“When you’re governor, they close the Lincoln Tunnel for you. And you get to drive right through. No traffic. It’s the best. I love going to New York now. I used to hate it…. that’s the most fun thing on the fun side about being governor.” Watch.
Top NJ Dem with intimate knowledge of the on-going ‘Christie-Bridgegate’ investigation explains why she’s convinced political payback was behind the caper.
TPM is pleased to announce that we will be awarding our Seventh Annual Golden Dukes on Friday, Dec. 27, in recognition of the year’s best purveyors of public corruption, outlandish behavior and The Crazy.
The awards are named in honor of former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, who epitomizes the iconic modern scandal. Each year we single out those practitioners of scandal who through their own unmatched bumbling, shameless behavior, criminality or mere derp have set new standards for public corruption, betrayal of the public trust and general ridiculousness. This year’s award is sponsored by Media Matters, which also gives out its own annual award, Misinformer of the Year, given for the biggest errors by a media figure/institution in 2013.
As a special muck-tastic addition this year, there will be an actual Golden Duke statuette sculpted and cast as tribute to the big winner.
And now for the esteemed judges and proud nominees …
There’s a massively important story unfolding right now in Turkey. Here’s the latest development and some background on it – the canning of Istanbul’s top police official. But that’s only one small part of a very large and quite opaque picture. There’s a massive and far-flung corruption investigation that has already targeted numerous officials either in or close to Prime Minister Erdogan’s government.
New Mexico Supreme Court rules that same sex marriage is legal in the state.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) looks to be getting a brief repreive. But the guy who two years ago was a top Veep contender and a possible future presidential nominee now looks pretty clearly on track to be indicted for multiple felonies.
When a freakshow reality TV star can’t hate on outsiders and the gays, where are we as a country? Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) calls the Duck Dynasty suspension a “messed up situation.”
Also, there’s no constitutional right to an A&E reality show.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) comes to the defense of gay-bashing, Muslim-bashing “Duck Dynasty” reality TV star: “It is a messed up situation when Miley Cyrus gets a laugh, and Phil Robertson gets suspended.”
Bill Baroni and David Wildstein, the Christie cronies at the center of the growing bridge closure scandal, have been given two more days to comply with legislative subpoenas, after hiring criminal defense lawyers.
