We get it. Republicans don’t like the Affordable Care Act, aka ‘Obamacare’. But over the last few days I’ve noticed a new trend, or at least the frequency of it seems to be increasing. Let’s call it Obamacare McCarthyism, a new intra-Republican political cudgel cued up for the 2014 political season, in which different anti-Obamacare Republicans attack each other for either being crypto-supporters of Obamacare, being Obamacare-curious or even just having earlier periods of Obamacare confusion.
Jeremy Gordon Grinnell, a professor of systematic theology at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, has resigned as a pastor and been placed on leave from his professorship after being arrested on November 8th for being a ‘peeping tom’, or as they call it under Michigan law, “surveilling an unclothed person.”
As you know if you’re a core TPM Reader, the Golden Dukes are coming. And momentum and excitement are already starting to build.
But this year we’re considering something new. The famed Golden Dukes statuette has existed going back to 2007. But it’s always just been an image, a mere concept in our quest for the ultimate scandal. Well, this year we are considering actually commissioning the actual statuette and bestowing it in person to the winner of the Best Scandal – General Interest.
The Obama administration tells TPM that the previously delayed Spanish-language version of HealthCare.gov — CuidadoDeSalud.gov — will launch in early December.
