On the heels of Thursday’s report that the tea party group FreedomWorks scrapped plans to release a bizarre phony panda-Hillary Clinton sex video comes word that the group’s Arizona director also did away with plans to hand out “Be Mein” Hitler valentines to state lawmakers.

NRA chief Wayne LaPierre plans at 5:15 p.m. ET to respond to Obama’s State of the Union address. Watch it live here.

By this point, the case of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) is a sprawling and murky one. The FBI and a good deal of reporters have been looking into Salomon Melgen, the doctor, businessman and political donor who is closely connected to the senator. But back before things got to this level, there was a tipster who went by the name Peter Williams pointing the FBI and others in Menendez and Melgen’s direction. Now, Williams is nowhere to be found, and some are questioning the credibility of his claims. TPM’s Eric Lach looks into the history of the this mysterious tipster.

TPM’s Eric Lach dug around and found 20 states where lawmakers have proposed measures to put a stop to federal gun laws in recent weeks. Some would like to arrest federal officers who try to enforce the laws. Others simply want to make it very hard for the feds to do their jobs. So what’s behind the state-by-state movement? Here’s our report.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) says Congress will probably be too busy with immigration and other issues to tackle gun control.

“If you want to keep people away in an earthquake, buy some shotgun shells.”

Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) snaps at Secretary of State HIllary Clinton during the Benghazi hearings: “You let the consulate become a death trap.”

Fox News ponders whether it’s OK to compare people to Nazis during the gun debate.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott takes out ads inviting gun loving New Yorkers to join him in the Lone Star State.