Microblogging: August 24, 2012
RT @JC_Christian: Todd Akin to join “Connecticut for Lieberman” party | http://bit.ly/OAFiRo
RT @watertigernyc: We Have No Idea How Vaginas Work #RNCconventionSlogans | http://bit.ly/P9D7qV
Dean Baker’s take on Niallism: “Ferguson is the gift that just keeps on giving” http://t.co/bZhN7Aco
RNC Official Furious At New Mexico Gov Disrespecting General Custer, By Meeting Indians http://t.co/zoRlIWqW
RT @kjhealy: The NYPD accidentally shot a bunch of people while going after Johnson. Relevant for the common “Armed Libertarian Saves the Day” fantasy. | http://bit.ly/U025rR
RT @emptywheel: So first Mitt invited Arpaio and now Mitt’s considering bumping Rubio and yet he aspires to getting 38% of Latino vote? | http://bit.ly/PNmdg3
FLASH: ST. LOUIS, MO—Rep Senate candidate Todd Akin demands Romney release long-form birth certificate | http://bit.ly/OAytz9
RT @emptywheel: Romney: No one has ever held be down and forcibly cut off my long hair. #romneyjokes | http://bit.ly/P9iueB
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are public utilities http://t.co/FYrk6vsB
Niallism Watch: Robert Waldmann Wonders Why Niall Ferguson Believes in the Inerrancy of Karl Marx http://t.co/WHZAZYyV
RT @thegarance: RT @ryangrim: Romney: Nobody’s ever pulled me over and searched my car for no reason #romneyjokes | http://bit.ly/OfaAyl
RT @DemocratMachine: RNC rules update: Candidates named Ron Paul cannot be nominated from the floor | http://bit.ly/Of79YL
RT @fivethirtyeight: So, for example, the U. Colo. model has Obama’s vote dropping off MORE in Ohio because its economy is relatively good. | http://bit.ly/QzGTUZ
RT @TeaPartyCat: Did you hear the joke about the CEO and the budget wonk who defended their budget plans by saying they “hadn’t run the numbers”? Hilarious! | http://bit.ly/Of7bzE
“I guess that means that this stuff just comes naturally to Mitt? That’s better?” http://t.co/GHeMIrIt
David Weigel: Four Laughable Explanations in Search of Mitt Romney’s Birther Joke http://t.co/uNZzusp2
RT @jbarro: Mitt Romney was actually born in the Cayman Islands, for tax reasons. | http://bit.ly/Sxd1yW
And Laura D’Andrea Tyson Is Not a Niallist: She Still Believes That the Facts (About Medicare) Matter http://t.co/0YkjSVmE
Matt O’Brien @ObsoleteDogma Wins the Internet Today with His: “The Age of Niallism: Ferguson and the Post-Fact World” http://t.co/Dubdnzl6
RT @thinkprogress: Republican Attorney Generals argue the Voting Rights Acts of 1965 is unconstitutional http://t.co/LZSEHbPJ
RT @Racheldoesstuff: It’s really important to remember that guns don’t kill people, people who make laws that allow fucking anybody to buy a gun kill people. | http://bit.ly/OejPz4
RT @ObsoleteDogma: You really, really should RT @ezraklein: You should really read @B_Eichengreen’s essay on the gold standard: http://t.co/ba1XwXXF
Hey! All You Economists for Romney! How Many Agree with Him that Ben Bernanke is not “maintaining the monetary stabi… http://t.co/VMDPfqq9
RT @jdportes: @delong Will those who signed “Economists for Romney” be even slightly embarrassed by this? Scott Sumner? | http://bit.ly/OA6Beq
Morning Briefing: Health Insurance Exchanges Planned In 49 States | ThinkProgress http://t.co/vIbK4reo
RT @dooglives: @delong It’s clear that the Times editors/fact-checkers don’t exist when it comes to David Brooks | http://bit.ly/PCesdn
Romney says Bernanke does not “focus on monetary stability that leads to a strong dollar”; would fire him http://t.co/03dKb361
David Brooks’s “statement that the [Bowles-Simpson mark did] nothing to address Medicare is absurd” http://t.co/C5yKWMPO
David Brooks finally says Paul Ryan is a fraud: “Ryan was giving up significant debt progress for a political fantasy” http://t.co/C5yKWMPO
Obama for America Tumblr http://t.co/Aewkf9Li
RT @ThePlumLineGS: The Obama/Dem strategy has been all about systematically depriving Romney of ways to talk about himself: http://t.co/amKVUdYo
Trying and Failing to Understand Niall Ferguson’s Behavior http://t.co/FouRhkNm
Liveblogging World War ii: August 24, 1942 http://t.co/HKJHH4rl
Mitt Romney Says America Is in Trouble Because of People Like Mitt Romney http://t.co/BwUs0L8n
Peter Orszag: Five myths about Paul Ryan’s budget http://t.co/FiyHuaHf
RT @peterallenparis: 70 years since start of doomed Nazi attack on Stalingrad yet barely a mention in western media. More than 1m Soviet casualities. #Russia | http://bit.ly/Q6k2FU
No, Twitter! I will not follow Doris Kearns Goodwin! | http://bit.ly/StkAqr
RT @JonathanMPaul: @mattyglesias just like if you predict inflation / interest rates to rise every month, you’ll eventually be right. Just ask Niall Ferguson. | http://bit.ly/PFnofr
RT @MiekeEoyang: Posthumous baptisms, the Ryan budget, Medicare, who would replace Bernanke, his domestic help, outsourcing #thingsRomneywillnotdiscuss | http://bit.ly/MPib7e
RT @daveweigel: Idea time. Increase military spending, increase Medicare funding, cut taxes — then, balance the budget. | http://bit.ly/PFnq7b
