MSNBC Trashes Obama's Address: Compared To Carter, “I Don't Sense Executive Command”  —  Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and Howard Fineman react to President Obama's Oval Office Address on the oil spill.  Here are the highlights of what the trio said: Olbermann: “It was a great speech …

Exclusive: Al Gore Cheats with Larry David's Ex  —  Al Gore's split from wife Tipper after 40 years of marriage was a shock to everyone who thought theirs was the ideal marriage.  Now Star can exclusively reveal that the former Vice President was having an affair with Larry David's ex-wife — for the past two years!

Sharron Angle floated possibility of armed insurrection  —  Here's another one that could be tough for Sharron Angle to explain away: In an interview in January, Angle appeared to float the possibility of armed insurrection if “this Congress keeps going the way it is.”  —  I'm not kidding.

When Mama Grizzlies Rebut  —  Wow.  Sarah Palin was on Bill O'Reilly to comment on Obama's address tonight, and it's every bit as crazy-stupid as you'd expect - even BillO seemed amazed by her performance.  Just so you know what to expect, this post is kind of a belated DVR-aided liveblog of her appearance …

Fallout from the Spill  —  Our new Louisiana poll has a lot of data points to show how unhappy voters in the state are with Barack Obama's handling of the oil spill but one perhaps sums it up better than anything else- a majority of voters there think George W. Bush did a better job with Katrina than Obama's done dealing with the spill.

Into the jaws of hate: Soldiers' parade marred by Muslim extremists and far-Right  —  Screaming hate and brandishing vile placards, Muslim extremists and far-Right groups clashed yesterday in ugly scenes that marred a parade by soldiers.  —  Around 40 members of a group called Muslims Against the Crusades …

Stop the Mosque at Ground Zero - Part II  —  Americans Stand Up Against Radical Islam in New York - We Will Not Submit!  —  On Sunday, June 6th, a multi-ethnic, multi-racial coalition of Americans opposed to Islamic violence and intolerance rallied at the site of the World Trade Center in New York City.

Nightmare vision for Europe as EU chief warns ‘democracy could disappear’ in Greece, Spain and Portugal  —  Democracy could ‘collapse’ in Greece, Spain and Portugal unless urgent action is taken to tackle the debt crisis, the head of the European Commission has warned.

They can pry the NRA's donor list from its cold, dead hands  —  Quick back story: A few months back, the Supreme Court hands down the Citizens United case, which gives corporations the right to spend as much as they want, at any point they want, in elections.

Apple iPhone 4 Pre-Ordering Is a Total Disaster  —  The iPhone 4's first pre-ordering day has been a total disaster.  AT&T's online system has collapsed, there are account security breaches, Apple's online upgrades are down, and stores are now using pen and paper to process sales.  Updating live (14)

Have Republicans Already Blown Their Chance to Recapture The Senate?  —  With nearly five months to go until Election Day, Republican hopes of retaking the Senate have dimmed and they're privately lamenting their lost opportunity.  Until just a few weeks ago, Republicans considered winning …

MSNBC's Schultz Asks When Obama Will ‘Become a Dictator’ on Gulf Cleanup  —  When asked what President Obama needs to do to prove to Americans that his administration is on top of the Gulf cleanup, Ed Schultz pressed that the President needs to call the shots and go “dictator” in his dealings with BP.

The Economics of Libertarianism, Revealed  —  It is both the best and worst of times for libertarians.  On the plus side, real, live politicians who might conceivably get elected call themselves libertarians.  On the negative side, true libertarians have lost their ancient luxury of being able …

Lehman Administrators Aim to Return Assets  —  LONDON—Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s European administrators, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, will unveil on Wednesday a proposal to expedite the return of as much as $22 billion of assets to the failed bank's unsecured creditors.

NYT reporter defends Afghani minerals piece, lashes out at critics  —  New York Times reporter James Risen is fighting back against critics who have cast a skeptical eye on his Page One story yesterday about Afghanistan's mineral deposits.  In an interview with Yahoo! News …

The national security shell game  —  Deficit hawks are using national security as an excuse to seek cuts in Social Security in Medicare, but they're wrong.  —  In American public discourse, national security is the first refuge of scoundrels.  For six decades good and dreadful ideas alike …

MSNBC Gives Lawrence O'Donnell 10 p.m. Show  —  Developing: MSNBC is giving regular “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” fill-in host Lawrence O'Donnell the 10 p.m. hour, the network says.  —  O'Donnell will start developing the program immediately, though no format, title or start date has been set.

Obama names new top drilling regulator  —  Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday appointed Michael Bromwich, a former Justice Department watchdog in the Clinton administration, as the new head of a reorganized federal effort to regulate offshore oil drilling.

Bank of England to cap mortgages  —  House buyers could be refused mortgages under new Bank of England powers to be unveiled by George Osborne.  —  The Chancellor will announce that he will hand a host of new controls to the Bank to prevent another financial crisis.