It's perfectly clear from her full comments that Hillary Clinton was saying not a single American life was lost during the Libyan intervention. We heeded the calls of our allies, our partners in the region, and the Libyan people and helped topple a murderous dictator who was prepared to massacre his own citizens, all without putting American boots on the ground.

Jesse Lehrich

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The' Dems in disarray' joke didn't come from nowhere, key progressive players have too often slipped into prioritizing their own narrow interests to the detriment of achieving the movement's shared goals. But I think this cycle has really been different -- everyone seems to recognize the magnitude of the moment.

If you don't like where Mike Coffman stands on immigration. by Jesse Lehrich

If you don't like where Mike Coffman stands on immigration.

As she's said before, with regard to the later attack in Benghazi, the tragic loss of her colleagues who were working so hard to help the Libyan people is something that constantly weighs on her.

It turns out that if you put Jeb Bush in the right room, he talks like Ted Kennedy. Put him somewhere else and he's the 'head-banging conservative' he once declared himself, maybe he doesn't realize how much has changed in the 13 years since he last ran for public office, but these days, the cameras are always rolling — and flagrant pandering isn't a good look.

They make cosmetic tweaks, whatever they think is enough to signal that they are taking things seriously. But they don't actually care, i have zero expectation that they'll make any meaningful changes to prevent another catastrophe.

The entire Democratic Party basically came to view Facebook as a right-wing propaganda machine -- Fox News with more reach and lower standards.