New IG Report shows Medicare is dramatically over-paying for penis pumps.
Democrats were hoping for a good half dozen Todd Akin’s to be running for Senate this year. They did. And they’re all in Georgia.
Republicans are already getting ready to quietly put down immigration reform. How can we tell? Sahil Kapur reports that Speaker Boehner is preemptively blaming Obama: “Listen, there’s widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws.”
We haven’t focused much on this. But the White House stood down and forced AIPAC to cave in its efforts to torpedo the White House’s Iran nuclear diplomacy. That happens very rarely. (AIPAC is going back to the well and pouring money now into pushing the Senate into Republican hands next year.) Nobody has ever won anything betting on success from any sort of Israel-Palestine peace-making efforts. A bit of an exaggeration but barely.
The Georgia Republican primary for an open Senate seat is perhaps best summed up by a Democratic operative in Daniel Strauss‘ story today: “shitshow.”
Nichole Perkins writes about the much-discussed Spike Jonez movie “Her” and how it’s really an updated “My Fair Lady”: “When the woman, or rather the operating system, who only metaphorically ‘comes to life’ this time continues to develop, it’s clear that her advancement is unwelcome.”
So the House GOP’s new big historic push for immigration reform lasted about two weeks.
In fit of genius, California school decided to celebrate Black History Month with menu of fried chicken, cornbread and watermelon.
A new disaster: by ending job lock, Obamacare will likely boost entrepreneurship.