Andy Borowitz | Supreme Court Forces GOP to Seek New Bogus Issues for 2016
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "With gay marriage and Obamacare effectively taken off the table, the Republicans now find themselves without a signature phony issue to disingenuously flog for the next sixteen months."
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "With gay marriage and Obamacare effectively taken off the table, the Republicans now find themselves without a signature phony issue to disingenuously flog for the next sixteen months."
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John Oliver Slams CNN for Mistaking Pride Parade Flag for ISIS Flag
Marlow Stern, The Daily Beast
Stern writes: "One of the biggest foot-in-mouth moments came - of course - from CNN during its coverage of London's gay pride parade on Saturday. And the outrageous screw-up served as perfect comedy fodder for satirist John Oliver on his excellent HBO program Last Week Tonight."
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Marlow Stern, The Daily Beast
Stern writes: "One of the biggest foot-in-mouth moments came - of course - from CNN during its coverage of London's gay pride parade on Saturday. And the outrageous screw-up served as perfect comedy fodder for satirist John Oliver on his excellent HBO program Last Week Tonight."
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Supreme Court Again Swings Left to OK Election Reform
Maxwell Tani, Business Insider
Tani writes: "The Supreme Court has upheld Arizona's biggest tool to fight partisan gerrymandering."
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Maxwell Tani, Business Insider
Tani writes: "The Supreme Court has upheld Arizona's biggest tool to fight partisan gerrymandering."
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Florida Man, Accused of Terrorism Based on Book Collection, Set Free
Murtaza Hussain, The Intercept
Hussain writes: "The U.S. government had produced 'snippets of information from various sources, out of context, to weave together a narrative of terrorist ideation,' a Florida judge said Friday, ordering the release of Marcus Dwayne Robertson, an Orlando-based Islamic scholar who stood accused of supporting terrorism."
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Murtaza Hussain, The Intercept
Hussain writes: "The U.S. government had produced 'snippets of information from various sources, out of context, to weave together a narrative of terrorist ideation,' a Florida judge said Friday, ordering the release of Marcus Dwayne Robertson, an Orlando-based Islamic scholar who stood accused of supporting terrorism."
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SCOTUS Rules That Lethal-Injection Drug Is Not Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Jaime Fuller, New York Magazine
Fuller writes: "The Supreme Court ruled today that Oklahoma's use of midazolam in its lethal-injection procedure does not violate the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The decision was 5-4, and Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion."
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Jaime Fuller, New York Magazine
Fuller writes: "The Supreme Court ruled today that Oklahoma's use of midazolam in its lethal-injection procedure does not violate the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The decision was 5-4, and Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion."
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Dalai Lama Endorses Pope Francis's Encyclical on Climate Change
Cole Mellino, EcoWatch
Mellino writes: "The Buddhist leader spoke at a panel on climate change, praising the encyclical and saying it was the duty of everyone to 'say more. We have to make more of an effort, including demonstrations.'"
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Cole Mellino, EcoWatch
Mellino writes: "The Buddhist leader spoke at a panel on climate change, praising the encyclical and saying it was the duty of everyone to 'say more. We have to make more of an effort, including demonstrations.'"
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The Supreme Court Will Allow Coal Plants to Emit Unlimited Mercury
Emily Atkin, ThinkProgress
Atkin writes: "Power plants may continue to be able to emit unlimited mercury, arsenic, and other pollutants thanks to the Supreme Court, which on Monday took steps toward invalidating the first-ever U.S. regulations to limit toxic heavy metal pollution from coal and oil-fired plants."
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Emily Atkin, ThinkProgress
Atkin writes: "Power plants may continue to be able to emit unlimited mercury, arsenic, and other pollutants thanks to the Supreme Court, which on Monday took steps toward invalidating the first-ever U.S. regulations to limit toxic heavy metal pollution from coal and oil-fired plants."
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