“I don’t want to jump to judgment here, because many of us did call on the administration to investigate leaks,” said Sen. John Cornyn. Majority Leader Harry Reid calls the move “inexcusable.”
“The repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ was a monumental achievement for our military and for our country; however, it did not finish the entire job of ensuring that our gay and lesbian service members and their families are treated equally under the law,” the New Hampshire senator says.
Good effort! Good try!!
“I wouldn’t say that possibility doesn’t exist,” says Castro. But calls on Republicans to support it.
“Sometimes with the spotlight constantly on it as an issue can make it tougher,” says Rep. Castro.
The law, allowing same-sex couples to marry, takes effect Aug. 1. Minnesota is the 12th state, plus DC, to recognize marriage equality, following on the heels of passage in Rhode Island and Delaware.
DOJ officials stand by the decision to pull phone records for the nation’s largest wire service.
Carney says Obama’s agenda is still on track despite a bad couple weeks.
“The truth is, we have to get this straight, and they’re gonna have to get it straight, and there are going to be hearings until they do.”
Belo Corp. says what Larry Conners wrote “has nothing to do with our company or our television station. And we don’t condone that type of personal opinion being represented as a company or station opinion.”
BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith moderates two conversations on the politics of immigration.
The blind Chinese dissident who escaped to New York broadens his critique of the Chinese government in Oslo. His family is being persecuted, he says.
To “avoid a potential appearance of a conflict of interest … I recused myself,” says the attorney general of the DOJ investigation into the Associated Press.
“Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.”
The news of the DOJ phone-grab story broke at 4:26 p.m., but it wasn’t discussed on MSNBC until 7:37 p.m.
The decision of the National Council of Justice could be appealed to the Supreme Court. Same-sex couples in some parts of the country already can marry, but this decision would apply nationwide.
Immigration changes would be “far, far worse than Obamacare,” says King. And that’s saying something.
The defeated bill would have required approval from a federal court before reporters’ phone records were subpoenaed. Darrell Issa, who condemned the AP subpoena Monday, was one of only 21 House Members to vote against the bill.
KMOV’s Larry Conners says “the IRS has been pressuring me” since his April, 2012 interview with the president. “Can I prove it? At this time, no.” Update: Corporate says Conners allegations are “”
Watch hordes of TV journalists compare the AP & IRS scandals to Watergate.
Group tied to white nationalism enters immigration fray. Not what reform opponents needed after Heritage flap.
Russia has arrested an official at the American Embassy in Moscow on suspicion of working for the CIA.
“We are not involved in decisions made in connection with criminal investigations,” Carney said.
“It’s appalling, it’s the most disgusting use of authority we’ve seen in a while,” said Rep. Trey Radel.
News that the DOJ secretly obtained AP phone records has left coming around to the idea of a scandal-filled second term. “Ugh,” says one activist.
In wake of IRS targeting of conservative activists, “I don’t think Republicans have any fresh incentive to revisit” campaign finance reform, a Senate Democratic leadership aide acknowledged.
A new critique emerges. Fear of a narrow new government power at a scary moment.
So, about those AP phone records…
“The First Amendment is first for a reason. If the Obama Administration is going after reporters’ phone records, they better have a damned good explanation,” Boehner spokesman says.
