Bill to strip Boy Scouts of tax exempt status over gay ban advances through California legislature.
In which new-fangled Civil Rights crusader and Lincoln-acolyte Rand Paul meets someone name Ron Paul.
TPM makes contact with Curtis Morrison, the ‘second activist’ in the Kentucky recording scandal. When asked by text about reports that colleague Shawn Reilly had provided the FBI with evidence to help “locate” him, Morrison replied “I have no statement, but thx for head’s up.”
So what we knew (or thought we knew) a short time ago is that two guys from Progress Kentucky were responsible for making the McConnell recording. But now those two guys are apparently turning on each other. Or at least Shawn Reilly (guy #1) is throwing Curtis Morrison (guy #2) under the bus.
Strong tradecraft. Real pros.
President Obama dined with Republicans at the White House, giving cable hosts an opportunity to cook up some tasty food puns.
The county Democratic Party official in Kentucky who claims to know who recorded the Mitch McConnell campaign strategy session told TPM a few moments ago that he’s on his way to talk to the FBI at their Louisville office.
Meanwhile, the treasurer of the group the Dem official implicated has resigned.
Fresh off last week’s boffo gay bashing run, Michigan Republican National Committeeman is back calling homosexuality a gateway sin.
Global idiot community hit hard by collapse of ‘Bitcoin’ internet currency.
Wonder if Greg Walden realized that when he called President Obama’s budget a “shocking attack on seniors” for including Chained CPI he was implicating nearly half of all House Republicans, including four of his NRCC deputies.