Obama: Time for Rangel to end career “with dignity”  —  President Barack Obama has kept mum on the fate of Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) for days — but he tells CBS News that it's time for the embattled 80-year-old former Ways and Means Chairman to end his career “with dignity.”

Anthony Weiner's Spitting Mad Rant Against Republicans On The House Floor (VIDEO)  —  The House was debating a bill last night that would provide up to $7.4 billion in health care aid to rescue and recovery workers who have faced health problems since their work in the wake of the September 11 attacks.

Breitbart: I'd Like to Speak to Sherrod in Private  —  Conservative blogger says episode was ‘difficult for me as well.’  —  Andrew Breitbart, the conservative blogger who posted the original video of Shirley Sherrod talking about race.  —  In the aftermath of the saga that thrust Shirley Sherrod …

Statement on Cordoba House Controversy  —  The principle at stake in the Cordoba House controversy goes to the heart of American democracy and the value we place on freedom of religion.  Should one religious group in this country be treated differently than another?  We believe the answer is no.

North Korean football team shamed in six-hour public inquiry over World Cup  —  North Korea's football team has been shamed in a six-hour public inquisition and the team's coach has been accused of “betraying” the reclusive leader's heir apparent following their failure at the World Cup, according to reports.

G.M.'s Electric Lemon  —  GENERAL MOTORS introduced America to the Chevrolet Volt at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show as a low-slung concept car that would someday be the future of motorized transportation.  It would go 40 miles on battery power alone, promised G.M., after which it would create its own electricity with a gas engine.

NELSON STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT NOMINEE ELENA KAGAN  —  July 30, 2010 - Today, Nebraska's Senator Ben Nelson issued this statement on the president's nomination of Elena Kagan for the U.S. Supreme Court to fill the seat of retired Justice John Paul Stevens:

A Nonserious Question  —  Chris Bowers asks “Does anyone here think that working to stop GOP from destroying the filibuster in 2005 was still a good idea?”  —  The first problem with this question is that the GOP did not try to destroy the filibuster - they tried to destroy the judicial filibuster …

Senate Votes to Double Fines, Jail Time for Pot Brownies  —  Dianne Feinstein's Reefer Madness (graphic by twolf1)  —  Last night, the United States Senate voted to double the penalties for the nation's newest existential threat: brownies made with marijuana!

Gingrich expects Palin to run in 2012  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said Friday that he expects former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) to be among the crowd of GOP presidential candidates in 2012.  —  Gingrich, himself a potential candidate for president, sized up the field …

Black lawmakers irate over Emanuel's $1.5 billion promise to Sen. Lincoln  —  African-American lawmakers are irate that the Obama administration has promised Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) $1.5 billion in farm aid while claiming it can't pay a landmark legal settlement with black farmers.

GOP seizes on immigration memo  —  Republicans are seizing on an internal memo they say is further evidence the Obama administration wants to bypass a gridlocked Congress and use its executive powers to grant “back-door amnesty” to thousands of illegal immigrants.

Did the government cause the Gulf spill?  —  The generally accepted view of the Deepwater Horizon disaster has focused on the blowout preventer and the non-standard procedures BP conducted just before the explosion and fire.  However, most of the damage and the main source of the spill came …

Al Gore won't face prosecution in sexual assault allegation  —  Former Vice President Al Gore will not face prosecution on an allegation of sexual assault from 2006.  —  (CNN) - Former Vice President Al Gore will not face prosecution on an allegation of sexual assault from 2006.

Hate mail, threats flood Arizona judge's office  —  U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton received hundreds of threats at her court offices within hours of her ruling on Arizona's tough and controversial immigration law.  —  “She has been inundated,” said U.S. Marshal David Gonzales, indicating his agents are taking some seriously.

Gates Gets Grumpy in Speech to Scouts  —  Defense Secretary Robert Gates, a former Eagle Scout, addressed the Boy Scout jamboree being held at Virginia's Fort A.P. Hill.—and struck a decidedly cranky tone.  —  In his Wednesday speech, Gates said that young Americans are “increasingly physically unfit …

Everything Liberal Activists Do Is Wrong And Destructive  —  That's the message I've been hearing from the Very Serious People ever since I started paying attention.  I don't know the best way to get more liberal policies and more liberal people in office, but I also don't think the fortunes …

WaPo buries Dem fundraiser's fraud, highlights GOP fundraising scandal  —  Our friends at the Washington Post gave front-page treatment this morning to SEC charges that Texas billionaires Sam Wyly and Charles Wyly gained $550 million in fraudulent stock trades.

Hodes misses vote on benefits  —  Rep criticized GOP opponents on issue  —  After repeatedly prodding his Republican opponents in the U.S. Senate race to support extending unemployment benefits, Democratic U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes last week missed the vote.  —  A spokesman for the Hodes campaign …