The holiday weekend probably disrupted your usual TPM reading pattern, so let me flag a few items you might have missed:
* We couldn’t do what we do without the super well-informed readership we have, which funnels us a wealth of tips, insights, and local news reports. Zack Roth has the top 10 reader tips we’re most thankful for.
* Christina Bellantoni read David Plouffe’s new book so you don’t have to. She pulls out the top 10 Obama campaign revelations in Audacity to Win.
* Brian Beutler has the top 5 Republican distortions so far in the current Congress (yes, death panels makes the list).
* It’s the biggest Democratic political scandal you haven’t heard of. Justin Elliott spells it P-M-A.
* My personal favorite: Evan McMorris-Santoro’s top 10 moments of the right-wing tea party “revolution.”
* Finally, Eric Kleefeld gives thanks for the 10 wildest and wackiest political figures of the moment.