Former Speaker of the House John Boehner, speaking at Stanford University, when asked for his opinion of Ted Cruz.
Donald Trump, February 2016.
Here’s Donald rejecting David Duke and his Reform Party in February 2000: "The Reform Party now includes a Klansman, Mr. Duke, a neo-Nazi, Mr. Buchanan, and a communist, Ms. Fulani. This is not company I wish to keep."
Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, during oral arguments for Fisher v. University of Texas-Austin
Corrected Dec. 20, 2015: We’ve corrected this post to include Justice Scalia’s full comment, which clarifies that he was quoting from briefs filed in the case and not necessarily expressing his own opinion.
What exactly is a “real” black president? Rupert apologized this morning.
FBI Director James B. Comey complaining about the lack of federal data on police use of force via The Washington Post
A Brooklyn judge sentenced an ex-con to time served for assaulting two women, who he referred to as “so-called victims” who “are not angels themselves.” (via New York Daily News)
Kentucky clerk Kim Davis defending her decision to defy the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling (via ABC News)
Donald Trump, 1991. Here are 46 other Trump-isms, via Politico.
A week after Donald Trump proposed blamed Mexico for “not sending their best” immigrants, Univision said it would not be airing the Miss USA pageant next month
#SCOTUS Justice Antonin Scalia, writing the dissent to the 6-3 decision on King v. Burrell case that upheld health care subsidies for those in states that did not set up exchanges under the Affordable Care Act.
Nobel Laureate Tim Hunt, who resigned from University College London after his criticism of women scientists prompted a backlash. But not before doubling down on his concerns about tears getting in the way of “absolute truth” in an interview with the BBC.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee joking about how he might have approached being transgender in high school (via BuzzFeed).
“You’re laughing because it sounds so ridiculous,” he continued. Watch full video (remarks begin around 18:20).
Todd Staples, president of Texas Oil and Gas Association defending new Texas law that makes local bans on fracking illegal (via NPR)
Lawyer Melanie Nussdorf in an email to the U.S. Department of Labor last fall three months after her client, Credit Suisse Group AG, admitted to helping Americans evade U.S. taxes. She repeated “thankyou” 600 times.
President Barack Obama in his first tweet from @POTUS. The @BarackObama account is run by the Organizing for Action staff.