Greg Dworkin discusses the lingering controversies, including some interesting
variations in polling on the AP phone records. Also: the
strange case of Josh Barro. The
IRS story moves into a new phase, wherein Republicans insist that President Obama had to have known about what a field office of an independent agency was up to, and if he didn't, then that's evidence of a cover-up, too. Next, the
Mother Jones reporting on
AK-47 "build parties," where participants build their own unmarked and untraceable assault rifles. John McCain looks to
defuse a "nuclear option" showdown. Lamar Alexander
pretends not to see the difference between the ACA and Iran-Contra. A
shocking chart showing how the mix of sources of total federal revenues have changed since the 1950s.
The Atlantic on
"Why Private Schools Are Dying Out." The Teamsters' blog notes that
income inequality today actually outpaces income inequality in Renaissance Italy. The Medicis were pikers!