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11.07.13 | 3:01 pm
We Interrupt This S#%tstorm to …

After 6 weeks of bungled rollout and a month of horrific press, public support of and opposition to Obamacare remains exactly where it was the day before rollout.

11.07.13 | 2:06 pm
Colorado Secessionist Leader Speaks to TPM

Leader of Colorado’s secessionist movement says the problem they’re fighting is the “urbanization of America.”

11.07.13 | 1:28 pm
No Big Thang

Just your average cell phone vid of drug addled Mayor in rage-rant threatening to murder people. The latest from Mayor Ford.

And just for if you’re keeping score at home, this does not seem to be the fabled ‘Second Rob Ford Tape.’

11.07.13 | 12:39 pm
Very Interesting

So get this. Rick Scott, Tea Party Governor of Florida is running ads on MSNBC attacking former Republican-turned-Democrat Charlie Crist as a phony Democrat, quoting Dem politicians slamming Crist back during his GOP days.

Nothing wrong with that; actually sounds pretty shrewd. The ads are legit in the sense that they are identified as paid for by the Scott-affiliated 527 group, Let’s Get To Work. But of course there’s no mention of Scott and the Governor doesn’t have to be on MSNBC saying the familiar “I’m Rick Scott and I approve this message.” Which presumably might deflate the effect among the target audience of committed libs and Dems.

11.07.13 | 11:48 am
Verboten

Steep price to pay if you deviate from the pro-gun orthodoxy in a pro-gun magazine.

11.07.13 | 9:58 am
Virginia’s Women Problem

Many claim Virginia’s gubernatorial campaign was all about women’s issues, yet Erin Matson at TPM Cafe counts exactly zero women on the ballot. What’s up with that, Virginia?

11.07.13 | 9:12 am
#Winning

Country stars mock Obamacare at awards show. Watch.

11.07.13 | 8:40 am
Obamacare Goes Country

Brad Paisley “twerks” his back, Carrie Underwood helps him sign up for Obamacare, and they encounter the spinning pinwheel of death.

11.06.13 | 5:57 pm
Wow. A Must Read

Check out this piece on the messaging machine that made Bill de Blasio the next Mayor of New York City. Mini-spoiler: deep tie-in to the Obama messaging world.

11.06.13 | 5:11 pm
Ooops

Biden calls the wrong Marty Walsh to congratulate him on his victory in the Boston mayoral race.