Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) challenged Sen. John Thune (R-SD) in a startlingly tense exchange yesterday, slamming Thune's apparent looseness with the truth by saying, "We're not entitled to our own facts."

If Israel's government, its media and perhaps most of its people want to live inside a bubble of unreality, that's their business. When the US government joins Israel inside its bubble of unreality, if you are an American, then it's your business!

"President Obama is playing the Bill Clinton game of throwing people a bone and telling them it's steak. It worked for Reagan, and for the first Bush, and even worked somewhat for George W. Bush. But it won't work anymore. Here's why..."

Right now, 1 in 6 people around the world don't have enough to eat. That number is skyrocketing, up 20% since 2005. The G8 took a step in July and pledged $22 billion in new funding to combat hunger. But they still haven't followed through on

The Senate Democratic Policy Committee (DPC) "will hold an important hearing on jobs creation" on Wednesday. Who are they turning to for job ideas? Larry Lindsey and John McCain's chief economic policy advisor during his 2008 presidential campaign. WTF?

Approximately 22 million Bush Administrations e-mails that were said to be lost, have been recovered by computer technicians. Two watchdog groups are now entering the Washington legal maze of rights, ethics and disclosure protocol.

A settlement in the two-year legal battle could unlock lingering Bush-era mysteries.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is bending over backwards to give Joe Lieberman what he wants on the health care bill. Joe says he's looking around for other things he might want to cut from the bill, because "Democrats haven't given up enough yet."

We really want a win on health care reform. But we can't join those who call totally caving in to the insurance industry a victory. And we can't remain silent.

White House computer technicians have found 22 million e-mails that were believed to have been lost during President George W. Bush's administration, according to the Associated Press.