Today's Qs for O's WH - 10/20/2009  —  From this morning's gaggle in White House press secretary Robert Gibbs' office:  —  Can you explain why it's appropriate for the White House to decide that a news organization is not one -  —  Gibbs: Jake, we render, we render an opinion based …

Traditional Americans are losing their nation  —  In the brief age of Obama, we have had “truthers,” “birthers,” tea party activists and town-hall dissenters.  —  Comes now, the “Oath Keepers.”  And who might they be?  —  Writes Alan Maimon in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Oath Keepers …

Rights Watchdog, Lost in the Mideast  —  AS the founder of Human Rights Watch, its active chairman for 20 years and now founding chairman emeritus, I must do something that I never anticipated: I must publicly join the group's critics.  Human Rights Watch had as its original mission …

‘They Tried to Steal an Election,’ N.Y. Voter Fraud Case Heats Up  —  Thirty-eight forged or fraudulent ballots have been thrown out, according to records at the Rensselaer County Board of Elections in Troy, N.Y. Enough votes, an election official admits, to likely have tipped the November election to the Democrats.

Limbaugh to NYTimes environment reporter Revkin: “Why don't you just go kill yourself”  —  From the October 20 edition of Premiere Radio Network's The Rush Limbaugh Show:  —  Please upgrade your flash player.  The video for this item requires a newer version of Flash Player.

Democrats lock Republicans out of committee room  —  Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) locked Republicans out of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee room to keep them from meeting when Democrats aren't present.  —  Towns' action came after repeated public ridicule from the leading Republican …

Christie May Have Gotten Improper Aid  —  When news broke in August that the former United States attorney, Christopher J. Christie, had lent $46,000 to a top aide in the federal prosecutor's office, he said he was merely helping a friend in need.  He also said the aide, Michele Brown …

Happy Hour Roundup: New CBO Score Bodes Well For Public Option  —  Update: This just in:  —  In another step forward for the public option, I'm told reliably by a source that House leaders have been given a new Congressional Budget Office “score” finding that the evolving House bill …

President Obama takes on Wall Street in New York City fundraiser  —  President Barack Obama challenged Wall Street to embrace his proposed financial regulations at a New York City fundraiser Tuesday night.  —  Obama criticized the “reckless speculation and deceptive practices and short-sightedness and self-interestedness from a few.”

America's secular saboteurs  —  There are many ways cultural nihilists are busy trying to sabotage America these days: multiculturalism is used as a club to beat down Western civilization in the classroom; sexual libertines seek to upend the cultural order by attacking religion …

WaPo/ABC poll uses skewed sample to show public-option support  —  My first clue that the new WaPo/ABC poll had big problems in its sampling came from question 38 of the raw data released by ABC last night, the generic Congressional ballot.  Most polls have that within the margin of error; both Rasmussen and Pew have it at a dead heat.

Oprah Winfrey Talks to Sarah Palin on The Oprah Winfrey Show  —  CHICAGO — In a world exclusive, Oprah Winfrey will interview former Alaska governor Sarah Palin for an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show to air Monday, November 16, 2009.  Winfrey and Palin will meet for the very first time on the episode …

Meet future woman: shorter, plumper, more fertile  — For similar stories, visit the Evolution and Human Evolution Topic Guides  —  Women of the future are likely to be slightly shorter and plumper, have healthier hearts and longer reproductive windows.  These changes are predicted …

Kinsman, IL - FBI Raids Halal Slaughterhouse  —  Kinsman, IL - Federal agents conducted a raid Sunday afternoon at a goat meat processing plant near Morris, Illinois.  The secretive operation was led by the Chicago FBI office, the Feds are being very tight-lipped on what they found and why they were even there.

The secret Paulson-Goldman meeting  —  Andrew Ross Sorkin's new book is out today, and breaks some pretty stunning news, dating from the end of June, 2008.  At this point, we're still months away from the now-famous but then-secret waiver, issued in mid-September, which allowed Hank Paulson …

Headliner Kerry joins J Street no-show list UPDATE  —  J Street, DC's new left-leaning Israel advocacy group, had hoped to make a big splash with an event in DC next week but the group has been rocked by a wave of speaker cancellations and no-shows — led by headliner John Kerry, POLITICO's Meredith Shiner reports.

Hersh: Military waging war with White House  —  DURHAM — The U.S. military is not just fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, America's most renowned investigative journalist says.  —  The army is also “in a war against the White House — and they feel they have [President] Obama boxed in …

News7 Poll: Republicans hold comfortable leads in statewide contests  —  According to a new News7 SurveyUSA poll, if the governor's election was held today, Republican Bob McDonnell would easily win the race over Democrat Creigh Deeds.  —  It shows McDonnell with a 59 percent to 40 percent lead over Deeds.

Judge revokes Bernard Kerik bail, sends ex-NYPD top cop to jail for trying to taint jury pool  —  A judge tossed former NYPD commissioner Bernard Kerik in jail for trying to taint the jury pool via the Internet Tuesday - days before the top cop's corruption trial starts.

ACORN Watch: Fight the thugs  —  ACORN is a criminal enterprise.  It took decades to build up its massive coffers and intricate web of affiliates across the country.  —  It will take months and years to untangle the entire operation.  —  And it will take time, money …