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Sarah Palin, Casey Anthony and Newt Gingrich

Casey Anthony: The candidates respond

Alex Pareene
Republican contenders weigh in, sort of, on the trial of the century
President Barack Obama arrives to speak at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention in Washington, Sunday, May 22, 2011, after a contentious couple of days this week when he clashed publicly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over ideas for a permanent Palestinian state. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

So much for Obama’s Jewish problem

Natasha Lennard
A poll finds no evidence for claims that the president is losing support within key component of his coalition
This is an undated file photo shows then-al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, in Afghanistan. After Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden, the White House released a photo of President Barack Obama and his cabinet inside the Situation Room, watching the daring raid unfold. Hidden from view, standing just outside the frame of that instantly iconic photograph was a career CIA analyst. In the hunt for the world's most-wanted terrorist, there may have been no one more important. His job for nearly a decade: finding bin Laden. (AP Photo) (AP)

The man who hunted Osama bin Laden

Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman
Meet the CIA analyst who tracked down the al-Qaida leader over the course of a decade
Members of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and their supporters attended a vigil at the State Capitol steps in St. Paul, Minn on Thursday night June 30, 2011. Minnesota stumbled into its second government shutdown in six years on Thursday, with a partisan divide over taxes and spending to close a $5 billion deficit becoming only more bitter as a midnight deadline came and went without agreement. (AP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez - Star Tribune) MANDATORY CREDIT (AP)

The roots of Minnesota’s staring contest

Steve Kornacki
A Democratic governor bets that voters are ready to turn on the Republicans they empowered last fall
A woman holds a sign as supporters and opponents of gay marriage rallied in a hallway outside a Republican conference room at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Senate leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver agree they are working through the proposed additional religious protections that could bring a gay marriage bill to the Senate floor. No deal was struck. But both leaders say progress is being made and no major obstacles to agreement on the provisions is in sight. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) (AP)

The three fundamentalisms of the American right

Michael Lind
How conservatism went from orthodox and traditional to radical and counter-revolutionary

Secret Service to probe hack on Fox News Twitter

Associated Press
Fox News have demanded a detailed investigation from Twitter
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy annual fundraising event on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 in Chicago. Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel were among the 900 people who attended a fundraiser. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey) (AP)

Follow Joe: Biden takes to Twitter

Erica Werner
The V.P. is sending his first-ever tweet Monday, a Fourth of July message
Screengrab of hacked Twitter feed

Hacking on Fox News Twitter reports Obama’s death

Associated Press
Six tweets coming from the FoxNewsPolitics account reported that Obama had been shot to death in Iowa
U.S. Senator John McCain, R-Ariz, speaks with other U.S. Senators Joe Lieberman, I-Conn, and Lindsay Graham, R-SC, unseen, during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan Sunday, July 3, 2011. Three U.S. Senators visiting Kabul on Sunday say they worry that President Barack Obama's planned withdrawal of 33,000 American troops by September 2012 could undermine Afghan morale, embolden the insurgency, and hamper efforts to defeat Taliban fighters in eastern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq) (AP)

McCain: Afghan drawdown ‘unnecessary risk’

Solomon Moore
John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsay Graham express concern about withdrawal plans
(AP)

Cornyn: Last-minute plan would be irresponsible

Associated Press
The senator says there isn't enough time between now and the Aug. 2 deadline to reach a deal on tax reform
President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Obama chooses new counterterror chief

Ben Feller
President taps former prosecutor Matthew Olsen to direct the National Counterterrorism Center
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2011, after the policy lunches. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (AP)

Senate to work next week on debt limit impasse

Jim Kuhnhenn
Lawmakers to miss July 4. recess for the sake of deficit talks
Mark Halperin

Mark Halperin comes up with great excuse to fire Mark Halperin

Alex Pareene
MSNBC's atrocious "senior political analyst" calls president a naughty word, smirks
President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Obama’s naive class warfare

Andrew Leonard
The president expresses completely unjustified confidence that Republicans will display "leadership" on taxes
FILE - In this June 27, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at the White House in Washington. Call him the Digital Candidate: President Barack Obama has asked supporters to use Facebook to declare “I’m in” for his re-election campaign and has begun using Twitter to communicate with his nearly 9 million followers. If Obama broke new ground using email, text messages and the Web to reach voters in 2008, Obama version 2.0 aims to harness the expansive roles that the Internet and social media are playing now in voters’ lives. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) (AP)

To defend President Obama, Harold Koh criticizes candidate Obama

Glenn Greenwald
A one-minute video from the administration's spokesman on the war captures the heart of the current presidency
Sarah Palin and Barack Obama

Sarah Palin and Barack Obama are in Iowa!

Alex Pareene
And no one much cares
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., waves to the crowd during a welcome home event in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa Sunday, June 26, 2011. Bachmann said Sunday her bid to unseat President Barack Obama shouldn't be viewed as "anything personal" against the Democrat. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) (AP)

What being a “flake” really means

Steve Kornacki
Chris Wallace's put-down of Michele Bachmann offers a window into the GOP establishment's fears
President Barack Obama visits with soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division, many of whom have just returned from Afghanistan, Thursday, June 23, 2011, in Fort Drum, N.Y. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Obama gave commanders leeway on Afghan pullout

Robert Burns
Military leaders will be able to use their discretion in deciding the manner in which troops are sent home
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy annual fundraising event on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 in Chicago. Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel were among the 900 people who attended a fundraiser. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey) (AP)

Biden warns GOP on debt ceiling talks

Ken Thomas
VP says middle class will not "carry the whole burden" of deficit reduction
Revelers celebrate in front of the Stonewall Inn in Manhattan's west village following the passing of the same sex marriage bill by a vote of 33 to 29, Friday, June 24, 2011, in New York. Same-sex marriage is now legal in New York after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that was narrowly passed by state lawmakers Friday, handing activists a breakthrough victory in the state where the gay rights movement was born. The gay rights movement is considered to have started with the Stonewall riots in New York City's Greenwich Village in 1969. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano) (AP)

Gay marriage backers: NY vote has national impact

David Crary
Proponents hope that New York's landmark legislation will build momentum in other states
President Barack Obama greets members of the military before boarding Air Force One at the 171st Air Refueling Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard Base in Coraopolis, Pa., Friday, June 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Congress vs. the president on war powers

Glenn Greenwald
The significance of yesterday's Libya vote shouldn't be minimized. Plus: Reaction to same-sex marriage in New York
Gay marriage supporters and opponents rally in the hallways at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., Friday, June 24, 2011. Security was tight in the Capitol as opponents and supporters of same-sex marriage clogged the marble hallways after a week of rising tensions and great expectations. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink) (Hans Pennink)

The biggest victory for gay marriage yet

Alex Pareene
The arc of history bends closer to equality -- with Republican votes!
President Obama lets a kid use his telephone to call whoever he wants.

Today’s must-see viral videos

Drew Grant
Watch: The Tea Party gets a trailer, Louis C.K. will trade sexual acts for pills, and Obama lends his car phone
Adolf Hitler and Joseph Farah

Birthers: You know who else wasn’t eligible for the presidency? Hitler!

Alex Pareene
World Net Daily finally asks to see der Fuhrer's birth certificate
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