Blood on hands of Obama, Mitt and NRA!  —  Condolences are empty words - what actions are you gonna take?  —  Lindsey Revier (2nd left) of Aurora, Colo., is comforted by another mourner during a candelight vigil Friday night at an Aurora park for the victims of the ‘Dark Knight’ movie massacre.

Obama's campaign attack on Romney was costly  —  President Obama's campaign spent $58 million in June, chiefly in TV advertising assailing his GOP rival's business record and personal finances.  Romney spent less, but raised more than Obama.  —  Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife …

Statue of Hall of Fame Penn State coach Joe Paterno taken down from outside football stadium  —  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The famed statue of Joe Paterno was taken down from outside the Penn State football stadium Sunday, eliminating a key piece of the iconography surrounding …

Tax Justice Network: Wealth Held in Tax Havens Skyrockets  —  A new report estimates that the amount of wealth tucked away in offshore accounts is far larger than previously imagined.  —  While the report by the liberal Tax Justice Network focuses on the problem of unreported wealth …

Farewell, Alex, My Friend  —  Our friend and comrade Alexander Cockburn died last night in Germany, after a fierce two-year long battle against cancer.  His daughter Daisy was at his bedside.  —  Alex kept his illness a tightly guarded secret.  Only a handful of us knew how terribly sick he truly was.

McClatchy's Washington Bureau establishes no-alter quote policy  —  To our staff and to our readers:  —  As you are aware, reporters from The New York Times, Washington Post, Bloomberg and others are agreeing to give government sources the right to clear and alter quotes as a prerequisite to granting an interview.

You Didn't Build That  —  1 In the beginning Govt created the heavens and the earth.  2 Now the economy was formless and void, darkness was over the surface of the ATMs, and the Spirit of Govt was hovering over the land.  —  3 And Govt said, “Let there be spending,” and there was spending.

Is Mitt Romney Buying Twitter Followers?  —  Today we learn that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is apparently buying Twitter followers to inflate his popularity in social media.  The graph from 140Elect.com looks like a hockey stick:  —  For comparison, a graph of Barack Obama's …

TPMDC  —  MSNBC's Chris Hayes: No Symmetry Between Fox News And MSNBC  —  Can you describe what you read, how you get the news?  —  I subscribe to a number of magazines.  I've always been a magazine lover from the time I was 11 or 12.  My dad subscribed to a bunch of magazines.

Senior Cleric: Tehran to Target Tel-Aviv in case of Israel's Folly  —  TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of the Policy-Making Council of Iran's Friday Prayers Leaders Hojjatoleslam Seyed Reza Taqavi warned the Zionist regime to stay away from any foolish act against Iran, stressing that Tehran will target Tel-Aviv …

Coburn donates to Manchin, says fellow senator not beholden to special interests  —  Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) says he supports Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin's re-election because he believes Manchin is not beholden to short-sighted political interests.  —  Coburn recently gave $250 to Manchin's re-election campaign.