Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu says his immigrant ex-boyfriend — who has accused him of threatening deportation — only worked for his campaign in a volunteer capacity. But a campaign filing seen by TPM’s Nick Martin suggests there might be more to the story.

It doesn’t seem that Jon Huntsman is digging this whole having-endorsed-Mitt-Romney thing.

New video of Rep. John Sullivan’s remarks two nights ago at an Oklahoma town hall talking about how he’d have to kill a couple of senators to pass the Paul Ryan budget — for which he quickly apologized when TPM inquired about it.

Florida Rep. Vern Buchanan (R) says an FEC investigation exonerated him from any campaign finance wrongdoing. The FEC didn’t actually quite go that far.

But now Buchanan might have bigger things to worry about: a federal grand jury.

Ever strike you that every time the weather gets hot we fall into a kind of forgetful Twilight Zone vortex of cynical political posturing about gas prices? Well, here’s why.

What if Mitt Romney tried to wriggle away from embracing Arizona’s harsh immigration laws, but nobody noticed?

Rudy Giuliani: In order to avoid bombing Iran, we must have a president who threatens to bomb Iran.

I just killed Team TPM’s productivity by passing this awesome BBC infographic around. Make sure you scroll all the way to the bottom and check out the interview with the only living human being to have visited the Marianas Trench.

Romney camp again blasts around newspaper endorsement of Mitt that deletes parts critical of him. This time it’s today’s Arizona Republic endorsement. Among the deletions:

There are better orators in American politics. Indeed, the Democrats appear to have one. And certainly there are Republicans who better project the passion for the office they seek. Steady, unflappable Romney would not a “passion president” make.

Separately, “passion president”?

Ouch. The car czar glove slaps Mitt Romney for his stance on the auto bailout.