Unlike the gibberish the Republicans will release today, FDL has compiled a summary of the actual Republican policies, based on their actual votes, public statements and past performance. So here, exclusively from FDL, is your Republican Party.

Rendell gives the entire Democratic pitch in about 50 seconds.

Apparently the world’s most salmonella-laden eggs were not the fault of our corporate masters but Gods.

Dave Brubeck — Take Five, Germany, 1966. Dave Brubeck – piano, Paul Desmond – alto sax, Eugene Wright – bass, Joe Morello – drums.

Oh goody. The Republican Party is going to unveil its Brand-New All-Original Ideas to Redeem America by announcing a Pledge to America, a bold new innovation that is so totally not a rehash of the Contract with America from the 1990s, which as you may recall didn’t work and was a load of asinine hooey, [...]

At 7pm PDT tonight, students from UC Berkeley will debate Proposition 19, California’s initiative to legalize marijuana. Thanks to Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Just Say Now is able to livestream the debate from UC Berkeley’s campus. Check out our new Just Say Now: Live! page to watch the debate live.

Continuing its practice of appointing to important offices only people who were wrong about everything, the Obama Administration is considering the appointment of Jeffrey Immelt to take Larry Summers’ place.

An analysis of the recent U.S.-Saudi military deal, and what domestic forces are driving this strategic relationship.

Here I was, set to write a long post about the new Woodward book excerpts, when Gulliver distills my intended point in a tweet:

Does not compute: if we could “absorb” another 9/11, why are we wasting $70B/yr on war that won’t prevent it anyway?

The latest congressman to speak out against marijuana has received at least $20,000 from the beer and liquor industry this cycle. It’s time he did some explaining.