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The Toy Barbie Responds to the Wendy Davis Barbie Wars
Conservatives have adopted Barbie as an insult, but the toymaker is fighting back
Morning Must Reads: August 20
In the news: Egypt, the Snowden files, climate change, Ted Cruz, Document No. 9, and Hillary Clinton biopics
Sen. Cruz Says He’ll Renounce Canadian Citizenship
Cruz released his birth certificate amid concerns that being born in Canada could derail a possible presidential run by the tea party firebrand.
White House Won’t Condemn Detention of Glenn Greenwald’s Partner
The White House says the U.S. government got a “heads-up” that detention was going to happen
Morning Must Reads: August 19
In the news: Egypt, immigration reform, Al Jazeera America, Detroit, endangered species, Bloomberg, and the August recess
Field of Drama: Why Iowa Could Decide the Future of the GOP
The state has already become the battlefield of choice for the GOP’s warring factions
U.S. Military Aid to Egypt: An IV Drip, With Side Effects
Since President Obama scrapped the U.S. military’s role in September’s Bright Star joint training exercise with the Egyptian military last Thursday because of the government’s killing of close to 1,000 protesters, attention has …
Can a Dusty Legislative Gambit Revive Immigration Reform?
Progressive activists want to use a so-called discharge petition to force a vote
Meet the Woman Who Will Lead Evangelical Lutherans: ‘Religious but Not Spiritual’
Change has come to one of America’s largest Christian denominations. Last week the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) elected its first female presiding bishop, the church’s top office. Bishop Elizabeth Eaton won in …
King Farm Bill Amendment Angers Animal Advocates
How Politicians Scare Voters to Their Side
The art of winning over the libertarian, veteran, Medicare-recipient parent
Exclusive: RNC Ups Immigration Reform Pressure On Congressional GOP — But Rejects Path To Citizenship
The Republican National Committee passed a resolution Friday calling on Congress to pass an immigration reform bill by the end of the year—but it stopped well short of the bipartisan compromise passed by the Senate earlier this …
Pentagon Car Rentals: We Don’t Try Harder
The old saying is that no one washes a rental car. It’s a little bit different at the Pentagon. Over there, they rent a lot of cars for travel by staff in and around the capital. They don’t need to wash many of them, either …