This is wild. Bilious WaPo blogger Jennifer Rubin lashes out at “jerk” Sen. Ted Cruz, says he must apologize to GOP colleagues.
And the popcorn shall passeth.
We had the first court appearance this morning for James Everett Dutschke. One take away is that, unlike like predecessor, a flat claim of true innocence does not seem to be in the cards. More shocking, it’s now alleged Dutschke is a Wayne Newton impersonator.
Amid chorus of praise for first out gay major leaguer, sportcaster Chris Broussard slams Jason Collins for leading “open rebellion to God.” Watch.
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TPM Reader T(heda) S(kocpol) chimes in on the resolved flight delay crisis …
Just an observation. I am so often disappointed by Congress, including Democrats, that you would not think the sequester exception for the FAA would matter — but this one is still bothering me days later, even though I fly a lot (too much given how miserable it is nowdays) and the exception personally benefits me.
Last week, when the White House and Congressional Democrats agreed to provide the FAA the flexibility under sequestration to avoid air traffic controller furloughs, I argued that they’d crossed one of their own bright lines, and thus made a serious tactical error.
Here’s some evidence to support that view. Read More
Sports isn’t normally a big part of our coverage. But where it intersects with major issues in our society that changes. A number of former players from major league sports have come out over the years. But today NBA center Jason Collins became the first major leaguer to come out while an active player in the sport.
Here are responses from the White House, Bill Clinton, Joe Kennedy and Kobe Bryant. We’ll be collecting responses over the course of the day in LiveWire.