"Politics used to be about where you stood. Now, it's about what you stepped in."
2. In her spirited dissent to the SCOTUS decision that overturned a major part of the Voting Rights Act, Ruth Bader Ginsburg skewered Chief Justice John Roberts' majority opinion that said preclearance was no longer needed because voter discrimination was no longer a problem. Here is Ginsburg's saucy response to that:
“Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet."
3. And -- from the sublime to the profane -- a Twitter exchange between disgraced, crotch-photo-sharing Congressman Anthony Wiener and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's staff:
Weiner, responding to cold weather forecast: "It's going to be cold. So Gov. Cuomo will be closing the subway." This was a dig at New York's over-reaction to the predicted record-breaking snow a few weeks ago that didn't happen.
Cuomo staff: "Yes, it's going to be cold. Which is a good reason to keep your pants on."
4. Gov. Sam Brownback (R-KA), whose massive tax cuts and austerity budget have plunged Kansas into economic disaster, is now threatening to ruin (with more draconian cuts) its top-ranked state university system. So, to change the subject, he issued an executive order rescinding job protection for LGBT state workers. Jon Stewart responded with a quip that refers to Dorothy's line in The Wizard of Oz: "There's no place like home." Home for Dorothy was Kansas.
Jon Stewart: "There's no place like homophobia."Ralph
Correction: In #4, I was conflating Gov. Scott Walker's cutting the top rated University of Wisconsin system by 13% with Gov. Brownback's cutting of public school funds in Kansas. In both, it's cutting education funds; but Kansas' university system would hardly be described as "top-ranked."
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