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Trying to thread a balance between doctrine and the 21st world, Pope Francis issues new document recommending a new pastoral openness to same sex families while maintaining Church doctrine on marriage.
We’ve been documenting nearly every day another in the relentless series of tragic incidents involving children and guns. So it’s difficult to imagine addressing the issue of children and gun safety in a way that would make you laugh. But these guys figured it out. Pitch perfect.
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You just won’t believe what newly-revealed emails show about the behind-the-scenes maneuvering that cost Democrats the majority in the Virginia Senate.
The lawyer charged as a co-conspirator in that weird nursing home incident in the Mississippi Senate GOP primary has reportedly committed suicide.
Today over at Cafe, we have a piece from Georgia State associate professor Daniel Paul Franklin on whether the Mississippi primary mess could give more leverage to African-American voters: “now it is apparent that [Republicans] have a new path to victory – one that runs through the African American community.”
This is part of a series we’re starting from our friends at the Scholars Strategy Network on the future of the Republican Party. Look for more in the series next week.
Trolling? A bit but not entirely. I asked earlier whether anyone remembered whether Chris McDaniel had committed or declined to commit to voting for Thad Cochran if Cochran won the primary. I think he also declined to commit to Cochran before the first primary or the primary proper, as opposed to the run-off. But he did it again just before the run off. Now, why does this matter? Well, it actually matters quite a lot if you accept the theory on which McDaniel and company are now saying the votes of potentially thousand of African-American voters should be disqualified, he should be declared nominee and also be awarded a valiant unicorn steed on which to gallop to victory.
I seem to remember McDaniel, just before the primary, refusing to say he’d support Cochran in the general if Cochran won on primary night. Anyone else remember that? And if you do and you have a link or a citation, can you email me and send it my way?