Republicans who are as terrified of a Palin nomination as they are of publicly criticizing her have seized on a new angle: Palin is bigger than the presidency. It would be a step down for her.
TPM is announcing a job opening for an Associate Editor working from our Washington, DC bureau. Details here.
As you know, we have cable news running in our news room permanently, flipping back and forth between the three biggies. And the percentage flow of obvious falsehoods, outright lies and what frequently verges on or passes for hate speech is just awe-inspiring. In an awful sort of way, but still awe-inspiring. I know it. You know it. But when I actually listen, pay attention to the stuff they’re saying, wow. It’s amazing that this exists as one of the big sources of news in this country. Just now we were listening to Megyn Kelly interview Mike Gallagher. Okay, I got it off my chest.
Apple has decided that they not only have an app store but also own the term “app store.” They’ve just sued Amazon to stop them from opening their own “app store.”
Jon Stewart: “You can’t simultaneously fire teachers and Tomahawk missiles.” Watch.
Benjy Sarlin takes a close look at the political staffers Tim Pawlenty has accumulated for his 2012 run. The list includes several defectors from other 2012 contenders and at least one TPM fave, former Bush White House aide and Karl Rove protege Sara Taylor.
Remember Ginni Thomas? Wife of Supreme Court Justice, self-styled Tea Party Ambassador to the GOP Freshman Class, Health Care Reform foe and so much more … She’s been hired as the new top reporter at the Daily Caller.
Well, not exactly. But the US government has launched its own official URL shortening service.
CNN War Correspondent Nic Robertson goes ballistic over Fox report that he and other reporters were being used as human shields by the Qaddafi government; also a few cracks about how the Fox correspondent in Libya apparently barely leaves his hotel room.