Hoffa Threatens GOP At Obama Event: “Take These Son Of Bitches Out”  —  Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa had some profane, combative words for Republicans while warming up the crowd for President Obama in Detroit, Michigan on Monday.  “We got to keep an eye on the battle that we face: The war on workers.

Rollins to step back from Bachmann role  —  Ed Rollins is going to be stepping back from day-to-day management of the Michele Bachmann campaign, and moving into a senior advisory role, he said in an interview.  —  Rollins said the reason for the change is personal — his health and the rigors of a campaign.

Iowa Caucus: Iowa GOP: Perry 29%, Bachmann 18%, Romney 17%, Paul 14%  —  Confirming a surge seen in polling across the nation, Texas Governor Rick Perry has moved into first place among Republican voters in Iowa, host state to the first-in-the-nation caucus early next year.

Leak Offers Look at Efforts by U.S. to Spy on Israel  —  WASHINGTON — When Shamai K. Leibowitz, an F.B.I. translator, was sentenced to 20 months in prison last year for leaking classified information to a blogger, prosecutors revealed little about the case.  They identified the blogger in court papers only as “Recipient A.”

Obama's “Country Before Party” Nonsense  —  News reports suggest that on Thursday night, the president will tell Republicans in the House and Senate that they should put “country before party” and endorse his proposals for job creation.  The “country before party” line has become Obama's …

Senior Diplomat Asks for Identification of Main Culprits behind 9/11 Attacks  —  TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official and a career diplomat, Mohsen Pakaein, blames the American Neoconservatives for the September 11 attacks on the US, saying that Neocons have victimized thousands …

Biden At AFL-CIO Rally: “You Are The Only Folks Keeping The Barbarians From the Gates” (Video)  —  The opposition is called “son of a bitches” at one Labor rally and “barbarians” at another rally.  Here's an angry Joe Biden at the AFL-CIO rally in Cincinnati just a short time ago

IDF general: Likelihood of regional war growing  —  Senior IDF officer warns of ‘radical Islamic winter’ that may lead to regional war, could prompt use of WMDs; new, more lethal weapons discovered in hands of terrorists during latest round of fighting in Gaza, Major General Eisenberg says

Catastrophic fires burn thousands of acres, force evacuations across Central Texas  —  Fires in Bastrop County, Spicewood, Steiner Ranch, Pflugerville, others driven by wind and dry conditions.  —  In a summer where brush fires have become a near-daily occurrence, firefighting officials …