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06.19.12 | 3:59 am
Voter Support

Likely voters overwhelmingly support President Obama’s immigration move.

Meanwhile, as Sahil Kapur explains, Obama has provoked an intense backlash to the move among conservative Republicans which is mainly causing problems for Mitt Romney. To understand what the White House’s move was really about be sure to check out Sahil’s piece.

06.19.12 | 3:59 am
What The Jailhouse Calls Tell Us

George Zimmerman, not at all talented at speaking in code:

“Because he can only take it from PayPal Peter Pan to mine.”

06.18.12 | 2:43 pm
To Follow

In today’s episode of The Set-Up, I look at the spot in which President Obama’s immigration announcement has put Mitt Romney.





06.18.12 | 1:22 pm
I’m Marco Rubio, So Call Me Maybe

Rubio says White House never called him about immigration move.

06.18.12 | 11:35 am
Why Republicans Abandoned The Mandate, Take XXVVIII

Ezra Klein explores the GOP’s unanimous turn against the individual mandate as an example of motivated reasoning: Partisans convincing themselves that their prior views about health care policy were wrong in order to deny political enemies a key victory.

I have a very different read. And I think it can be applied broadly — not just to the mandate, but to cap-and-trade legislation, the payroll tax cut, policy objectives on both sides of the aisle. Read More

06.18.12 | 11:08 am
Faster and Furiouser

Did you know that the Bush and Obama administrations helped run guns into Mexico as part of a secret conspiracy to build support for gun control to take away your guns and your lawn furniture?

No. Well, these members of Congress have a conspiracy theory that will set you straight.

06.18.12 | 10:04 am
Paul McCartney Turns 70

I guess depending on your age, hearing that Paul McCartney turns 70 today either makes you feel old or say “Who’s Paul McCartney?”

06.18.12 | 9:22 am
Tough Spot

Mitt Romney still hasn’t come up with a position on whether or not he’d reverse President Obama’s new immigration order.

06.18.12 | 8:48 am
Don’t Let Them Off The Hook!

House Rep. says don’t let these scofflaw kids off the hook so easily. Teenage children who come to the US illegally with their parents definitely ‘had a say’ in whether they came to the US. Watch.

06.18.12 | 7:19 am
Great Moments in Judicial Restraint

On the eve of the Court’s historic Health Care Reform ruling, Justice Scalia announces that he’s changed his mind on a key piece of New Deal-era jurisprudence which supports the Health Care Reform law. He now thinks that decision should be overturned.