Netroots Nation kicks off in San Jose!
Greg Dworkin brings us his roundup, including polling on immigration reform, John Harwood's
NYT piece
"Dissent Festers in States That Obama Seems to Have Forgotten," reaction to (and
reaction to the reactions to) the
death of Michael Hastings, and more. We briefly note the pop culture news about Paula Deen and James Gandolfini, and get an on-the-ground update from
Armando in San Jose. Then, the
strange chain of
arrests among the
Pima Co., AZ Minutemen border "patrol"
crazies, and the rise of
armed "community watches" where budget issues have cut back on policing capacity.
Slate makes an
important update to its disclaimer on their interactive gun deaths since 12/14 feature.
Mother Jones reports on
waste in border security spending. Are some gun rights protesters
going too far in
making their presence felt?
P.S., here's that hilarious baseball video I mentioned: