Sources: Tony Snow to Be Named White House Press Secretary  —  WASHINGTON — Tony Snow will be named new White House press secretary on Wednesday morning, FOX News has learned.  Snow is expected to be at the White House for the announcement.  He has been mulling the offer for the last several days.

Oil, Gas Prices Drop on Bush Supply Move  —  Crude oil and gasoline futures fell Tuesday after President Bush gave the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to relax regional clean-fuel standards to attract more imports of gasoline to the United States and to make it easier for supplies to be moved from one state to another.

Mary McCarthy Matrix Grows  —  With the addition of Dem heavy-hitter Ty Cobb and Rand Beers now making the TV circuit:  —  Click for full size.  —  Meanwhile HotAir has more on the semi, sort of, backtrack.

'Zarqawi' shows face in new video  —  A website has posted a video message which shows unmasked a man who appears to be the Iraqi insurgency's most wanted leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.  —  In the tape, the man says holy warriors are fighting on despite a three-year "crusade".

The power of the blogosphere  —  (updated below)  —  In just one day, before it has been released, and with literally nothing more in the way of marketing and publicity than a handful of bloggers discussing it and a very committed and passionate blog readership here, How Would a Patriot Act? …

Is the Press Covering the Iraq War On the Cheap?  —  The media needs to send more "troops" to cover the war and provide much-needed coverage.  What's stopping them?  Fear of violence, certainly, but also limits on training and insurance.  Joe Galloway also notes the military's "growing resistance" to embeds.

Never Mind Mars and Venus: Who Is 'the Decider'?  —  When President George W. Bush referred to himself as "the decider" last week, there was the ensuing list of dinner party queries: Is "decider" an actual word?  (It is.)  Is it applicable in the world of presidential politics?  (Sure, whatever.)

Bush, senators agree on alien citizenship, shut out critics  —  President Bush and a group of senators yesterday reached general agreement on an immigration bill that includes a pathway to citizenship for many illegal aliens.  —  But left out of the closed-door White House meeting were senators who oppose a path to citizenship.

Our Rotten IntelligenCIA  —  To media partisans, some leaks are more equal than others.  —  Fired CIA officer Mary O. McCarthy went on offense Monday, denying through her lawyer that she has done anything wrong.  But the agency is standing by its claim that she was dismissed last week because she …

101st Fighting Keyboarder Uniforms  —  Whenever you visit a rightwing site, you are sure to see "those" tshirts.  I saw an ad for them on the Washington Times the other day.  Now, I know that wingnuts have great sense of humor as you can tell by the huge number of successful comedians and humorists on the right.

Mirror?  What Mirror?  —  The poll above was posted on Egypt's number one web portal Masrawy.com.  The question asks people whom they think was behind the bombings in Dahab yesterday.  48.9% of the respondents so far think that the Israeli Mossad was behind the terrorist attack.

Rumsfeld and Rice Make Unannounced Visit to Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, April 26-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced joint visit to Iraq Wednesday to bolster the new emerging government and to ensure that the sometimes disjointed U.S. political …

Experts make flatulence-free bean  —  A method of creating super-nutritious but flatulence-free beans has been developed by scientists.  —  Beans are a cheap and key source of nutrition especially in the developing world, but many people are thought to be put off by anti-social side-effects.