I can tell you Ted Cruz’s politics are awful. And having had significant life overlap with him I can tell you that at virtually every point in his life – at least from his late teens through mid-thirties (after that I have less evidence) – he’s quickly developed a reputation as a raging a-hole. His new workplace – the Senate of the United States – just continues the pattern. But he’s definitely a ‘natural born’ citizen and thus constitutionally qualified to serve as President of the United States. Read More
“Dear Constituents…PLEASE GET A LIFE, A HOBBY, A LOBOTOMY … whatever.”
Contribute to State Rep. Cindy Pugh’s (R) reelection campaign and get your own conceal carry permit. But be ready to defend yourself from the instructor in the class.
In case you didn’t get a chance to read it yesterday, don’t miss Sahil Kapur’s sum-up of the new Obamacare ‘setback’ that topped the news yesterday. Upshot: don’t believe the hype, a relatively minor delay of one part of a massive piece of legislation that helps huge numbers of people. Meanwhile, the irreplaceable Jon Cohn summarizes the political attack from the right quite nicely. “In other words, Obamacare critics aren’t hyping this news because they wish consumer protections for the sick would take effect now. They’re hyping the news because they wish consumer protections for the sick would go away forever.”
Cable news speculates about two very important political races.
San Diego ‘Hooters’ restaurant says it will no longer serve Mayor Bob Filner because “women should be treated with respect.” Basically when a business based on ogling and being semi-inappropriate to women on the job bans you, you’ve really kind of hit a low.
This is only one poll. But if Bill de Blasio does win the New York City Mayor’s race I think it could be a pretty big moment for progressive politics nationwide, though that may not be clear at first.
TPM Reader RK gives us the anti-Lead maximalism argument on murder rates …
I am a sociologist who studies segregation and urban neighborhood boundaries, so I have some background with the issues of crime, murder, and American politics. Thank you for bringing it up in a very interesting and thought provoking way.
I’ve followed your pieces on the lead theory and the role of American violence with interest. I agree that the lead theory is likely a key piece of the puzzle, but one of the problems I have with that theory is that it takes from some scientific evidence and correlations the whole of a far more complicated issue.
Teenager running to be Mayor of small Utah town says he really didn’t plan on going through with that Columbine style plot to blow up his school which landed him in juvenile detention.