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Abbreviated pundit roundup: SCOTUS ruling on voting rights

The Arizona Republic isn't too pleased about the Supreme Court's ruling on Arizona's draconian proof-of-citizenship law: Arizona’s proof-of-citizenship requirement was an unnecessary political gambit that suppressed the vote. But the court did not strike down Arizona’s law. Show More Summary

National Security Brief: Obama Defends Administration On Syria, Surveillance

President Barack Obama defended his administration’s national security policy from critiques on Monday night in an exclusive primetime interview with PBS’ Charlie Rose. Facing criticism of his handling of Syria’s ongoing civil war, Obama noted that the Syrian opposition needed time to mature and coalesce before the decision was made to provide military assistance. “The [...]

‘Being Called A Traitor By Dick Cheney Is The Highest Honor You Can Give An American’

That is Edward Snowden’s response to the former vice president calling him a traitor. Edward Snowden is apparently feeling safe enough in Hong Kong to field questions at The Guardian in a live Q&A. In his first answer, Snowden defended his decision to leak information about NSA operations against China and other countries by saying [...]

Virginia Governor Billed Taxpayers For Sunscreen, Dog Vitamins

The Washington Post reported on the spending of the outgoing Republican governor. The newspaper, citing spending records it obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, also said the McDonnells used state employees to run personal errands for their adult children and billed the state for deodorant, shoe repairs and a digestive system “detox cleanse.” The [...]

‘Tweet’ ‘Crowdsourcing’ ‘Mouseover’ Added To Oxford English Dictionary

Of course, “tweet” has been there before, but not with the new definition. Words like “live-blogging,” crowdsourcing” and “mouseover” have been added to the 2013 OED. The dictionary acknowledges that it is breaking its own rule that a word must be “current for ten years” before it can be included into the dictionary, by expanding [...]

Peg Schaffer Files Supreme Court Appeal Regarding Special Election

Blue Jersey just received filings submitted to the N. J. Supreme Court, documenting that efforts continue to invalidate Governor Christie's plan to hold a separate election on Wednesday, October 16, for the U.S. Senate race. The filing requests the election date be reset for the next General Election on Tuesday November 5. Show More Summary

Houston Stripper Miscarries During Her Act

“Jhonni Blaze” miscarried as she was twerking for her audience at a Houston strip club. “Jhonni Blaze is currently in the hospital recovering from a miscarriage that occurred on Wednesday… according to co-workers and patrons at the club, she was dancing at VLive …while on stage she started bleeding profusely…she had apparently suffered a miscarriage… [...]

Bushmaster exec asks public to please stop victimizing his innocent gun

Bushmaster exec: Guns not relevant to gun violence George Kollitides, CEO of the company that owns Bushmaster, the maker of the AR-15 rifle used in the Newtown massacre is sick and tired of hearing people blame his gun: “It’s very easy to blame an inanimate object. Show More Summary

Putin: Syrian Rebels Eat Human Flesh

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the West must not arm fighters who eat human flesh. After meeting British Prime Minister David Cameron in London, Putin said, "One does not really need to support the people who not only kill their enemies, but open up their bodies, eat their intestines in front of the public and cameras. Show More Summary

A Brit’s View: The British are at it too!

It’s been a bad week for the high and mighty of Russian politics. First New England Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft accused Vladimir Putin of stealing his 2005 Super Bowl ring (you’re a brave man, Robert), then the Guardian revealed that the British government bugged Dmitry Medvedev (as well as everyone else) at the 2009 G20 submit [...]Show More Summary

Lindsey Graham, the 'death spiral' and the Republican Party

Immigration reform is proving another awkward moment for Sen. Marco Rubio. Immigration reform sure has Republicans in a bind. After all, Sen. Lindsey Graham was not wrong when he said, on Sunday's Meet the Press, that: "... if we don’t...Show More Summary

Is The Supreme Court Preparing To Gut Protections Against Discrimination In Housing?

The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear a case on the government’s standard for determining whether housing discrimination has occurred. The case that the justices agreed to hear in the fall involves the Philadelphia suburb of Mt. Holly, NJ, which is seeking to redevelop a poor, minority neighborhood into one with home prices [...]

Spurs One Game from NBA Title

The San Antonio Spurs dominated game 5 of the NBA Finals, defeating the Miami Heat 114-104 to take a 3-2 series lead. Manu Ginobili started for the Spurs and had a season-high 24 points and 10 assists. Spurs guard Danny Green's six three-pointers pushed him into record territory for the most threes in a playoff series. Show More Summary

Supreme Court Rules Against Arizona

The high court says states can’t require additional proof of citizenship in order to register to vote. The court rejected a requirement passed by Arizona voters in 2004 that potential voters supply proof of eligibility beyond an applicant’s oath on the federal form that he or she is a citizen. The court ruled 7 to [...]

Cheney, Rogers show how not to defend NSA surveillance

Former Vice President Dick Cheney was on "Fox News Sunday" yesterday, saying exactly what you'd expect Cheney to say on "Fox News Sunday." For example, asked about Americans' right to know about their government's surveillance efforts, the former V.P. argued, "Well, they get to …

Edward Snowden Doing Live Chat Now At Guardian

Link: Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old former National Security Agency contractor who leaked highly sensitive information about the super-secret agency, will answer questions online this morning through the website of The Guardian, which broke Snowden's initial story. Snowden, who fled the U.S. Show More Summary

On Current TV's Talking Liberally , Eric Boehlert Highlights Sean Hannity's Hypocrisy On NSA Surveillance

From the June 17 edition of Current TV's Talking Liberally With Stephanie Miller: Previously: Sean Hannity On NSA Surveillance, Then And Now MSNBC's Chris Hayes Highlights Sean Hannity's "Highly Entertaining Partisan Hypocrisy" On NSA Surveillance

Surprise! Justice Scalia Strikes Down Arizona Law Requiring Proof Of Citizenship To Register To Vote

In an opinion by conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, a 7-2 Supreme Court held this morning that an Arizona law requiring voting officials to reject voter registration forms that are “not accompanied by concrete evidence of citizenship” conflicts with a federal law requiring states to use a uniform voter registration form for federal elections. Scalia once [...]

June 17 News: Tar Balls Continue To Wash Up On Gulf Coast Beaches

BP is stopping regular cleanup patrols in the Gulf, even though oil continues to wash up on the shores of the region. [AP] Finding tar balls linked to the BP oil spill isn’t difficult on some Gulf Coast beaches, but the company and the government say it isn’t common enough to keep sending out the [...]

Alan Grayson’s blockbuster speech about NSA spying (video)