In the Daily Caller version of Air Force One, Neil Munro tells the president to get off his plane. Free speech and all.
- What's coming up on Sunday Kos ...
- Should the Klan be able to Adopt a Highway, by Hunter
- Did a Mitt Romney adviser get education expert Diane Ravitch dumped by the Brookings Institution, by Laura Clawson
- A silent march for justice, by Denise Oliver Velez
- Sally Quinn's sad eulogy for the pundit class, by Dante Atkins
- What's at stake: The SCOTUS and undoing The New Deal, by Armando
- The Pujo Committee and today's Senate Banking Committee, by brooklynbadboy
- One possible future for industry and jobs in Skyminers, by DarkSyde
- Cliff Schechter lays it down:
Ultra-conservatives really love the closet. And no, I’m not just talking in a Larry Craig-kinda way. Sure, some of them use it to protect themselves, but many more use it to protect their agenda.
You see, the closet can hide all sorts of truths among its shadows. Americans and any facts about America that don’t fit the right-wing narrative can be shoved into this enclosed recess–either bullied into silence or simply ignored–and conservatism can continue to prosper. Quite frankly, conservatives need a big enough closet to house a combined Imelda Marcos/Kerry Bradshaw shoe collection if they’re to continue prospering after the economic, foreign policy, and social destruction they’ve wreaked upon this nation.
Go read it.
- How meta is this? Moveon.org's petition site signon.org is collecting signatures for a petition ... directed at petition site Change.org. Jingle bells, jingle bells ...
- What happens when you're such a dick that you ban a elected official from the floor for two days for daring to say the word "vagina"? You get the word "vagina" coming right to your doorstep:
June 15, 2012 – On Monday, June 18th, Michigan Senators and Representatives will be joined by Tony Award winning playwright and V-Day Founder/Artistic Director Eve Ensler as well as local activists and actors for a special performance of Ensler’s award winning play The Vagina Monologues on the Michigan Capitol Steps. The performance, which will take place between 6pm and 8pm, is part of an organized response to the recent banning of Michigan State Rep. Lisa Brown from publicly speaking in the House. On June 14th, Rep. Brown was banned by Majority Floor Leader Jim Stamas and House Republicans for using the word “vagina” during a debate on a bill that puts new restrictions on abortion providers. Brown, who voted against the legislation, told supporters of the bill, “I’m flattered you’re all so concerned about my vagina. But no means no.”
- Yes, a tight-roping daredevil did cross Niagara Falls last night.
- digby takes on the so-called "Fortnight for Freedom" effort by the religious right. Also worth reading is the Perlstein piece linked therein, which gives a more detailed history of the long game the religious right plays.