Our reporter Hunter Walker spent a day with the tea party GOP Senate nominee from New Jersey, Steve Lonegan. And wow. Lonegan unloaded about “single mom shit,” “angry looking Mexican guys” and, uh, more. Just read this.

Maine town official’s Facebook post gets the attention of the Secret Service.

The Obamacare exchanges begin enrollment in October. Here’s a look at a TV ad for the exchange being rolled out in Vermont — one of states that created its own exchange rather than punting to the feds. Note the local emphasis in the tagline: “It’s for Vermonters, by Vermonters.” Read More

The Obama administration begins the day by announcing that the President plans to take two more executive actions on guns, including closing a background check loophole.

We’re streaming the House of Commons debate on Syria intervention here.

Free drinks and limo rides allegedly given to University of Alabama sorority sisters in return for votes in local elections in Tuscaloosa.

What’s the promotional push for the Obamacare exchanges look like in various states? Here are the TV ads being used in New York, Colorado, Oregon, Connecticut, Vermont, Kentucky, and Hawaii.

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Disclosure: I was off by 158 miles to the east.

If John Cornyn ain’t a true conservative, then nobody is.

Big — though not unexpected — news on the marijuana legalization front.