David Vitter, who has racked up nearly a billion frequent whore miles, is On The Defensive, as Democrats are criticizing him for his earlier botched attempt to smuggle a bomb in his sneaker on an airplane. [CNN Political Ticker] Despite rumors and, arguably, logic to the contrary, embattled RNC Chai...

One of the many, many middle-aged couples who own socialist sex boutiques in LA—a demographic that’s actually the plurality of Andrew Sullivan’s readers—would like a business/pleasure bailout please. [Daily Dish] At this thing called a “Defending the American Dream Summit”...

TechCrunch has published a damning rumor accusing the social music site Last.fm of helping the RIAA find users who downloaded leaked copies of U2's new album. Relying on a tip, TechCrunch claims that the Last.fm, a subsidiary of CBS, handed over a "giant dump of user data to track down people who ar...

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is so busy, with his interior responsibilities, that after his own press conference, he pretended to pretend to be a reporter for a full 45 minutes of Robert Gibbs’ press briefing. [The Caucus] The ongoing O’Reilly/Alba feud in still ongoing. Its exciting d...

Tomorrow is the anniversary — or “cumpleanos”, in Muslim — of Castro’s Cuban revolution. [Hit & Run] Douglas M. Elmendorf, some sort of lesser-known Lord of the Rings character, was selected by Democrats to direct the Congressional Budget Office. Nancy Pelosi is suc...

Rahm Emanuel wanted Obama’s Senate seat for himself — it is a fucking object of inestimable worth — and asked Blaggy to save it for him. Still, he didn’t offer Blaggy any famous nine-fingered handjobs in return. [TPMMuckraker] Howard Wolfson is taking his porn and his Bon Ive...

Your President, George, hates Jews and is therefore making them celebrate Ch/Hanuk(k)a(h) by insisting they worship a Christmas tree. [HuffPost] Minnesota will not count thousands of the absentee ballots Al Franken wants them to, but still, without things to count, the recount continues. [The Caucus...

Teddy Kennedy is back in Washington. He was welcomed with a banner and brought his puppies, huzzah! [CNN Political Ticker] Looks like the Gays have some more anthraxing to do! Prince, the artist formerly known as a human (in the 70s), is against gay marriage too. [Daily Dish] Terry McAuliffe is runn...

Calling Hillary a monster isn't even really that bad a thing to do. It's not like Samantha Power said something crazy damaging, like Obama wouldn't follow through one of the major promises of his presidential campaign. Oh, wait. [Ben Smith] Clinton, boss of everything and everyone, thinks Barry did ...

Did Rush Limbaugh swing Texas for Clinton? Does the pope piss in the woods? [Ben Smith, Reason] Bush's endorsement "does matter," just like punk's not dead. [Naked Politics] Gee, thanks for your helpful words, Mr. President. [Think Progress] Hillary wants a dual ticket, because that way she can be o...