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Bay Area, Houston to Host Super Bowls
Santa Clara California will host the 50th Super Bowl in 2016 while Houston, Texas (Reliant Stadium) will host Super Bowl LI in 2017. NFL owners voted on Tuesday that San Francisco's new stadium, which is set to open for the 2014 season, will host the game, marking only the second time the Bay Area has hosted the Super Bowl. Show More Summary
Sanford Changes Story on Trespassing Charge
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R), "who previously has said he was in his ex-wife's home Feb. 3 because he didn't want his youngest son to watch the Super Bowl alone, said Tuesday for the first time that a second son was at the home, too," The State reports.
Democratic Super PAC Slams GOP Backers Of New Immigration Reform Bill
The hard work of writing a bipartisan immigration bill is done as the Senate “Gang of 8” is expected to debut their legislation on Tuesday. Now comes the next part: jockeying for credit if it passes and deflecting blame if it fails.Show More Summary
Tuesday Twitter roundup
In honor of Sunshine Week: gwfrink3 11:40am via Web Violating open meetings law? RT @SarahOvaska @NCPolicyWatch reporter @LindsayWagnerNC kicked out of meeting of #NCGA members & schl supers The only reason they would do that is because...Show More Summary
On Tuesday’s Radio Show…
• Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) debates Alan on immigration. • Super Bowl Champ Brendon Ayanbadejo working for marriage equality. • Alan gives you a glimpse of the future with Astrologer Debbi Kempton-Smith
Midday open thread
I'm feeling...sequestered. The mayoral race in Los Angeles is this upcoming Tuesday, and silly season is here: a Super PAC supporting one of the leading candidates aired an attack ad against the other leading candidate. Which wouldn't be all that notable, except... Pretty funny stuff. Show More Summary
News Roundup & Open Thread for Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
Xanadu American Dream Boondoggle needs a facelift before the Super Bowl. Somebody get this man a crisis manager. Or a communications director Assemblyman Charles Mainor has a little too much tushy and knockout on his Facebook page, and gets in more trouble talking about it. Show More Summary
Joe Walsh To Form Tea Party Super PAC to Compete With Rove
Uh oh! The Hatfields and the McCoys are shooting agin, Maw! Duck! Former Rep. Joe Walsh, R-Ill., announced Tuesday that he is forming a super PAC “to support freedom-loving conservative alternatives” and to fight back against a KarlShow More Summary
Karl Rove defends new scam
Karl Rove defends his new Super PAC scam:
Karl Rove roared back Tuesday night against tea party critics within his party who say his super PAC’s new initiative is aimed at undermining their candidates during Republican primaries.
“Some people think the best we can do is Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock – they’re wrong. Show More Summary
Obama Refers to High School Recruits as Draft Picks
On Tuesday, the day before National Signing Day, President Barack Obama called Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh and general manager Ozzie Newsome to congratulate them about winning the Super Bowl and confused "recruits" with...Show More Summary
Leno: Only Super Bowl Ads Nobody Gets Mad at Are White Guys Making Fools of Themselves Over Beer
Rather predictably, many of last Sunday's Super Bowl ads have been criticized for supposedly being racist. On NBC's Tonight Show Tuesday, host Jay Leno marvelously asked, “When will advertisers learn the only stereotype nobody gets mad at is white guys making fools of themselves over beer?" (video follows with transcript and commentary): read more
Rove on new group: 'I don't want a fight'
(CNN) – The new super PAC aimed at ensuring electable candidates emerge from Republican primaries isn't designed to further entrench establishment moderates, one of its founders said late Tuesday. Karl Rove, the former top political adviser to President George W. Bush and co-founder of American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS, said his new group wasn't meant [...]
Crossroads GPS casts Obama speech as liberal in new ad
President Barack Obama proved during his inauguration speech Monday that he's a liberal, Crossroads GPS has argued in a new ad released Tuesday. The conservative super PAC, which is linked to former George W. Bush strategist Karl Rove, featured in its ad "mainstream media" including ABC News/Yahoo News describing the president's speech as liberal. "I [...]
NY Super Gets Jail For Sex With Tenant’s Dog
He was caught on tape entering an apartment and having sex with the dog. Kujtim Nicaj, 44, was sentenced Tuesday by Westchester County Judge Barry Warhit to 6 1/2 years in prison and 7 years’ probation after pleading guilty in October 2012 to burglary and sexual misconduct charges.
It’s not altruism
How plutocrats relieve moral tension: Chrystia Freeland is editor of Thomson Reuters Digital and author of “The Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else.” We spoke Tuesday about how the plutocrats she reported on for the book were handling Mitt Romney’s loss. A lightly edited transcript of [...]
Colbert's super PAC says good night
(CNN) – The super PAC started by comedian Stephen Colbert has officially closed its, according to filings posted late Tuesday night on the Federal Election Commission's website. Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow Inc.– a super PAC created to mock the 2010 Supreme Court ruling that allowed such entities to form - raked in more [...]
GOP Mega-Donor: These Super PACs Are So Secretive!
Mitt Romney's loss on Tuesday has some people asking if the hundreds of millions of dollars conservative donors gave to Romney-backing outside groups could have been better spent patching up the crack in the Liberty Bell or somethin...
Craig Crawford: Cynical Elites on the Run
They'll be back but this time the one-percenters got a drubbing. Vote suppressors and Super Pacs were the surprise losers on Tuesday night. Just look...
Washington D.C. largely unphased by super storm Sandy
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Mayor Vincent C. Gray spent Tuesday morning riding through the streets here with the U.S. National Guard in a Humvee caravan to assess the damage left by the superstorm. He probably could have done it in a Prius. By Tuesday afternoon, the city's public transportation network was back up and running. The communal [...]
Super Storm Sandy Leaves Chaos in New York
Super storm Sandy leaves chaos in New York (via AFP) Super storm Sandy crippled downtown New York’s transport network and power grid Tuesday after forcing a massive surge of seawater into the streets of lower Manhattan. The storm — declared a “major disaster” by President Barack Obama — left at least one person dead in [...]