“Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid interrupted proceedings on the Senate floor to announce there would be no more votes Thursday afternoon… He thinks Republicans were fixing the schedule to allow Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) to use evening votes as an excuse to get out of a debate with Elizabeth Warren.” [TPM]

“Mainstream Republicans have confided in Sen. Chuck Schumer that they intend to regain control of the GOP from the tea party wing if Mitt Romney loses the election, the New York Democrat told reporters Thursday.” [TPM]

Breaking News: It would appear that Gay rights are Human Rights after all! Recent reports seem to indicate that gay rights activists’ boycotts of Chick Fil-A restaurants, as well as pressure from individual lawmakers, may have produced their desired result. The restaurant chain, known mostly for its Southern fried chicken sandwiches (and creepy cow mascot) and more recently for funding groups that would deny Gay Americans the same rights as their straight counterparts, has apparently come to the decision that it will no longer fund  organizations that oppose marriage equality. ABC News reports:

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“Mitt Romney places his trust in the American people, not in government.” —Romney campaign manager Matt Rhoades, desperately hoping that nobody’s paying attention. [via email]

Also, “I Am Not a Crook” and “I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman”.

[Fox31]

15:46-15:57:

The thing which I find most disappointing in this President, is his attack of one America against another America — the division of America, based on those who have been successful.

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I can’t believe it took this long.

And the fact that it’s from the ultimate ’80s musician Devo just makes it all the better.

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