YABBA BLOBBA DO

In a speech that only fueled more pre-presidential speculation, Chris Christie spoke at the Reagan Library last night, extolling the former president’s union-busting virtues. Clearly they are soul mates. Also in common is their closeness to rich puppet-masters. Reagan had GE and all that flowed from that.  Christie has a couple of Kochs and more. … Read more

BTW: THE WAR

This today from the US Army, via Mother Jones.  

LAMAR!

Lamar Alexander, a longtime conservative fixture in the GOP from Tennessee apparently can no longer remain in his party’s leadership. The Right Wing heat is up so high so that unless a pol has a total mental block against compromise, like Cantor et al, he cannot possibly lead his party. In other words you may … Read more

RICK PERRY BY ROBERT HUNT

Catch this amazing Rick Perry on the new New Republic cover. A brilliant  example of what illustration can do for a magazine and the truth. Hunt is one of our great portraitists and art director Joe Heroun hit the bullseye with this approach. Catch his process HERE