Bill Maher bashes the reactionaries

It's funny even if he's not always accurate!

Juan Cole calls out the Tea Party

He wrote:

Hey, Tea Party. A foreign navy boarded an unarmed ship flying the flag of a NATO member in international waters and shot dead an American citizen with four bullets to the head and one in the chest on Memorial Day. It did this while the head of the belligerent state was on his way to a state visit to Washington, DC, to be awarded a further $200 million in aid on top of the $3 billion of American taxpayer money the US gives away to him every year.

If you are not upset by this, your tea is weak, man. Weak.

Republican vs. Republican

Jon Walker notes that the Tea Party faction in the GOP continues to threaten Republican candidates (whether they be incumbents or newcomers) holding what ought to be safe seats. This uncommon situation suggests that, for the reactionary elements in the GOP, running against Washington requires rejecting party members who are not true reactionaries.

This, to be sure, is a path which ends with a party split.