Congressional Republicans now gunning for FEMA over agency’s role in averting government shutdown.
TPM Reader WB raises some key points I ignored in my post about the collapse of Perrymentum, namely the huge hits he took from the right on issues like immigration and Gardasil … Read More
You probably remember that Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) has been embroiled in a controversy over not paying tens of thousands of dollars in child support payments to his ex-wife Laura. Now he explains that he had a “verbal agreement” with Laura that he’d just keep the money.
Laura, who’s now suing him, apparently doesn’t agree.
Last night’s GOP debate will likely go down as the night Rick Perry decided to stop showing up tired for presidential debates and just go all-in and take a nap.
Of course he’s hurt himself with gaffes and followed up the debate last night by revisiting America’s decision to throw off the yoke of Henry VIII in the 1500s. And it’s too soon to say Rick Perry’s done, though it’s pretty hard to figure how he’s not. But stepping back from all the particulars, it seems to me that a key reason for Perry’s burn up on reentry into the atmosphere after his rapid ascent in August is that his key political handlers — and presumably Perry himself — simply didn’t grasp that the dynamics of national politics are just very different from those of Texas. Read More
Top sponsor of law to allow guns in bars gets arrested for DUI and possession of a handgun while under the influence.
This is worth noting: Australia has now passed a carbon tax.
True, Australia is way down at No. 15 on the list of carbon emissions by country (the U.S. emits 13 times more CO2), but among the top 20 carbon-emitting countries, Australia has the highest per capita emissions.
So this isn’t a negligible move by Australia. The goal of the tax is to reduce carbon emissions by 5 percent from 2000 levels by the year 2020.
What are we supposed to make of this outlandish alleged plot by Iranian nationals and an Iranian-American to assassinate the Saudi ambassador? We look at the details we currently know.