Donald Trump: “I’ve been known as being a very smart guy for a long time.”
Terence Flynn has resigned his position at the National Labor Relations Board after an IG report found he’d improperly leaked board information. One of the two people he leaked to is Peter Schaumber. He was co-chair of Romney’s labor advisory committee. He quit in December when the IG investigation started.
So we don’t have to pretend anymore that the existence of the U.S. drone strike program is “unconfirmed,” right?
The Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Rally rolled into Washington this weekend.
Catch up on what you missed this week in the TPM video vault.
John McCain, defending Mitt Romney’s Bain record: “Yes, the free enterprise system can be cruel.”
The Walker-Barrett Wisconsin gubernatorial recall debate is underway right now and we’re following it at LiveWire. Follow our updates here.
A forlorn and still-self-pitying Randy “Duke” Cunningham is asking for his right to bear arms back when he leaves prison later this year. But the judge in his case had an ironic reply for the former congressman sent up for bribery. Ryan Reilly has our report.
The New York Times’ David Carr talks to TPM about journalism, social media, and what he’s reading.