At least 43 House members and dozens of aides "DeLay-ed" reporting trips paid for by special interests.

W. Mark Felt is "Deep Throat".

"We must honor them by completing the mission for which they gave their lives; by defeating the terrorists." -- President George W. Bush

"The rock band Nine Inch Nails said on Friday it canceled plans to appear on next week's MTV Movie Awards after the network questioned the band's plans to perform in front of an image of President Bush."

"In its not-so-brief and thoroughly unhappy life, ground zero has been a site for many things: tragedy and grief, political campaigns and protests, battling architects and warring cultural institutions, TV commercials and souvenir hustlers. Perhaps it was inevitable we'd end up at pure unadulterated farce."

The Bush administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to restore its ability to compel Internet service providers to turn over information about their customers or subscribers as part of its fight against terrorism.

A handy guide to help viewers interpret Bush's phrases used in news conferences.

Educating Miss Beazley.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger filled a San Jose street pothole for cameras... a pothole created by city crews hours earlier, just for the staged event.

33% of conservatives say they'd support Hillary Clinton in the next presidential election.

"See in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda." -- President George W. Bush

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay isn't a fan of Law & Order for the show's use of his name in a recent episode. Producer Dick Wolf: "But I do congratulate Congressman DeLay for switching the spotlight from his own problems to an episode of a television show."

Activist Judge won't allow parents to expose their child to their religious beliefs.

ABC News now has a podcast of it's political news called The AfterNote. (via Political Wire.)

Even Democrats have to pay fines for campaign finance violations.

"The fallout from the Senate compromise that averted a showdown over judicial filibusters fell most heavily on the Republican Party yesterday, signaling intraparty warfare that is likely to shape the battle for the party's 2008 presidential nomination and further strain the unity the GOP has enjoyed under President Bush."

The Republican congressman behind the "Freedom Fries" name change is now against the war.

Death by a Thousand Blogs -- "The Chinese Communist Party survived a brutal civil war with the Nationalists, battles with American forces in Korea and massive pro-democracy demonstrations at Tiananmen Square. But now it may finally have met its match - the Internet."

Unfortunate First Lady Photo of the Day. (Nimnim looks pissed.)

The Senate filibuster lives on... for now.

California's stem cell research, approved by voters last fall, is being held up by litigation and politics. "I think it speaks volumes that on the day the Koreans announce a significant advancement that holds scientific and medical hope, the president announces he will cut off a much more modest and weaker proposition."

When local officials in North Carolina placed "In God We Trust" on the front of the Davidson County Government Center, they soon found themselves in federal court facing a complaint that they were violating the separation of church and state. "If you are going to get sued, you may as well get sued for big letters."

Unfortunate President Bush Photo of the Day.

"Actor Warren Beatty, who has been considered a potential candidate for California governor, said on Saturday he does not want to run in next year's election, even as he lashed out against incumbent Arnold Schwarzenegger's policies."

"As we learned last week, the question of why they hate us can now be answered in just one word: Newsweek."

"House Republican leaders are throwing their weight behind a bill to encourage stem cell research that uses blood from umbilical cords. The measure offers an alternative to spending government money for research that would destroy human embryos."

Meet the two blocked nominees in the Senate fight over President Bush's judicial nominations.

George Bush -- Sith Lord?

When does a politican invoking the name of Hitler NOT end in a apology?

The Top 10 filibuster falsehoods.

Patriot Act 2 -- "The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee is working on a bill that would renew the Patriot Act and expand government powers in the name of fighting terrorism, letting the FBI subpoena records without permission from a judge or grand jury."

There continues to be attacks on the World Trade Center's Ground Zero. "The Freedom Tower is a political statement, and the problem with political statements is sometimes they generate a political response."

Star Wars. "The Air Force, saying it must secure space to protect the nation from attack, is seeking President Bush's approval of a national-security directive that could move the United States closer to fielding offensive and defensive space weapons, according to White House and Air Force officials."

A likely script for the "Nuclear Option".

Los Angeles elects 1st Hispanic Mayor since 1872.

"Unlike CBS, we felt we were being extremely forthcoming by publishing all the details and publishing the Pentagon's denials and saying we committed an error. But then it seemed that people felt like we weren't apologizing. In order for people to understand we had made an error, we had to say 'retraction' because that's the word they were looking for." -- Mark Whitaker, editor of Newsweek

Unfortunate Bush Photo of the Day.

Wish granted: Newsweek retracts story.

The Supreme Court just sent the law banning out-of-state wine sales sideways.

The White House wants a retraction from Newsweek regarding it's error-filled story about U.S. interrogators at Guantanamo Bay desecrating the Quran. White House spokesman Scott McClellan: "The report has had serious consequences. People have lost their lives. The image of the United States abroad has been damaged. I just find it puzzling."

"Nearly a year after same-sex couples were legally allowed to marry in Massachusetts, 50 percent of respondents said they opposed recognizing same-sex marriages from Massachusetts '"as legal in all 50 states," and 46 percent favored it."

Shopping for shoes with Senator Bill Frist.

Patterns between liberal weblogs and conservative weblogs.

Out of the Loop -- "The nation was put on red alert. The first lady was rushed to a super-secure location. Thousands of people ran for their lives. Yet government protocols apparently didn't call for the commander in chief to be interrupted from a noontime bike ride on Wednesday when an errant plane entered Washington's restricted airspace."

Wal-Mart runs into Godwin's Law.

"Each Political Pet Toy depicts a famous political personality -- chosen as the most loathed and controversial personalities in America today."

"Democrats in the US Senate have made a fresh bid to derail the appointment of John Bolton, the embattled White House pick for UN ambassador, after a Senate panel declined to back him ahead of a floor vote."

Did the Drudge Report use an old photo to senationalize the DC evacutation story?

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice: Gun rights are as important as the rights to free speech and religion.

"Justice Department prosecutors originally concluded that filing fraud charges against a group of Detroit men suspected of terrorism would be weak and appear 'vindictive,' then turned around and filed the charges anyway after their terror case unraveled, internal e-mails show."

Beyond Red vs. Blue -- Where do you fit?

State governors are threatening to challenge the new driver license law passed by Congress. The new law requires more uniform driver's licenses and verifying the citizenship of people getting them.

"Vice President Dick Cheney doesn't have to disclose the advice his energy task force got from the industry, an appeals court ruled Tuesday in what probably was a final blow to a politically charged lawsuit over public access to White House decision making."

57% of Republicans surveyed said they favored embryonic stem cell research.

The real scandal of Tom DeLay -- "Forget the freebie trips across the Atlantic and the Pacific. Forget the casinos and the allegedly illicit contributions -- they represent only degrees of avarice."

V-TV Day -- "the DC Circuit of the US Court of Appeals struck down the loathsome Broadcast Flag, ruling that the FCC does not have the jurisdiction to regulate what people do with TV shows after they've received them."

"Los Angeles Times editors have edited a Reuters story to remove critical facts supporting the U.S. position on an important international issue."

The Huffington Post

"Do you believe God belongs in government? Do you believe President Bush is doing The Lord's Work?"

Unfortunate President Bush Photo of the Day.

"Hillary in 2008? No Way! Why the former First Lady should stay in the Senate."

Top 100 Trip Takers.

You're still paying a "temporary" 107-year-old 3% federal tax on telephones to help pay for the Spanish-American War of 1898. "I think it is safe to say that the Spanish-American War is over, and we need to repeal the phone tax."

"Many of the accounts detailing abuse of detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay by American military and civilian personnel don't meet the definition of torture, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said."

Senator John Kerry criticized Massachusetts Democrats for supporting same-sex marriage. "I think it's the wrong thing, and I'm not sure it reflects the broad view of the Democratic Party in our state."

Unfortunate Fox News Reporter Photo of the Day.

"Open Letter to Anyone Who Gives a Shit About Justice" by Ann Coulter's most recent heckler.

The phone number for the toll-free line to reach Capitol Hill: 877-SOB-U-SOB.

"A coalition backed by three of the Big Four broadcast networks launched a PR counterattack Wednesday in the battle over television content and the push on Capitol Hill to strengthen indecency laws."

Being Tom DeLay. "Tom DeLay sneaks around the Capitol like a fugitive these days, using back doors and basement passages to avoid television cameras."

Tracking election day in the UK.

Debbie Doesn't Do Dallas anymore?

Whether or not he invented the Internet, Al Gore will receive a Webby Lifetime Achievement award "in recognition of (his) pivotal role in the Internet over the last three decades."

Senator John F. Kerry used campaign funds for Red Sox tickets and to pay nearly $300 in overdue parking tickets.

Some in the right-wing of the blogosphere are not fans of George Lucas.

Ajai Rai's question to Ann Coulter during her speech at the Unversity of Texas in Austin ended in his arrest.

Politicalbetting.com -- "the web's premier resource for political gamblers."

That stupid Alabama book ban law that seeks to protect everyone from "catching teh gay" in Alabama libraries actually goes much further than you might think. "A law to ban gay authors and characters, unmarried characters who suggest that oral sex may be enjoyable, and male characters who have ever decieved women in order to sleep with them."

StopHerNow.com, launched by a veteran GOP operative: "You know that for eight years Bill Clinton disgraced America and degraded the Presidency. Now he's promoting his even more left-wing wife Hillary. And as you know, they ALWAYS smear anyone who disagrees with them or exposes them to the TRUTH."

Iraq's first democratically elected government was sworn in on Tuesday. Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari: "You all know the heavy legacy inherited by this government. We are afflicted by corruption, lack of services, unemployment and mass graves. I would like to tell the widows and orphans ... your sacrifices have not gone in vain."

The Kansas Board of Education is planning to revisit the "Scopes Monkey Trial" on evolution.

"The Republican chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is aggressively pressing public television to correct what he and other conservatives consider liberal bias, prompting some public broadcasting leaders - including the chief executive of PBS - to object that his actions pose a threat to editorial independence."

"Why can't I make my own decision?"

That was the blunt question to a judge from a pregnant 13-year-old girl ensnared in a Palm Beach County court fight over whether she can have an abortion.

First Lady Laura Bush is a desperate housewife?