Yesterday was a day of jagged events coming together in unpredictable and surreal ways. Like one was how CNN had Donald Trump on air to provide financial commentary just as President Obama’s scheduled 1 PM press appearance was pushed back to 1:30 PM, giving The Donald 30-odd minutes to riff and predict and generally get lost in the brown paper bag of his own imagination. Watch the chilling highlights.

Hard to say you refuse to burden your kids with the country’s massive debt when you haven’t been paying their child support for years.

I doubt this disclaimer was on McGraw-Hill’s website before last week:

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Immigration reform is to Rick Perry what health care reform is to Mitt Romney — which is to say that Perry was relatively progressive on the issue before the Republican Party demanded an unwavering hardline. Perry even had his own immigrant-friendly state law that he’s still defending like Mitt defends RomneyCare. Benjy Sarlin has the story.