Scientists name newly discovered pre-historic lizard ‘Obamadon’ after the president.
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Dan Savage and newlywed husband Terry Miller after wedding yesterday at Seattle City Hall.
Michigan Dems warn of chaos if Gov. Snyder sticks to his changed position and signs the ‘right-to-work’ law about to land on his desk.
From TPM Reader TH …
I’ve also been struck by the weirdly normal images of Romney turning up everywhere. They are captivating, humanizing and I think completely intentional. I don’t assume that all public figures are constantly crafting their image; quite often I think recognizable people are just living their lives hoping not to be recognized.
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TPM Reader DN on the Mitt mystery …
I agree that the photos of Mitt post-election are fascinating. It gives us Mitt unmasked, and that’s riveting. But why?
Certainly you’ve seen them, or at least one — that steady drumbeat of oddly normal and yet somehow surreal pictures of post-defeat Mitt Romney that keep showing up everywhere. Here, gassing up the minivan with hair and posture right out of a screen test for The Hangover 5. There, with the family at the local Pizza joint. Later in rollercoaster mode at Disneyland. Read More
Over about exactly 12 years of running TPM, I’ve exchanged emails with and gotten to know thousands of readers. Some quite well. Many you’ve read as TPM Reader this or that as I reprint their emails in the Editor’s Blog. One of the most special has been Emily Meier, a writer who I’ve been corresponding with for I really don’t know how long, but for many years.
Emily’s been sick for a number of years. But it’s done remarkably little to slow her down until quite recently. And for much of that time she’s been at work on a Civil War novel entitled Suite Harmonic: A Civil War Novel of Rediscovery. Read More
For all the discussion about the legality and morality (under US or International law) of the US military’s (and spy agencies) use of drones, how is it really different from the way the US military (and all militaries) has used lethal force basically forever? That is not to say it’s fine. That’s an entirely different question. How is it different? We’re discussing that question right now at TPMPrime.