John Nichols reports that during the debate over the economic stimulus legislation Karl Rove and key congressional Republicans -- led by Maine Senator Susan Collins -- aggressively attacked the $900 million included for preparation for a possible pandemic which, given the sudden rise of swine flu, seems awfully short-sighted.
Pam notes that Rick Warren continues his anti-gay ways by addressing a gathering of Episcopalians from churches that broke away from the national Episcopal Church over the acceptance of gay clergy.
On RH Reality Check, Debra Taylor recounts how "teaching about intolerance in my high school Ethics class in a small town in Oklahoma lead to a real life lesson for my students when I was forced to resign for insubordination" for trying to teach The Laramie Project.
Steve Benen tells NOM's Maggie Gallagher that she should have quit while she was behind.
TPM reports that the DCCC it taking on the massive task of debunking Rep. Michelle Bachmann's incessant lies via a newly unveiled website - and Bachmann is already using it in a new fundraising pitch.
Doug Kendall and Simon Lazarus write in The American Prospect that "The judicial-nomination wars are back ... [and] conservatives are primed for a fight over even the most moderate nominees" and the authors worry that "the White House is reluctantly entering this fray with a less-than-fully-baked game plan that could simultaneously undermine the president's chances to change the direction of the federal courts and stall his broader agenda."
