The Michigan ‘Hutaree’ militia, which was busted over the weekend by the FBI and the local Joint Terrorism Task Force, wasn’t settling for battling the US government.
They were holding out for the battle with Anti-Christ. But, according to the DOJ indictments just released, they seemed to have gotten antsy waiting for him to show up and decided to start by killing a bunch of cops — with a plan seemingly inspired by Sunni insurgents in Iraq.
In case you missed it this morning, a kind of awkward moment on C-Span’s Washington Journal this morning at around 7:30 AM when “Bill” called in on the Republican line from St. Pauls, North Carolina …
“You have black folks calling in on the Republican line, independents. And you have so many of ’em I can’t believe this is just an accident. If you keep on with the way you’ve been programming, you should change your name from C-Span to black-span. I know they have an opinion but I wish that they would be honest and call in on the right line.”
See the video here.
Stuffed down in the expense reports for one of RNC sachem Michael Steele’s recent trips is almost two grand spent at a trendy West Hollywood club known for topless dancers simulating lesbian sex (and also just topless dancers simulating women with exposed breasts). The RNC notes that it wasn’t Steele but a staffer who stopped by the club. An RNC spokesman says Steele was never there, knew nothing about it, etc.
Feds charge man who posted YouTube video in which he threatened to kill Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) and his family.
The initial portrait emerging of the man charged with threatening to kill Eric Cantor and his family suggests he’s made similar, if not criminally actionable, threats on dozens of occasions against an ideologically diverse array of public figures. Read More
RNC: We’re investigating how we ended up paying for staffer to visit bondage-themed club.
Pics from the weekend Tea Party Express rally in the Nevada desert:
The ninth Hutaree cultist-cum-militiaman, and the only one of the group who remained a fugitive after the weekend raids, has surrendered to authorities.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, on a visit to the U.S., expressed astonishment at the health care reform debate here: “Welcome to the club of states who don’t turn their back on the sick and the poor.” That and the day’s other political news in the TPMDC Morning Roundup.