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Voiceover by D.C. Douglas.

This won’t mean anything to American deathers, of course. Al-Qaida on Friday confirmed the killing of Osama bin Laden and warned of retaliation, saying Americans’ ”happiness will turn to sadness.” The confirmation came in an Internet statement posted on militant websites, signed by “the general leadership” of al-Qaida. The announcement opens the way for the group to name a successor …

Spreading fast all over the wingnut-o-sphere. A multitude of different inside sources both publicly and privately, including one individual who personally worked with Bin Laden at one time, told us directly that Osama’s dead corpse has been on ice for nearly a decade and that his “death” would only be announced at the most politically expedient time. That time has …

Speaking to an eager audience of teabaggers, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) repeats the death panel lie about euthanizing senior citizens under the health care reform bill. I can’t wait until the death bed – plug pulling election ads start running.

One more rung in Mee-Maw Palin’s Hypocrisy Ladder: The dangers of “death panels” were explained to Americans on Sarah Palin’s Facebook page. Oh, sweet Lord, she must not sleep at night…her grandson could be the next victim of “socialized medicine”. Recently released documents from the custody battle show clearly Tripp Palin Johnston has socialized health care through Indian Health Services …

Fact-checking political site PolitiFact has chosen Sarah Palin’s “death panels” claim as its “Lie Of The Year.” Of all the falsehoods and distortions in the political discourse this year, one stood out from the rest. “Death panels.” The claim set political debate afire when it was made in August, raising issues from the role of government in health care to …

Moments ago: Members of the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday rejected an amendment to a sweeping health-care overhaul bill that would have created a government-run insurance plan option. Authored by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., the amendment failed by a vote of 15 to 8. Rockefeller said a so-called “public option” would have offered a competitor to private insurance companies. Congratulations …

Keith Olbermann ticks off the last year of anti-Obama racism. Required viewing.

Guest host Ana Marie Cox takes on the world’s craziest conservative site.

Nutcase NY Sen. Ruben Diaz, the minister widely credited with thwarting marriage equality here, has invited Sarah Palin to appear as a witness before a New York Senate Aging Committee hearing on health care reform. The witnesses invited include a host of officials from the medical, political, private insurance, and non-governmental world — each with a clear area of expertise …

“I’m here because I’m a real American and I want to take this country back from Obama and his czars!!” Followed by the usual cries of socialism and digs at Nancy Pelosi.

Politico reports today that White House aides have revealed that President Obama does indeed plan to back away from the public option portion of his health care reform plan when Congress returns from its summer recess today Obama’s willingness to forgo the public option is sure to anger his party’s liberal base. But some administration officials welcome a showdown with …

GOP Rep. Wally Herger (R-CA) is going to have some explaining to do after praising a man who bragged that he was a “proud right-wing terrorist.” Herger: “Amen. God bless you. There’s a great American!” Democrats are demanding that Herger apologize for endorsing terrorism. (Via – Americablog)

Rep. Tim Moran (D-VA) booted out protesters who were drowning out DNC Chairman Howard Dean’s speech. Good for him. Anti-abortion nutcase Randall Terry was among those kicked to the curb.

Today when Sen. John McCain cautioned the crowd at his town hall meeting to be respectful of the president, saying that he believes Obama respects the Constitution, McCain’s audience booed him. In the second clip, the crowd gives a standing ovation to a woman who demands that illegal immigrants not receive any health care.

“We all need to consider that in God’s timing that he may have allowed us, as members of Congress, to be in the position that we’re in just for this specific issue right now. Everything that all of us have worked together and labored for over the years, all of it could be undermined with this one bill. President Obama …