Ace of Spades Headlines

Ace slams NYT Magazine for going soft on Weiner, ignoring Breitbart’s role
Very nice Twitter beatdown. [rdbrewer]

NYT: A Senator’s Search for an Ally Keeps a Gun Bill Alive
"Senator Joe Manchin III so craved a pro-gun-rights Republican as a partner for a bill to expand background checks on gun buyers that he took to buttonholing senators on the in-house subway that ferries them from their offices to the Capitol . . . Repeatedly rebuffed, Mr. Manchin, a conservative West Virginia Democrat, decided to call on his friend Senator Patrick J. Toomey . . . ." [rdbrewer]

NY Daily News: Two Texas state troopers indicted for roles in roadside body cavity search of two women
"Trooper Kelley Helleson, who was later fired after the Texas Department of Public Safety investigated, was charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of official oppression. Trooper David Farrell was charged with theft after the women said their prescription went missing following last summer’s incident." It's a few days old, but ICYMI. [rdbrewer]

People keep reporting Pat Toomey refused to have Charles Schumer at the press conference yesterday. Look, he's right there, you guys. Toomey pointed to Schumer and said, "My good friend Chuck Schumer talked me into expanded background checks because we felt like we could improve the Second Amendment by making it weaker. Just a little. For now." [rdbrewer]