TPM’s Nick Martin has a fascinating look at how white supremacists have hitched their already-violence-prone agenda to the “cause” of border security in the American Southwest. It’s a potentially lethal cocktail of racism, vigilantism, and the usual goofballism.
Robert DeNiro at Obama fundraiser last night: “Callista Gingrich. Karen Santorum. Ann Romney. Now do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady?”
Newt comes to defense of white First Ladies everywhere. More soon …
Late Update: Newt demands apology from Obama for DeNiro’s remarks.
New White House statement on the Paul Ryan budget: “The House economic plan draws on the same wrong-headed theory that led to the worst recession of our lifetimes and contributed to the erosion of middle-class security over the last decade.”
TPM Reader MD weighs in on press coverage of the Obama kids:
Down the Memory Hole? Really?
The White House was firmly reminding the press of the “gentleman’s agreement” regarding the First family’s MINOR children. I am exasperated that this non story is being given an Orwellian twist. There is no THERE there.
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Big international trade decision coming today on whether China is dumping solar panels on the U.S. market.
Campaigning in Louisiana, Newt Gingrich demands President Obama apologize for Robert DeNiro’s “inexcusable” joke at last night’s fundraiser.
Michelle Obama spokesperson says De Niro’s white First Ladies joke was “inappropriate,” NBC News reports.
Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) in today’s House Armed Services Committee hearing: The U.S. is borrowing money from “Uncle Chang” to fund the war in Afghanistan. Watch.
A new poll from PPP out today gives Elizabeth Warren a 5-point lead over Scott Brown. That’s the first poll in a while giving Warren the lead. The TPM Poll Average shows Brown ahead by 4.2 points: Read More