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From The Reporter’s Notebook
Agree or Disagree?
Josh Marshall: “In retrospect, Jeb Bush’s decision to go with ‘Jeb!’ (exclamation point included) as his campaign slogan turned out to be perfect metaphor…no, not even a metaphor, simply a guide to his campaign: taking something fundamentally uninteresting and repeating it with escalating emphasis and frequency until it becomes interesting.”
Say What?!
“For heavens’ sake, can’t a girl ever have a little bit of fun? That was a tongue in cheek tweet. A girl needs to have a little fun sometimes. I guess it was a slow news day for the media.”
– Carly Fiorina rooted for an Iowa win at the Rose Bowl, but Stanford won 45-16 — is the #CarlyCurse real?
BUZZING: Today in the Hive
From a TPM Prime member: “And speaking of overheated rhetoric, I think its high time the current Right Wing of the Republican party be politically attached to Timothy McVeigh and the ideology that motivated the Oklahoma City Bombing which killed 168 people. That may not have been fair in 1995, but the current rhetoric from most Republicans in Congress is nearly identical to what we heard from McVeigh and Terry Nichols and their militia cohorts. As recently and astutely noted by The Nation columnist Joshua Holland: ‘Here at home, security experts warn of the threat posed by violent anti-government extremists. Non-violent anti-government extremists, on the other hand, can be found roaming the halls of Congress.'”
Related: The University of Oklahoma chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (notorious for its racist chants) hired the same lawyer who defended Timothy McVeigh.
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What We’re Reading
What its like to run a feminist website, known to run on offense, when almost nothing offends you. (Jezebel)
The glory-seeking adventurer of old is giving way to explorers who want to understand the planet rather than dominate it. (The Economist)
Who was the cleric Saudis executed, and why does his death matter? (Bloomberg)
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