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04.09.13 | 4:45 am
Horrific

4 year old grabs loaded gun at family cookout, accidentally shoots and kills wife of gun’s owner.

Reminds me a little of the moment I described here.

04.09.13 | 4:15 am
This Should Be Fun

Rubio doubles down hard on who let Jay-Z and Beyonce go to Cuba.

04.09.13 | 3:39 am
The McConnell Tapes

Listen to the McConnell team discuss using Ashley Judd’s mental health against her in a possible Senate campaign.

04.08.13 | 6:53 pm
Good Times in Alaska

The post-Palin Alaska GOP seems to be a in a wild west sort of way …

From the Alaska Dispatch …

With the Alaska GOP set to meet Monday evening to decide the fate of party chairwoman Debbie Brown of Kasilof, she has seized the Republican headquarters in Anchorage and is threatening to arrest anyone who tries to enter the building.

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04.08.13 | 5:05 pm
On the GOP’s Second Thoughts on Immigration Reform

TPM Reader JK thinks there’s a logic to the thinking, as long as you focus on members of Congress …

I agree with you [see earlier post] that Republican politicians who are thinking about running for President need to have the GOP engage on the issue of immigration reform, but for Republicans in the House and Senate, I don’t see that need as much. It wasn’t the 2010 election that resulted in the GOP hysteria about Latino voters, it was the presidential election of 2012.

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04.08.13 | 2:18 pm
Whah?

Did anyone know there was a made-for-TV movie made about that Dr. Ben Carson guy back in 2009?

04.08.13 | 1:58 pm
ICYMI

A new study shows that coverage of a female politicians looks — even if the coverage is positive — hurt their electability.

04.08.13 | 1:51 pm
What Are We To Think?

Amazingly, when Republicans push budgets to cut a lot of services and only have middle class people pay taxes it just doesn’t seem to catch fire.

04.08.13 | 1:03 pm
The Day In 100 Seconds

Remembering Maggie:

Full-size version.

04.08.13 | 11:53 am
Congress Is On The Case!

Were Jay-Z and Beyonce legally in Cuba? Congress is on the case!