The 1927 flood is the standard against which all Mississippi River floods, including this year’s, are measured:
With no Internet or cable or phone connections in his hideout, how did bin Laden sent his emails? Here’s how.
Chris Cilliza at the Post is reporting that Sen. Herb Kohl will announce today that he’s retiring from the Senate. Any Wisconsin open senate seat is competitive by definition. But remember, this is Wisconsin. And the election in that state, in addition to being the presidential election will also be the referendum on the big Republican push to shut down the state’s union movement. A lot on the line.
CA Dem releases bizarre ‘we minorities need to stick together’ TV ad. Watch.
You probably know that Newt Gingrich has written a number of political policy agenda type books. You may not have known he’s written — in one sense or another — a number of historical novels and even a risque-ish war novel 1945 — White House chief of staff is seduced by Swedish siren spy. In case you haven’t read Newt’s fiction work we’ve prepared this handy guide, with plot synopsis, key quotes and juiciest moments. Click here to get your primer on the Newt oeuvre.
Reading the report against Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), you start to wonder if being a complete moron ought to be grounds for expulsion from the Senate, even though that might decimate the upper chamber.
There was no part of a coverup Ensign couldn’t botch.
Openly instruct his staff to use Gmail to avoid Senate servers? Check. Draft your own incriminating statement about the scandal without help from a lawyer and share it with staff? Check. Implement an office document shredding policy? Check.
With his health care speech today, Mitt Romney [may have ended his chances](http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/mitt-romney-i-will-never-impose-my-awesome-massachusetts-law-on-the-nation.php?ref=fpb) of winning the Republican nomination in ’12.
A quick rundown of the Senate Ethics Committee’s findings against former Sen. John Ensign (R-NV).
Senate Ethics Committee refers case of former Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) to Justice Department for criminal investigation.
Things looking really bad for Ensign. Ethics Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is on the Senate floor now explaining the referral of the Ensign case to the Justice Department and FEC. She has read a laundry list of violations by Ensign including obstruction of justice.
Most tellingly, Boxer revealed that the special counsel named by the Ethics Committee was recommending expulsion for Ensign, an extraordinary move. It appears the prospect of a Ethics Committee proceeding resulting in possible expulsion was what prompted Ensign to resign his seat after hanging on throughout the lengthy scandal.
You can read the report here.