Every now and then there is a news report that conveys a world of rich detail in one simple sentence. This may have been missed by some, but on Monday morning Nina Totenberg spoke one of those sentences in an NPR report on the way that members of the Supreme Court approach the task of writing. I’ve …
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Debbie Wasserman-Schultz Lays the Smackdown on Reince Priebus
Okay, okay, I get it. You know what I like? Politicians whose raison-d’etre I can understand. I must admit to some annoyance at the Democrats jumping on the “Weiner’s gotta go” train. I am so sick of this man’s penis, I get reflexively annoyed at anyone who mentions Weinergate. I want to move the fuck …
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It always is.
Why Is This Not Being Discussed?
And I’m seriously astonished, why is it not being discussed that the Scott plan to basically drug test everyone who moves in Florida is a blatant plant to make millions? This connection isn’t hidden behind thousands of complex shell companies and what not, it’s not even loosely hidden. It’s right god damned there.
On the Sixth Day of WeinerGate, My True Love Gave to Me
Remember when John Ensign paying off his mistress was the lead story for six straight days? And Weiner is offering increasingly bizarre and unconvincing responses to the media.
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This goes without saying…
Steve Benen had a post up today where he stated: I get the sense the right is lacking in a sense of limits. That is obvious to anybody paying attention, but what caused Steve to pen those lines was the news that the wingnuts are threatening to rape and/or attack the young high school student …
What Are You Gonna Believe…
… your lying eyes objective reality, or the preferred narrative? Dave Weigel at Slate worries at the question of how some politicians can ‘overcome’ sex scandals: This really was a head-scratcher.Chris Beam and Matthew Yglesias spent some time yesterday trying to figure out how politicians survive sex scandals, and Yglesias crafted the tightest rule: “What …