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Rep. Peter King is Boycotting Ted Cruz, But Really, They Have a Lot in Common

U.S. Representative Peter King, a New York Republican, is not a subtle man. So when he announced that he would boycott a GOP fund-raising dinner because Senator Ted Cruz will be attending, it's not surprising he talked to BuzzFeed about it. "I don't think we should be acknowledging people who are vo ... More >>

Mark Cuban Loves Watching Fox News, But Thinks It Could Learn a Thing or Two From Dancing With the Stars

Yesterday, Mark Cuban joined the rest of the universe in parsing the presidential election, putting on his media-critic hat and taking to his blog to assess the state of political coverage on cable. Turns out, Cuban loves Fox News. He watched it all the time during the election cycle, though not as ... More >>

European Election Monitors Find U.S. Elections Are Expensive, "Unduly Politicized," Other Shockingly Obvious Conclusions

At the end of October, highly watchable Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott threatened to press charges against any "U.N. poll watchers" who might "interfere with Texas elections." Not to be outdone, state officials in Pennsylvania and Iowa also started threatening to arrest people. Those "poll wa ... More >>

Heisted Kotex Tampons Were Supposed To Be Turned Into Fuel, Ended Up On the "Gray Market" Instead

Earlier this week, we all shuddered in unison upon learning that some Kotex Natural Balance tampons, possibly tainted with bacteria and "metallic particles," were stolen and fraudulently sold under shadowy circumstances. Kimberly-Clark, Kotex's Irving-based parent company, says they've received no r ... More >>

A Very Serious Gchat About Montell Jordan's Latest Career Choice

With the recent discovery that R&B singer Montell Jordan is now just singing headlines from MSNBC to people via text, The Overserved columnist Deb Doing Dallas and I had a very serious conversation about what this all means, and I have a moment of panic that my phone had been hacked by MSNBC.

Art for the People, By the People

Eddie Bernice Johnson on Rick Perry: "I Don't Even Know This Governor Anymore"

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, who worked as a nurse before heading to Washington, dropped by Martin Bashir's show on MSNBC to denounce Governor Rick Perry's stance toward Planned Parenthood (and to call Rush Limbaugh "un-American".) "I don't even know this governor anymore," the congresswoman says in ... More >>

Soup's On! So Go Warm Your Heart

Rachel Maddow Deconstructs Debbie Georgatos, Whose Video Also Makes Cooper's "RidicuList"

Rachel Maddow takes on Debbie Georgatos and her fear of Dallas County's "Super-Massive Blue Hole."​Just remember: A grand total of 235 people voted to make Wade Emmert the new chairman of the Dallas County Republican Party. But 33,000-and-still-rising have now watched his rival Debbie Georgatos's ... More >>

Week of the Iguana -- And Other Stuff

​Here are two things you haven't tried: taco-flavored chips and iguana tamales. For that, we have you covered. For all the things you might have tried (ie. Crossroads Diner, The Speedway Club, the wonder of vegan baking), Dallas blogs are happy to expand. Read on. City of Ate For Decanter in ... More >>

Wait. The Texas Rangers Got Cliff Lee?

​So tweets New York Post baseball columnist Joel Sherman. To which MSNBC adds this concerning the pick-up of the Seattle Mariners pitcher:There is no report yet as to who those others may be. Given Texas' financial issues, it's possible that they could be veterans in salary offsets or it could be ... More >>

Lebron James Eats for Free: Five Food Bribes That Might Work

Wanna bribe us? Keep the food. Try this instead.​A recent University of Texas at Dallas release that was ostensibly about T-shirts raises an interesting food issue: Explaining why he'd decided to display 300 commemorative T-shirts in a university building, Dean J. Michael Coleman said, "Free ... More >>

Craig Watkins Won't Always Talk to the Media. But He'll Talk About the Media.

Craig Watkins speaking at SMU on Wednesday​Speaking of Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins ...This week, SMU hosted a Media and Human Rights Symposium that featured among its guests Watkins, a few profs and even a noted Oscar-winning filmmaker. Watkins delivered his presentation on Wedne ... More >>

Yesterday's Cry Was But One of Many Great Days in Randy Neugebauer History

McBloggerRep. Randy Neugebauer and some friend of his​First we didn't know who shouted "Baby Killer!" at Rep. Bart Stupak last night, during the health care debate. Joe Barton knew, but he wasn't talking. Then, we found out: It was Lubbock's own Rep. Randy Neugebauer, which, according to Jim anywa ... More >>

Dawn Rizos Did Get Her Money Back From Newt Gingrich. No, It Wasn't 5,000 Singles.

​Michael Precker, who rather famously swapped a gig at The Dallas News for one at The Lodge, sends word the Dawn Rizos-Newt Gingrich saga has reached its conclusion: Newt's people returned the $5,000 check (along with a check "for the value of two nonrefundable plane tickets" to D.C.), and she's g ... More >>

On Maddow, DMN's Wayne Slater Talked About "Lunatic Fringe on the Capitol Steps"

​In case you missed it, over the weekend the Texas Nationalist Movement -- whose motto is "Independence. In Our Lifetime." -- held a rally in Austin demanding secession now or else goddamnit. And tomorrow is the TNM's "National Day of Action," during which organizers want folks to call Governor Ri ... More >>

Jessica Simpson Annoyed, Loaned.

Two quick follow-ups to yesterdays items on Jessica Simpson, then back to talking about things that actually matterFirst, according to MSNBC, a source close to Jessica said Simpson saw Eminem's "We Made You" video yesterday and was none too pleased. Shocking, I know. "Of course Jess finds it annoyi ... More >>

Food For Thought...

"Wine bulletin boards are the equivalent of Fox News and MSNBC, each preaching to their own committed choir and trashing the other." (Eric Asimov in the New York Times)

SMU Students Need to Pony Up From D.C.

I would not recommend reading SMU's Daily Mustang for your inauguration coverage. The university sent "a group of SMU communications and journalism students" to D.C. to cover the inauguration. Said last week's media release, "They will have an up-close view of the Presidential Inauguration." Um. Um. ... More >>

Tina Brown on Bush Library: "This Is Going to Be ... Very Interesting."

Several SMU items of note today, because we'd be remiss if we went the day without mentioning something said yesterday on MSNBC. After the jump, Daily Beast Tina Brown's appearance last night on The Rachel Maddow Show, which was guest-hosted by Alison Stewart. The reason we mention it? Brown tal ... More >>

T.V. Time, or: Why T.D. Jakes Couldn't Pray With Barack Obama Tuesday

T.D. Jakes Bumped off MSNBC for Big Blue News: Ohio for Obama

Wednesday Morning Wake and Bake

Peggy Noonan Calls "Bullshit" on McCain for Not Going With Kay Bailey

Fox News Akin To Southern Rap

Anti-intellectual appeal and red-state focus are just the tip of what these two have in common.

Counting Down to Craig Watkins and The "Missing" JFK Loot

Hillary Clinton's Camp Sends Garry Mauro After Barack Obama

Keith, Bill and Mr. Cuban

God's Favorite Web Site

Leprechaun Bandit Admits Stealing

T.D. Jakes Wants Don Imus Fired. He Also Has a New CD He'd Like You to Buy.

More School for Scoundrels (With Video)

Deal or No Deal for Channels 5 and 39?

Van the Man? Or, Not So Much?

So Nice They Aired it Twice

Men-O-Pause

Can women meet a decent guy in a bar?

Blues Notes

See the other Deep Ellum

Beach Head

At the Winter Music Conference, P. Diddy blows up while the U.S. blows up Iraq

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Picks for the week of February 13-19

Rescue 9/11

This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

Hear This

Back to business as usual: I dig music

Look Back in Confusion

2001 brought out the best and worst in local media

Scene, Heard

One Ton Records closes its doors

The Cable Gal

Meet the new face of journalism, Ashleigh Banfield

Oh, Never Mind

The last word--give or take a billion--on the media's election-night mambo

A Clean, Close Shave

Here's a debate worth watching

Fluff

Kevin Cubed; Happy birthday; Mo' money

Buzz

Bark, don't bite

Letters

Road to ruin

Deep Impact is a feel-good disaster movie