In today’s news, Congress passes free-trade agreements; the NYPD admits to fabricating charges to fill arrest quotas; the Tea Party goes after Occupy Wall Street; and Barack Obama has raised 70 million dollars this quarter. In other news, Ron Paul loses an eyebrow during Tuesday night’s GOP debate, and Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello [...]

What were you doing last night? Watching Simon Cowell glisten in one of his umpteenth v-neck sweaters with his new American pet project, X-Factor OR did you tune in to the MOST interactive American Republican Presidential debate ever?!?  Sponsored by Fox and Google, this unique forum included every day citizens beamed in via YouTube and [...]

Some War on Voting updates: as early as this week, Pennsylvania could pass legislation requiring voters to show photo ids at the polls, http://bit.ly/lWc05S. Also, The New York Times has published an editorial addressing the recent wave of restrictive voting legislation, http://bit.ly/kbNk5b. Today, the turmoil in Syria heightens; John Edwards was almost a jail bird; [...]

Two war-criminal fugitives have been captured, suicide kits are no longer for sale, the Senate lets down Ryan, June 6 is a big day for Santorum lovers everywhere, and are you reading this from Yemen? If so, stop and come home! Meanwhile, the 3 S’s are plaguing MSNBC (Schultz, “slut,” and suspension), Scotty is our [...]