UPDATED: Of Cops and Recovery Funds

Yesterday, VP Joe Biden traveled to Philly to announce the awardees of grants from the Recovery bill designed to bolster funding for law enforcement in states, counties and cities. These funds, as I understand it, are meant to be a backstop for governments facing cuts in law enforcement due to budget shortfalls. Delaware was awarded $5M in these grants yesterday. UPDATED with info from a Community Advisory from the mayor's office.

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Why did NBC Give Michelle Malkin 10 minutes to promote her book this morning? or What Does CRI stand for? Jason already has taken "Copeland's Republican Insiders"

Jon Stewart Destroys Bill Kristol On Healthcare

Jon Stewart gets Bill Kristol to admit the the VA system is an exceptional healthcare system but that the rest of Americans don't deserve it. Kristol gets caught up in the typical GOP talking point trap of "government run healthcare is really awful but it's so good that private insurance can't compete." Republicans are just incoherent on this issue. At least he wasn't repeating the Faux News talking point that Barack Obama wants to kill your grandmother.