After Colorado town considers creating bounties to encourage townsfolk to shoot down drones, FAA issues warning: Do Not Shoot At Drones.
Fox News’ Chris Wallace said this afternoon that, no, President Obama wasn’t stoking racial tensions with the Trayvon Martin comments.
Fox News host calls President Obama the “Race-Baiter in Chief” following the President’s comments about Trayvon Martin.
President Obama made a surprise appearance at the White House press briefing this afternoon to talk about the Trayvon Martin case. He said he wanted to put it in a larger context, and talked a lot about race in America. We’ll have more on it soon. But the key quote right off the bat went beyond even what he said last year when he described the unarmed Florida teenager, who was shot and killed in a nighttime confrontation with a volunteer neighborhood watchman, as someone who could have been his son.
“Another way of saying that is, Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago,” Obama said.
Update: Here’s video of Obama’s comments.
Pennsylvania GOP chairman crows that GOP voter ID law help reduce Democratic voting last year in his state. Watch.
In an era of declining white majorities in America, Southern Republicans in charge of state legislators are moving hard while they feel they still have the chance to clamp down on the right to vote and if at all possible restrict minority voting. Here’s the latest example.
Pope offers indulgences for following him on Twitter.
Pete King says his Rand Paul is fueling his presidential ambitions.
Here’s a fascinating look at the roots of the Egyptian coup. It points to jihadi violence in the Sinai – and conflicts over how to deal with it – as the tipping point for the military’s relationship with Morsi and puts the roots of the coup well before the beginning of mass demonstrations late last month.