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  Somewhere between a paltry 5 and 10 percent of the American public believe it is a good idea for the US to lead an invasion in Syria.  Those numbers seem to be consistent across party lines.  And since it’s incredibly rare to see a war that most Republicans don’t support, it’s an interesting development. Obama should pay attention.  It’s not that most Americans don’t understand the caliber of rank evil that characterizes the Middle East Hitler known as Assad.  Any one of the poll respondents who say that an invasion is a bad idea – I’m sure would...

The GOP has been in the Obama Administration’s ear yelling “unfair profiling” by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for targeting conservative groups that were looking for tax exemptions as 501(c)(4) organizations.  However, this alleged “scandal” that was cooked up by the GOP has been unearthing another, this time tangibly provable, scandal. What made it easy for the Tea Party cash cattlers to abuse the 501(c)(4) non-profit status are its vague and loosely written codes.  So much so that The Nation reports that the “IRS rules for primary activity have been interpreted to mean that 501(c)(4) groups cannot spend more...

Ring of Fire co-hosts Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder discuss the ridiculous charade that is the Republicans’ hearings on Benghazi, which are being led by the criminal Darrell...

During a speech to the Ripon Society, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) blamed the media for the GOP’s “messaging woes,” according to The Hill. In a nutshell, Cantor thinks it’s the media’s fault for the American public’s criticism of that dirty-faced kindergarten classroom that is the GOP.  He believes “the party’s economic message is drowned out by coverage of debt and deficits.”  Maybe, perhaps, the GOP’s “message” was the cause of all the “debt and deficits” that the country accrued during the ill-fated Bush Administration that some seem to forget about.  But who would really want to remember...