Racewire: Rabbi who brought down Helen Thomas does a great 'Mexican' impression

ProPublica: Years of internal BP probes warned that neglect could lead to accidents

Rising Hegemon: Idiot

Angry Bear: The Regulation Crisis

DownWithTyranny!: Looks like that whole teabagger thing-- at least in California-- was just something the mass media drummed up to sell some advertising. Every teabagger is losing every GOP primary from the Oregon border to San Diego.

HOLY CRAP: Tribulation baggers...Brawl over religion and demons...Veiled threats...Christian prisons...Cartoon of science...Baptist church told girl to apologize for being raped...Vive la Différence...Fringe Christers growing stronger...Kids of lesbian mothers doing just fine...Their values should be your values...

Connecting.the.Dots: Updating King's Dream: Love as a Weapon

FiveThirtyEight: If Scott Brown is to the left of Dede Scozzafava, why the enthusiasm gap in support amongst Tea Baggers and conservatives for the two?

Pam's House Blend: Challenge to Washington's Public Records Act to get SCOTUS hearing

Wonk Room: Dodd shouldn't abandon an independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency

Talk To Action: Obama declares Jan 16, Reigious Freedom Day and invokes the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, arguably the philosophical, historical and legal taproot of religious freedom, equality and separation of church and state -- and a powerful argument against Christian nationalism.

Crackpot Press: Conan O' Brien, champion of the unemployed