Just a quick update on that Syrian shoot down of an unarmed Turkish military jet on Friday. Here’s a new press release from Turkish Foreign Ministry. The Turks still seem strongly inclined to prevent an escalation of the situation. But Turkey now says the plane was flying in international waters. Contrary to initial reports, neither of the two crew members has been recovered. So one assumes they both died.
If both crewmen died, that makes it significantly more difficult to overlook.
For more on the incident, if you haven’t, please be sure to read this reader email from Friday given important context to what happened and the nature of the response.
Supporters of the Affordable Care Act are having a slight disagreement over what approach to take if the Supreme Court strikes the individual mandate. Some Democrats want to make a swift, aggressive push to restore a mandate or some incentive for people to buy health insurance; others want to shake it off and press ahead under the assumption that the law will work pretty well without a mandate if it comes to that.
From up here in the bleacher seats it’s hard to tell which, if either, is the wisest approach. Read More
Along with my daily brief, each weekend I’m going to start highlighting some key articles from the past week that you may have missed.
Health Care Reformers are at odds over how to react if the Supreme Court strikes down all or part of ‘Obamacare’. Read it.
Ben Bernanke implores Congress to help him fix the economy. Read it.
The Senate was a breeze. But JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon didn’t have such an easy time when he appeared before the House this week. Read It.
What do different Euro crisis outcomes mean for the US economy? (Hint: Nothing good) Read it.
Suspended Politico reporter Joe Williams talks to TPM: “Politico still employs me, but the review process hasn’t started in earnest so my future remains unclear.”
This week, Mitt Romney gets in a scuffle with GOP governors about just how much the economy really sucks …
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The discovery of the long-sought “God Particle” (aka Higgs boson) could be announced July 4th.
Dems and Affordable Care Act supporters at odds on strategy if Supreme Court strikes down all or part of the law next week.
I think if you’re making this argument you’re not having a good day.
From Evan McMorris-Santoro’s piece from earlier today …
Despite Romney campaign protestations that the Post article doesn’t make the distinction between “off-shoring,” in which American firms are replaced by workers in foreign locations, and “outsourcing,” which can often include moving jobs from one domestic firm to another to save costs,
Special thanks to TPM Reader DC.