Company releases “Breathe Easy, Don’t Break the Law” t-shorts to counter Garner protests.
At this stage in our history and his family’s history, I do not think Jeb Bush gets into the presidential race unless he’s a strong, strong favorite. 15% support for Jeb Bush if Romney doesn’t get in really doesn’t sound like it meets that test.
5 Points you need to know about that Judge who just ruled that President Obama’s immigration order is unconstitutional.
You’ve seen by now the huge news that the US and Cuba are finally moving toward normalizing relations after more than half a century of official estrangement, if that’s not too nice a way of putting it. Dylan Scott has the latest from the White House, with details of the the major diplomatic initiative, which included a big assist from Pope Francis.
Kilgore: Jeb Bush for President? Not so fast, Pal.
Rep. Blake “Blow-Me.org” Farenthold (R-TX) is getting sued for allegedly creating a hostile workplace for a former staffer. Who knew allegedly insinuating semen stains were on her skirt or communicating he had “wet dreams” about her might lead to this?
It’s our favorite time of year — the Golden Duke awards, when TPM honors the year’s best purveyors of scandal, idiocy, and straight-up crazy. This is the eighth annual installment of the Golden Duke awards, named after Randy “Duke” Cunningham, the California Republican congressman who spent time in the clink after an unparalleled spree of flagrant sleaze and unbridled tawdriness.
You can check out last year’s deserving winners here.
So without further ado, this year’s categories are:
Sarah Stephens, who has long advocated for normalized relations with Cuba, writes about being in Havana today as the news of the new agreement was announced.
The Sony hack appears to be the costliest in history. The embarrassment of Sony execs and the fact that the ‘victim’ is a movie, which may or may not have been a good one in the first place, may make it hard to take this incident seriously. But the idea of a foreign state – a hostile and vicious one at that – mounting a series of cyber attacks and terrorist threats to prevent the release of a movie in the US is deeply disturbing. Sony is just a company. And it was probably an easy decision in purely economic terms. But this shouldn’t have been allowed to happen.
Great essay by the daughter of Cuban emigre/exiles on her bittersweet, ambivalent feelings about yesterday’s big breakthrough in US-Cuba relations.