One of the central confusions and obfuscations of immigration reform is the so-called ‘pathway to citizenship’. So today we look at just what a ‘real’ pathway to citizenship looks like.
The NYC tabs have a field day with the overturning of the Big Gulp ban.
Can’t stress enough how the refusal to confirm a nominee for an agency — because the Senate minority thinks the agency should not exist — sets a new standard for abuse of the filibuster.
From the AP:
An official statement encouraging Egyptian civilians to arrest lawbreakers and hand them over to police has set off a new political storm in a country already mired in crisis.
A senior leader of a hard-line Islamist faction loyal to President Mohammed Morsi said his group was preparing lists of volunteers ready to take over police duties if needed. [emphasis added]
Read the rest here.
TPM Reader PJ chimes in on drones as the new black helicopters …
I think your observation regarding the “hidden audience” of Rand Paul’s filibuster is fairly spot on. I think it makes sense to read it through the shifting tides of politics and foreign policy. For example, the “United Nations-is-coming-oh-my-god-they-will-force-plastic-money-on-us” conspiracy theory was really a way for some to make sense of the world following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the loss of one of the only existential threats to the idea of America itself.
Now Florida Senate panel opposes Medicaid expansion.
In a major blow for soda and sugar freedom, a judge has struck down the New York City soda ban.