In the news: the War on Terror, Lois Lerner leaving, bank lobbyists writing bills, the Boy Scouts, Asia’s debt binge, and the …
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Morning Must Reads: May 23
In the news: drone strikes against Americans, Gitmo, Japan’s stocks, the Fifth Amendment, NJ shore, leakers, and Luxembourg
10 Years
— Today since the United Nations gave the U.S. and U.K. the mandate to run Iraq
“Because I am asserting my right not to testify, I know that some people will assume that I have done something wrong. I have not.”
— Lois Lerner, the director of the exempt organizations unit at the Internal Revenue Service, defending her right to invoke the Fifth Amendment during her testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday.
Morning Must Reads: May 22
In the news: Oklahoma’s tornadoes, a new L.A. mayor, the IRS drawout, Rubio vs. Cruz, Anthony Weiner’s run, weaseling out of Obamacare, Fox News’ phone records, and sequester part 2
Morning Must Reads: May 21
In the news: the Oklahoma tornado, Apple, IRS scam, a Bain liberal SuperPAC, and the Benghazi official who lost his job speaks out
Gay Boy Scouts Employee: I Can’t Live a Lie Any Longer
I am a full-time paid professional employee of the Boy Scouts of America. I am also gay.
Republicans Seem to Be Out of Economic Ideas — Here Are Two Suggestions
Belief in austerity persists because there’s a certain grim moral justice in the idea that debtor nations should pay for their crimes with deep, painful forced cuts. Justice aside, austerity is a failed economic concept.
Morning Must Reads: May 20
In the news: the IRS, Pakistan, higher education, Keystone XL pipeline, drones, and Yahoo!
1.5 Million
— The number of Syrian civilians who have fled their country to escape civil war, according to the United Nations.
Michael Crowley on Benghazi
“I just don’t see any scandal there.”
Morning Must Reads: May 17
In the news: IRS, Syria, House Republicans, Sen. Menendez, and Michele Bachmann
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