Aug 5, 2013
We just had to give some attention to the hot chatter of the morning, what we'll call Slampiece Ventures, the hedge fund by and for Dude Bros. Want to destroy your work ethic? These gents can do it. Greg Dworkin's round-up included the new "Thermometer" Q Poll, measuring the political "hotness" of major national figures. This may be your first and last chance to say that Chris Christie is the hottest politician in American. Also: early reads on the 2016 Gop field, the all-too-focused-and-therefore-mostly-unknown campaign of Bill De Blasio for NYC Mayor, and a gentle reminder that yes, Mitch McConnell really is still favored to retain that KY-SEN seat. Afterwards, a brief discussion of something someone nutty said on Twitter over the weekend! In this case, one "GOPBlackChick," insisting that you never hear white people talking about "white pride." Don't Google that, ma'am! You're going to be so disappointed by what you see. Armando joins in on this one, and moves the conversation over to Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz along the way. Hunter takes on Ken Cuccinelli's corruption. Josh Horwitz's HuffPo piece on gun nut police chief Mark Kessler, "The Town the Militia Took Over." The growing problem of "forgotten" guns seized by the TSA. Remember when the Senate "got rid of" anonymous holds? Finally, the emerging bombshell of how the intelligence community has allegedly been laundering intercepted communications for non-terrorism/national security-related prosecutions.