As long as his incipient presidential campaign has collapsed, it probably comes easier for Chris Christie to propose major cuts to Social Security. But it’s notable that his approach is quite different from what President Bush proposed in 2005.
The state of Idaho is risking $46 million in federal funding in its battle to prevent the imposition of Sharia Law in the state.
Dutch chimpanzee becomes hero of global left after destroying zoo drone.
Republicans are looking for Marco Rubio to break through with Hispanic voters. But as Stephen Nuno points out, Rubio is just as unpopular with Hispanic voters as most of the rest of the GOP candidates. And there’s little reason to think that’s going to change.
Yesterday I mentioned the Vox -538 war over 2016 presidential candidate popularity and who’s stealing each other’s charts. Today Sam Wang steps into the debate. And I think his take on what these numbers mean is the most on-target.
Yes, Hillary is much more popular than all the Republicans out there. And the Republicans as a group are either not popular or totally unknown. But the real stand out is that Jeb Bush is damaged goods.
Here’s a fascinating little bit of information I’ve always marveled at. It probably only has any resonance if you’re a history person. But here goes. Back when I was a little kid one of my best friends subscribed to the catalog of a dealer in historical documents. Even at our young age, I was surprised at how relatively cheap it was to buy say a Civil War era newspaper. Just a few dollars. Well within the means of even a kid. And by “few dollars” I don’t mean a rich person’s euphemism but maybe $5 or $10.
For, literally, a piece of history.
Today we have a graphic novel presentation of the assassination of President Lincoln on this 150th anniversary of his death. See it here. It shows Lincoln’s assassination and the years of racial violence and guerrilla warfare in the South that followed formal surrender in April 1865.
I thing I find very striking about these anniversaries is that it brings home palpable how rapidly Lincoln’s assassination came after the nominal end of the war. We remembered the anniversary of Appomattox last week and now we’re on to this. It came that quickly. Take a look.
House staffers are leaking questions suggesting that a House investigations committee asked Hillary Clinton two years ago whether she used a private email account, only to receive no answer. As I suggested a few weeks back, this makes no sense.
No wonder ALEC is now threatening to sue people for saying they are climate science deniers. They can’t stop their spats from going public anymore.
Tennessee House votes to move forward on making the Bible the official state book, set to join official state salamander, tree and beverage.