Not sure there’s a better snapshot of our national politics circa 2011 than House Republicans proposing to make it easier for big government contractors to cheat on their taxes — and paying for that proposal by reducing the number of sick old people eligible for Medicaid. Brian Beutler has the details.
The new J. Edgar Hoover bio pic directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Leo DiCaprio has those who guard Hoover’s memory tied up in knots over the “gay question.” So many great quotes in this piece.
Here’s that weird Herman Cain web video everyone’s talking about.
Rick Perry rolls the dice on birtherism again — and throws in a little race-baiting for good measure.
FTC reaches settlement with Google that includes periodic privacy audits for the next 20 years.
The numbers of volunteers taking over policing duties has tripled with the onset of the great recession. See the chart.
How repealing ‘ObamaCare’ would bust a huge hole in the federal budget.