Editors’ Blog - 2013
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06.19.13 | 12:16 pm
Former GOP Staffer Shares His Thoughts

Longtime TPM Reader JB explains what I left out in my post this morning about the post-2012 GOP …

One thing you left out of your commentary on the post-election GOP is what hasn’t changed. More specifically, what neither the party establishment or the Tea Party types ever even thought of changing.

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06.19.13 | 12:33 pm
Bridge to the 22nd Century

If America is about one thing it’s innovation, never taking for granted how things were done in the past but creatively striving to find new ways to accomplish the task at hand. And that applies even to hoary American institutions like the KKK and alleged member Glendon Scott Crawford of Albany, New York.

Crawford developed a truck-based remote-controlled mobile radiation gun which could be used to zap racial undesireables while they slept. Totally invisible. Read More

06.19.13 | 1:16 pm
The Day In 100 Seconds

Following the ‘autopsy’ it’s time to take a look at the state of the modern day GOP.

Full-size version.

06.19.13 | 1:20 pm
Where Do I Sign Up?!?!

It turns out there are tours of these mind-blowing tunnels and caverns being carved into the bedrock below New York City. But apparently you need an in. They’re not open to the public.

06.19.13 | 2:09 pm
N-Words, Plantation-Themed Weddings and More

We’ve got the full transcript of Paula Deen’s affinity for the N-word, plantation themed weddings and more. Here’s our report.

06.19.13 | 7:48 pm
Set Back for Anti-Reform Forces?

Allen Simcox, founder of the border vigilante group the ‘Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, arrested on suspicion of child molestation.

06.19.13 | 8:11 pm
A Good Night for the Crazy

Virginia Lt. Gov. candidate says Great Society programs hurt the black family more than slavery. Watch.

06.20.13 | 4:53 am
Good Lord, Where Do They Find These People?

GOP county Chairman from Illinois calls black female candidate – who, mind you, is a Republican running for office – a “street walker” and “love child” who will be sent back to “Shitcago”.

06.20.13 | 6:40 am
Americana

“McVay has told a psychiatrist that, the night before he murdered Schein, he drank cough syrup and alcohol that he had stolen from Wal Mart while praying to Lucifer to give him the courage to kill.” More.

06.20.13 | 7:01 am
Amazing. In a Good Way.

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything quite like this. Exodus International, one of the top Christian groups advocating for and providing so called ‘reparative’ therapy to help gays stop being gay, has issued a lengthy public apology for their work and closed up shop.