With Rep. Peter King (R-NY) stepping down as Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, we look back at some of his greatest hits, from Muslim radicalization hearing from his doomed effort to make his own homemade episode of Cops wtih a US Marshals ride along last March.

The most popular (by far) Republican in West Virginia is going to take on Sen. Jay Rockefeller next year in the increasingly Republican state of West Virginia. Luckily the Club for Growth is on the case and prepping to take her out like so many other GOP sure winners in the past.

Who will be West Virginia’s Todd Akin and Christine O’Donnell?

Jill Kelley losing South Korean ‘Honorary Consul’ Status.

You’ve got a mission, Son.

I won’t lie to you. You may not come back. Probably a better chance than not you don’t.

But over behind those thickets and hedgerows, somewhere past that barbed wire, there’s a kid, a billionaire kid. And he needs to see his family again. With all his assets and annual income intact. Read More

Donald Trump, May 2011: “When it comes to racism and racists. I am the least racist person there is. And I think most people that know me would tell you that. I am the least racist. I’ve had great relationships.”

Intrade shutting down in the US.

Donald Trump says that if the GOP wants to be relevant again they have to be less harsh and stop offending minorities.

We’re getting no end of questions about the future of healthcare. And it so happens we have real answers. Or rather our senior congressional reporter Brian Beutler knows the politics and policy implications better than anyone. And he’s doing a Live Chat at TPMPrime this afternoon at 4 PM eastern to answer your questions. You can get your questions in right now by clicking here.

I wrote at length below on the tax issue and whether revenues have to come from increased tax rates or through some limits on deductions. But there’s another way to state the point: It’s not the country’s or the Democrats’ or Obama’s problem to solve the GOP’s Grover Norquist problem for them. I see everyone else thinking they need to help pledgers square this circle. They don’t. Not their problem.

The big ‘breakthrough’ of the day is the apparent willingness to put ‘revenue’ on the table in on-going tax, budget, fiscal cliff, whatever-the-new-name-is-today discussion. But only one caveat: they’re now willing to raise revenue, just not raise rates. This is silly. Read More