Oregonian Jason Levin has got an ingenious plan: his “Crash the Tea Party” effort is going to out-crazy the crazies at tea party events. You say Obama is a foreigner? Levin says he’s an alien. And so on, until even the tea partiers recoil from the association.
Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO), currently running for senator, says no one is opposed to ending discrimination by insurance companies against kids with pre-existing conditions — but against adults? Tough luck!
Colbert to Wikileaks editor: “It’s like you’re saying it’s better to know than not to know.” Watch.
Our Justin Elliott learns that the DOJ is considering a lawsuit to force reforms in the New Orleans police department, much as the Justice Department did with the LAPD in the 1990s.
Signs of a turnaround in Ohio? Like many races around the country, the Ohio senate race turned from the Dems to the Republicans right election election day 2009. But here Dems (both Fisher and Brunner) have been making a comeback against Republican Rob Portman.
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Ben Smith is reporting that Andy Stern will be stepping down as president of Service Employees International Union.
TPM Reader RB has his moment!
Finally! A subject I feel like I can comment on.
In my opinion drug use doesn’t break down along party lines so easily.
The Tea Party movement sets up shop in the US military. “There is at this time a debate within the ranks of the military regarding their oath. Some mistakenly believe they must follow any order the President issues. But many others do understand that their loyalty is to the Constitution and to the people…”
Today our Justin Elliott got hold of an email sent to members of the Columbus Tea Party, a local Tea Party organization in Ohio, telling them how and how not to act at the Tax Day event later this week. And one of the admonitions is “No alcohol (or other mood-enhancer) or pre-drinking.”
Now, that’s probably pretty good advice. But the reference to ‘mood enhancers’ got me thinking about the political taxonomy of mind altering substances. Read More
I realized that when I saw this new video of Tina Fey doing Sarah Palin it didn’t so much remind me of Sarah Palin as Sara Benincasa doing her impersonation of Sarah Palin.