This Document Reveals Why The House Of Representatives Is In Complete Chaos

Judd Legum ThinkProgress
The House Freedom Caucus, a relatively new group of about 40 Republicans loosely associated with the Tea Party, has an extraordinary amount of power in this process. Any potential speaker needs the support of 218 Republicans on the floor of the House. There are currently 247 Republicans in the House. That’s a large majority but without the Freedom Caucus, no candidate can get to 218.

In Israel/Palestine: Witnessing the End of a Colonial Regime

Ilene Cohen Mondoweiss
What is happening in Israel today and what happened last week, last month, and for the past almost 50 years is about cementing sovereignty over land the international community agrees does not belong to Israel and over a subject people, the Palestinians, in contravention of international law. Yet, in Israel there is much talk about whether this is the start of the third intifada, but little talk of ending the occupation, the root cause of the escalating conflict.

Friday Nite Videos -- October 9, 2015

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Jorge Ramos Interviews Bernie Sanders. Not So Pro-Life After All. Phil Ochs: I Ain't Marching Anymore. Hospital Bombing: 'A War Crime.' John Oliver: Mental Health.

Not So Pro-Life After All

Trevor proposes that anti-abortion advocates like Carly Fiorina and Jeb Bush channel their pro-life rhetoric into another vital issue: gun control.

Phil Ochs: I Ain't A-marchin' Any More

50 Years Ago: In 1965, as the Vietnam war escalated, singer-songwriter Phil Ochs wrote this song of resistance to an endless, senseless trail of blood.

Hospital Bombing: 'A War Crime'

Chris Hayes talks to Jason Cone, executive director of Doctors Without Borders, about the need for an independent investigation of the hospital air strike in Afghanistan that killed 22 people.

John Oliver: Mental Health

John Oliver explains how our national system of treating mental health works, or more often than not, how it doesn’t.

Boehner’s Nightmare

Terrance Heath Campaign for America's Future
Boehner announced his resignation from Congress. He’d give himself another month, postpone a government shutdown until he was long gone and couldn’t be blamed for it. He had a ready successor lined-up in the form of Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). Then it all fell apart.