Editors’ Blog - 2014
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08.05.14 | 6:59 pm
Full Service Justice

Police seize semi-automatic rifles, ammunition, body armor and smoke grenades from home of Cleveland area judge.

08.05.14 | 9:49 pm
One Fewer In The Impeachment Caucus

Rep. Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), an ex-reindeer farmer who “dreamed” of impeaching Obama once, was defeated in tonight’s primary.

08.05.14 | 10:15 pm
Tea Party Trouble

Could Rep. Huelskamp (R-KS), part of the shutdown caucus, actually lose his seat tonight? He’s ahead, but it’s close.

UPDATE: Huelskamp survives.

08.05.14 | 11:23 pm
Pulling It Off

Well, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kansas by way of Virginia) actually pulled off defeating his tea party challenger Milton Wolf, who is actually a distant cousin of Obama’s.

08.06.14 | 7:57 am
Losing Battles But Winning the War?

Ed Kilgore says the Tea Party is losing battles but winning the war. And in terms of moving the party every further right, he’s correct.

08.06.14 | 8:16 am
Through the Looking Glass, Tea Party Edition

One of the most amazing bits of verbal gymnastics in recent memory. How the Tea Party made mentioning race or calling out racism into “race baiting.”

08.06.14 | 9:09 am
Hulk Amash!

Rep. Amash (R-MI) goes off on establishment challenger’s “despicable smear” campaign after defeating him in tough primary.

08.06.14 | 9:15 am
Children’s Books for Your Pro-Open Carry Family?

Are there wholesome children’s books that cater to your pro-open carry lifestyle? There are now. “My Parents Open Carry” has just debuted so we can make sure young children are more acquainted with ubiquitous gun ownership.

08.06.14 | 11:02 am
Was Lincoln a Racist?

Was Abraham Lincoln, the ‘Great Emancipator’, a racist? This question is raised again by the news that a copy of a book about ‘racial science’ has been identified as having Lincoln’s handwriting in its pages.

It’s a perennial question, a deeply anachronistic question, but also a critically important one given Lincoln’s role as perhaps the most revered and significant political figure in all of American history. It’s also a question I have some level of expertise on. So without trying to answer the question in a definitive way, I thought I would provide a few factual guideposts about how to approach the issue and what we know.

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08.06.14 | 11:53 am
Three-Way Doofus Duel at Thirty Paces

Stevie Fielder, who originally claimed he’d been paid by the Cochran campaign to buy African-American votes, now says that was a lie and that he was paid to lie by McDaniel spokesman Noel Fritsch. Au contraire, Fritsch tells TPM, Charles Johnson is the one who paid Fielder. Who’s telling the truth? All that’s clear so far is that the Coen Brothers produce and direct.