Lamborn’s office issued an apology for “any misunderstanding” taken from his racially-charged word choice, adding “he simply meant to refer to a sticky situation or quagmire.” In a news release yesterday, Lamborn’s office also announced that Lamborn “sent a personal letter to President Barack Obama apologizing for using a term some find insensitive” and that Lamborn “is confident that the President will accept his heartfelt apology.”
Shorter Lamborn: I'm not a racist asshole. It was just a misunderstanding.
“Is the White House out of their mind? Does the West Wing not know what the left wing is doing? We’re $14 trillion in debt and now we’re going to cover birth control, breast pumps, counseling for abuse? Are we going to do pedicures and manicures as well?”
Compassionate conservatism, alive and well.
Arguing that the federal government sets immigration policy, the Justice Department has filed a lawsuit to stop Alabama’s toughest-in-the-nation law before it takes effect on Sept. 1. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Birmingham, is the third major legal challenge to the Alabama law, which would, among other things, make it illegal for undocumented immigrants to apply for work, require law enforcement to determine the legal status of people they arrest, transport or “conceal” undocumented people in the state, and force public schools to determine the citizenship status of their students.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Birmingham, is the third major legal challenge to the Alabama law, which would, among other things, make it illegal for undocumented immigrants to apply for work, require law enforcement to determine the legal status of people they arrest, transport or “conceal” undocumented people in the state, and force public schools to determine the citizenship status of their students.
Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne is asking that a special prosecutor be appointed to decide whether any criminal charges should be filed involving an alleged fracas in June between state Supreme Court justices David Prosser and Ann Walsh Bradley. In a news release issued Monday morning, Ozanne said he has received reports from the Dane County Sheriff's Office regarding the alleged June 13 incident, in which Prosser is alleged to have choked Bradley in her office after Bradley told him to leave. Prosser has denied the allegations.
In a news release issued Monday morning, Ozanne said he has received reports from the Dane County Sheriff's Office regarding the alleged June 13 incident, in which Prosser is alleged to have choked Bradley in her office after Bradley told him to leave.
Prosser has denied the allegations.
So physical assault is a "fracas"? And if Prosser gets the jail time that son of a bitch deserves, I suppose that'll be a "vacation."
Last weekend, ThinkProgress spoke with Frank Gaffney, a conservative conspiracy theorist who nevertheless enjoys outsized influence on the right. The Center for Security Policy president had a unique take on the matter: Herman Cain had actually been meeting with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Herman Cain is a secret Muslim. Pass it along.