Cantor: “If you read the newspapers today, I for one am increasingly concerned about the growing mobs occupying Wall Street and the other cities across the country.”

This beautiful photo of Leymah Gbowee, one of the three women to share today’s Nobel Peace Prize, embodies the fierce urgency of now, doesn’t it?

Here’s the nickel version of what went down last night in the Senate.

Set aside which bill was involved and what stage of the proceedings this all happened in. That’s basically irrelevant.

What Senate Democrats did is that they voted to overrule the Senate parliamentarian.

By rule and by custom, both parties abide by the decisions of the parliamentarian. But the rule that establishes that basic guideline was originally approved by a simply majority vote, so it can be changed by a simply majority vote. That’s what Senate Democrats last night. Read More

One of the two big annual conservative confabs gets into high gear today in Washington. But unlike last year, the official schedule of the Values Voter Summit 2011 makes no mention of the tea party.

Our reporters are on the scene, and we’ll bring you the news from VVS throughout the day on TPM Livewire and TPM2012.