Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) warns that lying is part of Middle Eastern culture. So Iranians can’t be trusted. Watch.
Elizabeth Warren says she will serve out her term, i.e. will not run for President in 2016.
Fascinating. NPR’s David Folkenflik on how Fox News and Roger Ailes built the Obama era scream machine.
You’re hearing it, the deafening “but, but, but!!” heard across Capitol Hill. With the HealthCare.gov fix apparently a success, now struggling to pivot to why the website never really mattered and Obamacare totally sucks anyway.
With HealthCare.gov signing up more people in its first two days post-fix than it did in all of October, are we heading back to death panels?
Angry Floridians protest plan to build a Union monument at the largest Civil War battle site in Florida. “Passions ran high, at one point erupting in a spontaneous chorus of ‘Dixie’ led by a black man, H.K. Edgerton, who called Union soldiers rapists and wielded his large Confederate flag like a conductor’s baton as the audience sang.”
Dick Cheney rebukes gay daughter Mary for publicly criticizing straight daughter Liz Cheney for opposition gay marriage.
Sometimes I just have to believe that Politico is in an arms race to publish the most ridiculous crap imaginable. Today was a banner date. In the new issue of Politico magazine, columnist Daniel Allott (currently the Dean the SlatePitch School of Journalism) argues that far from being a liability, Chris Christie’s weight will likely be a big asset in a potential 2016 presidential – apparently as a signal to show that the party is not out of touch with obese, middle-aged white men. Really.
There’s one issue that hasn’t gotten a lot of discussion in the health care reform roll out debate. And that is imperfect knowledge and the sheer complexity of insurance. One of the promises – and I think to a real extent the realities – of the exchange sites is that it gives the average consumer some ability to make apples to apples comparisons between policies. But that still doesn’t mean everything is clear.