Bismarck Is Lovely This Time of Year (Matthew Yglesias) from Slate
"Lack of mobility is hardly the cause of macroeconomic distress in the United States. But it’s not helping. And it turns out that the population has grown more moving-averse over time. This aversion appears to be particularly concentrated among the native-born working class and especially men—not coincidentally the precise group that has suffered the most severe downward pressure on wages."
Americans Are Working Too Damn Hard (Laura Flanders) from the Nation
"The anniversary of Dr. King’s March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom is coming up. A lot of us will go to Washington again to mark that occasion, and we’ll march for jobs again, as well we should, given the current climate. But can I admit something? I wish we were marching for less work, not more of it."
Welcome to the Age of Denial (Adam Frank) from the New York Times
"The triumph of Western science led most of my professors to believe that progress was inevitable. While the bargain between science and political culture was at times challenged ... the battles were fought using scientific evidence. Manufacturing doubt remained firmly off-limits. Today, however, it is politically effective, and socially acceptable, to deny scientific fact."
The Movement to Defund Obamacare, Explained (Molly Ball) from the Atlantic
"The activists pushing the latest Tea Party cause can't explain how their effort to stop health-care reform could ever possibly succeed. Will they shut down the government?"
GOP Leaders Near Day of Reckoning (Greg Sargent) from Washington Post
"Republican leaders will have to level with the base about the party's lack of leverage to stop Obamacare."
Republicans Wave White Flag, Admit Shutdown Tactic is Hopeless (Brian Beutler) from Salon
"Regardless of Ted Cruz's posturing, listen closely and it's clear the GOP knows its debt limit strategy is toast."
Republican Governors: Shhh, Don’t Call Our Obamacare Money Obamacare! from Talking Points Memo
"A variety of Republican governors have sought federal funds under Obamacare, many of them to expand Medicaid eligibility for more residents, a centerpiece of the law that the Supreme Court made optional for states last year. But shhh! Don’t call it Obamacare, they say, for they despise that law."
Justice Scalia Goes Gun Crazy (Adam Winkler) from the Daily Beast
"In a recent speech Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said that the Second Amendment was in part the right to revolt against tyranny. That’s just a plain wrong and dangerous."
The Great Democratic Hope: Government Shutdown from Politico
"They’d never say it publicly. But catch many Democrats in an honest moment and they would admit that a Republican-led government shut down this fall might be the best thing — perhaps the only thing — that could revive their fading hopes of capturing the House next year."
Why the GOP May Lose Virginia’s Statehouse (Jamelle Bouie) from the Daily Beast
"... if the latest poll from Quinnipiac University is any indication, the conventional wisdom is wrong—McAuliffe is stronger than expected, and Cuccinelli is much weaker than anyone imagined."
Two GOP Operatives Reveal How to Turn Texas Blue (Kevin Mahnken) from the New Republic
"Before they set their sights on the prize seats, Mackowiak said, Texas Democrats need to roll out a few small-bore wins, develop a pipeline of lower-level candidates, and reintroduce themselves to the electorate."
PRES-2016: Meet Hillary Clinton's Inner Circle from the Washington Post
"A look at some of her closest advisers, from those you may recognize to some you may not."
There had better be some new ones! If it's the same cast as '08, I already see a campaign in trouble.
PRES-2016: Bolton 2016? (Robert Costa) from National Review
"The hawk seriously considers a presidential campaign."
A three-ring circus simply won't contain the extraordinary number of GOP clowns who seem to be seriously considering running in 2016. Here's the list so far: Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Donald Trump, Scott Walker, Rick Perry, and Pete King. The bigger problem this creates is for the small coterie of semi-serious prospects for 2016 that are still out there: Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, and Marco Rubio (I'm sorry. Given the latest polling out of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal is gone from this list). The stature of these folks will not be enhanced if they spend x number of highly televised debates debating with a stage chock full of idiots! Moreover, the debates themselves will not only force the semi-serious types to embrace the more extreme positions of their party and field the dopiest questions, the debates probably will NOT adequately prepare them for what they will face in the general election. NO WONDER the GOP establishment is pulling the primary debates from all but the most GOP friendly outlets!
Barack Hussein Milhous Nixon Impeachment Update (Jonathan Chait) from New York Magazine
"First he concluded he wanted to impeach Obama, and then he asked his lawyers how he could do that. Finally, he regards the appearance of evidence for impeachment as a matter of when rather than if (“until we have evidence,” not “unless we have evidence”)."
Everywhere one turns we see the discredited, sullied trailings of the right-wing counter narrative, one grounded in endless assertion. They have no facts and no evidence -- only lots of big bull horns.
HEALTH CARE NUGGET!!
Why We Can and Must Focus on Preventing Alzheimer’s (David Perlmutter) from the Daily Beast
"New research shows that our diet has a significant impact on our neurological health. But why aren’t doctors acting to prevent diseases like Alzheimer’s, rather than only treating them? David Perlmutter, author of the new book The Grain Brain, on the need to change our approach to healthcare."
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