The Sideshow: Morning Notes

Bay Area Houston: Republican County Commissioner Jerry Eversole in Houston Texas has been fined by the Texas Ethics Commission, $75,000, the highest fine in the Commissions history, for among other things, buying $26,000 worth of cattle with his donors money.

TPMCafe: Obama is so mean

Tomgram: Will Iraq be a global gas pump?

They gave us a republic: The Nightowl Newswrap

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ANNALS OF JOURNALISM: B.S in front, news in back...A brush with reality...Wapo Crashed-and-Burned...MSNBC getting edgy...American Radical...Completely in the bag...Dept. of redundancy department...Another Triumph...Politico hearts WaPo liar...Media Reform Update...Murdoch's criminal methods...Doing the job...Fess up, or stop writing...WaPo Whitewash...David Brooks should name names...