The best of the parody Twitter account from “inside” Kentucky clerk Kim Davis’ office.
Smart way to put it, from Steve Schmidt, McCain’s top guy in 2008:
Hugh Hewitt ambushes Trump with foreign policy questions. Trump calls them “gotcha questions.”
Rowan County, Kentucky, issues first same-sex marriage license while defiant clerk languishes in jail.
The contempt proceedings are still underway in Kentucky, but it appears that most of the deputy clerks in Kim Davis’ office have told the judge they will issue same sex marriage licenses. Here’s the latest.
Watching Trump’s tour de force press conference just now where he announced his pledge to support the eventual GOP nominee, I got the first tickling of my conscience: At what point do I have to transition from laughing at what a disaster he is for Republicans to worrying about what a disaster he would be for America?
The chatter about what kind of punishment Kim Davis, the refusenik Kentucky clerk, deserves for defying a federal court order to issue same-sex marriage licenses misses a key point. The judge in the case at this stage is primarily interested not in punitive action in the narrow sense but in compelling Davis to obey the order.
Kentucky clerk found in contempt of court, and according to CNN has been taken into federal custody.
New poll shows Trump still dominating the GOP field nationally, but this part is interesting: When paired in hypothetical one-on-one match-ups with the other GOP contenders, Trump actually loses decisively to only one candidate: Ben Carson. And it’s not even close. Carson wins 55-36.
Women pols engaging in the same kind of hanky panky that has long infused male-dominated state capitals is a win for gender equality, I guess?