Is it Republican state senators in Wisconsin getting wobbly now?

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Jon Stewart riffs on TPM’s video of a Muslim man being pelted with crosses while praying in front of the White House. Watch.