Check out this short and sweet piece on why the Hastert Rule appears to be dying the GOP House.

Associated Press: “A secret investigation into Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s former aides and associates closed last week without any charges being filed against Walker.”

Maddow compares Scalia to an Internet ‘troll’ using the N-word. Watch.

Of all the things Sheriff Joe Arpaio has done over the years, I really never expected his office to release videos of the 80-year-old Arizona lawman laid up in a hospital bed.

SpaceX mission to International Space Station about to launch. Watch.

Axelrod confronts Woodward this morning on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” Watch.

Michelle Obama on the reaction to her Oscars night cameo.

After denying he’d ever said he was threatened, Woodward tells Hannity that Gene Sperling’s email was code for “You Better Watch Out!” Watch.

TPM’s Eric Lach traveled today to Albany, N.Y., where gun rights protestors were expecting 35,000 people to greet National Rifle Association President David Keene. The actual numbers ended up being quite a bit lower than anticipated, but some of the attendees did bring signs comparing Gov. Cuomo to Hitler. So there was that.

The Coahoma County Sheriffs department has charged 22 year old Lawrence Reed with the murder of Marco McMillian, a candidate for Mayor of Clarksdale, Mississippi. McMillian was the first openly gay candidate for public office in the state’s history. Authorities did not comment on a motive for the crime.