More fraudulent smear videos from the right

What a surprise. The woman who created videos passed around to Beck and the House Republicans heavily edited them to make Planned Parenthood look like an evil “abortion-first” agency rather than the women’s health organization it really is. That let the already-biased House defund it without any concern at all about the one-in-five American women …

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Avoid that cliff, Republicans

Given the lasting impression of Republicans as the big losers in the last round of government showdowns during the Clinton years, I’ve been wondering if there are any cooler heads in that party who are counseling against forcing another one over the budget cuts they want to enact. Well, maybe. However, they still have to …

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