Newsflash: Obama plotting to get impeached

That’s the new right-wing shtick: Republicans don’t want to impeach Obama and they’ve never even suggested it. So clearly Obama is making it up just to build sympathy and get out the vote this fall.
And that makes perfect sense if you ignore the facts, which are that multiple members of Congress and also Glenn Beck have called for impeaching him.
I should also note the same thing came up during the Hobby Lobby aftermath—claims Obama had directed his attorneys to go soft so that Hobby Lobby could win and the Dems would get voters out.
In other denial-of-reality news, an ESPN talking head mansplains that while yes, beating your spouse is very bad, women should ask what they could have done to avoid provoking their husband (although he plays the weasel card and says it’s not real provocation but “the elements of provocation” Which apparently is totally different).
In other news—
•An interesting discussion of masculinity at LGM. Among other points, I’m inclined to agree that one reason you can’t consciously embrace an old-fashioned masculinity because it requires consciously acting out a role that used to be automatic.
•Following broadcasters’ win over Aero, the networks try to shut down a DISH system for cloud DVR. Here’s a more detailed look at the legal issues.
•Comcast works very hard to maintain a close relationship with the people who’ll be deciding on its Time-Warner merger proposal.