Check out CNN’s profile on the surprisingly shy Jonathan Safran Foer, the author of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. [CNN]
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The RP is criss-crossing the country for No Labels’ effort to encourage Congressman to pass “No Budget, No Pay” legislation. OK, he is doing his country-crossing in his office, on the phone. Here’s his latest radio interview on one of Missouri’s most influential radio talk shows, Missouri Viewpoints with Mike Ferguson. Click here to learn more about “No Budget, No Pay.” Click here to take action — with easy links to your Congressmen Marketers are finally targeting new categories of see today’s women: young urban professionals, working mothers, and luxury-seeking older women. [Adweek] WikiLeaks is about to release 5 million emails from Stratfor, a private intelligence firm based in Texas that specializes in international affairs. [CNN] Why are Twitter death hoaxes still so popular? [NY Times] The Washington Post steps into the world of paid online content, with an iPad app about politics. [Poynter Institute] Now that the Oscar winners have been announced, relive the magic with these (some unintentionally) hilarious moments frozen into awkward GIF files. [NY Magazine] In several well-read pieces here at The Recovering Politician, former Missouri State Senator (and contributing RP) Jeff Smith has analyzed the impact of redistricting on his one-time political rival Congressman Russ Carnahan, and then predicted that Carnahan would ultimately choose to challenge his fellow Democratic Congressman William Lacy Clay. Turns out, Jeff was right. Here’s an excerpt from Real Clear Politics, “Carnahan Files for Congressional Seat.”
Read the full piece from Real Clear Politics here.
The lack of sympathy shouldn’t be confused with an affinity for censorship. It should have been no wonder to MSNBC’s hierarchy that Buchanan’s demographic theories are overheated, and that he sounds alarm bells that are alarms primarily if you have a certain crabbed view of the country or a trace of zenophobia. To penalize those views now, when they have been the Buchanan brand for over two decades, has an arbitrary, unfair quality.
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In my college years, it was the left-wing that was just as fierce – to them, Kennedy was a cold warrior who dug our grave in Vietnam and almost postured and bluffed into a nuclear war. To younger African American intellectuals, he was too passive on civil rights, too much of a follower to deserve the spot on the wall next to Dr. King in the grandparent’s living room.
Read the rest of… Prepare to be terrified. The New York Times investigates how companies like Target can know everything about you, even things you want to hide, from your social media account. [NY Times] The Women’s Media Center released its annual report on the state of women and the media, and the results are worse than you’d expect. [Good] AMI’s new magazine about reality shows, Reality Weekly, isn’t doing as well as expected. Are Americans finally developing some taste? [Adweek] Despite the controversy surrounding The Sun after this summer’s hacking scandal, Rupert Murdoch says the tabloid will continue to thrive… and even launch a new Sunday edition. [Time]
At 10:45 AM on “The Craig Fahle Show” on WDET in Detroit, The RP will be discussing “No Budget, No Pay,” the important new legislation supported by No Labels that would withdraw the pay of Congress if they fail to pass a budget on time.
Click here to listen to the RP LIVE on WDET. Click here to learn more about “No Budget, No Pay.” Click here to take action — with easy links to your Congressmen
ESPN fired one of its reporters this morning for using an ethnic slur about Knicks player Jeremy Lin in a headline posted on the website. They also suspended an anchor for using the same offensive phrase. [CNN]
To be honest, I firmly believed Trump would endorse Newt Gingrich. Why? First off, I think Trump and Newt are more aligned politically. More importantly, in the last year Trump has said Romney walked away with some money from a company he didn’t create, he closed companies and got rid of jobs, and he wasn’t in love with the job he did in Massachusetts. Trump also didn’t like the fact that Romney wasn’t a popular governor, served only one term, and didn’t like that he didn’t have high approval ratings. Trump wanted the individual running for president of the United States to be the most popular person you can have. Read the rest of… |
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