The administration seems to be upping the pressure, tightening the net around the political operative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put in place as his (and yes, I use that adjective advisedly) Ambassador to the US. The Times today reports that the White House has upped the ante, explicitly attacking Dermer’s behavior in a statement to the Times. Oddly, unless I’m misreading the article, the Times doesn’t actually quote what the unnamed but authorized “senior American official” said – which is odd and slightly undercuts the impact. But they provide the gist: “an unusually sharp criticism by a senior administration official who said that the Israeli ambassador, Ron Dermer, who helped orchestrate the invitation, had repeatedly placed Mr. Netanyahu’s political fortunes above the relationship between Israel and the United States.”
‘American Family Association’ drops its national spokesman Bryan Fischer, a prominent and outlandish gay-basher, non-friend to black people and significant part of the TPM publishing model as the AFA prepare to bring the Republican National Committee on a trip to Israel.
Our correspondent goes to the porn oscars as the date of the reigning King of Porn. Here’s what she found out.
As a new poll says the public overwhelmingly wants Congress to fix the subsidy gap if the Supreme Court makes a corrupt bargain with the GOP and invalidates subsidies in states without state-run Obamacare market places, House Republicans demand the White House tells them what they will do if subsidies are pulled.
Apparently Republicans haven’t thought through what they’ll do if they succeed in blowing up the country’s health care system and pulling coverage from millions of Americans.
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Jindal uses Louisiana state website to defend ‘Muslim non-go zone’ faceplant.
Early Sarah Palin champion turns against her after bizarre Iowa speech.
Virginia pol calls African-American reporter “boy” during argument.
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Indiana Gov. abandons plans to launch state-controlled news service to compete with actual news media.