President says he has the authority to take on ISIS without Congress. Details after the jump …
Mitch McConnell tells President Obama to seek approval from Congress on action against ISIS. I’ve never been of the opinion that that is necessary in a case like this. But it’s certainly always a wise and prudent step. And McConnell makes the point that it shouldn’t be a problem since there appears to be broad support both in Congress and in the country at large to pursue action at least largely limited to air support of the ground forces of Iraq and other countries. So far, so good. So what’s the problem?
The “plantation” metaphor is just the head and brick wall combined for Republican doofuses. Keep trying to use it. Won’t ever get better.
Georgia Republican says Sunday voting in DeKalb County must stop since it’s “dominated by African American shoppers and it is near several large African American mega churches.”
“The 2-year-old son of a sheriff’s deputy accidentally fired his father’s gun on Monday inside a Wendy’s restaurant in Middleburg, Fla., injuring himself and three others.”
Dutch Safety Board finds that multiple “high-energy objects from outside the aircraft” led to the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
One of the oddest and I think healthiest (but also most frustrating things) things about social media is bumping into strangers with whom little communication seems possible.
Sometimes it is important to be reminded that you win elections in order to do things for the country. Not vice versa. In the tumult of the here and now it’s often difficult to suss out the chicken and egg in this continuum – not least for those involved in all the politicking and policy-ing. But this is the thread of civic virtue that redeems the raw and vice-ridden world of politics. So with the hopes of a Senate hold darkening for the Democrats, take note of the fact that ‘Obamacare’ is working, working better than even most advocates anticipated and even Republicans are now quietly conceding the fight. Read our report.
As Bill Kristol wrote twenty years ago, the biggest danger of health care reform is that it would work and there’d be no going back.
First post shake-up poll: Sen. Roberts running 1 point behind independent candidate Orman.