Reason.comflipped into Reason2 days agoAfter a century, the federal tea board is finally deadReason.com - Eric BoehmImported tea was required for decades to pass a literal taste test before it could be sold in the United States. "I see no reason," the late Sen. …
2 days agoMarco Rubio Doesn't Like Jeb Bush's Plan To Fix Schoolsnewrepublic.com - Nora Caplan-BrickerEarly last week, one of the groups tasked with designing tests to accompany the new K-12 education standards known as the Common Core released an …
Daily Kosflipped into Daily Kos News4 days agoState Freedom Caucuses are a thing now, and they're nuttier than the House isdailykos.com - by Walter Einenkel for Daily KosThe far-right House Freedom Caucus crawled out of the tea party movement’s carcass in 2015 with the goal of obstructing every piece of legislation …
The New York Timesflipped into PoliticsA Former Trump Aide Becomes a Liberal Favoriteverified_publisherThe New York Times - Jacob BernsteinNow and then during an election cycle, a Republican pundit becomes something of a hero to Democrats. Peggy Noonan, a conservative Wall Street Journal columnist and former speechwriter for Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, filled that role in the months leading up the 2008 election, …
New York Magazineflipped into Intelligencer6 days agoKen Buck’s Resignation Shows Conservatism Just Means Trumpintelligencer - Ed KilgoreThe news that Colorado congressman Ken Buck is abruptly resigning from Congress is a development with potential ripples. It lowers Mike Johnson’s GOP …
Washington Examinerflipped into OpinionHaley loss another reminder: GOP can’t go back - Washington Examinerwashingtonexaminer.com - Byron YorkHALEY LOSS ANOTHER REMINDER: GOP CAN’T GO BACK. What does Nikki Haley’s loss in the Republican presidential primaries, a loss in which she gathered a …