I’m going to be running a TPMPrime Live Chat with Steven Fish, a political scientist at UC Berkley, on the current situation in Egypt at 5:30 PM this afternoon. Please get your questions in now and join us then.
Immigration reform is currently dying in the House of Representatives. And it’s written in the constitution that August is when crazy stuff happens in townhalls because people are upset about things happening in Washington. So which side turns out at these events in greater numbers and motivation? Which Reps and Senators just refuse to hold meetings altogether? Does the White House continue to pretend that reform isn’t dead and thus make no effort to move the debate to the political and campaign forum? And is there a future for Marco Rubio?
Getting a jump on Rick Perry’s nationwide tour to lure businesses to Texas, Lewis Black tells Perry the main reason we live in New York is because “it’s not Texas.” Watch.
Liz Cheney kicks off campaign by saying her 69 year old opponent Mike Enzi is “confused.” Watch.
It seems like Javier Sanchez, Michele Bachmann’s just arrested top advisor, may also have repeatedly misrepresented his military service. On at least two occasions he appeared in public (once on Fox News) as a Marine Captain who’d served in Iraq and Bosnia. In fact, his highest rank was sergeant and he apparently never set foot in either country.
These appearances took place while Sanchez worked for the Armed Forces Foundation, where he was later fired “for misrepresenting his role within the Foundation.”
Anti-Gay activists praise Maine Governor for off-color remarks about sodomy.
There were two big stories on cable TV today: Liz Cheney’s Senate run and the stifling heat. See if you can tell which clips are which.
Earlier this afternoon I mentioned that a drone had crashed on US Highway 98 on the east side of Tyndall Air Force Base near Panama City, Florida. I’d been assuming some version of those long tube, spindly craft we’ve known for the better part of a decade. But that’s not what this is at all. Read More
John Oliver says the “Nuclear Option” is “The World’s Worst Jerry Bruckheimer Movie”. Watch.