Ed Kilgore on progressives’ sudden realization there is no such thing as compromising with Second Amendment cultists.
As I’ve mentioned a few times, through most of my life I was an avid book collector. Perhaps a hoarder. Regardless, I had a ton of books. Maybe literally. Like many of you I don’t just enjoy reading, I’m into books, the physical artifact of the book. But then maybe half a dozen years ago, I started reading books on a Kindle. Soon after I moved to the Kindle app on an iPad – the Kindle devices themselves I’ve never liked, though I haven’t tried the new ones in years. And something clicked in my brain and I switched – to the point where I have almost a block on reading physical books. This isn’t an ideological or aesthetic choice or decision. To the extent that it is, I’d be on the physical book side. But, as I said, something just clicked for me and I couldn’t go back.
So in our Insight polls I decided to ask this question. How are you reading books these days. Results after the jump.
With the election for House Speaker scheduled for tomorrow, and the helpless and enfeebled Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) being helped or dragged along by establishment supporters, McCarthy today is reduced to demanding Democrats “stop playing politics” with Benghazi.
Meanwhile, Rep Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Chairman of the Benghazi committee is saying McCarthy’s apology “doesn’t fix it.” He goes on to say that all things being equal he’d rather have Paul Ryan (R-WI) as Speaker “because he’s super, super smart.” But it’s too late for that now and Ryan’s not running. So strong endorsement for McCarthy!
Watching the lead up to tomorrow’s Speaker vote, the supreme irony is you can see in painful detail and intensity just how much the Republican House caucus needed John Boehner. What’s happening right now doesn’t even rise to the level of conflict or disorder. That gives it too much credit. Kevin McCarthy was already saddled with all the baggage of John Boehner – in terms of holding the reins of responsibility, establishment backing, need to prevent catastrophic damage to GOP, etc. But since he entered the race it’s been clear he’s not at all good at leading the caucus – definitely not in the public spokesman sense, and seemingly not in the backroom sense either. So he’s got Boehner’s liabilities and then an entirely new one.
It looks like opposition forces have gotten together to battle Facebook’s and Apple’s efforts to carve up the open internet, kill it and make the prime cuts into subsidiaries of Facebook and Apple.
Armed anti-Islam to mount Saturday protests in front of mosques in 20 cities.
Josh Horwitz is the executive director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, a nonprofit devoted to eradicating preventable, predictable gun violence. He has spent over two decades working on this issue in Washington, DC. Josh will be joining us in The Hive (sub req) today at 2 PM Eastern to discuss mass shootings in America, the work of his organization, and how to fight back against the NRA’s political power.
I must say, even for this crew, this is really epic. McCarthy has dropped out of the Speaker’s race. In favor of …? Well, no one. I’m now watching Rep. Issa (R-CA) explaining how McCarthy is awesome, will remain on as Majority Leader, will be the most important endorsement as they try to find someone who they can carry over the finish line. But good lord!
Speaker Romney
1. MBA
2. Turnaround expert
3. Proven leadership in business
If you can think of investments that will benefit from a US government debt default, now’s the time to buy.
Yes, this is hilarious but it has pretty terrible consequences for the country and perhaps the global economy.