New George Zimmerman mugshot, from latest domestic violence incident.
I’ve been hearing from all day today that this afternoon has been the big final epic meltdown in the endless Mayor Ford crackalacka drama. But I guess a short time ago Mayor Ford had some kind of phantasm, imagining his brother, City Councilor Doug Ford, was being attacked in the Council Chamber. He ran across the Council Chamber and Ford – who has substantial inertia mass when at speed – inadvertently body slammed Councillor Pam McConnell. Watch.
Longtime TPM readers may remember TPM Cafe’s Book Club. We’re pleased to re-introduce a version of that today with prolific and award-winning academic Larry J. Sabato as he promotes his new book, The Kennedy Half Century: The Presidency, Assassination, And Lasting Legacy Of John F. Kennedy. We kick off the week with Sabato’s piece on whether the Kennedy assassination was inevitable, with excerpts of the book to follow throughout the week Sabato will also be answering questions on Thursday at noon with readers, so be sure to tune in then.
Even as the Obamacare rollout stumbles, struggles on, Sahil Kapur focuses on a key point few are noticing. In their criticism, congressional Republicans are assuming the need to coverage people with pre-existing conditions, recision, life time limits and more. But they have no policy proposal to achieve any of those goals. It’s a good example of how Obamacare has now seemingly irrevocably changed the terms of the acceptable in Health Care policy debate. Read it here.
An Ohio Walmart is holding a Thanksgiving food drive for its own employees.
It’s like 30 degrees shy of an Onion article.
ICYMI: That Washington Post about 20% of Americans being locked out of Healthcare.gov even after the site is “fixed” is actually seriously misleading.
There’s so much bad acting in play right now that it’s easy to have it all become a white noise of derp and mendacity. But this new route of sabotage is deserves special mention. Top Republicans are now making a concerted effort to convince the public that Obamacare ‘navigators’, people trained to help people navigate the new system, will steal their identities and private personal information.
Embattled crack Mayor says run for Prime Minister is in his future.
What’s your gut tell about where this is going, going on seven weeks in?
You’re an optimist? A pessimist? Or maybe like some, you know it’s the law and one that President Obama is highly unlikely to allow Congress to meddle with, so it’s just going to plow on, bumps or not. That’s what we’re discussing at The Hive (sub req). Join us and let us know what you think.