Here are some excerpts from the September edition of Harper’s Index (paywall):
- Percentage of Republicans who said they prioritized gun control over gun rights in 1999: 53
- In 2015: 26 [...]
- Portion of congressional districts that backed presidential and congressional candidates from different parties in 1980: 1/3
- In 2012: 1/17 [...]
- Number of times the state of Texas has sued the federal government during the Obama Administration: 44
- Year in which the Defense Department will stop using floppy disks as part of its nuclear-weapons program: 2017 [...]
- Number of electronic surveillance requests made to the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court last year: 1,457
- Number that were denied: 0 [...]
- Chances a loan cosigner in the United States will end up repaying some part of the loan: 2 in 5 [...]
- Average change in annual earnings for students who attend a vocational program at a public community college: +$1,544
- For students who attend one at a for-profit college: –$920 [...]
- Number of bank employees in Changzhi, China, who were publicly spanked in June for poor performance: 8
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At Daily Kos on this date in 2011—No, Michele Bachman didn't attend that 'family reunion':
There was a story yesterday about Bachmann apparently lying about attending her own family reunion, which was ... well, just odd, and not just because it was her own mom who sold her out:
On her victory lap of Iowa yesterday, Straw Poll winner Rep. Michele Bachmann paid repeated tribute to her local roots, and repeatedly mentioned her family reunion that day, citing it as an excuse for her late arrival at a local party event in Waterloo.
But Bachmann's mother and two cousins told POLITICO's Emily Schultheis that Bachmann didn't attend the reunion, though her husband and children did. Her spokeswoman, Alice Stewart, didn't respond to two emails asking for an explanation of the disparity.
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