[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
- What Did Rand Paul Really Say On Maddow Last Night? | TPMDC
- That's it, essentially. Paul said many, many times in the interview with Maddow that he is not a racist, and that his motivation for saying what he's saying about the civil rights act is not race, but rather allowing business owners their right to "free speech," which in this case is the freedom to discriminate.
- Jack Conway Speaks to TPM
- I was finding it kind of hard to believe that a Democrat would really have a chance to win a Senate seat in Kentucky in 2010. But Rand Paul has some positions that probably won't wear well even in Kentucky — being against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act and supporting abolishing the Department of Education. [link to interview]
- Beware The New "Foley/Massa" Rule (Talking Points Memo)
- Thanks to the Mark Foley and Eric Massa scandals, we've clearly got a new standard on the Hill for how leadership ought to deal with rumors, reports, or hints of inappropriate conduct by Members: run as fast as you can to the ethics committee and relieve yourself of the burden of your knowledge. Only in that way can you inoculate yourself from accusations of cover up, complicity or conspiracy.
[I think I'm pretty okay with that. -L]
- Politicizing Miranda (The American Prospect)
- Modifying who has the right to a Miranda warning is a political solution to a national security problem that doesn't exist.
- Disarmament How? (The American Prospect)
- With Apocalypse Never, Tad Daley attempts to save the world.
[Some articles are so upsetting that I can't link to them. I'm linking to this one anyway, though I couldn't read past paragraph two. -L]
- Special Treat: Meryl Streep’s Commencement Address at Barnard College (Women & Hollywood)
- [YouTube link. -L]
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