A lawyer representing one of the alleged “Anonymous” defendants tell TPM there’s nothing criminal about DDOS attacks: “This was merely a digital sit in. It is no different from occupying the Woolworth’s lunch counter in the civil rights era.”
The election clerk in Waukesha County, Wisc. — who has been the target of liberal conspiracy theories since she found more than 7,000 uncounted votes for Justice David Prosser in last April’s Supreme Court race — did in fact violate state laws and regulations during that election but could not possibly have manipulated the controversial tally, a state review board has found.
Rick Perry: It was “inappropriate” of me to say immigration foes don’t “have a heart.”
As Benjy Sarlin reports, that heartless line in the last debate is causing Perry all kinds of trouble among conservatives who are otherwise favorably disposed toward him.
FBI busts Northeastern University graduate student in sting in which he allegedly plotted to bomb the Pentagon and Capitol using remote-controlled aircraft. The defendant is a U.S. citizen.
Mitt Romney takes the plausible argument that he’s not the career politician Rick Perry is one step too far and declares: “I don’t have a political career.”
Florida moves to schedule its presidential primary ahead of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, threatening to scramble the primary season calendar.
Dems figure they might as well make hay over the audience outbursts at the last three GOP debates.
The only people more desperate for Chris Christie to enter the GOP race than Republican bigwigs are national political reporters. Much easier to cover the candidates jockeying for position than, say, the assorted economic and budget issues that should define the race.