Ahead on the 8/12 Maddow show (536 hits)

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* More on this from Dylan Matthews, Aliyah Frumin, and Greg Sargent.

* Stop and frisk: "The New York Police Department's 'stop and frisk' tactic, under which millions of mostly black and Hispanic people have been questioned by police over the past decade, has violated constitutional rights, a federal judge ruled Monday."

* Adam Serwer's piece on this included a nice catch: "The judge who ruled that New York's 'stop-and-frisk' practice violated the Constitutional rights of the city's citizens seemed to have had Trayvon Martin on her mind."

* Guilty: "Whitey Bulger was convicted Monday of racketeering and conspiracy by a Boston jury that found he was involved in 11 murders and a raft of other crimes during his long reign as a blood thirsty crime boss in bed with rogue FBI agents."

* Everywhere but Yemen: "Eighteen of the 19 U.S. embassies and consulates closed this month due to worries about potential terrorist attacks will reopen on Sunday, the U.S. State Department said on Friday."

* NLRB: "For the first time in a decade, there are five Senate-confirmed members on the National Labor Relations Board."

* Presidential road trip: "President Obama will hit the road after his vacation for a two-day bus tour on the economy, the White House said Monday."

* I suppose we're supposed to think he's cured now? "San Diego Mayor Bob Filner's chief of staff confirmed to 10News that the mayor began his therapy a week early and has already completed the program, but a statement from his attorneys said he will finish his therapy Saturday."

* And though the right remains hostile to alternative energy innovation, the wind industry in the United States has made some pretty remarkable strides.

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That this outcome was inevitable doesn't make it any less offensive.

Gov. Pat McCrory Monday signed into law a bill requiring voters to produce a photo ID when they go to the polls, a measure that was hailed by Republicans as a means for heightening ballot security but which was criticized by Democrats as a thinly disguised effort at voter suppression.

The bill was passed along partisan lines by the Republican majority in the legislature, over strong opposition of Democrats.

The Republican governor released a video this afternoon, explaining his reasoning over the course of 96 seconds, arguing that he approved the "common sense" state legislation in the interest of the "integrity of our election process."

McCrory added that the "extreme left" has relied on "scare tactics."

Unfortunately for North Carolinians, the governor has no idea what he's talking about. (In fact, as of two weeks ago, he literally didn't know -- McCrory was praising the legislation despite not having read it, and couldn't answer basic questions about proposals he'd already publicly endorsed.)

The governor kept using the phrase "common sense," but when it comes to voting rights, I don't think that means what he thinks it means. Posted By: DAVID JOHNSON
Monday, August 12th 2013 at 9:56PM
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