I was on Hardball today discussing — among other things — Newt Gingrich’s return to electoral politics with what will apparently be an actual, rather than a threatened, run for the White House.

Bear in mind, Newt is almost as bad as Donald Trump when it comes to threatened runs for president. He talks up the possibility every four years for the ego and/or money boost. He just never follows through. But now he apparently is. And this time, not only is he running, but he’s already chosen his vice presidential running mate: God. Read More

Arkansas Republican says he didn’t meant to call his opponent a “Pro-Abortion Jewish Lawyer.”

TPM’s Susan Crabtree reports that a showdown is brewing between Democrats and Republicans on the House Ethics Committee over whether to reinstate those two attorneys accused of bungling the Maxine Waters case.

Big move afoot by Republicans in House and Senate to strip the attorney general of authority over detainees and vest the powers to hold, interrogate, and try detainees with the secretary of defense.

NPR puts already-outgoing executive on administrative leave over video punking incident.

Rep. King (R-NY) calls opposition to his Muslim radicalization hearings “absolutely insane.“

Former DC Mayor Adrian Fenty (D) comes out in favor of Gov. Walker’s union-busting. And Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ) comes out against former Mayor Fenty.

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein: I see all the intelligence and we didn’t know jack in advance about the turmoil in the Middle East.

Is it Republican state senators in Wisconsin getting wobbly now?

As part of the prank James O’Keefe et al. pulled on NPR, they set up a website for their phony group that, well, apparently fooled some of the most virulent of our homegrown Islamophobes. Or as Justin Elliott puts it: “A fake website about Muslims created by right-wing bloggers confirmed everything right-wing bloggers believe about Muslims.”