- Rand admits: We probably can't defeat ObamaCare
- Ted Cruz Leaves Senate GOP With No Easy Way Out—With his so-called filibuster, does he really know what he's doing?
- The Public Is Massively Opposed to Shutting Down the Government Over Obamacare
- Republicans Like The Affordable Care Act More Than Obamacare
- Warren Buffett on Obamacare —The Weekly Standard gets called out for taking a 3-year-old remark out of context.
- Broward defies governor, invites Obamacare navigators into public clinics
- Final Word On Obamacare Coverage: Cheaper Than Expected
- Juan Cole: I lived to See the Day when the Pope and the President of Iran are more doctrinally Flexible than the GOP
- Former GOP Senator: Most Americans 'Are Simply Ignoring Republicans. And They Should.'
- "I scared the crap out of them!": Alan Grayson details how to work with the GOP Salon
- The Morning Plum: GOP’s problem isn't which hostage to take. It's the extortion strategy itself.
- A debt-ceiling ransom note takes shape—Democrats watch out.
- Friendman: The Way We Were—"While productivity on Capitol Hill grinds to a halt, research and innovation in the country suffers." NYT
- 'You're a Pathetic F*cking Douchebag': Sons of Anarchy Creator Goes Off on Conservative Activist
- David Koch Provided Seed Money for Americans for Prosperity—"Tax documents obtained exclusively by National Journal confirm that conservative billionaire David Koch, along with a handful of major corporations, provided the seed money a decade ago to start the foundation behind Americans for Prosperity, a conservative group that played a key role in helping to organize the tea-party movement into a potent political force."
- Family Research Council: 'Nothing more Christian' than food stamp cuts—A full of hate group.
- Michelle Obama Says Drinking Water is a Good Thing — Americans Get Outraged
- Supreme Court may strike new blow to campaign funding laws—The Supreme Court, in a new campaign funding case, may lift a lid on the total the wealthy can give to all candidates and parties.
- ACLU: Why Have 1.5 Million Floridians Been Banned from Voting?
- Obamacare Could Help People Register to Vote—Unless the Administration Caves to the GOP—"Federal law says that Obamacare's health exchanges have to offer voter registration services. Republicans have thrown a fit over that, and now the administration is considering backing down."
- In secret, Fisa court contradicted US supreme court on constitutional rights—"Declassified Fisa rulings reveal a permissive approach to fourth amendment violations disturbingly at odds with supreme justices'."
- Chilling legal memo from Obama DOJ justifies assassination of US citizens—"The president's partisan lawyers purport to vest him with the most extreme power a political leader can seize."
- ACLU: The DEA Thinks You Have "No Constitutionally Protected Privacy Interest" in Your Confidential Prescription Records
- Senator Leahy Slams NSA Surveillance, Aims For Changes To FISA Court And NSA's Powers
- Alan Rusbridger: NSA surveillance goes beyond Orwell's imagination—"Guardian editor says depth of NSA surveillance programs greatly exceed anything the 1984 author could have imagined."
- Booting Up: New NSA Data Farm Takes Root In Utah
- NSA Apologist Says The NSA's Actions Are Fine Because 'Privacy Is Dead'—Apologist is too light a term.
- EU threatens to suspend deal with US on tracking terrorists' funding—"EU commissioner dealing with fallout from NSA and GCHQ snooping scandal says US needs to provide more information."
- Brazilian president: US surveillance a 'breach of international law'—"Dilma Rousseff's scathing speech to UN general assembly the most serious diplomatic fallout over revelations of US spying."
- NSA planted bugs at Indian missions in D.C., U.N.
- Data Broker Giants Hacked by ID Theft Service—"An identity theft service that sells Social Security numbers, birth records, credit and background reports on millions of Americans has infiltrated computers at some of America’s largest consumer and business data aggregators, according to a seven-month investigation by KrebsOnSecurity."
- Dropbox joins the call for transparency, asks government to let it publish surveillance requests
- Google to Encrypt ALL Keyword Searches: Say Goodbye to Keyword Data
- Californian law gives teens right to delete web posts—"California has passed a law that will enable under-18s to make websites delete their personal information."
- UK: Highways Agency tracks millions of motorists' handsets in 'smart' trials
