Big story of the day seems to be the
unraveling of the
60 Minutes Benghazi "story." Although they'll correct & apologize, it's a bit too late once you've given the wingnuts more crack. Sure, correct the record, but what do we do about judges and others who were
filibustered over this?
Greg Dworkin brings us the "quants vs. guts"
debunking of the Double Down drama; the
recount news from the Virginia AG race; the
demographics lessons from VA results; the
backlash against
Guns & Ammo for daring to print something about gun safety, and a new (to me) bit of info on the 60 Minutes situation:
CBS owns the
publisher of the book at the center of the story. That led to a lengthy discussion of the wingnut welfare scheme of bulk book sales, etc. Switching gears, more from the Center for Public Integrity's amazing
investigation into the world of the high-priced lawyers who help coal barons stomp on miners seeking compensation for black lung.