Brutal new Obama ad features Mitt Romney and the 47 percenters  —  The Obama campaign has not sent this ad to national reporters, but I'm told it will air in the seven key swing states.  It is a brutal shot at Mitt Romney's videotaped remarks about the freeloading 47 percent …

Shock Photos of Netanyahu at U.N. from AP, Reuters  —  Two shocking photos coming off the wire of Benjamin Netanyahu addressing the United Nations moments ago.  —  The first is from the Associated Press:  —  Associated PressAssociated Press  —  The second is from Reuters:  —  ReutersReuters

Feds Arrest Producer Of Controversial Anti-Islam Film On Probation Violation Charge  —  Buster  —  The producer of the controversial anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims” has been arrested for violating terms of his probation and is set for an appearance this afternoon in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.

New Justice Department Documents Show Huge Increase in Warrantless Electronic Surveillance  —  Justice Department documents released today by the ACLU reveal that federal law enforcement agencies are increasingly monitoring Americans' electronic communications, and doing so without warrants …

RNC cuts ties with firm over voter registration allegations  —  The Republican National Committee has fired a controversial consulting firm it was paying millions of dollars to conduct voter registration in five battleground states, NBC News has learned.  —  The move came after the Palm Beach County …

NEW ROMNEY VIDEO: In 1985, He Said Bain Would “Harvest” Companies for Profits  —  This clip shows the young CEO focusing on businesses as targets for his investors, not as job creators or community stakeholders.  —  Campaigning for the presidency, Mitt Romney has pointed to his stint …

Todd Akin says Claire McCaskill is not as ‘ladylike’ as 2006  —  JEFFERSON CITY - More than a month after his comments about “legitimate rape” nearly derailed his campaign for U.S. Senate, Republican Todd Akin said Thursday that it has become clear to him that he will triumph over Democratic incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill this fall.

Ann Coulter Causes Mass Hysteria on ‘The View,’ Whoopi Bleeped...  “The View” co-hosts get into heated discussion with Coulter, the author of “Mugged.”  —  Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames.  —  The conservative commentator makes the case in her new book, “Mugged” …

Catholic bishop: Voting for Obama jeopardizes the ‘eternal salvation of your own soul’  —  A Catholic bishop from Springfield, Illinois is warning that the stakes for the 2012 election are even higher than most people think because voting for President Barack Obama could damn “you own soul” to hell.

Where do “Obama phones” come from? … This video of an Obama supporter bragging about having an “Obama phone” has gone viral on the web, but where do these “free cell phones” come from?  —  The program is called Lifeline, established in 1984 was originally created to subsidize landline phone service …

Medicare working to boost Obama in swing states, poll finds  —  Voters in three critical swing states broadly oppose the sweeping changes to Medicare proposed by Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and, by big margins, favor President Obama over Mitt Romney on the issue …

Bibi And Bomb  —  The Israeli Prime Minister goes viral.  A “red line” on Iran.  —  Zeke Miller  —  a half hour ago  —  8 responses

Soros Gives $1 Million to Democratic ‘Super PAC’  —  The billionaire George Soros is committing $1 million to Priorities USA Action, the “super PAC” supporting President Obama, two people with knowledge of the decision said Thursday, a significant donation that could help spur further contributions …

Are We Doomed Yet?  —  TOLEDO, Ohio — The line to get into Mitt Romney's “victory rally” here Wednesday stretched up Jefferson Avenue to Huron Street and around the corner nearly to Monroe Avenue.  People stood in a drizzling rain to get into the event and, by the time Romney took the stage …

The Politics of Beer: Stay Nonpartisan, My Friends  —  Americans who most often drink Dos Equis are in the middle-of-the-road while drinkers of Heineken's flagship brand are strongly Democratic.  Samuel Adams drinkers are strongly Republican, and more likely to vote.

Phoenix Mayor Attempts To Live On A Food Stamp Budget: 'I'm Tired, And It's Hard To Focus'  —  When local activist groups challenged Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton to live on a food stamp budget for a week to mark Hunger Awareness Month, he took them up on the offer and found out just how hard it was.

In Changing News Landscape, Even Television is Vulnerable  —  Trends in News Consumption: 1991-2012  —  OVERVIEW  —  The transformation of the nation's news landscape has already taken a heavy toll on print news sources, particularly print newspapers.  But there are now signs that television news …

Americans' Preference Shifts Toward One-Party Government  —  Change in preferences driven mostly by Democrats  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — A record-high 38% of Americans prefer that the same party control the presidency and Congress, while a record-low 23% say it would be better if the president …

Obama Takes Advantage of Romney's Lack of Details  —  The Obama campaign has run advertisements charging that Mitt Romney's Medicare plan “could raise seniors' costs up to $6,400 a year” and that his tax proposal “would give millionaires another tax break and raises taxes on middle-class families by up to $2,000 a year.”

Taxpayers spent $1.4 billion on Obama family last year, perks questioned in new book  —  Taxpayers spent $1.4 billion dollars on everything from staffing, housing, flying and entertaining President Obama and his family last year, according to the author of a new book on taxpayer-funded presidential perks.