appears on MSNBC, for better or worse, something interesting always happens. Today he was on Morning Joe…

15 years ago

Rep. Michele Bachmann Claims that MSNBC is stalking her

Rep. Michele Bachmann was on FNC's The O'Reilly Factor last night, where she indulged in one of O'Reilly's favorite hobbies,…

15 years ago

Joe Scarborough Slams Rush Limbaugh for Cheering Failed Olympic Bid

On MSNBC's Morning Joe today, host and Republican Joe Scarborough drilled Rush Limbaugh for cheering Chicago's failed 2016 Olympic bid.…

15 years ago

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough Calls Out Glenn Beck

In response to Glenn Beck telling his Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski to shut the hell up yesterday, Joe Scarborough…

15 years ago

MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski Is Glenn Beck’s Newest Enemy

On MSNBC's Morning Joe today Mika Brzezinski expressed concerned that the conservative voice wasn't being well represented by Glenn Beck.…

15 years ago

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough Calls Rep. Joe Wilson a Dumbass

During President Obama's speech tonight to a joint session of Congress, GOP Rep. Joe Wilson called Obama a liar when…

15 years ago

Lieberman Falsely Claims that the Public Doesn’t Support the Public Option

Today Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) claimed today that the public option will not pass the Senate because the public is…

15 years ago

Fox News Touts MSNBC’s Scarborough for President in 2012

Even though MSNBC's Joe Scarborough has been hammering Fox News and talk radio over the last couple of days for…

15 years ago

August Ratings: MSNBC is Down but Rachel Maddow is Way Up

Even though MSNBC's August 2009 ratings are not surprisingly down, compared to the August 2008 convention and election coverage, Rachel…

15 years ago

Glenn Beck Returns and Calls MSNBC Racist

Glenn Beck returned to his radio show today, and continued to play the race card, except now he has labeled…

15 years ago

Ed Schultz: Republicans are Practicing Intellectual Political Terrorism

On his MSNBC show tonight Ed Schultz accused the Republican Party of practicing intellectual political terrorism on all Americans in…

15 years ago

Bill Maher Discusses the Republicans Casual Relationship with the Truth

Bill Maher was on MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show tonight and in response to the new polling that showed that…

15 years ago

Fringe Group Attacks MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow

The Western Journalism Center, a right wing group that is most famous for push Vince Foster conspiracy theories, has put…

15 years ago

Rachel Maddow is Becoming MSNBC’s Biggest Star

On Meet the Press today, it wasn't Ed Schultz, Keith Olbermann, or Chris Matthews that was giving the progressive perspective…

15 years ago

CNBC Working With Tea Baggers on Healthcare Protest Coverage

Here is a story that you won't be seeing on MSNBC. According to Media Matters, CNBC sent an email to…

15 years ago

Lou Dobbs Labels Olbermann MSNBC’s Resident Moron

On his radio show today, Lou Dobbs called Keith Olbermann the resident moron over at MSNBC, who knows nothing about…

15 years ago

Olbermann: Sarah Palin is a Danger to US National Security

In his special comment tonight, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann hammered Sarah Palin for her death panel statement. He said, "Madam, you…

15 years ago

Lou Dobbs Calls Keith Olbermann a Psychotic Punk

On his radio show today Lou Dobbs kept up the attack on MSNBC's Keith Olbermann by claiming that Olbermann attacked…

15 years ago

Bill O’Reilly Injects Himself into the Keith Olbermann Lou Dobbs Feud

Tonight on his FNC show The O'Reilly Factor host Bill O'Reilly weighed in on the feud between Keith Olbermann and…

15 years ago

Lou Dobbs Goes to War with MSNBC

On his radio show today Lou Dobbs declared MSNBC the attack dogs for the White House. He claimed that MSNBC…

15 years ago

Olbermann Pays Tribute to the Crazy that is Michele Bachmann

With the news that Rep. Michele Bachmann's main Democratic challenger Elwyn Tinklenberg would not be taking her on again in…

15 years ago

Keith Olbermann Blasts Blue Dog Democrats Who Oppose Healthcare Reform

Tonight on his MSNBC program Countdown, Keith Olbermann took aim at the Democrats who are in the pockets of the…

15 years ago

CNN’s Lou Dobbs Calls MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow a Lunatic

After MSNBC's Rachel Maddow mocked CNN's Lou Dobbs for calling her the, "tea bagger queen" yesterday on her show, Dobbs…

15 years ago

Birther G. Gordon Liddy Calls Obama an Illegal Alien

Right wing talk show host G. Gordon Liddy was on Hardball today claiming that Barack Obama was born in Kenya.…

15 years ago

Chris Matthews: The GOP is trying to De-Americanize Obama

Hardball host Chris Matthews was on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports where he brought up an interesting point about the GOP's…

15 years ago

Joe Scarborough Blasts Birthers and Labels Them Cartoon Characters

On Morning Joe today, Joe Scarborough hammered the birthers. Scarborough said, "Instead of trying to figure out what's happening to…

15 years ago

Joe Scarborough Destroys Michael Steele in a Healthcare Debate

Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough will never be mistaken for an Obama apologist, but when RNC Chairman Michael Steele tried…

15 years ago

Pat Buchanan: Sotomayor was Picked Because She is a Passionate Latino Woman

MSNBC's Pat Buchanan was on The McLaughlin Group where he continued to attack Sonia Sotomayor. Buchanan wondered why she didn't…

15 years ago

Pat Buchanan Continues to Bash Sotomayor and Hispanics

Ever since Sonia Sotomayor was nominated for the Supreme Court, MSNBC's Pat Buchanan has been bashing her as an unqualified…

15 years ago

Ed Schultz Calls Rush Limbaugh a Coward

Ed Schultz responded to Rush Limbaugh's attack on him today by challenging the right wing talk show host to come…

15 years ago

Bill Maher Takes on Reverse Racism and the Sotomayor Hearings

Comedian Bill Maher was on MSNBC's Hardball tonight, where he offered his unique take on the Sonia Sotomayor hearings, "All…

15 years ago

Pat Buchanan: Todd Palin Should Drown Levi Johnston

Leave it to former Nixon speechwriter Pat Buchanan to come up with the most extreme solution for the Palin's Levi…

15 years ago

Yes, Big Brother is Watching You

With the revelation that the CIA's domestic spying program is bigger than we ever thought, it is clear that there…

15 years ago

Right Winger Argues Against Food as a Basic Human Right

On MSNBC this afternoon, Firedoglake's Jane Hamsher, and Townhall's Jillian Bandes were engaged in the standard lefty/righty blogger cable news…

15 years ago

Michael Jackson Coverage Boosts MSNBC’s The Ed Show

Yesterday, MSNBC's The Ed Show devoted almost its entire program to Michael Jackson's memorial service, and their decision paid off…

15 years ago

Donny Deutsch Blasts the Deification of Michael Jackson

On MSNBC's The Ed Show tonight Donny Deutsch was supposed to be on to talk about the future sales of…

15 years ago

MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski Defends Palin as Representing Real Americans

On MSNBC's Morning Joe today, co-host Mika Brzezinski rushed to the defense of Sarah Palin while criticizing the "mainstream media"…

15 years ago

MSNBC: Palin to Quit Politics

The bizarre story of Sarah Palin's resignation continues to grow as MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell is reporting that people close to…

15 years ago

MSNBC Shafts Politics for Endless Michael Jackson Coverage

MSNBC's slogan is "The Place for Politics," but since the death of Michael Jackson it has become the place for…

15 years ago

Olbermann Calls Limbaugh A Big Bag of Mashed Up Jackass

While doing his Worst Person in the World segment on his MSNBC show tonight, Countdown host Keith Olbermann named Rush…

15 years ago

Glenn Beck Whines About Obama Not Giving Fox News a Question

On his radio show today, Glenn Beck claimed that Obama is weak because he did not call on Fox News…

16 years ago

What Happened to John McCain?, Part I: Sarah Palin

With Barack Obama opening up a wider and wider lead, both in national polls as well as state polls (even…

16 years ago

Political Party Realignment? That Might be Fun

There used to be a Whig Party in the United States. William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor were elected President…

17 years ago

Barack Obama and Hank Williams, Jr.

If Obama can Learn from Bocephus, He has a Good Chance at Being the Next President. If Not, the Rural…

17 years ago