The local art filmhouse, Osio Cinema, has abruptly closed, citing Netflix as a real drain on the bottom line. Sigh. Netflix doesn’t provide popcorn.
* Engineer of stings on Planned Parenthood says he has enough footage for “a dozen” additional videos.
* At TNR, Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig makes a half-hearted case that John Kasich’s version of “compassionate conservatism” could be a big deal.
* HRC campaign’s reaction to Mitch McConnell accusing her of playing “gender card” is basically an eager “Bring It!”
* At the Atlantic, David Graham argues Martin O’Malley’s got a point about the connection between climate-change-induced drought and the conflict in Syria.
* Trump assumes comfortable lead in RCP average of GOP presidential polls.
And in non-political news:
* El Paso the city with the highest percentage of people leaving for elsewhere between 2013 and 2014.
As we break for lunch, here’s the last P-Funk song to make it to number one on the R&B charts: 1982’s “Atomic Dog.”
