See also Krugman.

Update: Sign the petition and email the White House.

Maddow at her most brilliant —

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It’s about the lengths to which Republicans will go — including trashing the economy and opposing their own policies — to hurt the Obama Administration.

Elsewhere — Eric Cantor would reap a windfall from one of his investments if the U.S. goes into default.

I don’t believe I have purchased or consumed any product made by the Hormel Corporation in many years, but after I read this I checked the brand names listed at the corporate website to be sure. The company may be more humane to the animals it slaughters than to its workers.