The ricin letters addressed to President Obama and Mayor Bloomberg have been traced back to an actress that has appeared in The Walking Dead show.  President Obama finally nominated three nominees for all three vacancies for the DC Court of Appeals despite Republicans’ threats to hold all of them up.  Hearings about sexual assault in the military are finally underway.

Chris Christie has decided to hold a special election to replace Sen Lautenberg instead of allowing it to happen in November.  His strategy is to use up all of the excitement for Cory Booker in August rather than allowing them all to come out and potentially vote against him for governor while voting for Booker for Senate.  Dick Armey is upset that Christie didn’t simply appoint a Republican to fill the seat, claiming that all Dems hate Republicans and will use him to gain political traction.  House Republicans that recall Boehner’s coup survival early in the year explained that the only reason he survived the effort after God told them to spare the Speaker.  The racist bias in the way the War on Drugs is conducted.  Black Americans are arrested for marijuana charges 4x more than their White counterparts that use the drug at the same rate.