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Ian David

Man charged with alleged threat to blow up Dem Party offices

(Wisconsin State Journal) Federal authorities charged a Madison man Friday with making a telephone threat in February to blow up the offices of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, among more than 100 calls he allegedly placed to the office this year.

Cali_Democrat

Arizona Goes Birther: Secretary Of State Says It’s ‘Possible’ Obama Won’t Be On Ballot

(TPM) The man in charge of running Arizona’s elections has gone to the birthers. Secretary of State Ken Bennett now says he’s not convinced Barack Obama was really born in the United States and so he is threatening to keep the president off the ballot in November.

obamanut2012

Why did this girl cause her own murder?

A 17-year-old girl is visiting her Dad and his girlfriend, and goes for a quick run down to the 7-11, just as it's getting dark, to buy a Coke and a Twix. She's hurrying back home so she doesn't miss the start of "Bridezilla when she notices some guy in an SUV cruising her, which really creeps her out. She walks faster, and calls her best friend on her cell to tell about the creepy guy...

brooklynite

Democrats’ Odds of Retaining Senate Improve

(NY Times/Five Thirty Eight) When we last took an overview of Senate races in December, Republicans appeared to be slight favorites to take control from Democrats, with a net gain of four to five seats representing the most likely outcome. Since then, however, Republican fortunes have diminished somewhat because of problems with the quality of some candidates and key retirements.

kpete

Witness Says George Zimmerman Repeatedly Bullied Him At Work, Targeted Him With Racist Jokes

(Think Progress) Among the evidence in the Trayvon Martin case released by the Florida state prosecutor yesterday was a 15-minute interview with a former work collegue of George Zimmerman. The man, who is not identified by name, says that Zimmerman relentlessly bullied him at work. Zimmerman, according to the witness, targeted him because he was Middle Eastern. He repeatedly called the man a “fucking moron” and mocked him using the voice of “Achmed the terrorist.” Zimmerman’s stories about the man would involve “bombing,” “I’ll kill your family” and other “jokes” about “Middle Eastern stuff.” According to the man, this went on “for days and days.”

MindMover

GOP rookies revolt against Grover Norquist's grip

(Politico) A small but increasingly vocal group of fresman Republicans are publicly rejecting the idea they are beholden to Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform pledge for their entire congressional careers. One such member, Scott Rigell of Virginia, has openly rejected the pledge, explaining on his website that it would prevent Congress in some cases from eliminating corporate loopholes or government subsidies because those changes would have to be revenue-neutral. The math, he said, just doesn’t make sense.

ellisonz

Toons: Trust Wall Street, Too Big To Ween, Old Bush-onomics and More.

MindMover

The TED talk that TED doesn't want you to see

Purveyor

Senators to Unveil the ‘Ex-Patriot Act’ to Respond to Facebook’s Saverin’s Tax ‘Scheme’

(ABC News) Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has a status update for Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin: Stop attempting to dodge your taxes by renouncing your U.S. citizenship or never come to back to the U.S. again.

shawn703

Obama's clean debt-ceiling request stuns Boehner

(MarketWatch) President Barack Obama's refusal to tie spending cuts to a hike in the U.S. debt limit "almost took my breath away," House Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday. Obama met Boehner and other congressional leaders for a White House lunch on Wednesday and reportedly clashed over raising the debt ceiling. Boehner wants spending cuts to equal any hike in the debt limit.