Rubio complains Obama didn’t take Raul Castro to task for denying freedoms at Mandela memorial.
On Saturday we had our first annual TPM Holiday party at our New York City office (yes, War on Christmas, ‘natch). As part of the festivities we had an amazingly talented photographer, Victor Jeffreys, taking portraits. After the jump, an assortment of them and a chance to see up close and in their best light who writes, edits, publishes, designs and codes everything you see here each day. as well as a bunch of our friends.
Heritage Action bashes Ryan-Murray plan, greasing skids for January shutdown-o-rama.
NSA surveilled World of Warcraft virtual gaming world, even going to so far as to create elves, gnomes and supermodel characters in an effort to recruit informers.
Mark Halperin: If Hilary doesn’t run, I think John Kerry’s the guy. Watch.
Kentucky man places gun on toilet paper dispenser while relieving himself in seated position. Gun goes off.
TPM Reader BW has questions about the ‘Looping L’ theory of Citibank’s bogus executive substance charge to TPM …
It has bee several decades since I worked with a large banks checking processing department, so things might have changed, but I think that :loopy L” explanation might be inaccurate.
Pickens County, SC Sheriff Rick Clark has deleted his Facebook post saying he would refuse to lower Sheriff Department flags to half staff in Nelson Mandela’s honor. He now says it’s time to “move on” and advises readers to “read about President Mandela.”
TPM is a website and a news organization. But fundamentally it’s a small business. And like any well-managed small business we keep a close eye on expenses and review all the incoming and outgoing revenue at the end of month. So it was with some surprise when I heard from our accountant last week asking me about a payment for $1984 to Julian Toynbee (not his real name, for reasons which will become clear shortly.)
Oklahoma Satanists want to put monument on state Capitol in Oklahoma.