Is the GOP the Obstruction Party?

• MoveOn: Break the Silence on Torture and War

  Peace Activism

  Tom Hayden: A pending amendment to the $100 billion war spending bill also authorizes suppression of hundreds of torture photos. Will MoveOn use its muscle to stand up for progressive principles?

• Accountability for Torture

  Torture

  John Nichols: Congress must act to remove from positions of trust those who sanctioned torture and dial down the imperial presidency that has evolved on its watch.

• Behold the Michele Bachmann Effect

  Congress

  Talking Points Memo : Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has an uncanny ability to provoke befuddlement in the faces of her adversaries.

» More

• Abortion Battle Puts Health Reform at Risk

  Health Care Policy

  Countdown : Nation editor Christopher Hayes is "infuriated" by the last-minute add-on that prohibits coverage for abortion in the House health plan.

• Olbermann on Going Rouge

  Conservatives & The American Right

  Countdown : Keith Olbermann weighs in on the Sarah Palin "companion" book Going Rouge, edited by Nation staffers Betsy Reed and Richard Kim.

• Right-Wing Ponders Overthrow of Obama

  Conservatives & The American Right

  Countdown : The Nation's Christopher Hayes weighs in on of the recent "treasonous rhetoric from the right" and the danger that it could lead to real violence.