Crooks & Liars Video Podcast
John Amato's virtual magazine
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Republican Flip Flops Abound
There literally is no end to the extent by which Republican politicians will lie, distort, and manufacture statements in their efforts to disrupt, deny, and destroy the Obama administration's attempts to govern. At today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on 9/11 trial, the Fort Hood shooter, and …
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Senate Expected To Vote This Week On Bringing Health-Care Bill To Floor
The vote on bringing the bill to the floor may happen by the end of this week: Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid scrambled Tuesday to lock down votes behind a health-care bill that he may present as early as Wednesday. The Nevada Democrat would not confirm that he had received commitments from …
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John McCain bashes AARP over health-care bill after praising them in his 2008 presidential campaign
DOWNLOADS: (746) PLAYS: (713) You can always count on a conservative to have political amnesia wh …
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'Fearmonger in Chief' Beck goes militia, warns of impending 'New World Order'
DOWNLOADS: (1002) PLAYS: (2246) Glenn Beck has apparently decided he doesn't care how big a publi …
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GOP Congressman: Terror Trial Held In NYC To Attract Terror Attack Because 'Rebuilding Will Create …
Truly, Republicans have no shame. They have a culture of lies and emotional manipulation, and they recognize no boundaries of decency. From Media Matters: After the Department of Justice announced it would move toward convicting 9/11 terrorists in a New York City courtroom, Congressional Republica …
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Frank Schaeffer Warns Against the Latest Threats From the Religious Right to President Obama
DOWNLOADS: (43) PLAYS: (291) It's too bad Rachel Maddow isn't on MSNBC a bit earlier in the evening …
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Well Mayor, How Are You Gonna Feel When It's your Daughter Kidnapped By Terrorist! Congressman John …
DOWNLOADS: (117) PLAYS: (223) November 16, 2009 C-SPAN Steve Benen has more: Last night's speech …
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Perlstein on post-partisanship: 'Millions of Americans don’t consider a Democrat president legitima …
Our friend Rick Perlstein had an interesting interview on Big Think that is a good morning starter. He opens up with a really important point: Question: Has Obama succeeded on his promise of being a “post-partisan” President? Rick Perlstein: Well, the problem with Obama’s post-partisan agenda is t …
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Late Night Music Club with Angela Gheorghiu
Live from Lincoln Center, New Year's Eve, December 31, 2005.
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Joe Scarborough Thinks Dick Cheney Should Run in 2012
DOWNLOADS: (14) PLAYS: (65) Man did Joe Scarborough drink himself a heavy dose of Cheney Kool-Aid b …
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Red State Reality: Unhealthiest Residents, Worst Health Care
Throughout their all-out campaign to stop health care reform, Republican leaders have relied on questionable forecasts from the Lewin Group, a subsidiary of insurer UnitedHealth Group. Now, another study funded by UnitedHealth has some unwelcome news for the GOP braintrust: the red states they repr …
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Jon Stewart busts Rudy Giuliani's flip flop on terror trials
For conservatives, it doesn't matter what you say yesterday because there is always today and tomorrow, as far as the media are concerned. Case in point: I called out Rudy Giuliani's liars' take on the KSM trial that will take place in NY because in 2006 he praised the American justice system for pr …
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USDA Reports Stunning Rise In Number of Hungry In America
I can just hear Rush Limbaugh now: "If they're so hungry, how did they get so fat?" And our side's not much better, because of course they're going to agree with the Republicans that the best way to handle the problem is with tax cuts and deficit reduction. I think I need to bang my head against a …
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Hundreds attend vigil outside Joe Lieberman's home over health care
This has to send a potent message to Lieberman. The symbolism is simply stunning. Rabbis protesting outside Joe Lieberman's home in Stamford? This from a man who nine years ago had huge approval ratings in his home state and was within a hair of becoming the first Jewish vice-president. From the Da …
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Dumb and Plumber
DOWNLOADS: (99) PLAYS: (285) Hey Larry. The only thing I care less about than Sarah Palin's new boo …
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Sen. Sherrod Brown: 'Where Was The Compromise From Their Side?'
So Harry Reid's holding firm - for now. And you just can't argue with Sherrod Brown: What concessions have the ConservaDems made? The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, met on Monday night with a group of liberal Senate Democrats who urged Mr. Reid not to back down from his decision to p …
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Please support Mike Stark and Credo's call for action against the Stupak Amendment
Mike Stark has been a regular member in the liberal blogosphere for a long time and has been on the Hill with his Flip camcorder getting pols on tape to answer questions that the media somehow never seems to get around to asking. Digby, Howie and myself have joined with CREDO and are trying to gen …
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Judd Gregg: Deficit Worst Problem Behind Terrorism and WMD's--But No New Taxes to Fix It
DOWNLOADS: (47) PLAYS: (119) Right on cue again, we have Born Again Deficit Virgin Judd Gregg with …
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Beck on health care: "We're the young girl saying 'no, no, help me,' and the government is Roman Po …
Just when you think he can't get any more insane and stupid, Glenn Beck manages to pluck yet another feather from the plumage: DOWNLOADS: (144) …
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Countdown Goes To Free Clinic: 'Hard To Believe I Was In America'
DOWNLOADS: (21) PLAYS: (94) (h/t Heather at VideoCafe) Rich Stockwell, senior producer at MSNBC …
Crooks & Liars Video Podcast
