Animosity Between Germany and U.S. After Caught Spy, UT Austin President Holds On, George R.R. Martin Doesn’t Need You Breathing Down His Neck: P.M. Links

The fallout from the discovery of two U.S. spies
within the German government is
creating bad blood between the two nations. Germany has asked
the U.S.’s CIA station chief in Berlin to leave the country.
University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers
does not have to resign, after all. Allies of Republican Gov.
Rick Perry had pressured Powers to quit after a
scandal over law school admissions, but an outpouring of
support from faculty and students persuaded administrators to let
him keep his job.
“Game of Thrones” author George R.R. Martin
had choice words for fans worried that he will die before
finishing the series: “Fuck you.” The Washington Free
Beacon’s Sonny Bunch
writes that Martin should calm down, before he hurts
himself.
Ex-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin
was sentenced to 10 years in prison for numerous corruption
charges. “I’ve been targeted, smeared, and tarnished,” he
said.
Millennials are not the government-loving Democrats they are
made out to be,
according to a Reason-Rupe survey.