Texas and Mississippi limiting how and where the same-sex spouses of National Guard members can obtain the benefits that the Pentagon now says they’re entitled to received.
I’m going to be leading a TPMPrime Live Chat this afternoon at 5:30 PM University of Wisconsin History Professor Will Jones. We’re going to be talking about the Civil Rights movement and his new book looking back at the March on Washington at 50. Get your questions in now and join us at 5:30 PM.
McCain says he won’t support senate Syria resolution, according to MSNBC. Not warry enough.
8 year old boy accidentally shoots 6 year old brother in the head, as apparently inebriated mother sleeps nearby.
We’ve begun compiling senators’ and representatives’ public positions on the Syria use of force resolution. You can see where your rep stands here. And if you don’t see yours listed but know they’ve taken a position, send us a link to the source, and we’ll keep updating the list through next week’s vote.
Super Bowl Champs Baltimore Ravens to promote Obamacare.
NRSC Spokesman calls McConnell opponent an “empty dress” who “babbles incoherently.”
The Syria use of force resolution has had a rocky morning in the Senate. The sticking point seems to be the precise language of the resolution, which is somewhat surprising since the new proposed language released last night was agreed to by the leading Democrat and Republican on the committee. Here’s the latest on what’s been happening this morning.
Today we have the news that Siskiyou County, CA wants to secede from the state of California and potentially join with other rural counties in Oregon to create a new 51 state. This comes on the heels of news out of Colorado in June that 10 rural counties wanted to secede from the state and create the new state of “North Colorado”. In each case, these are rural, conservative counties wanting to secede from states that are either liberal or beginning to trend in a liberal direction. Read More