Category Archives: Morning Awful

Morning Awful: Climate Feedback

Researchers at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks (UAF) have found melting permafrost releasing methane into the atmosphere: Using aerial and ground-based surveys, the team identified about 150,000 methane seeps in Alaska and Greenland in lakes along the margins of ice cover. … Continue reading

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Morning Awful: Libertarians

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Morning Awful: Free Nick Hanauer

So CEO, author, and venture capitalist Nick Hanauer apparently gave a TED talk on income inequality that isn’t being posted yet. National Journal reports on a hot potato: Hanauer’s talk “probably ranks as one of the most politically controversial talks … Continue reading

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Morning Awful: Boehner is Bad at His Job

At some point, it must become patently clear to the Beltway that John Boehner really is bad at his job. Brian Beutler reports: In remarks at the 2012 Peter G. Peterson Foundation, Boehner will erect the same requirements for raising … Continue reading

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Morning Awful: AZ Fits Big Government for a Womb

The War on Women is an ugly phrase for an ugly side of teapublicanism. As I keep saying, the tea tide has been the end stage of Goldwater Republicanism, which has always been dissonant on family planning. In Arizona, a … Continue reading

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Morning Awful: Closet Romney

False compassion is always dissonant. Mitt Romney says same-sex couples should be allowed to adopt children, but they should not be married. See, the important thing is that every child be raised by one man and one woman, even if … Continue reading

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Morning Awful: Mourdoch Bipartisanship

Ladies and gentlemen, the modern Republican Party: I keep saying that Republicans have no one but themselves to blame. Future historians writing about this era should look back to the moment that Mike Castle (R-DE) cowered in the face of … Continue reading

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Morning Awful: North Carolina

I’m going lose my cool today. It will happen as soon as I see one more dissatisfied “progressive” bemoan the relative slow pace of President Obama’s “evolution” on marriage equality. Like too many states, North Carolina is actually going backwards. … Continue reading

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Morning Awful: Mitt Romney is Weak

As I keep saying, someone must start asking Republicans “is the president an American?” in exactly those words, without rewording it as a question of belief. It must be a question of fact, and the only acceptable answer is “yes.”

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Morning Awful: In One Chart

The blue line shows private sector employment returning back to the level it was at before President Obama took office. The red line shows public sector payroll declining by more than 600,000 jobs over the same period, despite the US … Continue reading

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Morning Awful: Kochs Back Romney

President Obama has been consistently progressive on transportation and transit issues. He has also championed renewable energy, not just oil and gas drilling. At Mitt Romney’s website, however, the “issues” page says almost nothing about efficiency or renewable energy — … Continue reading

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