DailyKOS · 21 minutes old · The Democrats are graciously going to allow John McCain to put his vote where is mouth is. After - bizarrely - accusing Democrats of sexism for having the abject temerity to ask Sarah any questions, the Democrats plan to reintroduce the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act this month. Remember:John McCain voted AGAINST fair pay for women this summer

Crooks and Liars · 31 minutes old · Remember this? Westmoreland sponsors a 10 Commandment Bill but can't name them... check out the hilarious footage from Colbert Report.

DailyKOS · 1 hour old · I was very surprised to hear Barracuda being played at the RNC given the political views of the band Heart and, in particular, Ann and Nancy Wilson. These are strong women who've made their way in the men's world of Rock and Roll.They didn't let me down!

Firedoglake · 1 hour old · Special get off my lawn edition. * McSame used the word "change" 10 times in his speech -- and mentioned Bush zero times. * He did, however, mention that he was a POW. * HuffPo has video reax of McSame's eulogy speech. * Why was McSame standing in front of a junior high in North Hollywood?

Huffington Post · 1 hour old · My name was kind of sort of mentioned both in the Huffington Post and Wikipedia. Too bad the rest is almost all question marks.Vicente Salazar Bill Richardson Boston University

Firedoglake · 1 hour old · Rare is the incredibly memorable nomination acceptance speech. Usually, it's the vibe we remember. Obama's speech was hard-hitting, substantive and prosaic, but years from now no one will remember its verbiage, they'll remember how it felt. Love it or loathe it (and count me in for the latter) Palin was such a completely blank slate her more ..

DailyKOS · 1 hour old · Yahoo News points out how far the Associated Presses right wing slant goes. They are posting articles on things BEFORE they happen.

Huffington Post · 1 hour old · In fact, demos of live 3-D have been quietly gaining buzz around the TV world: Last year both the NBA All-Star game and a Dallas Mavericks game were broadcast on a closed-circuit feed using equipment from Pace, the company that Cameron helped start and whose equipment he uses to shoot in 3-D. At the International Broadcasting Conference in Amsterda

Firedoglake · 1 hour old · My first thought on walking into the Xcel Center tonight and seeing the blue screen behind John McCain was -- have they learned nothing? Lime green jello and cottage cheese? Is there no one in the Republican party who can do staging? Hello, McFly? And then there was the sound of McCain's voice. He's obviously been taking public speaking ..

Huffington Post · 1 hour old · A growing number of immigration raids, arrests and deportations are driving immigrants deeper into the shadows--even if it means ignoring evacuation orders and braving a deadly tropical storm.

News Hounds · 2 hours old · Bill O'Reilly finally got his interview with Barack Obama but his real challenge was how to use it to make John McCain look good right before his acceptance speech. Even though O'Reilly was rude and determined to make himself look good, Obama was tough, confident, well informed and a perfect gentleman.

Huffington Post · 3 hours old · The speech was halting. Sen. McCain stumbled often, and made mistakes - but mostly he didn't say much. He didn't even get to actual proposals for a half hour, and offered few specifics. Further, most of the specifics he did have seemed to be "let's change Washington by going back to the great values of the past." GREAT?!! Where's he been living?

Huffington Post · 3 hours old · Sarah Palin is given credit for a great speech Wednesday night. But why? We all know she didn't write it. It wasn't her thoughts, her ideas or even her decision. She read the speech they gave her like a good little student. She is not the decision maker. She is an actress, a shill, a pimp, a liar, a fantasist, AND a Republican wingnut.

Huffington Post · 3 hours old · We go through this strange dance every four years, where we all agree to a fiction. That fiction is politics. We, the people who cover politics, know that this is all a show and yet we all implicitly agree to not let the American people in on it.

Huffington Post · 3 hours old · Alaskan author Charles Wohlforth who wrote a piece in The New Republic about how he and his wife broke into laughter when he heard that Sarah Palin was McCain's choice said today, "I was writing a travel book and I told my readers, 'avoid Wasilla. It's the most unattractive town in Alaska and it will remind you of the worst..."

Alternet · 4 hours old · By Stan Cox, AlterNet...As our consumer goods travel thousands of miles by boat, train and truck, they're leaving a trail of soot and cancer in their wake.

Huffington Post · 4 hours old · How could one speech completely change their mind and make them go from laughing at Palin to fearing her? Palin was confident, funny, real and 100% American. Their whiplash over the last 48 hours was made more evident by the media's simplicity and their group think about Palin.

Huffington Post · 5 hours old · Last week's Democratic National Convention in Denver was a triumph of choreography, security and management. The risky final day provided beautiful presentation and stirring performances, but little suspense. In fact everyone that 'mattered' suddenly caught a bad case of teamwork.

Alternet · 6 hours old · Police brutality and violation of the first amendment at the RNC

Think Progress · 6 hours old · A document complied to help inform the American public about the policies and ideologies that consume Gov. Sarah Palin (R) of Alaska. Here are the issues of an anti-abortion in cases of rape and incest, anti-climate change, pro-seceding from the union, anti-gay rights, pro-creationist hockey mom who graduated from college with no advanced degrees..