April 4, 2013 - Pensito

Amount taxpayers could shell out to figure out how indicted former Pittsburgh police Chief Nate Harper might have misappropriated about $70,000, the Pittsburgh Tribune reports.

President Obama says he’s going to give back 5 percent
To show solidarity with workers in the government.
It’s a really nice gesture
And keeps eyes on the sequester,
But then, we’re all still going to be paying his rent.

Obama Seeks to Avoid ‘Perpetual Campaigns’

April 4, 2013 Buck Banks

My intention here is to try to get as much done with the Republican Party over the next two years as I can, ’cause we can’t have perpetual campaigns.

— President Obama, quoted by Reuters.

NRA Shows Up at the National Press Club for Roll Out of Its ‘Guns in Schools’ Proposal with 20 Armed Goons

April 4, 2013April 4, 2013 Jon Ponder

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Dana Milbank:

The gun-lobby goons were at it again.

The National Rifle Association’s security guards gained notoriety earlier this year when, escorting NRA officials to a hearing, they were upbraided by Capitol authorities for pushing cameramen. The thugs were back Tuesday when the NRA rolled out its “National School Shield” — the gun lobbyists’ plan to get armed guards in public schools — and this time they were packing heat.

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Day: April 4, 2013

The High Price of Justice

$120,000

Amount taxpayers could shell out to figure out how indicted former Pittsburgh police Chief Nate Harper might have misappropriated about $70,000, the Pittsburgh Tribune reports.

Not a Cut

Obama Seeks to Avoid ‘Perpetual Campaigns’

My intention here is to try to get as much done with the Republican Party over the next two years as I can, ’cause we can’t have perpetual campaigns.

— President Obama, quoted by Reuters.

NRA Shows Up at the National Press Club for Roll Out of Its ‘Guns in Schools’ Proposal with 20 Armed Goons

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”