House Republicans prep argument to blame killing reform on Democrats.
Reader points out that the tides in this scenario would be truly brutal.
This morning Brian Beutler served up the news that immigration reform – for anyone who has eyes to see it – is dead. Since we published that piece I’ve heard a number of people, including folks at the White House say, “No way, remember when Health Care Reform was dead? Six months are an eternity. There’s lots of positioning.” And all the rest like that. Read More
House Republican introduces legislation that would block federal funding to schools that ban imaginary guns.
Let’s kick things off on a high note today: A body doesn’t become a corpse until sometime after it loses its pulse. That might not be strictly correct biologically speaking. Biologists probably don’t refer to dead bodies as corpses. But metaphysically, it’s possible for a human who has flatlined to be resuscitated and then return to health.
Which brings me to immigration reform. Read More
When a fishy paramilitary firm run out of a Real Estate Agency in Scottsdale, Arizona shows up in the North Woods of Wisconsin to protect some mining equipment with a slew guards sporting Death Squad chic, that’s, I have to say, a story I want to know more about. But there’s more to it than just the gonzo freakishness of the story. Read More
Today at 1 PM eastern we’re hosting a live chat with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi at TPMPrime. Get your questions in now and please join us live at 1.
My question was if she could explain from her vantage point why the House GOP appears set to kill immigration reform.
Air Force pulls brochure advising sexual assault victims to submit rather than resist.