Note to the House GOP: Kill the Bill  —  The House Republican leadership is having trouble getting 218 votes for its immigration bill.  The policy objections to the bill seem convincing to me—among them that it seems to appropriate more money, on a pro-rated monthly basis …

CIA improperly accessed Senate computers, agency finds  —  WASHINGTON — CIA employees improperly accessed computers used by the Senate Intelligence Committee to compile a report on the agency's now defunct detention and interrogation program, an internal CIA investigation has determined.

Scarborough explains Israel remarks  —  Joe Scarborough says he was a bit surprised by the intensity of the response to his criticism of Israel on Thursday morning, but is still an “unambiguously strong” supporter of the Jewish state.  —  “I remain as unambiguously strong a supporter of Israel …

Monica Lewinsky now a Vanity Fair contributor  —  We're about to see a lot more of Monica Lewinsky.  She's officially contributing to Vanity Fair's website on an “ongoing basis,” Vanity Fair spokesperson Beth Kseniak said in an email to POLITICO.  —  Lewinsky posted a piece on the magazine's website …

Blogger fired from language school over ‘homophonia’  —  Homophones, as any English grammarian can tell you, are words that sound the same but have different meanings and often different spellings — such as be and bee, through and threw, which and witch, their and there.

Exclusive: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Hobby Lobby Dissent Yahoo News with Katie Couric 17 hrs ago  —  Katie Couric  —  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, fresh off a bruising loss in the Hobby Lobby birth control case last month, told Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric in an exclusive interview …

Brother, Can You Spare a Job?  —  I spent a week as a homeless person, looking for work.The ‘California Comeback’ has a long way to go.

Climate Doesn't Cooperate With Al Gore's Group's Visit to Denver EPA Hearings  —  DENVER — The Climate Reality Project brought its “I'm Too Hot” trucks and offers of free ice cream to this week's Environmental Protection Agency hearings on power-plant emissions, but the climate wasn't cooperating.

Bill Clinton on Sept. 10, 2001: ‘I could have killed’ Bin Laden  —  Ten hours before the first plane hit the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001, Bill Clinton allegedly told a group of businessmen in Australia that he had a chance to kill Osama Bin Laden …

No More Mr. Tough Guy  —  Barack Obama is not a tough guy.  Everybody rolls him.  He's a wimp, a weak sister; he won't stand up for himself or his country.  Vladimir Putin, a true tough guy, blows planes out of the air, won't apologize, walks around half-naked.

Andrew Cuomo's Watergate?  —  US attorney Preet Bharara has warned the governor that he could be investigated for obstruction of justice.  —  Editor's Note: This story is reposted from legalethicsforum.com.  —  The New York Times reports today that US Attorney Preet Bharara has warned Cuomo about obstruction of justice.

The Insiders: Democratic phonies are on the run  —  What's with all the Democratic Senate candidates being caught displaying a condescending, insulting contempt for voters?  The latest embarrassing incident involves Georgia Senate candidate Michelle Nunn, who suffered the indignity of having her 144-page campaign plan leaked.

Republicans Take Careful Aim At Foot, Blast Away  —  Last week, I asked how the GOP, whom Democrats used to admire for their strategic acumen, turned into such a bunch of clowns, constantly making political blunders and undermining their long-term goals with temper tantrums.