It’s a bit off our national radar at the moment. And recent events make it not terribly surprising. But the Egyptian government has now formally banned the Muslim Brotherhood and ordered its assets seized. Read More
TPM Reader AF sums it up nicely …
You probably saw Ted Cruz talking to Chris Wallace yesterday. At the end of the segment, he says if his plan A fails in the Senate, he wants the House to pass portions of the budget with an ACA defunding provision to the Senate and then see if the Senate and Obama will reject them.
On Twitter this weekend, Ted Cruz’s speech writer and strategist Amanda Carpenter went off when she heard Chris Wallace say that top Republicans were feeding Wallace oppo research against her boss Ted Cruz. And it’s true. He did say that. “This has been one of the strangest weeks I’ve ever had in Washington and I say that because as soon as we listed Ted Cruz as our featured guest this week, I got unsolicited research and questions, not from Democrats but from top Republicans, to hammer Cruz,” said Wallace. And what’s the surprise? A top McCain aide says McCain, “F*cking hates Cruz.”
