Have the Occupy Wall Street protests turned a corner, or are they about to jump the shark?
On the one hand, establishment players suddenly seem to be treating the movement far more seriously. Meanwhile, a widely-cited survey suggests that over half of Americans have heard of the protests and feel broadly positive about them.
On the other hand, Kanye West swung by, taking a break from rapping about designer sunglasses in order to protest capitalism instead. And there’s this rather frustrating video of the Occupy Atlanta crowd “voting down” an address by civil rights hero Rep. John Lewis. This in particular does not augur well for the movement. Watching it you’d almost think it’s a parody of a windy, platitude-stuffed talk shop. Only it’s real. Read More
When Robert Gates, Timothy Geithner and Ben Bernanke are all basically saying that congressional dysfunction is threatening the most basic functions of government, it’s probably time to pay attention.
This is sure to set off a raging debate: it looks like the FDA is moving towards a positive decision regarding the commercialization of genetically-engineered salmon.
Plenty of passion on both sides over this issue. Fascinating article here.
In Mitt Romney’s first and now his second presidential run he’s been surprisingly successful finessing the fact that he used to call himself pro-choice as recently as the middle of the last decade. But his rivals — in both parties — are seeing if they can use it again to pin him with the lethal flip-flopper label.
The anti-Mormon and pro-Perry Pastor Robert Jeffress is doing a great job of calling attention to himself by telling people not to pay attention to him. His latest line: he’s “not the Jeremiah Wright of the right.”
TPM’s Ryan Reilly points out that Jeffress took some time off bashing Mormons last year to go after Muslims instead, in a rather colorful way.
Were you unable to attend the socially conservative Value Voters Summit this weekend? Don’t worry: this slideshow transports you right there.
Looks like Twitter-user “@Qwikster” can breathe a marijuana-scented sigh of relief: Netflix is dumping its controversial plans to spin off its DVD delivery into a separate “Qwikster” service.
Rick Perry’s new attack ad against “Romneycare” bears a striking resemblance to the horror film trailers you start seeing around this time of year. This one’s a real “monster rally“: Jimmy Carter! Chris Hayes! Obama! How will our hero survive?