House Speaker John Boehner caves to conservatives and goes all-in for defunding Obamacare.
Like at virtually every other stage in his life, basically everybody in close proximity to Ted Cruz hates him.
“It’s not just Tom’s good name that somehow managed to get thrown under the bus, but the people who in my estimation crossed the line from prosecution to persecution, they essentially ruined what was supposed to be his golden years,” said DeLay’s attorney Brian Wice. “For that, they’re going to have to answer to a higher authority than the Court of Appeals.”
A few notes on the new comment system after the jump. Read More
Rand Paul: “Does anybody remember Charlie Sheen when he was kind of going crazy…And he was going around, jumping around saying ‘Winning, winning, we’re winning. Well I kind of feel like that, we are winning. And I’m not on any drugs.”
Cuz things came out so well for Charlie Sheen.
Yesterday we saw news that has cheered liberal Catholics and discomfited many of their conservative brethren. Pope Francis told an Italian Jesuit publication that the Church can’t be obsessively focused on a relatively narrow and – as he put it – disjointed grouping of Catholic doctrine at the expense of the fullness of the Christian message. He was explicitly talking about abortion, gay marriage and contraception. Read More
I’ve never had comments in the editor’s blog for reasons I’ve explained elsewhere. But I’m making a one time exception because I want to answer whatever questions you have about the new site platform, comments and everything else. Join me after the jump to ask questions or just see explanations for questions you might have. Read More
Feds auction of Jesse Jackson Jr.’s loot cancelled after questions arise over authenticity of celebrity memorabilia. “”After receiving legitimate concerns about the authenticity of the guitar purportedly signed by Michael Jackson and Eddie Van Halen and out of an abundance of caution …” It gets better from there.
A terrible tragedy for two families. But I’m not sure I’ve seen anything that better captures the trajectory of US gun policy. Men who have problems with anger management probably aren’t helped a lot by regularly carrying handguns. And only people who willfully ignore the human condition believe that arming everyone will lead to less gun violence.
Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) says Obamacare defunders are following in the footsteps of Rosa Parks and MLK.