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Politics
Tweet of the Day: Cher calls Sea World ‘Dachau for whales’
For those who missed the story, Sea World theme parks are under siege by animal-rights activists who maintain that training killer whales for…
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National Security
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Law and Government
Police in Ferguson to release name of officer in fatal shooting: What could go wrong? *UPDATE*
Welcome to the latest LU office pool. The contest is open to contributors and readers alike. No investment is necessary.…
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Law and Government
Tweet of the Day: Pelosi also thinks Africa is a country
In one particularly hilarious scene from Mark Twain’s comedic essay, “Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offenses,” he describes an Indian attack on a canal boat…
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Politics
RNC blasts Cuomo while Christie continues looking for his spine
The Republican National Committee (RNC) has jumped into New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Moreland scandal, blasting him and commission co-chair…
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Media
Dem operative tweets racist remarks about senator’s wife, closes Twitter account
A Democratic operative claiming to be an activist for equality and women’s rights made racist remarks on her Twitter account…
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Foreign Affairs
Tweet of the Day: Sec of State Lurch and PM Netanyahu exchange a warm handshake
Or something like that. Nick Confessore of the New York Times has a perfectly good tweet to explain this inordinately stilted picture, but…
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Law and Government
Tweet of the Day: Finding out at last ‘what’s in Obamacare’
Renee Nal broke the story this morning of a U.S. appeals court’s ruling that Obamacare subsidies by the federal government…
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Law and Government
Tweet of the Day: As Mexicans open fire on border agents, chances of being deported approach 0%
How bad is the situation at the U.S./Mexican border becoming? By way of answering, the Inquistr notes: Border Patrol agents…
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Media
Tweet of the Day: Postcards from over the edge (viz., Nutroots Nation)
Weasel Zippers has two tasty tidbits from the Netroots Nations conference, current and future. First up is that the group’s…
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Email Featured
Ted Cruz blocks bill to blow up Hobby Lobby decision, Valerie Jarrett responds (Video)
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, took to the Senate floor Wednesday to argue against a bill introduced to circumvent the…
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Law and Government
Tweet of the Day: Feminist’s obscene reaction to Hobby Lobby decision
WARNING: Strong language alert If the Supreme Court Hobby Lobby ruling today demonstrates anything, it is that the United States…
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Media
CNN’s Anderson Cooper can’t bring himself to say the — er … v-word without tittering
Are there words you have trouble saying — would have trouble saying if you had to say them aloud on cable TV?…
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Politics
Counter-terror expert alleges Muslim group working with social media sites to remove users critical of Islam
On Wednesday, Dave Gaubatz, a former Air Force investigator who has served many years in the field of counter-terrorism, and…
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Media
Is MSNBC’s management thoughtless or just anti-Semitic?
The past two weeks have seen a series of tweets by MSNBC hosts displaying a lack of sensitivity about the…
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Media
Is Twitter censoring the #BundyRanch hashtag?
Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced that it is standing down in Nevada, where they have been confiscating Cliven Bundy’s…
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Politics
Va. Dem. blames conservatives for his offensive tweets, calls NRA ‘terror group’
On Tuesday, Mike Dickinson, the unhinged Virginia Democrat seeking the House seat held by Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., blamed conservatives…
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Politics
Twitter account for offensive Cantor rival Mike Dickinson suspended
Early Tuesday morning, the Twitter account for Mike Dickinson, the Democrat running to replace Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., was found…
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Media
Stephen Colbert’s dumb Asian joke and the problem with righteous indignation
It is not the color of anyone’s skin but the thinness of it that is the problem in America these…
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Politics
Obama slammed for tweet focusing on basketball instead of jobs, Ukraine
On Saturday, Barack Obama was slammed for a tweet that focused on a basketball game instead of jobs, the economy…
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