Yesterday brought a burst of good news from Turkey, whose democracy has seemed to be teetering on the edge of a descent into de facto strong man rule for several years. The headline news is that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AKP party lost its majority yesterday in national parliamentary elections. They are still far and away the largest party in the parliament. But without an absolute majority they must form a coalition with other parties. In most multi-party democracies this would be in the normal course of things. But in 2015 Turkey, it is a dramatic result.
Here’s why.
If you’d read the Duggar police report it was pretty clear that they lied consistently through their Fox News interview. Here are some key examples.
The winner of the Cruz campaign raffle who gets to go out on a shooting excursion with Ted Cruz to honor the fight against tyranny will him or herself need to undergo a background check.
House Republicans: Fix subsidies? Our constituents don’t get subsidies.
I have been waiting for this battle for a lifetime: Donald Trump Goes After ‘Overrated Clown’ Charles Krauthammer.
Two worthies who were truly meant for each other.
A couple of House GOPers go on record that they’re not too worried about an Obamacare fix because, heck, so few of their constituents receive any subsidies.
“The decision to bring assault weapons to the mosque demonstrates intent to create a hostile environment to intimidate worshipers, a clear attempt to infringe on the First Amendment rights of the worshipers.”
Two Muslim congressmen ask AG Loretta Lynch to investigate an armed anti-Muslim demonstration outside a mosque in Arizona.
It seems the US Attorney also wants to know what happened to the interview notes and other work product generated by the self-exonerating ‘report’ Gov Christie hired an outside law firm to produce on ‘Bridgegate’. Did the outside law firm destroy the records? That’s a big no-no. If you already read our piece on this new dimension of the Bridgegate saga click here and scan to the bottom to see this latest update.
Some good trolling from Ted Cruz on Jeb Bush’s path to the nomination.