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Under this Supreme Court, citizens need more documentation to vote than donors have to provide when anonymously spending millions on elections.
Supreme Court Allows Texas to Use Strict Voter ID Law in Coming Election, NY Times
Why Voter Fraud is More Implausible Than "Gone Girl," Reuters
Rick Perry faces two felony counts, both stemming from his public battle to veto funds for a local prosecutor. Yet under the Texas Constitution, the governor has explicit authority for such vetos. And under the U.S. Constitution, politicians have wide authority to talk about their vetoes... So before even wading into the details, the indictment already looks fishy. Simply put: It’s hard to imagine sending a governor to jail for *talking* about why he issued a veto.
from The Weak Case Against Rick Perry
Talking to Senators Rand Paul and Cory Booker before our interview about their juvenile justice bill.
Interview: http://www.msnbc.com/the-cycle/watch/sen-paul-and-booker-in-first-live-interview-313662019613
Turns out Obama-care is working. Really well.
via Gallup data/ MSNBC
so they surprised me. . .
"We're ordinary people -- real people -- just like anybody else..." Lennie Gerber and Pearl Berlin talk about their suit for marriage equality in North Carolina...
via MSNBC
Vibe magazine on our interview:
"Talib Kweli joined a roundtable discussion on MSNBC where he discussed cultural appropriation in hip-hop ... bringing into context Macklemore's recent controversial Grammy win. Referring to time spent with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis on tour as an opening act, as well as his 2005 song "White Privilege," Kweli defended the rapper's regretful sentiments toward his own victory. He even recalled Macklemore telling him, "I might win, and that's going to be a problem."
"Some people think that his text to Kendrick was corny, some people think his text to Kendrick was completely sincere," Kweli told host Ari Melber. "But I see it as an artist who realizes his position in this culture and is doing everything in his power that he can do. He can't not be white."...
"Anyone who's shocked at the Grammys going to the most popular white rapper of the day, I got a bridge to sell you. The Grammys have been extremely consistent of appealing to mainstream -- and another which word for that is white -- America. And Macklemore & Ryan Lewis appealed to mainstream America way more than Kendrick Lamar's. But it shows ignorance about hip-hop as a culture for the Grammys to make that decision so cluelessly."
My Salon essay on the new season of House of Cards -- no spoilers guys, I swear. You're good to go.
Petty Politics and True Believers in House of Cards
Republican Eric Cantor might help pass the new Voting Rights Act that was introduced on Thursday. He traveled to Selma with John Lewis for a recent anniversary, and while many Republicans live in gerrymandered, increasingly monolithic districts, Cantor does not. Almost one out of five of his constituents are African-American. So cynics might say it all comes back to politics. But if the democratic will of a diverse electorate drives the GOP Majority Leader to act, it's a reminder of why this nation fought so hard to ensure everyone had the right to vote in the first place.
My article on the new Voting Rights Act bill.
My interview with Gary Shteyngart about his new book!
via MSNBC
New rule today: The Senate will occasionally function as a democracy.
Senate amends rules to break filibuster of unprecedented number of presidential nominations.
What ObamaCare actually does and why it's working...
Comparing ObamaCare to Katrina is a good sign that you don't understand either.
That's all.
Holy Batkid! 5-year-old cancer patient’s wish comes true as he ‘rescues’ San Franciscans
(Photo: @SFWish / Twitter)
Most children only ever dream of becoming a superhero, but a 5-year-old leukemia survivor got to experience something like the real thing on Friday morning in San Francisco.
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"We don’t know who Banksy is, if he exists at all." - NYPD in today’s New York Times
NYT
Today the National Portrait Gallery unveiled a new painting of all the women who have ever served on The Supreme Court.
It is not, unfortunately, a large painting.
The Dark Knight trilogy explains the showdown in Washington.
