The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun control is about to begin. Witness include the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre, Gabby Giffords, and her husband Mark Kelly. Watch the hearing live.

When I first raised the alarm a couple weeks ago about ‘nuclear gerrymandering’ (the GOP effort to rig the electoral college, state by state), I noted that it was actually a really bad thing for states themselves, as opposed to the national Republican party. And, as Benjy Sarlin reports today, the plan now seems to be coming apart even before it really got off the ground. We’re discussing the latest news in this thread at TPMPrime. Join us.

Remember that guns & freedom commune they’re building out in Idaho? Jon Stewart is wondering whether ‘medieval castle chic’ is really the right look for ‘the Citadel’.

The FBI Tuesday night raided the West Palm Beach office of a doctor with close personal and political ties to Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), the new chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Dr. Salomon Melgen was a key figure in the story the Daily Caller ran last November containing allegations that Menendez had consorted with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic (and allegedly stiffed them for payment). “The investigation is believed to be focusing on Melgen’s finances and the allegations about Menendez’s trips and contact with prostitutes,” the Herald reports.