'Huge Defeat,' 'View' Begs Paula Deen, Fox Hosts Rage

June 25, 2013 Subscribe · Forward 'A Huge Defeat For The Civil Rights Community' MSNBC was the first cable news network to turn to the news of the Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act on Tuesday. Continue reading... DOJ TO ASSANGE: WE'RE WATCHING YOU Hosts Beg Paula Deen To Appear On 'The View' WATCH: Fox News Hosts Rage At David Gregory Michael Hastings Sent Worried Email Hours Before Death Paula Deen To Appear On 'Today' WATCH: MSNBC Makes A Big Gaffe 'A Huge Defeat For The Civil Rights Community' Greenwald Responds To Gregory's 'Baseless, Reckless Assumption' Michael Hastings Sent Worried Email Hours Before Death David Gregory's Shocking Question To Glenn Greenwald Greenwald Responds To Gregory's 'Baseless, Reckless Assumption' ERIC BOEHLERT New York Times' Douthat: Curbing Gun Violence Isn't a Priority; Calls It a "Pet" Cause There's something callous and almost tasteless about casually dismissing as a "pet cause" the 32,000 Americans who die each year from gunfire, and the 70,000 more who are injured by firearms. Continue reading... JASON DITZ Chilling Effects: US Government's War on the Media Is Frighteningly Effective Anyone who discovers government abuse now has to recognize that even though there are laws meant to protect whistleblowers, it is government policy to persecute and prosecute them to the full extent of the law, and then some. Continue reading... JASON LINKINS TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Hello everyone and welcome back to another Sunday morning of quickly-typed recaps of political blathering shows. My name is Jason, and I'm really wondering why we haven't just gotten rid of "waking up on Sundays" as a concept altogether. Really, it should be just banned, from American life. Continue reading... IAN REIFOWITZ Right-wing "Civil War" Over Immigration: Free Republic vs. The Wall Street Journal If reform passes, then it's a double victory, because the weaker the Republican party gets, the stronger our country gets. But either way, the civil war within the Republican party is on, and it's only getting worse. Continue reading... TOM ENGELHARDT A Nifty Weather Trick Anyone who has been watching primetime TV news can't but notice that staggering weather has been the lead or second story much of the time all spring and into the summer. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003