In wiretapped phone call to Blago’s brother, Burris groveled for Senate seat

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Whatever shaky claim to dignity and self-respect Roland Burris might have maintained since assuming a seat in the U.S. Senate a few months ago is pretty much gone in light of THIS.

A scientific explanation of creationism

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Wingnuts haven’t always been afraid of empathy

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 When President Obama said a few weeks ago that he wanted a Supreme Court nominee who has “empathy,” every political loonie in America waxed apoplectic.

 But when then-President George H. W. Bush SAID 18 years ago that he had chosen Clarence Thomas for the high court because of his “great empathy,” nary a peep was heard from the right-wing guardians of constitutional purity.

 UPDATE: Speaking of goofy conservatives, THIS, too, is good for a few laughs.

TPM does the (Sonia) day in 100 seconds

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Andy Rooney’s Memorial Day commentary

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Petraeus sides with Obama on curbing torture and closing Gitmo

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 Methinks the wingnuts aren’t going to like this:

 Gen. David Petraeus, the Republican Party’s favorite military man, SAYS President Obama’s decisions to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and end harsh interrogation techniques will benefit the United States in the broader war on terror.

Obama picks Hispanic woman for high court

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 President Obama is expected to announce this morning that he is NOMINATING Federal Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to succeed David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court.

 UPDATE: More on Sotomayor HERE.

 UPDATE II: Sotomayor has been the target of a WHISPERING CAMPAIGN for weeks.

 UPDATE III: Right-wingers are going to make a big deal about this casual remark by Sotomayor four years ago:

 UPDATE IV: THIS GUY examines the likely Republican lines of attack on the Sotomayor nomination and the inherent political risks therein.

 UPDATE V: HERE’s how current senators voted 11 years ago on Sotomayor’s nomination to the federal appeals court.

 UPDATE VI: Will Senate Republicans filibuster the Sotomayor nomination?

 Only if they’re blatantly hypocritical.

 Here’s a collection of GOP declarations against the very notion of filibustering judicial nominations:

 UPDATE VII: Wingnuts already are FIRING AWAY at the Sotomayor nomination.

 UPDATE VIII: Here’s Obama’s announcement of the nomination: