TPM Reader SR sees Georgia/Tennessee border war in international context …
Living on the other side of the Eastern Continental Divide, I don’t have a dog in the Tennessee-Georgia border bicker, but a couple of points of interest occurred to me.
Former RNC chair Michael Steele isn’t happy with current RNC chair Reince Priebus (and wants you to know about it). Read More
South North Dakota now has the most restrictive abortion law in the country.
Bomb-making materials found in car of man suspected of assassinating Colorado prisons chief.
Sweden’s language regulating body is taking a swipe at Google after Google objected to the inclusion of a new word in the Swedish language.
With today’s arguments before the Supreme Court there is one clear and overwhelming consensus in the country: full marriage equality is the future. It’s just a question of how long. How many years (months?) until you and your same sex fiance can get married in Alabama and how long till the Social Security Administration recognizes your relationship with your same sex spouse (seems sooner for the latter than the former)? Relatedly, in political terms, it seems clear that gay rights’ days are numbered as a right-wing wedge issue; and it may soon play as a wedge issue on the other side of the partisan divide. Read More
Bill O’Reilly says gay rights advocate have “the compelling argument.”
Arizona group announces plans to give Tucson residents free shotguns to reduce crime.