Pelosi calls Boehner’s struggle to get immigration reform through the House “their usual amateur hour.”

Why do the Pauls have such a problem again and again getting tied up with neo-Confederates and borderline white supremacists? It’s not just a prime example of that classic Onion headline “Why Do All These Homosexuals Keep Sucking My C$#k?” It goes to the heart of what contemporary libertarianism is – or to put it more precisely, how there are very different movements and political agendas operating under that one label. Read More

A very interesting piece in the Times.

Notwithstanding the violence and the tense standoff now gripping Egypt’s capital, many bread and butter aspects of life – energy shortages, blackouts, lack of police on the street, etc. – have suddenly got much better in the country since Morsi’s ouster.

As the Times puts it, “The apparently miraculous end to the crippling energy shortages, and the re-emergence of the police, seems to show that the legions of personnel left in place after former President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in 2011 played a significant role — intentionally or not — in undermining the overall quality of life under the Islamist administration of Mr. Morsi.” Read More

At TPMPrime, we just opened up a conversation about whether it is and what the fallout will be if it’s going down in flames. Let us know what you think.

Rand Paul threatens to block vote on FBI nominee vote until he gets answers on drone use within the United States.

I’m not in the habit of posting what’s essentially an ad, especially one we’re not getting paid for. But this is kind of amazing. I’m not quite sure what to make of it. Take a look especially at the part about making a waterproof iphone, which is in the third part of the video. Read More

House GOP leadership issues joint statement on immigration reform which pretty much puts the kibosh on the whole thing, I’d say. Text after the jump. Read More

Navy successfully lands jet fighter sized drone on aircraft carrier.

That mine up in Wisconsin has had to temporarily withdraw those masked paramilitaries from their site because they didn’t have the right state permits.

Sen. Paul aide says old racist, secessionist “do not represent me today.”