Editors’ Blog - 2014
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09.15.14 | 9:21 am
Plus Side: GOP Opening Up to Birth Control?

Arizona GOP leader resigns after saying Medicaid should be tied to compulsory sterilization.

09.15.14 | 11:17 am
Shirts

The Kent State blood shirt you never knew you needed is now on sale at Urban Outfitters.

09.15.14 | 11:28 am
What’s At Stake in the Midterms

Here’s our big piece today on what’s at really at stake in the battle to control the Senate next year. And what if voters just don’t care?

09.15.14 | 12:55 pm
Wait, What Kind of Plan?

Okay, this is kind of fascinating. You can see that we have this story about about Cruz-backed Tea Party candidate Marilinda Garcia, running for a seat in Congess up in New Hampshire. She was being interviewed last week and stumbled into this question of just what kind of insurance she had since she’s such a big critic of Obamacare. She very oddly ducked and bobbed and refused to answer the question, specifically whether she herself had an Obamacare plan. Her campaign followed up and clarified that she did have health care coverage but not an Obamacare plan. But some key elements of the story did not – and still do not – seem to add up.

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09.15.14 | 1:41 pm
‘Freedom Fighter’ Plans

In case you missed it, last year we had a piece on the so-called non-Obamacare compliant ‘Freedom Fighter’ health care plans which appear to be what New Hampshire congressional candidate Marilinda Garcia is using to defy Obamacare.

09.15.14 | 2:23 pm
What the …

School districts across the country are also getting MRAPs, grenade launchers and more from that same Pentagon program.

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09.16.14 | 9:03 am
Yep, It’s a Thing

Not sure you can make sense of the race for the Senate without seeing this trend chart …

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09.16.14 | 11:30 am
Not A Friendly Hearing For Kobach

The Kansas Supreme Court gave the lawyer for Secretary of State Kris Kobach a rough time in court this morning over Kobach’s decision not to allow Democratic Senate nominee Chad Taylor to remove his name from the November ballot. More soon.

09.16.14 | 11:35 am
Ultimate TPM Buddy Movie

We noted last week that the guy in charge of saving the Kansas Senate race for the GOP turns out to be the country’s top voter suppression advocate, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach. But there’s more! Now he’s enlisted US Attorney firing scandal figure, Bradley Shlozman, himself a legendary figure in the voter suppression movement, to help keep Democrat Chad Taylor’s name on the ballot. It’s like the whole gang is reuniting for this one effort. Dylan Scott has the full story.

09.16.14 | 11:56 am
Colbert Goes Full Braveheart

“That’s right, Scotland could actually secede,” Colbert said. “I didn’t even know they had slaves.” Watch.