09 Jul 2006

FDL Book Salon: F*U*B*A*R Today, Part II

Just a reminder that Sam Seder and Stephen Sherrill of Air America’s Majority Report will be joining us in the FDL Book Salon for a discussion of their hilarious, yet pointed, analysis of how America in the era of George Bush is completely f@#^&* up beyond all recognition. The authors

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02 Jul 2006

FDL Book Salon: F.U.B.A.R., Part I

[Today in the FDL Book Salon, we are so thrilled to be discussing F.U.B.A.R. : America’s Right-Wing Nightmare by Sam Seder and Stephen Sherrill.  Joining in the discussion today is their pal, Marc Maron, who really needs no introduction because you likely remember him from his Air America work…you do,

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02 Jul 2006

FDL Book Salon: FUBAR Today

Just a reminder that Sam Seder and Stephen Sherrill of Air America’s Majority Report will be joining us in the FDL Book Salon for a discussion of their hilarious, yet pointed, analysis of how America in the era of George Bush is completely f@#^&* up beyond all recognition. The authors

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30 Jun 2006

Support Your Local Liberal

  (Note:  I’m in Connecticut and would like to organize some sort of get-together for readers.  If you’d like to join us let me know in the comments.) David Sirota’s post at the HuffPo, echoing both Jen Nix and Glenn Greenwald, brings up a subject I’m happy to see taking

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25 Jun 2006

FDL Book Salon — Lapdogs, Pt. 2

  (Today author Eric Boehlert joins us for the second half of the discussion of his book, Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush.  Part I can be found here .) One of the questions frequently lobbed at politicians on blogger conference calls is what they feel their relationship

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25 Jun 2006

Reminder: FDL Book Salon: Lapdogs, Pt. II, Today

  Please join us for the FDL Book Salon this afternoon, Sunday, when Eric Boehlert will be leading a discussion on the second half of his book Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush.  The book is fantastic — and much needed — and we are so pleased that Eric will be

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21 Jun 2006

FDL Book Salon: The Age of Fallibility by George Soros

  I am so pleased to announce the latest addition to the FDL Book Salon schedule:  On Sunday July 15 & 23 we’ll be hosting a discussion of George Soros’ The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror, and on July 23 George himself will be joining us

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18 Jun 2006

FDL Book Salon — Lapdogs, Pt. I

  The FDL Book Salon is so happy to welcome Peter Daou, who will be leading today’s discussion on the first half of Eric Boehlert’s book Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush.   Peter has done the overview for Lapdogs for us today, and I know this is going to

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17 Jun 2006

FDL Book Salon: Daou on Boehlert

  Please join us for the FDL Book Salon this afternoon, Sunday, when Peter Daou will be leading a discussion on the first half of Eric Boehlert’s book Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush.  Anyone who reads the blogs regularly knows that this tome gets referenced with great

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17 Jun 2006

Biscuits All Around

Jamison Foser of Media Matters continues his excellent series on media issues, and today’s post is another winner.  I wanted to highlight a bit at the end because it goes directly to Eric Boehlert’s book Lapdogs that we’ll be discussing for tomorrow’s FDL Book Salon.  As Jamison writes: Many journalists

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