Obama To Give 5 million A Raise

++President Obama is going to announce tomorrow his new guidelines for overtime pay, which will affect some 5 million people. Last year he ordered Labor Secretary Perez to review overtime laws with the view to alter payments to those earning $55,000 or less.

++Steve Benen pipes up with an analysis of last week's Pew poll which shows that Obama's approval ratings around the word are up and that majorities in Africa and Europe believe he tries to do the right thing. His marks increased in India. Benen point is that the reality is totally contradictory to claims by GOP candidates.

++The Whale is going to announce tomorrow at a school in New Jersey.  Ironic, heh. Christie to announce in a school when he gutted New Jersey's educational budget.

++NBC fired the Donald for his racist remarks about Mexicans . The Donald in Iowa says he will have to change his hairstyle when he is elected President because he won't have as much time to spend on it. He says he will probably comb it back. 

++Ben Carson admitted he really didn't want to run for President. I guess The devil made him do it. Now what's the excuse for the other 15 candidates in all. Yes, there are 16 GOP candidates for President--among the known. There are hundreds of lesser name people.

++We are lucky that Steve Benen picked up in the 2012 cycle that Mitt Romney lied all the time. This was a great contribution to political education. But what to make of Scott Walker? He brazenly lies about his record in Wisconsin and actually boasted in a fund-raiser that he created so many jobs. The guy is pathological. 

++Talk about not there. Jeb! says that the problems in Baltimore and Ferguson were caused by the lack of mentoring. How about talking about all the blacks who are incarcerated? Think they are free and about to mentor? Jeb! is going to travel to Charleston to meet with six black pastors. I am sure he will convey his condolences. 

++Jeb! has drawn the attention of the Imperial Post for his history of shady business deals with his family connections. 

++The Washington Monthly has a piece about how to gauge the top-tier political candidates. That is judge who they are hiring and their track record. That should tell you about their strategy. Walker has hired Joni Ernst gang in Iowa to project his competitiveness in the race. Jeb is hiring TV guys to maintain a long-term strategy. Marco Rubio's hires show someone who wants to maintain flexibility yet project his popularity.

++Meanwhile Hillary is trucking along with a defense of Obamacare and healthcare in general and applause for the marriage equality decision by the Supreme Court. Progressive critics say that her vote for the Iraq war and her defense of traditional marriage will hurt her. I don't thinks so.

++Conservatives are thrilled that FOX continues its coverage of # Benghazi!. Today's Business section had a long piece of the arms shipments by the CIA into LIbya during the war to overthrow Qaddafhi. Somehow this was criminal and linked to Hillary. 

++The Bernie surge continues. Bernie draws larger and larger crowds speaking his populist message.

From The Sublime To The Ridiculous

++The Donald will not reveal his birth certificate or passport information. The Donald is banning all Univision personnel from his properties. The Donald is suing Univision for canceling his Miss America pageant because of his remarks against Mexicans. Ari-Fleischer is upset that The Donald is acting like a car wreck for the Republican race--everyone stares at it while everything goes by.

++Fat Tony Scalia has had a bad two days. When the same sex verdict came down, his dissent waxed on about intimacy and spirituality. Then he said,"Ask your nearest "Hippie". Well ,Huffington Post did, they asked David Crosby, certainly a hippie, who said Scalia was dissing both gays and hippies.

++Piyush Jindal says we should save money and get rid of the courts. 

++Mike Huckabee said he would not obey the judicial tyranny.

++Ben Carson just said it was the law of the land. You have to admit it is scary when Carson both on the killings at Mother Emmanuel Church and the verdict on same sex marriage is the voice of reason in the GOP.

++Ms.Lindsey Graham said that it is futile to fight the ruling. 

++Jeb! said he wished the courts left it to the states.

++You see what I mean that you will miss Barack when he goes. You will be left with these knuckleheads. 

Back from Paris to Find The Jeb Is In

++The European news was the debate on whether the United Kingdom can meet its military needs and the concern the United States has about its ability to be a NATO partner. The other concern is about the United Kingdom and its relationship with the EU.

++Just away four days and Obama's Fast Track took mortal hits and the Europeans are concerned about what this will do to the United States in relationship to China's dominance in world trade.

++Hillary launched the most visible part of her campaign and ,indeed,the occasion was meant to launch her recruitment of volunteers. Hillary weighed in with her economic program so she is now so far ahead of GOP candidates you wonder what more can she run on.

++The encyclical of Pope Francis on climate change and the world economy was leaked and is sure to upset traditionalists who favor the status of the Pope over Catholic doctrine itself.

++JEB! launched with his exclamation point. He slipped and admitted he would have immigration reform. The Imperial Post made sure to have four front page stories on his launch to bolster their business ties. JEB is running on his record as governor--a record built pre-global crash. His father and brother were not there. So far Jeb shows he is rusty and slow to punch. His SuperPac was less than Super woefully underperforming.

++But think about it --Could Jeb! beat #Benghazi!. #Benghazi! wins.

++NEXT UP!  Drumroll….THE DONALD . The DONALD's issue like Romney's was the question of releasing his financial statement.  Apparently The DONALD will release a full financial statement showing his net worth at $9 billion. He has already hired staff in the 3 earliest primary states.

++I missed John Oliver's show where Helen Mirren reads the torture report. 

++The Hotel staff in Paris thought I was there for the Air Show where Boeing sold 100 planes. Sort of sad I have sunk that low.

++But Simon Mann,who was hired by Mark Thatcher to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea with a mercenary force, says it is time mercenaries are used to defeat ISIS.

++The only ISIS news during my short stay away was the UK's first and youngest suicide bomber, who joined ISIS and attacked an Iraqi town with a major oil refinery. UK television coverage was interesting in that it actually was sensitive in probing how the teenager ended up with ISIS, something that would not have happened in the US.

++By the way, Congress till hasn't passed an Authorization to use Military Force --yet--while the US attacked Al Qaeda and ISIS in Yemen.

++The UK withdrew its pies around the world because it claims that the documents released by Edward Snowden came into the Chinese and Russia's hands an exposed active agents. In the UK there was enough skepticism about the report that they had Glenn Greenwald appear refuting the claim.