From the AP …
A Southern California judge is being publicly admonished for saying a rape victim “didn’t put up a fight” during her assault and that if someone doesn’t want sexual intercourse, the body “will not permit that to happen.”
First shooting a man in Reno just to watch him die. Now robbing a bank in Virginia?
President says prosecuting marijuana users in pot-legal states not a “top priority.”
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to resign as Israeli FM following indictment … Read More
Fox Contributor hires “heavily armed” ex-cop to guard home, wife after alleged threats.
Update: Because of the news coming from Newtown today, we’re going to postpone this chat to next week. You can continue submitting your questions, but Brian will not respond to them until a date TBD next week.
Heads up that I’ll be doing a live chat with TPM Prime members at 4 p.m. this afternoon.
Topics include the fiscal cliff, the debt ceiling, taxes, health care and any of the myriad silly things Congress does. Get your questions in now.
TPMLivewire has running coverage of the horrific news coming out of Newtown, Conn.
Hartford Courant: “One entire classroom is unaccounted for, sources said.”
Jay Carney’s press briefing at the White House coincided with the initial reports of the enormity of the death toll in Newtown, Conn., so he was somewhat handicapped in his responses: Read More