“The 2-year-old son of a sheriff’s deputy accidentally fired his father’s gun on Monday inside a Wendy’s restaurant in Middleburg, Fla., injuring himself and three others.”

Georgia Republican says Sunday voting in DeKalb County must stop since it’s “dominated by African American shoppers and it is near several large African American mega churches.”

The “plantation” metaphor is just the head and brick wall combined for Republican doofuses. Keep trying to use it. Won’t ever get better.

Mitch McConnell tells President Obama to seek approval from Congress on action against ISIS. I’ve never been of the opinion that that is necessary in a case like this. But it’s certainly always a wise and prudent step. And McConnell makes the point that it shouldn’t be a problem since there appears to be broad support both in Congress and in the country at large to pursue action at least largely limited to air support of the ground forces of Iraq and other countries. So far, so good. So what’s the problem?

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President says he has the authority to take on ISIS without Congress. Details after the jump …

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This is a legendary part of rock arcana. But apparently it went down a bit differently than we’ve been told, accordingly to a new tell-all by Dylan’s then road manager Victor Maymudes …

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