The latest question to emerge in the ongoing saga of Sen. Bob Menendez is the real identity of a man who so far has only gone by the name “Carlos.” ABC News recently released this photo of him. Can you identify him?
Back home in their districts, Republicans decide sequestration kinda sucks.
The more I thought about it, Chief Justice Roberts’ suggestion that President Obama should have stopped enforcing DOMA really was preposterous. From TPM Reader AN …
I read Sahil Kapur’s write up on Roberts’ and Scalia’s swipe at the Obama administration for continuing to enforce DOMA despite the Administration’s belief that it is unconstitutional. I wanted to make two quick points about this:
First, is there significant and recent precedent of an Administration refusing to enforce a duly enacted law passed by Congress and signed by a President?
Time Magazine and Rush Limbaugh agree: the gay marriage debate is over.
Does the Pope know he’s Pope? Fascinating look at how Pope Francis has thus far refused to take on most of the trappings of the papacy.
Ten weeks into President Obama’s second term and Republicans are back to convincing themselves they can repeal Obamacare.
Actually, that’s probably overstating things a little. I think most Republicans get that 2012 was their lone shot at true repeal and they missed it. Since the election, Mitt Romney’s admitted that in a national election, the Affordable Care Act turned out to be a political asset to Obama. And even if Republicans manage to reclaim the Senate in 2014 and then the White House in 2016, the public will have benefited from the law for two years, and rescinding those benefits without having something better to offer in exchange will be a big loser. Read More
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Saying ‘vagina’ during Bio Class leads to investigation of Idaho science teacher.