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Open thread: Jeff Flake and keeping your word

Peggy Noonan takes a turn in the conspiracy theory funhouse

Leave it to Peggy Noonan to chew the scenery on this one. She'd like you to know that the president is "not unconnected" to IRS mismanagement and the FBI fetching AP phone records because of leadership osmosis. She also is fairly certain...Show More Summary

Elizabeth Warren wants answers on bank settlements

Warren grills regulators, with a smile. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is not letting up in her efforts to find justice for American families who have been victimized by banks who have essentially stolen their homes through foreclosure fraud....Show More Summary

House Republicans prepare plan to raise debt ceiling

They'll demand a ransom, but the mere fact that they are already talking about the need to raise the debt limit just proves that they are bluffing. Jake Sherman: The House Republican leadership is considering releasing its debt ceiling...Show More Summary

Senate filibuster showdown brewing

Earlier this week, Harry Reid hinted that he might use the Richard Cordray nomination to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a nomination over which Republicans have maintained a filibuster spanning two Congresses, to test his caucus's appetite for real reform. Show More Summary

Midday open thread

Today's comic by Mark Fiore is Freedom of Snuggly: What's coming up on Sunday Kos... Big-thinking Cato Institute: 400ppm haz got what plants crave, by Hunter The next biggest scandal ever, until the next one, by Hunter Republican outreach...Show More Summary

Gomez has a gun problem

Massachusetts Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez is in full freakout mode. BOSTON, MA. – Gabriel Gomez, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in the Massachusetts open seat special election, today issued the following statement on Congressman Ed Markey’s latest attacks: “First, Congressman Markey slandered me by comparing me to Osama bin Laden. Show More Summary

And in other news, Bob Woodward compares Benghazi to Watergate

Oh, Bob: If you read through all these emails, you see that everyone in the government is saying "Oh, let's not tell the public that terrorists were involved, people connected to al Qaeda. Let's not tell the public that there were warnings."...Show More Summary

Rosalyn Dance has to pledge to stop taking GOP money, otherwise she would

Evandra Thompson Yesterday I introduced Air Force vet Evandra Thompson, who is challenging Liebermanesque Virginia state delegate Rosalyn Dance in their Richmond-area district. Despite her youth (30 years old) and political inexperience, Thompson is busy consolidating local establishment support, a rare occurrence in electoral politics. Show More Summary

American Family Association accuses AARP of promoting "homosexual agenda". Wait, what?

Absolute. Loons. The American Family Association has accused the American Association of Retired Persons of being a fringe organization that promotes a “homosexual agenda” that does not represent older American’s “values and standards.” Why?...Show More Summary

Anti-Planned Parenthood crusader Karen Handel enters Georgia Senate race

Karen Handel The already crowded Republican primary to replace retiring Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss just got a little more crowded and... well, maybe it couldn't get much more crazy, but the newest addition didn't make it any less crazy. Show More Summary

Reince Priebus to GOP: 'Don't call for impeachment until you have evidence'

According to Politico's Mike Allen and Jim VanDehei, senior Republicans are worried that their party is in the cusp of blowing the "political gift" they've been given of an Obama administration swirling in controversy: Why the GOP thinks...Show More Summary

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CBS: Republicans were source of inaccurate Benghazi emails

From a logical standpoint, it was pretty obvious that Republicans were the source of the inaccurate Benghazi talking point emails reported last Friday by ABC News White House correspondent Jon Karl, but when the actual emails surfaced,...Show More Summary

Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Markey's lead grows, per PPP, and Gomez goes on the air

Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here. Leading Off: • MA-Sen: PPP's new Massachusetts Senate poll (commissioned by the League of Conservation Voters) shows Dem Rep. Show More Summary

Daily Kos Radio is LIVE at 9am ET!

Daily Kos Radio's Kagro in the Morning show podcasts are now available through iTunes. Oh, we'll have plenty to talk about, for sure. Greg will come by, and so will Armando. The so-called "scandals" are still brewing, sort of, though they're beginning to fall apart. Show More Summary

Abbreviated pundit roundup: The GOP's scandal machine

The Los Angeles Times editorial board: On Monday, an exasperated Obama, referring to the emails, said: "There's no 'there' there." The same is true of the allegation of a broader Benghazi coverup. And now that we know, let's move on. The...Show More Summary

Open thread for night owls: Excerpts from the Harper's Index

Excerpts from the Harper's Index for June: • Percentage of U.S. college graduates who are women: 51.1 • Of Fortune 500 CEOs who are: 4.2 • Amount North Dakota’s attorney general requested the state to budget for legal challenges to its...Show More Summary

Economics Daily Digest: Thirty-seventh time's the charm

By Tim Price, originally published on Next New Deal Click here to receive the Daily Digest via e-mail. Four Better Ways to Spend the $55 Million Wasted on Votes to Repeal the Affordable Care Act (Think Progress) House Republicans will...Show More Summary

First-time jobless claims soar to 360,000

First-time claims for unemployment benefits took an unexpected leap for the week ending May 11, rising to a seasonally adjusted 360,000, the Department of Labor reported. That's 32,000 above the previous week's revised figure of 328,000, originally reported as 323,000. Show More Summary