My Thursday column begins like so: One of the major takeaways from the series dramatic political events over the last 48 hours is quite simply that the Republicans will do anything to win. Almost...
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There’s another contender for the Craziest State. TBogg with the tweet of the day (last night): Big winner tonight is Florida which is , temporarily, not the most embarrassing state in the...
The other Texas atrocity: With the Supreme Court suspending the mechanism that forced Texas to get a federal OK before it can implement any election law change, state Attorney General Greg Abbott...
“At what point must a female senator raise her hand or voice to be recognized over her male colleagues in the room?” Texas Sen. Leticia Van den Putte (D) In video form: So, Republicans...
My Wednesday post: Here’s a fantastic example of cognitive dissonance. On Tuesday, Republicans and conservatives managed to somehow continue their collective screeching about the rapidly...
In case you missed it, late last night the Texas Republicans held a vote on their sweeping anti-choice law — after the midnight adjournment deadline. It was easily one of the most incredible...
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Utterly tragic: A 5-year-old girl left home alone in New Orleans while her mother went to the store fatally shot herself in the head, police said Sunday. The child’s mother, Laderika Smith...
This exchange with police: Why did he follow Martin, a police officer asks. “These assholes, they always get away,” Zimmerman answers. The officer asks, “What’s behind that...
So says Jonathan Cohn: Even so, make sure you pay attention to what President Obama says on Tuesday, when he talks about climate change in a speech at Georgetown University. The announcement Obama...
My Tuesday column begins like so: So it appears as if the so-called IRS scandal has finally evaporated into nothingness. The central claim in this non-scandal was specifically that the IRS had been...
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Another baby with a gun for Rep. Steve Stockman’s bumper sticker: Authorities in southern Indiana say a teenager fatally shot in 12-year-old brother with a rifle he assumed was unloaded...
Take the anonymous source thing with a grain of salt, but still interesting: The Chinese government made the final decision to allow Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor...
My Monday column: As a rule, I don’t use this space for responding to criticisms of things I’ve written, but I’m going to make an exception today. Last week, Cenk Uygur posted a...
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