Sarah Stephens, who has long advocated for normalized relations with Cuba, writes about being in Havana today as the news of the new agreement was announced.
It’s our favorite time of year — the Golden Duke awards, when TPM honors the year’s best purveyors of scandal, idiocy, and straight-up crazy. This is the eighth annual installment of the Golden Duke awards, named after Randy “Duke” Cunningham, the California Republican congressman who spent time in the clink after an unparalleled spree of flagrant sleaze and unbridled tawdriness.
You can check out last year’s deserving winners here.
So without further ado, this year’s categories are:
Rep. Blake “Blow-Me.org” Farenthold (R-TX) is getting sued for allegedly creating a hostile workplace for a former staffer. Who knew allegedly insinuating semen stains were on her skirt or communicating he had “wet dreams” about her might lead to this?
Kilgore: Jeb Bush for President? Not so fast, Pal.
You’ve seen by now the huge news that the US and Cuba are finally moving toward normalizing relations after more than half a century of official estrangement, if that’s not too nice a way of putting it. Dylan Scott has the latest from the White House, with details of the the major diplomatic initiative, which included a big assist from Pope Francis.
5 Points you need to know about that Judge who just ruled that President Obama’s immigration order is unconstitutional.
At this stage in our history and his family’s history, I do not think Jeb Bush gets into the presidential race unless he’s a strong, strong favorite. 15% support for Jeb Bush if Romney doesn’t get in really doesn’t sound like it meets that test.
Company releases “Breathe Easy, Don’t Break the Law” t-shorts to counter Garner protests.
I’ve been writing about the politics of race, sports, and shirts. But as Ben Adler explains, we can no more decide which teams we love than we can choose the people we love. A great read.