5 Signs of a Radical Change in U.S. Politics  —  (Midnight update: This item went up three hours ago with a more blunt-instrument headline than it should ever have had: “5 Signs the United States is Undergoing a Coup.”  I used the word “coup” in a particular way in the longer item this was drawn from.

Hill Poll: Voters: Obama over-reached blocking Fast and Furious docs  —  A clear majority of likely voters believes President Obama has exercised his executive power inappropriately — particularly in blocking the release of documents relating to Operation Fast and Furious, according to a new poll for The Hill.

DNC Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz Getting Booted  —  Back in April, the Shark Tank floated the likelihood that Democratic National Committee Chairwoman (DNC) Debbie Wasserman Schultz was perhaps on her way out as DNC Chairwoman.  We now have learned that Wasserman Schultz will not be back as DNC Chairwoman after the November elections.

The Muslim B'Hood takeover in Egypt shows Arab Spring is radical Islamic nightmare.  —  A year ago there were those of us who warned the Obama Administration of a Muslim Brotherhood takeover in Egypt.  We were castigated as alarmists and loose cannons.  Today our predictions have come …

Hispanic Voters Put Other Issues Before Immigration  —  Healthcare, unemployment are tops among six issues tested  —  PRINCETON, NJ — U.S. Hispanics prioritize immigration, healthcare, and unemployment to equal degrees, according to a new USA Today/Gallup poll asking about the importance of six national policy issues.

The Great Abdication  —  Among economists who know their history, the mere mention of certain years evokes shivers.  For example, three years ago Christina Romer, then the head of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, warned politicians not to re-enact 1937 — the year F.D.R. shifted …

Lawmakers reworked financial portfolios after talks with Fed, Treasury officials  —  In January 2008, President George W. Bush was scrambling to bolster the American economy.  The subprime mortgage industry was collapsing, and the Dow Jones industrial average had lost more than 2,000 points in less than three months.

A Cruel and Unusual Record  —  THE United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights.  —  Revelations that top officials are targeting people to be assassinated abroad, including American citizens, are only the most recent, disturbing proof of how far our nation's violation of human rights has extended.

Obama's Reversals on Executive Power  —  New York Times columnist Ross Douthat has an interesting column describing some of President Obama's evolving positions on executive power.  He now engages in many of the same practices that he and numerous other liberal Democrats denounced …

Cities Consider Selling Ads as Economic Lifelines  —  BALTIMORE — Should this city's red fire trucks be transformed into rolling billboards?  —  After Baltimore officials made the wrenching decision to close three fire companies later this summer, the City Council initially sought to avert …

Concern troll of the day: Campbell Brown  —  Question: does the New York Times op ed page have any quality control mechanisms?  At all?  —  Okay, we all know that there are major problems with some of their op ed columnists.  First off, there's David Brooks, that shallow …