Wednesday, July 31, 2013

STILL PRESIDENT

Despite the best efforts of the GOP to pretend otherwise, Obama is still president and they still have to deal with him

 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/30/1227731/-President-Obama-A-grand-bargain-for-middle-class-jobs
A grand bargain for middle-class jobs

 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/30/1227667/-Grand-Bargain-2-0-Obama-to-offer-tax-cuts-in-exchange-for-investment-in-jobs
Obama to offer tax cuts in exchange for investment in jobs

 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2013_07/the_new_minijumbo_bargain046109.php

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/07/30/president-obamas-grand-bargain-for-the-middle-class/

 http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/grand-bargains-good-and-bad.html

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/30/this-weird-little-policy-is-the-key-to-obamas-grand-bargain-on-jobs/

 Of course, some things don't change: http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/30/19774639-first-thoughts-obama-to-make-an-offer-he-hopes-gop-cant-refuse
Obama to make an offer he hopes GOP can't refuse

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/07/30/19775663-obama-offers-another-bargain-for-house-gop-to-refuse
Obama offers another bargain for House GOP to refuse

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/07/republicans-obama-tax-corporate 
Republicans Reject Obama Tax Proposal Sight Unseen

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/07/30/obama-chattanooga-grand-bargain-boehner-mcconnell/2599239/
Republicans quickly denounced Obama's idea as a new collection of old ideas . . 

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/07/30/19779272-why-would-the-gop-balk-at-a-corporate-tax-cut
Why would the GOP balk at a corporate tax cut?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/31/obama-can-best-weaken-the-gop-by-courting-its-traditional-business-backers.html
At this point it goes without saying that anything Obama proposes is DOA. So he can’t get that done. But he can get something else done: Pry the nutso GOP away from its traditional constituencies one by one, so that all they’re left with is the Tea Party lunatic fringe. . . .

 Yesterday’s proposal was as follows: Obama offered to lower the corporate tax rate to 28 percent (from the current 35 percent) in exchange for some infrastructure investments. Republicans have been clamoring for a lower corporate rate since forever. Even many Democrats support this—the U.S. corporate rate is among the developed world’s highest, and the idea that the rate should be lowered in exchange for closing some capacious corporate loopholes has long been an idea that a lot of Democrats are fine with. But fundamentally, it should be something that gets Republicans’ juices flowing. They’re the party of corporate America, right? . . . [read on]

 On other fronts, Obama has more latitude

 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/30/1227703/-Obama-reassures-civil-rights-leaders-his-administration-will-keep-fighting-racist-voting-laws
Obama reassures civil rights leaders his administration will keep fighting racist voting laws

 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/30/1227503/-Utah-based-mortgage-company-is-target-of-Consumer-Financial-Protection-Bureau-lawsuit
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gets busy

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/07/conservatives-admit-defeat-in-obamacare-shutdown-battle.php
Conservatives Concede Defeat In Obamacare Shutdown Fight

A new peace initiative in the Middle East -- does it have any chance?

 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/31/world/middleeast/kerry-says-goal-is-mideast-peace-deal-within-9-months.html

 http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/07/after-three-years-mideast-peace-talks-resume.html

 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/world/middleeast/kerry-appoints-veteran-diplomat-to-manage-mideast-talks.html

 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2013_07/is_a_middle_east_peace_deal_po046115.php

 http://prospect.org/article/kerrys-heavy-lifting-begins-israel-palestine

 http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/30/netanyahu-on-final-resolution-not-a-single-arab-on-our-lands.html

 Do conservatives really want to prevent poor people from getting health insurance via Obamacare?

 http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/07/30/19774873-the-refuse-to-enroll-campaign-gets-to-work
When Reuters reported last week that Republicans and their allies "are mobilizing ... to dissuade uninsured Americans from obtaining health coverage," it caused a bit of a stir. After all, what kind of people would invest time and energy into convincing struggling families to turn down access to affordable health care? Who would be so callous as to put partisan spite over the basic health care needs of their community?
Well, now we know.. . . [read on]
This doesn't come as a surprise anymore, since Brase is hardly the first conservative to do this, but it's still a remarkable display of spite and meanspiritedness. Conservatives are just hellbent on trying to keep poor people from getting decent health coverage. The right-wing intelligentsia can claim otherwise, but the plain truth is that no one in the actual governing wing of the Republican Party wants to replace Obamacare with anything else. They just want to repeal it, full stop. For some reason, the mere idea of poor and working-class people getting medical care with taxpayer help drives them into conniptions.. . .


This is what happens when the entire wing of a party is virtually guaranteed re-election 

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/07/are-house-republicans-voter-proof.html 
Are House Republicans Voter-Proof?

More: http://www.rollcall.com/news/obamacare_defunding_fight_could_threaten_boehner_leverage_message-226732-1.html

 Will unlimited campaign donations outweigh demographic problems for the Repubs?

 http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/07/supreme-court-another-citizens-united-but-worse.html

 Shift in either branch of Congress in 2014?

 http://www.nationaljournal.com/columns/off-to-the-races/midterm-elections-could-be-a-wave-but-who-s-going-to-drown-20130729

 Bob McDonnell (R), fighting for his life in Virginia

 http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/07/30/19777060-virginias-mcdonnell-vows-to-return-gifts-from-benefactor
Virginia's McDonnell vows to return gifts from benefactor

I said "life," not "wife": http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/mcdonnell-says-wife-organized-governors-mansion-event-for
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) said in a live radio interview on Tuesday that his wife's office organized a 2011 event at the executive mansion for a company run by a donor whose relationship with McDonnell is now under investigation. . . . [read on]

The Bradley Manning verdict, and what it means

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/30/bradley-manning-found-not-guilty-of-aiding-the-enemy/
Bradley Manning found not guilty of aiding the enemy

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/07/bradley-manning-verdict-not-gulity-aiding-enemy.html

http://crooksandliars.com/diane-sweet/bradley-manning-not-guilty-aiding-enem

 More comment: http://www.salon.com/2013/07/30/manning_verdict_what_you_need_to_know/

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2013/07/bradley_manning_wasn_t_guilty_of_treason.html

http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/07/30/what-the-verdict-in-bradley-mannings-trial-means-for-whistleblowers/

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/07/what-the-manning-verdict-means-for-snowden.html
Bonus item: "Meltdown" is a good word for it

 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/nyregion/weiners-campaign-manager-quits.html 
Weiner’s Campaign Manager Quits After Latest Revelations

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/07/30/weiner_dodges_question_on_whether_hes_still_sexting.html
Weiner Dodges Question on Whether He's Still Sexting

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/07/weiner-plunges-in-new-poll.html
Weiner has dropped from first place, and 26 percent, in Quinnipiac’s previous survey, to fourth place and 16 percent.. . .

 http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/07/anthony-weiner-campaign-ad-quit-video.html
Sydney Leathers, still milking her fifteen minutes in the spotlight for everything it's worth, called her former cyber-lover a "needy little bitch" on Howard Stern's radio show, and announced that she's "planning to do a photo shoot" outside Weiner's apartment soon. Weiner continued to resist calls to drop out of the mayoral race — including, reportedly, from the Clintons . . .

 http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/31/lies-anthony-weiner-told-me.html
How many falsehoods can you utter in eight minutes? If you’re Anthony Weiner, at least 68.. . .


Now this: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/07/top-weiner-aide-trashes-intern.php
The campaign staff awoke to see their former intern, Olivia Nuzzi, on the front cover of the Daily News. Inside the paper was an article bylined by Nuzzi in which she told a rather unflattering tale of her experience working on Anthony Weiner’s mayoral bid. 

Now, Team Weiner is firing back. TPM called Weiner’s communications director Barbara Morgan to discuss an unrelated story Tuesday and she went off on a curse-filled rant about Nuzzi, describing her as a fame hungry “bitch” who “sucked” at her job. Morgan also called Nuzzi a “slutbag,” “twat,” and “cunt” while threatening to sue her. . . . 

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/intern-reveals-reasons-joining-weiner-campaign-article-1.1412272
[Nuzzi] My reasons for joining Anthony Weiner’s mayoral campaign were not complicated. . . Since high school, I had interned for political campaigns in New Jersey. One morning, several of my friends sent me links to the same online ad for the Weiner campaign, seeking applications for internships. .. . Their hope was to make a connection with Weiner’s wife, Huma Abedin, and thus forge a potential connection to her longtime boss, Hillary Clinton, to get an inside track for a campaign position if she ran for president in 2016. . . .

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/30/weiner-slutbag-intern_n_3679770.html
"In a moment of frustration, I used inappropriate language in what I thought was an off the record conversation," Morgan said in a statement. "It was wrong and I am very sorry, which is what I said tonight when I called and emailed Olivia to apologize." 

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/07/weiner-spokeswoman-calls-former-intern-slutbag.html
TPM editor and publisher Josh Marshall writes via e-mail: "The conversation was definitely on the record.  And I can tell you with certainty that the phrase 'between us' was never spoken during the entirety of the conversation."

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

VAY-CAY

The do-nothing Congress decides to take it easy in the few days left before their vacation starts . . .

 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/us/politics/at-the-11th-hour-a-languid-congress.html

 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/29/1227492/-Tired-from-long-days-of-doing-nothing-Congress-prepares-for-August-recess 

 How they really spend their time: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/29/congress-spends-too-much-time-fundraising-but-its-less-time-than-you-think/

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/29/in-defense-of-congresss-summer-vacation/ 

How Obama spends his time: http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/07/29/19758810-obamas-time-away-from-the-office

 The Party of No

 http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2013/07/immigration_reform_how_budget_and_debt_limit_fights_may_kill_comprehensive.html
How this fall’s budget fights could spell doom for comprehensive immigration reform.

 The Republicans have no interest in fixing the Voting Rights Act

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/07/congress-wont-fix-the-voting-rights-act.php 
Why The GOP Won’t Let Congress Fix The Voting Rights Act

More: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2013_07/heads_we_win_tails_you_lose_2046083.php

 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/29/1227401/-Clueless-N-C-Gov-McCrory-will-sign-voter-suppression-bill-he-hasn-t-read

 The war on abortion rights continues

 http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/07/29/widening_regional_divide_over_abortion_laws.html 
Widening Regional Divide Over Abortion Laws

Obamacare is working, where it is given a chance to
 
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/07/29/19754964-obamacare-works-where-state-officials-want-it-to-work

 http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/07/healthcare-obamacare-premiums-rates

 Ted Cruz calls out his party colleagues as a bunch of wusses

 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/29/1227421/-Ted-Cruz-This-hostage-taking-would-work-if-Republicans-weren-t-such-nbsp-chickens
Sen. Ted Cruz believes Republicans can defund “Obamacare” if they stand together, but he said “scared” Republicans are standing in the way.  . .[read on]

 http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/07/29/cruz_says_gop_not_willing_to_defund_obamacare.html

 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/29/1227385/-Mike-Lee-confronted-with-government-shutdown-reality

 More from the worst demagogue in the Senate: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/07/29/why-yes-ted-cruz-is-a-demagogue/

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/29/1227452/-The-perfect-distillation-of-Ted-Cruz

 The fractured civil war within the GOP

 http://washingtonexaminer.com/are-republicans-too-divided-to-have-a-civil-war/article/2533591
It’s more likely that this is just a rocky time for a rejected and confused party. The conflicts inside the GOP today just don’t line up in the configuration of a classic civil war. There are multiple issues involved, and the lawmakers on various sides of various issues don’t lean the same way on each issue. Republicans who are opponents on one issue are allies on another.. . .

 More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/29/1227371/-Rand-Paul-explains-why-both-sides-are-losing-the-GOP-civil-war

 http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/30/jon-favreau-on-the-destructive-rise-of-the-no-government-conservatives.html

 Now it's the Dems who have two prominent bad actors who refuse to take responsibility for their actions: Anthony Weiner and Bob Filner, mayor of San Diego. But that's where the similarity ends

 http://prospect.org/article/filner-scandal-isnt-sex-scandal
The Filner Scandal Isn't a "Sex Scandal"

Chutzpah: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/07/filner_asks_city_to_pick_up_his_legal_expenses.php
Filner Asks City to Pick Up His Legal Expenses

Weiner: http://cookpolitical.com/story/6015
I’m not naïve. I get that sex sells. I know the Anthony Weiner saga is buzzy and great for ratings. But, in the end, it’s terrible for those of us who love covering politics, and for the institution of public service itself. Weiner cheapens the thing that we are trying to convince Americans (and in some cases our bosses at news organizations), is so valuable: the role of government in American life.  At a time when trust in Washington is at an all-time low, Weiner – and guys like Elliot Spitzer and Bob Filner -  are another reminder to Americans about of how incredibly dysfunctional and disconnected government is.

And, at some point, this becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. If everyone thinks that politics is a freak show, then only the freaks will run. It’s already hard enough to get “good” people to run for office. Few normal people are willing to put their lives on hold and on display for the whole world to judge.  Now, between a Congress that is in total paralysis and a growing perception that politics is only for the narcissistic and self-serving, the good ones have even less incentive to run. [read on]

 Fox World has a field day with Weiner's Saudi Arabian wife

 http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/fox-news-guest-weiner-un-attracted-huma-abed
Fox News Guest: Weiner 'Un-attracted' to Huma Abedin 'Because She Is Connected With Islamists'

 More: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/07/dowd-and-limbaugh-on-why-abedin-supports-weiner.html

 For the GOPers, "radical feminst" is a redundancy

 http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/07/29/19756230-an-evolving-definition-of-radical-feminism

 Go away, Mitt just go away

 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/29/1227381/-Mitt-Romney-on-his-47-percent-comment-Actually-I-didn-t-say-that
Mitt Romney on his 47 percent comment: 'Actually, I didn't say that'

 More: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2013_07/romneys_rationalizations046091.php

 I know we have a lot of Ralph Nader fans out there. What do you think about this?

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/ralph-nader-billionaires-to-party-in-2016-89284.html
 
More: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/29/ralph-nader-has-truly-lost-it.html
 
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Monday, July 29, 2013

DEFICIT THINKING


Obama says an obsessive focus on the deficit has been "damaging" -- and he's right. But whose fault is that? 

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-damaging-framework-in-washington.html
  
More: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/29/it-s-your-moment-obama-don-t-blow-it.html
 
A few years back, people were seriously asking if we were a post-racial society. Today, the two parties are more polarized by race than ever 

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/07/political-parties-race-ethnicity

Will Liz Cheney back down? 

GOP senators to Liz Cheney: We like Mike Enzi

Are Anthony Weiner's problems a problem for the Clintons? 


More on Weinergate 




National broadcaster to drop Limbaugh and Hannity (no, that doesn't mean they're going away) 

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/07/broadcaster-may-drop-limbaugh-and-hannity.html 

In Fox World: it is an OUTRAGE that a Muslim scholar of religious studies should write a book about Jesus 

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/scarce/fox-news-horrified-religious-scholar-whos-m 
GREEN: This is an interesting book. Now I want to clarify, you’re a Muslim, so why did you write a book about the founder of Christianity?

ASLAN: Well to be clear, I am a scholar of religions with four degrees — including one in the New Testament, and fluency in biblical Greek, who has been studying the origins of Christianity for two decades — who also just happens to be a Muslim. So it’s not that I’m just some Muslim writing about Jesus, I am an expert with a Ph.D in the history of religions…

GREEN: But it still begs the question why would you be interested in the founder of Christianity? [read on]

More: http://thinkprogress.org/media/2013/07/27/2366141/fox-news-anchor-dumbfounded-that-a-scholar-who-is-muslim-had-the-audacity-to-write-a-book-about-jesus/ 

Bonus item: The Woman Who Won't Go Away is still whining about the 2008 campaign 

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/palin-i-was-forbidden-telling-truth-about 

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Saturday, July 27, 2013

THE NEXT N.Y. MAYOR?

I greatly doubt it

 http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/07/diagnosing-anthony-weiner.html 
Diagnosing Anthony Weiner: Sick or Just Plain Stupid?

More: http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/07/portrait-of-anthony-weiner-as-a-penis-artist.html

 http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/07/weiners-brother-did-sydney-leathers-damage-control.html

 http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2013/07/anthony_weiner_poll_carlos_danger_is_in_trouble_with_new_yorkers.html
Why New Yorkers Don't Like Anthony Weiner

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/07/anthony-weiner-poll-photos-sexts-scandal.html
Yeah, New York Hates Anthony Weiner Now

The fight over Larry Summers vs Janet Yellen to be the next Fed chair: interesting how some assume that if Yellen is chosen, "it's because of gender" . . . but not vice versa

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-yellen-summers-decision-driven-by.html
Richard W. Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, said this year that if the president chose Ms. Yellen, the decision would be “driven by gender.” . . . [read on]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/19/the-subtle-sexist-whispering-campaign-against-janet-yellen/
The subtle, sexist whispering campaign against Janet Yellen

Or: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/25/yellen-vs-summers-who-would-be-a-better-fed-chair/ 
Yellen vs. Summers: Who would be a better Fed chair?

More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/26/1226716/-Group-of-Senate-Democrats-urges-Obama-to-choose-Janet-Yellen-for-Fed-chair
 
http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2013/07/26/senate-democrats-push-janet-yellen-over-larry-summers-to-lead-the-fed/

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/07/26/senate-dems-push-white-house-to-appoint-janet-yellen-and-not-larry-summers-to-the-fed/

 http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/heads-we-win-tails-you-lose.html

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/26/this-is-how-people-at-the-fed-are-thinking-about-the-race-to-be-their-boss/

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/26/wonkbook-a-dark-horse-for-fed-chair/

 There is a growing struggle within the Republican party. I won't call it "moderates" vs "conservatives," because they're all right-wing. It's a different vector -- call it "realists" versus "purists"

 http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/07/gop-to-conservatives-stop-acting-crazy-over-obamacare.php 
GOP To Conservatives: Stop Acting Crazy Over Obamacare

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/25/1226579/-Conservative-scholar-Obamacare-sabotage-unprecedented-and-contemptible
Conservative scholar: Obamacare sabotage 'unprecedented and contemptible'

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/07/26/coburn-plan-to-defund-obamacare-could-destroy-gop
Coburn: Plan to defund Obamacare could destroy GOP

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/26/1226842/-Obamcare-funding-fight-splintering-GOP
Obamacare funding fight splintering GOP

 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2013_07/the_march_of_folly046044.php
The March of Folly

 A circular firing squad

 http://prospect.org/article/gop-circular-firing-squad-locked-and-loaded 
GOP Circular Firing Squad Locked and Loaded

 More: http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/chris-christie-announces-that-its.html

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/07/25/christie-goes-after-libertarians-hard/

 http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/26/by-the-numbers-inside-the-gop.html

 http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/conservative-movement-everything-old-is.html

 An Obama/McCain alliance?

 http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/07/obama-mccain-alliance.php

 Chances for progress in the Middle East?

 http://prospect.org/article/kerrys-heavy-lifting-begins-israel-palestine

 Bonus item: When is a coup not a coup? (aka, why it sucks to be a press sect'y)

 http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-july-18-2013/everybody-coups---egypt---semantics

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Friday, July 26, 2013

SO CONFUSED

The Repubs don't know WHAT they want to do with Obamacare

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/07/25/the-core-contradiction-at-the-heart-of-the-gop-campaign-to-sabotage-obamacare/
The core contradiction at the heart of the GOP campaign to sabotage Obamacare

http://prospect.org/article/gops-unhealthy-approach-obamacare
The GOP's Unhealthy Approach to Obamacare

 http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/07/tom-cole-obamacare-government-shutdown.php
Senior GOPer: Try To Ditch Obamacare? Dream On, Guys

"Sabotage" http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/07/undeniable_sabotage.php

 http://crooksandliars.com/jon-perr/one-chart-reveals-republicans-health-care-emergency

 More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/25/republicans-had-a-plan-to-replace-obamacare-it-looked-a-lot-like-obamacare/
Republicans had a plan to replace Obamacare. It looked a lot like Obamacare.
The Supreme Court decision on the Voting Right Act has emboldened GOP efforts to suppress minority voting (which is so much easier than trying to EARN votes). What is happening, and what is the Obama admin doing about it? 

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/07/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-north-carolina
Supreme Court's Gutting of Voting Rights Act Unleashes GOP Feeding Frenzy

More: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/07/they_were_just_held_in_check.php
 
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/07/holder-texas-voting-rights-act-supreme-court.php
Holder’s Move Against Texas Could Send The Voting Rights Act Back To The Supreme Court 

The GOPs good cop/bad cop game on immigration. Meet the bad cop

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/07/steve_king_unbound.php

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/07/steve-king-i-was-right-about-the-cantaloupes.html

 http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/07/25/19681967-king-is-hateful-ignorant-and-getting-exactly-what-he-wants

 Obama the Builder

 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/us/politics/obama-vows-to-bypass-congress-on-infrastructure-projects.html
Obama Vows to Bypass Congress on Infrastructure Projects

 The GOPers love earmarks (again)

 http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/07/25/republicans_are_defending_earmarks.html

 Bonus item: Mitch McConnell thought that tilting far right would prevent a Tea Party challenge in the KY primary. Fat chance 

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/07/could_mcconnell_have_a_problem_on_his_hands.php

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/mcconnell-campaign-ad-labels-bevin-east-coast-con

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