EXCLUSIVE: Richard Grenell hounded from Romney campaign by anti-gay conservatives  —  Richard Grenell, the openly gay spokesman recently hired to sharpen the foreign policy message of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, has resigned in the wake of a full-court press by anti-gay conservatives.

How The White House Smothered The News Of Obama's Trip To Afghanistan  —  How the White House played whack-a-mole, and why I deleted my tweet.  Drudge wouldn't budge.  —  Shortly before 9:19 a.m. this morning the Afghanistan-based 24-hour broadcast news station TOLONews tweeted that President Barack Obama had landed in Afghanistan.

Happy May Day!  CNN reports: … Cyco, Skabby, Tony... No word yet on Grumpy, Sleepy, Sneezy, or Dopey.  —  Congratulations on another stunning public-relations victory, Occupy.  —  What's that?  “These guys don't have anything to do with Occupy!”  Hey, don't tell me, tell them.

Romney heckled at event with Giuliani  —  Mitt Romney was heckled Tuesday at a New York City event marking the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death.  —  Romney was campaigning with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani at an event at the firehouse where the city of New York set …

A beating at Church and Brambleton  —  The Virginian-Pilot  —  Wave after wave of young men surged forward to take turns punching and kicking their victim.  —  The victim's friend, a young woman, tried to pull him back into his car.  Attackers came after her, pulling her hair …

Elizabeth Warren's embattled campaign: Cherokee tie found 5 generations ago  —  Cherokee tie found 5 generations ago  —  Desperately scrambling to validate Democrat Elizabeth Warren's Native American heritage amid questions about whether she used her minority status to further her career …

The Purpose of Spectacular Wealth, According to a Spectacularly Wealthy Guy  —  Ever since the financial crisis started, we've heard plenty from the 1 percent.  We've heard them giving defensive testimony in Congressional hearings or issuing anodyne statements flanked by lawyers and image consultants.

Chris Christie: Wisconsin is the center of the political universe  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday reminded Wisconsin voters that the impact of the recall decision before them holds major national implications.  —  “For the next five weeks, Wisconsin is going to be the center …

Obama leads in Virginia  —  Barack Obama continues to look like the favorite to win Virginia this fall.  He has a 51-43 lead over Mitt Romney in the state.  We have consistently found Obama leading in Virginia by margins similar to his 6 point victory there in 2008- he led Romney by 6 in December …

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Victims of Communism Day  —  Today is May Day.  Since 2007, I have been commemorating this day here at the Volokh Conspiracy as Victims of Communism Day.  Various other websites and blogs have promoted the same concept.  In time, we hope to make this a worldwide commemoration similar to Holocaust Memorial Day.

Trashed Mission District businesses want answers  —  (05-01) 16:39 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — Business owners in San Francisco's Mission District, cleaning up after a night in which protesters damaged more than 30 stores and restaurants and vandalized cars, questioned Tuesday why activists had singled …

Republican Judge Jerry Smith Blocks Pro-Planned Parenthood Order Just Hours After It Was Issued  —  Last month, Republican Fifth Circuit Judge Jerry Smith pitched a tantrum in open court, demanding that the Department of Justice respond to some imprecise political rhetoric by President Obama in an attempt to embarrass the president.