Wonkette

A couple of years back, Congress passed the Real ID act, which was intended to assert a level on control over and provide a level of conformity to states’ drivers licenses. The states, unsurprisingly, weren’t necessarily big fans and 17 of them passed laws saying they wouldn’t comply. Homeland Security Secretary Skeletor had an answer to those rebellious states: take a loyalty oath, or we’re not letting your citizens on planes or in federal buildings come May.

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Does anyone else remember how Eliot Spitzer was all super-aggressive and unwilling to back down and stuff? He was simultaneously hated and adored for being that way and rode that hate/adoration into the NY Governor’s mansion last year with everyone talking about higher office down the line. Well, he may have fucked that up. Last week, he waded into the immigration debate by coming out sort of in favor of the federal government’s Real ID program and today, because he’s getting criticized, he’s going to run away from his plan.

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