The Sausage now has some international flavor with the addition of The Guardian and Al Jazeera to the lineup. Of course, it will still be US centric, but I’ll try and include interesting things as I can.
- HuffPo’s John Rudolf and Trymaine Lee discuss the Sanford Police Department’s history of shoddy police work.
- In recognition of Passover, here’s a slideshow of famous black and Jewish celebrities.
- NYTimes’ Paul Krugman opines on the gullible political media center. He also gets a little emotional. But, he comes right back with some hard numbers and figures.
- NYTimes’ Manny Fernandez talks about Texas Public Schools’ being gutted at a budget level. Worth noting: only one in five Texas Public School teachers in unionized. Can’t blame teachers unions for this one!
- HuffPo’s Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Cesar Gaviria, and Ernesto Zedillo talk about the utter failure of the War On Drugs, and the coming paradigm shift in policy from Latin America.
- Balloon Juice’s Kay discusses the waning influence of the Tea Party outside of the GOP and the increasing albatross they’re becoming inside it. If you need a reminder why, here’s some offensive signs.
- Balloon Juice’s Zandar talks about the failure of job training programs.
- Doghouse Riley rants on Indiana politics, with some national implications.
- Charles P. Pierce and the legacy of welfare reform.
- NYMag’s Jonathan Chait says the GOP are, in fact, social Darwinists.
- The Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdorf says that John Derbyshire was really just playing to his base: old white men.
- The Atlantic’s James Fallows discusses false equivalence and the Chevy Volt.
- TPM’s Sahil Kapur ponders how John Roberts could uphold Obamacare.
- TPM’s Evan McMorris-Santoro posts this video of Herman Cain endorsing Allen West for VP, which if there is a God in heaven He will make it happen.
- Think Progress’ Jeff Spross and Ian Millhiser note that it’s only “judicial activism” when the other side does it.
- Think Progress’ Jeff Legum reports on an Orlando Fox Affiliate that called a Neo-Nazi group “a civil rights group”.
- Think Progress’ Pat Garofalo talks about M&T Bank CEO Robert Wilmers decrying Wall Street bonuses and anti-regulatory stance.
- Think Progress’ Adam Peck reports on GOP Rep. Vicky Hartzler who once again proves that Birtherism isn’t a “fringe movement”, but rather a plank of the GOP platform.
- The Guardian’s David Brindle reports on London Mayor Boris Johnson may have diverted funds from homeless charities to other unspecified purposes.
- Al Jazeera reports on the GOP’s fear of Black Republicans.
- Al Jazeera’s Corey Robin equates the modern debate on birth control to medieval domination.
- Al Jazeera’s Paul Rosenberg opines on the failure of conservative welfare reform.
