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10.02.13 | 10:06 am
Yep, He’s Presidential Material

Rand Paul: Obama sent more security to WWII memorial than to Benghazi.

Maybe it would be better if Rand Paul went back to playing footsie with the militia movement.

10.02.13 | 8:10 am
Derp In the Back

Cruz, with impeccable post-World War I credentials, tries to spin Obamacare as presidential obsession driving Obama to crackdown on World War II soldiers.

I could be wrong. But I doubt this does more than keep the far-right nutosphere ginned up in its Obamageddon frenzy.

10.02.13 | 7:25 am
Keep Digging

House Republicans consider refocusing on defaulting on US national debt after government shutdown plan falters.

10.02.13 | 5:13 am
Today’s Big Story

With Tea Party Republicans now unwilling to take Big Business’s lead on core issues, CEOs now reluctantly taking sides with Obama.

10.02.13 | 4:42 am
The Sad Decline of Toronto

Another of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s associates has been arrested on drug offenses. But don’t get too excited. It’s for trafficking marijuana, not crack.

So what the hell?

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10.02.13 | 3:13 am
Rick Perry (R-Mansplainia)

Rick Perry says his wife misspoke when she pretty clearly said she opposes abortion personally but believes it is a “women’s right.”

10.01.13 | 7:09 pm
Write for Us

As I mentioned earlier, we’re going to be publishing two longform pieces a month going forward. A few we’ll do in-house. But mainly we’ll commission them from freelancers or outside writers. We’ve got a couple more in the pipeline. But we’re also very open to pitches. Just shoot us a line at our main email address up top with the subject line “Longform Pitch.”

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10.01.13 | 7:06 pm
Learn Something New Everyday

Martin Bashir taught me today that you can say “a-hole” on TV.

10.01.13 | 5:04 pm
Deep Into The Weeds

More on tonight’s failed partial funding votes: (1) Eric Cantor said after the vote they knew the bills would fail; (2) some Dems think today’s move was a stall tactic; (3) House majority whip says they’ll bring the bills up for a vote again Wednesday, but under different rules where only simply majority required for passage. More here.

10.01.13 | 3:45 pm
Scratching Head …

John Boehner’s latest strategy — to push through a series of partial government funding bills — is falling apart. The first bill, to restore veterans benefits, just failed to muster a two-thirds majority needed to pass.

Whelp, all three partial spending bills failed.

Back to the drawing board for Boehner and Co. Also for Cruz, Lee and company — who were quick to encourage this strategy and claimed credit for it.