Ann Romney Fights Back: Debuts on Twitter to Counter DNC Advisor's Insult  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Ann Romney's debut on Twitter couldn't have come at a more opportune time.  —  Ann's first tweet came just moments after Democratic strategist and DNC adviser Hilary Rosen lobbed an insult at Ann Romney …

Hi Roger.  It's Me, Joe: The Fox Mole  —  Hi.  My name is Joe Muto.  I was the Fox Mole.  —  Two hours ago I was called into a meeting with Dianne Brandi, the Fox News Executive Vice President of Legal and Business Affairs and suspended indefinitely... with pay, oddly enough.  —  They nailed me.

Semi-Props To Ms. Alvarez of the NY Times; Mockery For Their Editors  —  Yesterday Lizette Alvarez triggered a bit of a reader revolt in the comments to her website story which included a brief summary of the Trayvon Martin shooting, and I joined in from this post.

Gingrich Unloads on FOX News in Private Meeting  —  DOVER, Del. — During a meeting with 18 Delaware Tea Party leaders here on Wednesday, Newt Gingrich lambasted FOX News Channel, accusing the cable network of having been in the tank for Mitt Romney from the beginning of the Republican presidential fight.

Conservative Journalism Keeps Getting Better  —  A couple of months ago, Washington Free Beacon (and yes, that's “beacon,” not “bacon") launched with some reasonably experienced conservative journalists and a mandate to hold their political opponents accountable with rock-solid journalism.

Obama Won't Order Ban on Gay Bias by Employers  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama disappointed and vexed gay supporters on Wednesday with his decision, conveyed to activists by a senior adviser, not to sign an executive order banning discrimination by employers with federal contracts.

Rebuffing Obama's gimmicky ‘Buffett Rule’  —  President Obama admits it: His proposed “Buffett Rule” tax on millionaires is a gimmick.  —  “There are others who are saying: 'Well, this is just a gimmick.  Just taxing millionaires and billionaires, just imposing the Buffett Rule …

Biden: Al Franken is a ‘leading legal scholar’  —  Vice President Joe Biden described former Saturday Night Live comedian, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., as a “leading legal scholar,” presumably in the Senate, today.  —  “He has been one of the leading legal scholars,” Biden said of Franken today, according to the pool report.

Iran's trail of terror  —  When world leaders meet with Iranian leaders in Istanbul Friday, topic No. 1, of course, will be Iran's nuclear program.  But a variety of present and former security officials, members of Congress and others say the United States and other western nations are paying …

Bachmann Clinic Busted by Second Undercover Sting  —  Taking a page out of the Truth Wins Out playbook, a documentary filmmaker went undercover at Bachmann & Associates, the Minnesota Christian counseling clinic co-owned by Marcus & Michele Bachmann, and again captured a staffer conducting so-called …

Analysts: Gas prices may have peaked  —  Gasoline prices, which have vexed President Obama politically in recent months, may have reached their peak, according to energy analysts.  —  Prices at the pump reached nearly $3.94 last Friday, the highest point this year, according to AAA.

Rep. Mica: GSA officials spent week in Hawaii for one-hour ribbon cutting  —  Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) said Wednesday that the ongoing probe into the wasteful spending habits of the General Services Administration (GSA) has uncovered that several GSA officials were flown to Hawaii for a week to attend a one-hour ribbon cutting ceremony.

Father Ryan Refuses Anti-Gay Petitions, Calling Them “Hurtful and Seriously Divisive”  —  In an email to his flock, St. James Cathedral reverend Michael Ryan has announced that he won't circulate petitions inside his parish for the campaign to repeal the state's same-sex marriage law.  Here's his full email: