Today on Daily Kos Ashley Judd, a staunch campaigner for many progressive causes, has joined with the Sierra Club to help put an end to Mountaintop removal. Join her on Daily Kos at 5PM Eastern for a live Q&A on the topic -- Devilstower Michael Steele: Mr. Steele believes bipartisanship "is a fi...

An incomplete list: 1.) Why anyone is paying any attention to Meghan McCain. 2.) Or Glenn Beck, who really seems intent on cornering the “batshit insane” market niche. 3.) Why I continue to get invitations to join the AARP, when I am nowhere near retirement age. 4.) Why the NY Times does...

My two-year-old daughter has hit the Republican phase of her life: her two favorite words are "mine" and "no!" A Liddy Dole consultant claims his boss lost because: We knew we had three weaknesses. A report by Congress.org had ranked Dole 93rd out of 100 senators in effectiveness. She voted with Pre...

Tonight's Rescue Rangers are vcmvo2, ybruti, HansScholl, sunspark says, Elise and dadanation, with claude as editor. These fine examples of Kossak writing were selected from the 230 diaries posted between 3pm Saturday and 3pm Sunday, PDT. utopiandrive explores Conservatism: a philosophy for 13-year-...

The RNC's Michael Steele has been taking so much heat from fringe conservatives that he shut down his blog. Jeffmd has put together some very cool precinct-level maps of the IL-05 special election. - DavidNYC Good news for the environment, bad news for Dow Chemical: In one of her first actions as di...

Another 651,000 jobs were lost in February. Via TPM: The court that's hearing Don Siegelman's appeal of his conviction on bribery charges has reversed two of the counts of which the former Alabama governor was found guilty -- but upheld several others.  [...] The court also ordered a new senten...

From what I'm hearing, the clarification statement by the Legion won't be released anytime soon. From what you're hearing, how are members of Regnum Christi handling the news now? Are people leaving the movement? Are they scaling back their personal involvement/financial support? How much weight are...

The California Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday for and against overturning Proposition 8, which would bar same-sex marriages in the state. Last May, the Court ruled 4-3 in a landmark decision that equality under the law required that gays and lesbians could not be discriminated against by for...

Jim Glassman, he of "Dow 36,000" fame, is still an idiot. So, ten years ago you predicted the Dow would reach 36,000. This week, the Dow fell to its lowest level since 1997, and 6,000 seems more likely than 36,000. On behalf of investors and readers everywhere: What happened? I think that people who...

Rowan Atkinson's marvelous monologue Welcome to Hell. (And by the way the Blog Against Theocracy blogswarm will take place Easter Weekend, April 10-12.) Open thread below......