As I’ve mentioned a few times, we’ve gotten into the survey business, both of the public at large but especially of our own audience, which is a good proxy for center-left and liberal news junkies around the country and also primary voters. We’ve been doing various polling tied to the 2016 presidential race and after the jump I have some numbers that gave me a different take on how to look at the Democratic primary race.
You shouldn’t miss Sarah Posner’s deep dive on the ties between the Duggar family and an “insular and authoritarian evangelical homeschooling ministry whose charismatic founder, former followers say, sexually harassed female employees, blamed rape victims for provoking their attackers, and subjected young disciples to grueling physical labor for little or no pay.”
Kim Davis returned to work for the first time today since being jailed for her refusal to comply with a federal court and issue same-sex marriage licenses. The fig leaf Davis is clutching is this: I won’t interfere with my deputies issuing same sex marriage licenses, but I’m not authorizing them — and they may be invalid (*shrug*). In her mind, that apparently preserves her conscience and keeps her out of jail.
Erick Erickson says bring on a government shutdown: “This is a fight on principle over whether the Republican Party should stand by and let our tax dollars be used to subsidize the American Mengeles of Planned Parenthood or not.”
Bernie Sanders ventured into the lion’s den of Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University this morning and declared that America was founded on “racist principles.”
John Kasich and Chris Christie are basically the only GOP presidential candidates opposed to shutting down the government over abortion politics.
Kim Davis’ lawyer promises new and improved lawsuit against Kentucky’s Democratic governor over same-sex marriage licenses.
Donald Trump has so shattered the structure of the 2016 GOP presidential primary race that it can be difficult to make any solid argument about just who has been hurt the most. But not that difficult. It’s very, very hard to argue that it’s not Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. His campaign is straight up gutted and at this point I have serious doubts that he’ll even make it to the first contest in Iowa, let alone win it, which was critical to his strategy.
My thanks to TPMCafe contributor Jonathan Earle for this moving reflection on his former student Ethan Schmidt, a professor of history at Delta State University in Mississippi, who was murdered today in his office.