Think the Netanyahu speech lead up is going well? Now even Abe Foxman, head of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), one of the oldest and most respected institutions of American Jewry, is saying the speech should be canceled. Foxman has run the ADL for almost thirty years. In the American Jewish community, it does not get anymore establishment than that.
It looks those investigations might end up sinking Chris Christie after all.
There’s talk today of a poll boomlet for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. And he’s clearly demonstrating that he’s serious about running for President.
It’s probably a given that I’m not a huge fan of Scott Walker’s. And I do not think he’d be a terribly strong general election candidate. But I do think, as I mentioned a few months ago, that he’s much stronger than is generally understood and a more viable candidate than most of the other potential candidates who get vastly more coverage and speculation.
Is Jeb Bush having to play catch up on hating Obamacare? (hint: yes)
Under the bus, John. Israeli official suggests Boehner misled Netanyahu about the speech.
An open letter from US Vets: Dear America, It’s Time To Let Women Serve In All Combat Roles. No Exceptions.
I was excited to see my friend Samhita Mukhopadhyay’s byline on an overnight ed memo. And here’s the piece, her first for TPM: Why Mindy Kaling Refuses to Talk about Race—and Why I Care So Much
A list of all the pols who’ve either fibbed about military service or told phony baloney stories about their close calls in trips to the front line – Reagan, Hillary Clinton, Joe McCarthy, Mark Kirk, Dick Blumenthal. The list is endless and here it is.
When you start a statement saying “Obviously rape is awful …” you probably need to end the statement before you go any further …
"Obviously rape is awful…" says Delegate Brian Kurcaba, R-Monongalia. "What is beautiful is the child is that could come from this."
— David Gutman (@davidlgutman) February 6, 2015
NBC News anchor Brian Williams admits that he was never really aboard a helicopter that took RPG fire in Iraq in 2003 — a story he has apparently repeated numerous times.
And in fact, Williams told a far different story about the experience as recently as 2007.
He apologized for the flub on-air on Wednesday evening.