I’m Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite store on the Citadel.
- NY Times’ Paul Krugman says the Fed is being intimidated.
- HuffPo’s Katy Hall reports on Christian groups opposing anti-bullying laws on First Amendment grounds. What would Jesus do? Not torture gay kids so they kill themselves.
- Doghouse Riley discusses the GOP’s non-fixation fixation on women’s issues.
- The Atlantic’s Molly Ball talks about the GOP’s War On Caterpillars. Seriously.
- The Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdorf implores us to stop romanticizing the Tea Party. Also, that Michelle Malkin has rejected our reality, and substituted her own.
- The Atlantic’s Megan Garber discusses the newest meme: Texts from Hilary Clinton.
- The Atlantic’s Andrew Cohen discusses anti-judicial hysteria in the Fifth Circuit.
- TPM’s Brian Beutler and Sahil Kapur round up a history of right-wing attacks on the judiciary.
- TPM’s Ian Millhiser notes that even Scalia thinks Judge Smith was wrong. Also, Rush Limbaugh has welcomed Judge Smith to the “One Term Team.”
- TPM’s Faiz Shakir reports that Kraft Foods is also dropping ALEC, following Coca-Cola and PepsiCo.
- TPM’s Amanda Peterson Beadle quotes Russell Pearce, author of Arizona’s SB1070 Anti-Immigration law, in saying “[Romney’s] immigration policy is identical to mine.”
- TPM reports that the National Organization for Marriage Dump Starbucks efforts have only yielded 28,000 signatures, whereas the SumOfUs.org’s response has yielded over 640,000.
- And finally, TPM’s Pat Garofalo notes that oil price increases are being driven by Wall Street, not the government.
