Early Morning Swim: Rachel Maddow and Alan Grayson Discuss the Meaning of Occupy Wall Street [VID]
As always, few do it better than Mr. Grayson.
Rick Perry Embraces Class Warfare — Against Mitt Romney
It appears that class warfare is totally OKIYAR.
Early Morning Swim: Jesse LaGreca Schools Village Talking Heads on “This Week” [VID]
Someone give that guy a radio show. Meanwhile, from Krugman this morning:
Republicans Scramble to Side with Wall Street over Main Street
One of the best byproducts of the Occupy Wall Street protests is that they’ve made Republicans show their true colors. America is watching as they cast off the faux right-wing populism of the Teabaggers — which was always a pose — and unabashedly embrace the monied oligarchy.
Occupy Austin Draws 1,300; Protest Continues Today
I’m headed down to join Occupy Austin in a few hours. The protest was very well attended yesterday and the media coverage was extremely positive, despite the fact that the crowd was filled with a bunch of lazy, entitled, dope-smoking college drop-outs like these.
Early Morning Swim
- Where was this 18 months ago?
- Three women share the Peace Prize.
- Another Republican, keeping it classy.
- Krugman: Confronting the malefactors.
- What we will do without the Quitter?
Obama Disapproval Hits New High
The election is still a long way off, but this isn’t good news for the White House.
Early Morning Swim
- The Quitter stuns the rubes.
- Steve Jobs, 1955-2011.
- A look at all 317 of Jobs’ patents.
- Occupy Wall Street isn’t going away.
- The NYPD’s thuggishness, caught on video.
Only 34% of Post-9/11 Veterans Say Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan Were Worth It
Bunch of defeatist isolationists who don’t believe in American exceptionalism.
Early Morning Swim
- Where was this two years ago?
- Senate Democrats: still suck.
- Labor is going to Wall Street.
- Warren in ’16.
- Prediction: Perry will not win Florida.