Ted Cruz’s supporters are busily trying to defend or massage or explain away his claim that when he was at Harvard Law School in the mid-90s there were a dozen members of the faculty “who would say they were Marxists who believed in the Communists overthrowing the United States government.”
The latest contender is Dan McLaughlin, an HLS graduate who writes at RedState. His argument? Read More
As I said this morning, the side begging and whining the most about sequester is unquestionably the side that thinks its losing.
Earlier I mentioned that New York pol Dov Hikind had gotten in trouble for showing up at a Purim party in black face. For those unfamiliar with Jewish holidays, Purim is a bit like Halloween. You dress up in costumes, though the meaning of the Holiday is very different. Just hopefully not wildly offensive ones, especially if you’re an elected official. But now Hikind is digging even deeper. If blackface is a problem, he asks, why isn’t it a problem that people were there dressed up as Arabs?
Sheldon Adelson sues Wall Street Journal reporter for libel — and chooses the very free speech oriented Hong Kong courts to do it in.
Dov Hikind, a power player in New York City Jewish politics, doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with appearing in black face at a Purim party.
At high school hockey game in North Dakota fans decide it would be a great idea to break out the KKK hoods and gowns.
Iranian news agency adds “sleeves” to Michelle Obama’s Oscar gown.
As we circle down on the big sequester cuts, it’s important to remember that any deal on getting rid of the sequester seems certain to involve major cuts to social insurance programs like Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. Republicans want it to be all social insurance cuts. But even President Obama has signaled a willingness to make more cautious cuts. With that in mind we wanted to have a discussion at TPMPRime about just what this means, both in terms of the substance of the cuts and the politics. Read More
Attention-starved race-baiter Donald Trump says Django Unchained is “one of the most racist movies.” Watch.