Cain camp considering legal action against Politico  —  A Herman Cain aide said Thursday that the Cain campaign is considering its legal options over the original Politico story, which revealed that the former head of the National Restaurant Association was accused of sexually harassing at least two women during his tenure in the 1990s.

Elizabeth Warren Heckled By Tea Party Supporter … BROCKTON, Mass. — Moments into a speech before volunteers here Wednesday evening, Elizabeth Warren was interrupted by a Tea Party supporter who hurled a gender-based epithet at the Senate candidate.  The man, who said he'd been unemployed …

TPM2012  —  Pamela Geller: 'I Endorse Herman Cain.  What He Doesn't Know, We'll Teach Him'  —  Is this the kind of help Herman Cain is looking for this week?  —  Cain has now picked up a top endorsement from the right-wing blogosphere: Pamela Geller, the anti-Islam campaigner and Birther.

ACORN Officials Scramble, Firing Workers and Shredding Documents, After Exposed as Players Behind Occupy Wall Street Protests  —  Officials with the revamped ACORN office in New York — operating as New York Communities for Change — have fired staff, shredded reams of documents and told workers …

Boehner: Debt deal will include new tax revenues  —  House Speaker John Boehner addressed one of the biggest sticking points for the 12 member Congressional “supercommittee” today, acknowledging that any bipartisan agreement will need to include some new tax revenue.

OWS Oakland Takes Over City, Shutting Down One of the Biggest Ports in the Country...But Nightfall Brings More Chaos and Teargas  —  Calling the protests a “general strike” resulted in an unbelievable amount of media coverage — a victory for the Occupy Movement.

Why Not Give Greeks Their Say?  —  The fundamental nature of European governance is about to change.  —  Either a large part of the Continent will move much closer to a federal government, with common fiscal policies and a substantial loss of sovereignty for many nations, or it will spin apart …

Mitt Romney: 'I've been as consistent as human beings can be'  —  Mitt Romney, under fire from all sides on the strength of his political convictions, said Thursday he has been as consistent as a person can be during his political career.  —  “I've been as consistent as human beings can be …

The Generation Gap and the 2012 Election  —  Angry Silents, Disengaged Millennials  —  Not since 1972 has generation played such a significant role in voter preferences as it has in recent elections.  Younger people have voted substantially more Democratic in each election since 2004 …

Corporate Taxpayers & Corporate Tax Dodgers, 2008-2010  —  NEW REPORT: 280 Most Profitable U.S. Corporations Shelter Half Their Profits from Taxes.  —  “These 280 corporations received a total of nearly $224 billion in tax subsidies,” said Robert McIntyre, Director at Citizens for Tax Justice and the report's lead author.

Romney Campaign Memo: The Koch Brothers Are The ‘Financial Engine Of The Tea Party’  —  Mitt Romney speaking at a Koch summit in previous years; David Koch speaking at his own gala  —  Tomorrow, billionaire David Koch and presidential candidate Mitt Romney are set to speak …

The Smartest People In Washington Are 100% Wrong About Stimulating The Economy  —  On the matter of fixing the economy, the Smart People In Washington have spoken!  —  In a new article at The New Republic, Ramesh Ponnuru and David Beckworth declare that both sides (left and right) are wrong.

Accused militia members outside the profile  —  It was June 9, and Frederick Thomas believed he was meeting with a dealer in black market weapons at a Lavonia restaurant, according to FBI affidavits.  —  “I ain't worried about dying,” said the 73-year-old Thomas, the accused ringleader …

New congressional map fails to get enough votes from Dems  —  House Speaker William G. Batchelder, R-Medina, put his map up for a vote today and warned earlier that, if Democrats did not provide the votes to suspend House rules and pass the map as an emergency measure, or do not work …