Thursday link dump: Kagan to be banned in the USA?

• Mark Lilla, in the New York Review of Books, says the Tea Parties -- "the libertarian mob" -- are the end result of Reagan and Woodstock. "They want to say what they have to say without fear of contradiction, and then hear someone on television tell them they're right."
• Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul was pantless on the front page of the Washington Post today.
• In case you missed Arlen Specter's humiliating Hardball appearance yesterday, it is now on the internet.
• I don't particularly like director Robert Rodriguez, but if far-right populist xenophobes think he's waging a race war against them with his funny movies, then maybe he's on to something.
• Elena Kagan's secret connections to The Amazing Randi and 2 Live Crew, revealed!

By Alex Pareene

Alex Pareene writes about politics for Salon and is the author of "The Rude Guide to Mitt." Email him at apareene@salon.com and follow him on Twitter @pareene

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