- The Trouble With Chris Christie—Time to lawyer up.
- Another Mayor Faced Christie-Related Reprisal, Files Suggest NYT
- Chris Christie facing federal investigation over use of Sandy funds
- 'Benghazi' and 'IRS' Were Mentioned More on Sunday Talk Shows Than 'Fort Lee'
- Scandal Emails Raise Questions About Christie's Trash-Talking Mouthpiece
- The Time Chris Christie Shut Down a Public Television Station That Did a Tough Story on Him
- Jon Stewart ridicules Fox News' pathetic defense of Chris Christie—GOP donors, however, want answers. Salon
- Record-High 42% of Americans Identify as Independents
- The right's "narrative skewing": How it dupes itself over Obamacare, Benghazi and Christie—"Remember poll skewing? Here's GOP's new self-delusion: Obama's done, Hilary's imploding and Christie's doing great!" Salon
- U.S. Posts December Budget Surplus of $53.22 Billion WSJ
- In Defeat for Tea Party, House Passes $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill—"The 359-to-67 vote came as members shrugged off the angry threats of Tea Party activists and conservative groups." NYT
- Congratulations on your budget, Congress. America still hates you. WaPo
- We're Passing a Budget, But Not a Debt Ceiling Increase? Why?
- GOP donor gets lawmaker to write bill to cut his child support
- Ohio Dealers Vs. Tesla: Sen. Patton (R) Proposes New Anti-Tesla Law
- Ten Examples of Welfare for the Rich and Corporations
- Are Americans Addicted to Outrage?—"The real reason cable talking heads say offensive things? We like it too much to stop them."
- Misinformation, disinformation, lies: Can the New York Times' foreign coverage be trusted at all?—"The Times walks back a story about Syria and chemical weapons, a reminder of the media's complicity with power." Salon
- Zucker: GOP being run from Fox News headquarters
- A rising tide of dark money—"What are dark money donors trying to hide?" WaPo
- Yes, Voter ID Laws Are Nakedly Political
- U.S. justices agree to hear challenge to Ohio speech law—"The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal by two conservative groups that assert that an Ohio law that imposes penalties for making knowingly false statements about political candidates violates their right to free speech." Emphasis mine.
- Republicans Are Bringing Back Reconstruction-Era Voting In N.C.
- Manipulating voting laws to win elections has long been a GOP game in Ohio
- GOP plans rigging Michigan's Electoral College votes aren't dead yet
- Brownback's fundraising aided by $500,000 from running mate—"Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer made a personal loan of $500,000 to the re-election campaign of Gov. Sam Brownback on the final day of 2013 to instantly broaden a fundraising cushion over Democratic challenger Paul Davis, documents showed Sunday."
- F.B.I. Arrests Fund-Raiser for Congressman—"The arrest of Diana Durand, a friend of Representative Michael G. Grimm of Staten Island, suggests that the two-year-old investigation into his campaign financing is active." NYT
- New Spending Bill Blocks ACORN Funding Four Times, Even Though ACORN No Longer Exists
- Invading Iraq was dumb enough. Now Congress wants to derail the Iran deal
- Obama Urges Senate Dems To Put Off Iran Sanctions—"... that he warned could derail delicate nuclear talks."
- US-Iranian attempts to smuggle F-35 blueprints to Iran
- Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians quadruple, says UN—Like burning a West Bank mosque.
- Israel shoots down Gaza rockets, responds with air strikes
- Palestinian refugees starving to death in Syrian camp, human rights groups say
- Jordan Valley settlements hit by boycott campaign—"An international campaign to boycott Israeli settlement products has rapidly turned from a distant nuisance into a harsh economic reality for Israeli farmers in the West Bank's Jordan Valley" to the tune of $29 million last year. "Israeli officials say the boycott has strong anti-Semitic overtones and aims to delegitimize the Jewish state."
- How Israel and Hamas weaponized social media
- Sochi protest zone set far from Olympics arena
- Russia wins Sochi gold for corruption? IOC official cites $18B in embezzlement
- Russia drops charges against Greenpeace Arctic crew
- America is still a deeply racist country
- Franklin McCain Dies - Helped Start Sit-In Movement At Greensboro Lunch Counter
- Swearing toddler in 'thug' video taken into protective custody—Omaha police cites video as example of "the thug cycle continuing [Salon]."
- Black dad gets hate mail for posting pic of him taking care of his kids
- David Cameron 'lying to British voters' about the EU and immigration, Viviane Reding claims
- France's top court reinstates ban on comic Dieudonne—"The comic has seven convictions for anti-Semitic hate speech."
- Video: South African comedian Trevor Noah on being black
- Who Gets To Be A Superhero? Race And Identity In Comics
