We’re less than four hours away from a government shutdown, and it seems that there is no plan to stop that from happening. Both sides seem to say that there’s no way a shutdown will actually take place, but there’s still no word from Republican House leadership about what, if anything, the House will vote on thus far.
The only people who appear to have a plan are Steve King and Michele Bachmann.
Here’s the latest: As the prospect of a government shutdown looms, King and Bachmann propose a titanic anti-immigration confrontation to fix things.
We’ve been reporting for years on the Creationist theme park which the State of Kentucky was planning to fund through tax breaks. But now it seems like the funding deal is falling through because the theme park operators’ demand to be able to discriminate in who got to work on Noah’s ark.
Fascinating interview with the guy who literally taught the CIA how to torture.
One of the most interesting nuggets is James Mitchell’s point on the efficacy of torture and whether it yielded intelligence.
Fascinating breakdown in the effort to avoid a government shutdown. And in a new twist it’s Obama and Reid and Boehner trying to force the current bill through. Earlier I noted what appears to be a big (though not much discussed) shift in national Democrats stance toward Wall Street. Here I think there’s another shift – though a tactical one rather than one of basic positions. Unlike in the past, House Democrats aren’t necessarily there to give Boehner the votes he needs when he can’t bring his right wingers to heel.
Open carry activist charged with shooting ex-husband and stepdaughter dead.
In one of the many Uber public relations crises over recent weeks, a 27 year old female finance executive was allegedly raped by an Uber driver in New Delhi on December 5th. Now in an effort to make the city safer for women, Delhi police are launching a new program to use mini-drones with night vision cameras to patrol the city.
There’s been lots of storm and controversy in the news in recent weeks. But a seemingly smaller thing has popped up in the last few days which isn’t as explosive on its face but seems pretty important nonetheless. President Obama has nominated a man named Antonio Weiss as Undersecretary of the Treasury for Domestic Policy.