Mitt Romney is vetting this post for the Vice Presidency.
- A follow up on yesterday’s article about the couple that was arrested for changing the locks on their own home. (Gin and Tacos)
- Democrats plan bill to undo SB1070 if upheld by court (Washington Post) Please God make the GOP be forced into voting for this atrocity nationally so they lose all of the Latinos, instead of just most of them.
- Joe Arpaio plans to release new findings in Obama Birth Certificate investigation (Huffington Post) I can’t wait for the Feds to throw Arpaio’s ass in prison.
- Taxpayer-funded Crisis Pregnancy Centers using religion to oppose abortion (Huffington Post) And yet, the Hyde Amendment prevents the Federal government from providing funds to any organization that provides abortions. So, if you’re willing to lie to women about their choices for an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy, and tell them Jesus says they’re going to hell if they abort, the Feds will THROW money at you. But, if you present them with medical advice and let them make their own informed decisions, you’re a terrible person and don’t get any taxpayer dollars, because some dumbfuck out in Middle Of Nowhere, Dumbfuckibama, has decided that life begins at boner and that their goddamn tax dollars shouldn’t have to go pay for a bunch of sluts to abort their babies.
- Why do they hate us? (Foreign Policy) This may be among the more damning indictments of American Foreign Policy I’ve ever read. Immensely powerful.
- Don’t let business lobbyists kill the Post Office (Matt Taibbi – Rolling Stone) The George W Bush Presidential Administration will be the gift that keeps on giving. Like Herpes. Or AIDS.
- What does it mean? (TPM) Romney’s big donors are maxed out, Obama’s little ones have plenty more to give. But, in the era of Citizens United, does that really matter?
- GOP Congressional Freshmen: Bring back Earmarks (Politico) As it turns out, people actually expect their Congresspeople to do things, which, if you haven’t been paying attention, is the opposite of what these Tea Partiers have been doing. In fact, their entire platform has been rolling back whatever progress has been made over the last fifty years or so on pretty much every issue. And now, in just a staggering bit of hypocrisy, they want to bring back earmarks and shove through a giant barrel of pork. The fact that it’s in Politco makes it that much better.
- Great Moments in Government Waste (Charles P. Pierce – Esquire) In which we discover that perhaps volcano monitoring is a good thing, and Bobby Jindal may actually be Kenneth Ellen Parcell.
- Trust Never Sleeps (Charles P. Pierce – Esquire) I want to post this quote, because it’s the single most important thing no one understands about Social Security: “So, if we do absolutely nothing, and if the Trustees’s gloomy prediction of the economic future is right on the money, Social Security will still be able to pay out 75 percent of its promised benefits 74 years from now.” Anyone that tells you that Social Security is in imminent danger of collapse is absolutely full of crap.
- How the Pennsylvania Senate Primary explains the Democrats’ chances of keeping the Senate (The Atlantic) I think their chances of keeping the Senate are about even. I agree with the assessment that the House is 1 in 3. If Romney needs to Hoover up resources to be competitive in the Presidential race, then cash may not be available for down ticket races. Alternatively, if he’s a dud as a candidate, that may leave more available for some of these clowns.
- The most interesting part of Jon Huntsman’s “Regrets” (The Atlantic) If I were Jon Huntsman, my biggest regret would be signing on with the GOP freak show this year and trying to take on his old boss.
- Why Tom Friedman is America’s perfect centrist pundit. (The Atlantic) Long story short: he’s a moron, but the Mustache of Understanding will get you far.
- Why the Latino vote isn’t up for grabs. (TPM) If the GOP softened their stance on immigration reform and made a serious play for Latinos, it could shake up electoral politics everywhere. Namely, in that it would utterly savage their base who would go off the rails.
- Why Mitt Romney won’t take GOP down another VP rabbit hole. (TPM) Caribou Barbie is the worst thing to come out of the 2008 Election, bar none. However, John McCain played for the win rather than not to lose and I respect that, even if it was blatant gender pandering. Mitt Romney won’t pick anyone like Palin, because he doesn’t gamble.
- Economists: Higher tax rates on the rich won’t hurt growth (ThinkProgress) File this under D for “Duh”.
- Ann Romney: “I love the fact that there are women out there who don’t have a choice” and “must go to work” (ThinkProgress) Ann Romney relates to the average American about as well as her husband does.
- Employment Opportunity Commission ruling protects transgender individuals from workplace discrimination. (ThinkProgress) About time.
- Eight of the top ten SuperPAC donors are Republicans (ThinkProgress) And this is why they’re able to win. Because being a dick pays.
- Missouri GOP Senate candidate “not sure” what the Violence Against Women Act is (ThinkProgress) Did we mention that the candidate is a woman, taking on another woman?
- Wisconsin saw the largest decrease in employment in the last 12 months (ThinkProgress) Gee, can’t imagine why.
- ConocoPhillips makes $2.9 billion in profits, while it’s retiring CEO receives $8.5 million raise. (ThinkProgress) And yet, they need tax subsidies, or so sayeth the GOP.
- Allen West: The FBI is participating in “Cultural Suicide” (ThinkProgress) I really need to start a “Today in Allen West’s Fantasy World” column.
