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Steve Benen

Type: Person

Name: Steve Benen

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

John Boehner

The only thing Boehner can't imagine is that Obama isn't guilty. Of something.

House Speaker John Boehner can't imagine President Obama didn't know about the IRS investigation until it became public:House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said in an interview aired late Wednesday that it’s “inconceivable” someone didn’t inform President ... [Published Daily Kos - May 23 2013]

Entities: John Boehner, Barack Obama, Republican Party (US), White House

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Tornado Truthers

Media Matters : Conspiracy theorist radio host Alex Jones explained to his audience today how the government could have been behind the devastating May 20 tornado in Oklahoma. On the May 21 edition of The Alex Jones Show, a caller asked Jones whether ... [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - May 22 2013]

Entities: Tornado, Oklahoma (United States), Helicopter

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Lois Lerner has to go

at 11:46 amE-mail the writerThe big piece of IRS news today is that Lois Lerner, the head of the exempt organizations division — the IRS unit at the center of the scandal involving the targeting of conservative groups — has pleaded the Fifth at today’s ... [Published Washington Post - May 22 2013]

Entities: White House, Incompetence, Tea Party Movement

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Tom Coburn

Why Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn doesn't want tornado relief money

On Tuesday morning, emergency responders began dealing with the aftermath of a tornado that killed at least 24 people in Moore, Okla., and injured at least 140 more. The White House has announced that "the administration and FEMA stand ready to provide ... [Published The Week Magazine - May 21 2013]

Entities: Tom Coburn, Tornado, Disaster, FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency, Igor Volsky

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Republican Party (US)

Happy Hour Roundup

* Must read from Ron Brownstein on how GOP scandal overreach risks empowering the party’s extreme factions, setting the stage for failure to moderate on key issues, harming the party in future national elections. * Steve Benen makes a good point: … Continue ... [Published The Plum Line - May 16 2013]

Entities: Ron Brownstein, Steve Benen, Republican Party (US)

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Filibuster Mania Hits the Labor Department

Steve Benen rounds up the last few months of filibuster-mania for us: In recent months, we've already seen the first-ever filibuster of a cabinet nominee and a filibuster of a CIA nominee. Republicans have filibustered judicial nominees they don't ... [Published Kevin Drum Feed | Mother Jones - May 16 2013]

Entities: Labor, Republican Party (US), Steve Benen, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Executive (government)

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

MSNBC

Is our national debt problem solved?

On Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office revised its estimates about the federal deficit, and it was music to fiscal hawks' ears. "If the current laws that govern federal taxes and spending do not change, the budget deficit will shrink this year to ... [Published The Week Magazine - May 15 2013]

Entities: Gross Domestic Product, Budget Deficit, MSNBC

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Catch of the Day

So many "scandals," so many silly analogies -- but Steve Benen appears to be exactly correct about Lamar Alexander's ridiculous comparison between Iran-Contra and Obama Administration efforts to raise money for publicizing options under the ACA. Benen:In ... [Published A plain blog about politics - May 14 2013]

Entities: Iran-Contra, Contras, Steve Benen

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Come and take it

WHEN Texas was part of Mexico, and Mexico was a colony of Spain, the Spanish Mexican authorities lent a cannon to the denizens of Gonzalez, Texas, the better to thwart attacks from the area's indigenous freedom fighters. When the colonists of Texas, who ... [Published The Economist - May 09 2013]

Entities: Steve Benen, David Gans, New York v. United States, Gun Laws, Printz v. United States

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Happy Hour Roundup

1. Steve Benen notes another round of Republicans hitting “the president’s” Social Security cuts, and asks the key question: [W]hat’s stopping the president from simply walking away from the idea he doesn’t like anyway? At this point, Obama could hardly ... [Published The Plum Line - May 08 2013]

Entities: Steve Benen, Social Security

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Can States Decline to Enforce Federal Laws?

As long as we're on the subject of shiny new gun laws, Steve Benen points out yet another offering from the great state of Texas: Perhaps the most controversial of the gun-related items, HB 1076 would ban state agencies from enforcing any new federal ... [Published Kevin Drum Feed | Mother Jones - May 07 2013]

Entities: Gun Laws, Federal, Lon Burnam, Steve Benen

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Searching in Vain for a Scandal That Isn't There

Steve Benen, MSNBC ... [Published RealClearPolitics - Homepage - May 03 2013]

Entities: Steve Benen, MSNBC

Quotes

..." Go figure, says Steve Benen at MSNBC. "thanks in large part to higher taxes on the wealthy, which republicans said would not reduce the deficit, deficit reduction is picking up speed at a pace few could have predicted."

Is our national debt problem solved? [Published The Week Magazine - May 15 2013]

"For a change, all of these complaints are legitimate," says MSNBC's Steve Benen. "there really was wrongdoing. groups really were treated unfairly. it'd be wrong to dismiss the complaints, assuming the right is just manufacturing some new pseudo-scandal; this really does deserve to be taken seriously."

Why the IRS targeted Tea Party groups in the 2012 election [Published The Week Magazine - May 10 2013]

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Greg Sargent: Why Dems haven't (completely) giv... [Published Washington Post - 19 hours ago]
The only thing Boehner can't imagine is that Ob... [Published Daily Kos - May 23 2013]
The Morning Plum: Republicans struggle to conne... [Published Washington Post - May 23 2013]
Lois Lerner has to go [Published Washington Post - May 22 2013]
Tornado Truthers [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - May 22 2013]
Greg Sargent: The Morning Plum: As conservative... [Published Washington Post - May 22 2013]
Coburn’s Right: Disaster Relief Bills Often a F... [Published National Review - May 21 2013]
Why Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn doesn't want torna... [Published The Week Magazine - May 21 2013]
The Morning Plum: The Oklahoma tornado is a hor... [Published Washington Post - May 21 2013]
The Morning Plum: Presidential scandals, only i... [Published Washington Post - May 20 2013]
The ultimate in manufactured crises [Published Washington Post - May 17 2013]
Happy Hour Roundup [Published The Plum Line - May 16 2013]
Morning Joe Hosts Gonzales for Some Reputation ... [Published Crooks and Liars - May 16 2013]
Filibuster Mania Hits the Labor Department [Published Kevin Drum Feed \| Mother Jones - May 16 2013]
ABC sticking with Benghazi email non-scoop desp... [Published Daily Kos - May 15 2013]
Is our national debt problem solved? [Published The Week Magazine - May 15 2013]
Catch of the Day [Published A plain blog about politics - May 14 2013]
John McCain is the undisputed king of meaningle... [Published Rockland Standard - May 13 2013]
The Tea Party Audit [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - May 13 2013]
Why the IRS targeted Tea Party groups in the 20... [Published The Week Magazine - May 10 2013]
Come and take it [Published The Economist - May 09 2013]
On Benghazi—An honest plea for specific charges. [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 09 2013]
The Morning Plum: One party is threatening the ... [Published Washington Post - May 09 2013]
Happy Hour Roundup [Published The Plum Line - May 08 2013]
Can States Decline to Enforce Federal Laws? [Published Kevin Drum Feed \| Mother Jones - May 07 2013]
Sorry, Pundits: Obama is Not a Superhero [Published The Atlantic Wire - May 04 2013]
May Jobs Number, Unemployment, the Sequester an... [Published US News & World Report - May 03 2013]
Searching in Vain for a Scandal That Isn't There [Published RealClearPolitics - Homepage - May 03 2013]
Kelly Ayotte Defends Background Check Vote by L... [Published Crooks and Liars - May 03 2013]
Will dirty tricks send Mark Sanford to Congress? [Published The Week Magazine - May 03 2013]

Blogs

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The only thing Boehner can't imagine is that Ob... [Published Daily Kos - May 23 2013] House Speaker John Boehner can't imagine President Obama didn't know about the IRS investigation until it became public:House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said in an interview aired late Wednesday that it’s “inconceivable” someone didn’t inform President ...
Tornado Truthers [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - May 22 2013] Media Matters : Conspiracy theorist radio host Alex Jones explained to his audience today how the government could have been behind the devastating May 20 tornado in Oklahoma. On the May 21 edition of The Alex Jones Show, a caller asked Jones whether ...
Happy Hour Roundup [Published The Plum Line - May 16 2013] * Must read from Ron Brownstein on how GOP scandal overreach risks empowering the party’s extreme factions, setting the stage for failure to moderate on key issues, harming the party in future national elections. * Steve Benen makes a good point: … Continue ...
Morning Joe Hosts Gonzales for Some Reputation ... [Published Crooks and Liars - May 16 2013] Click here to view this media Our corporate media has been trotting these Bushies back out for years on end now, so it's no surprise that we'd eventually see Alberto Gonzales take his turn. I guess the producers of Morning Joe thought there was ...
Filibuster Mania Hits the Labor Department [Published Kevin Drum Feed \| Mother Jones - May 16 2013] Steve Benen rounds up the last few months of filibuster-mania for us: In recent months, we've already seen the first-ever filibuster of a cabinet nominee and a filibuster of a CIA nominee. Republicans have filibustered judicial nominees they don't ...

Audio/Video

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Fox News: Germany Sunnier than US [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - Feb 10 2013]
Clown- O'Reilly: NBC Didn't Cover Drone Memos! [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - Feb 08 2013]