1. the supremes
    Scalia, Roberts Think Having Two Cell Phones Is Very Strange, SuspiciousThe Supreme Court continues its streak of not knowing much about technology.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  2. florida man
    Rep. Grayson Accuses Estranged Wife of BigamyOf course, he’s from Florida. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  3. politics
    Eric Cantor, No Matter How Old He Gets, Will Always Be a ‘Rising Star’The guy’s only been in office since 1992.
    By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
  4. the national interest
    Times Story on Charter Schools Insanely HostileAn exposé of a deviously successful plot to help poor children learn.
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. early and awkward
    Boehner Challenger Loses Job Over Dick-Joke-Filled Campaign AdClick for the story, stay for the puns.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  7. media
    Politico Insists It’s Not Taking Over Los Angeles Just YetTwo of its writers, Dylan Byers and Todd Purdum, are moving out west.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  8. the national interest
    The New Paul Ryan Is All About Heart“That guy hates me.” I’ve made Paul Ryan sad.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. early and awkward
    Makeout Bandit Vance McAllister Won’t Run for ReelectionHe wants to work on his relationship with his wife.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  10. the national interest
    Chris Hayes Is Not Making Sense on KeystoneMaybe you shouldn’t have gone all in on this hand.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. staten island man
    Staten Island Republican Michael Grimm Has Turned Himself In [Updated]He’s been charged with all kinds of fraud, perjury, and obstruction.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  12. america’s sweetheart
    Palin: Waterboarding: How We Baptize TerroristsAnd other insane nonsense from the carnival barker.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  13. stuck in the mittle
    Bob Schieffer: Romney May Run in 2016, Despite Repeated DenialsAnd don’t count Bob Dole out.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  14. the national interest
    Maybe the Election Won’t Be About Obamacare After AllYesterday’s biggest political-disaster era might become tomorrow’s forgotten story.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. crimes and misdemeanors
    Staten Island Republican Michael Grimm Will Finally Be IndictedThe congressman best known for his scandals and threatening to “break” a reporter is facing federal fraud charges.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  16. the national interest
    Piketty, Oligarchy, and Conservative EvasionConservatives say the real oligarchs are liberals.
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. hypotheticals
    Obama Would Save Drowning Putin, If He Had ToBut he’d save anyone, really.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  18. politics
    How Conservatives Reacted to Cliven Bundy’s RacismThe folk hero Nevada rancher lost all of his fast friends as soon as he mentioned slaves.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  19. Watch John Boehner ‘Theatrically Mock’ Fellow Republicans on Immigration Reform“Ohhhh. Don’t make me do this. Ohhhh. This is too hard!”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  20. gross racists
    Cliven Bundy’s Racist Rant Captured on VideoThe conservative folk hero says he was taken out of context. He was not.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  21. the most important people in the world
    Clooney Defended Obama Against Steve Wynn“When he’s drinking, he considers himself a close personal buddy of the president,” says Wynn.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  22. feigning interestin in futuristic things
    Obama Plays Soccer With Japanese Robot: VideoA small robot kicking a ball … how about that?
    By Joe Coscarelli
  23. the national interest
    Libertarian Hero Cliven Bundy Shockingly Turns Out to Be Gigantic RacistWhy does this keep happening to Rand Paul’s heroes?
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. early and awkward
    ‘Who Is Herman Cain?’ No One on Jeopardy! Remembers9-9-9? Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan? Blank stares.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  25. media
    Vice Reporter Simon Ostrovsky Held in UkraineIt highlights the very real risks of Vice’s reporting in war zones and authoritarian regimes.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  26. the national interest
    Is the Rising Democratic Majority Doomed?The future is already here, but somehow we don’t see it.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. florida man
    Florida Lawmaker Arrested After Allegedly Drunken Taco Bell RunIt happens.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  28. career advice
    Former General Stanley McChrystal Can Relate to Unemployed LinkedIn ReadersSo he wrote a column about making the most of his “career curveball.”
    By Caroline Bankoff
  29. the supremes
    Sotomayor’s Epic Affirmative-Action-Ban DissentThe court ruled against her 6 to 2.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  30. the national interest
    How Obama Brought White and Black Democrats TogetherNow with new data.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. early and awkward
    Missouri Mayor Dan Clevenger ResignsA disturbing peek at the anxieties of small-town America.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  32. the national interest
    The Keystone Pipeline SideshowRule of thumb: Nothing involving Canada matters.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. stuck in the mittle
    Glenn Beck Is Mad at Mitt Romney for Forgetting to Send a Thank You NoteFor a gift he gave him in 2012.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  34. oh new jersey
    Bridgegate Has Cost the Christie Campaign $314,000 So FarOr more than it has in the bank.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  35. the national interest
    America’s Most Powerful Conspiracy TheoristsThe Washington Post editorial page and the crazy center.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. early and awkward
    Clinton-Petraeus 2016, Predicts Bill KristolThe Weekly Standard editor cites his “savvy friend.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  37. the gipper
    New York City Now Has a Roving, Muscle-y Ronald Reagan MuralUSA! USA! USA!
    By Joe Coscarelli
  38. photo op
    Easter Bunny Lurking Behind Obama Can’t Help But Look CreepyPhotos from the annual White House Easter Egg Roll.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  39. spy games
    Snowden Regrets Participating in Putin Propaganda“I don’t think there’s any shame in saying that he made an error in judgment.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  40. life in pictures
    Life in Pictures: Samantha PowerBaseball talk, kid-ferrying, and Ukraine-crisis management with America’s top diplomat.
  41. politics
    Life in Pictures: Samantha PowerBaseball talk, kid-ferrying, and Ukraine-crisis management with America’s top diplomat.
  42. school daze
    Kansas Parents Worried That Michelle Obama Will Upstage Their High Schoolers They want to disinvite the First Lady from a graduation ceremony.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  43. famous animals
    The White House Fox Is a StarFor months, the sly animal has eluded grounds crew and the Secret Service.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  44. spy games
    Snowden Says He Asked Putin About Spying to Catch Him in a LieThe NSA leaker says he wasn’t trying to “whitewash” Russia, but that he was thinking a few steps ahead.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  45. jesus christie
    Chris Christie Says GOP Should Be ‘Pro-life After They Get Out of the Womb Too’While speaking about criminal justice reform.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. the national interest
    Obama Declares Obamacare VictoryHere’s why victory was inevitable.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. the clintons
    Chelsea Clinton Is Pregnant!America’s version of a royal baby cometh.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  48. anti-semitism
    Flyers Demanding Jews ‘Register’ in Ukraine FakeThey’re not official, but they are horrifying.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  49. early and awkward
    Texas Bro Figured ‘Boats ’N Hoes’ Was a Good Name for a PACA PAC with ties to Wendy Davis’s opponent.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  50. the national interest
    Why the New Data Journalism Really Is PartisanData journalism, Obamacare, and the elusive quest for fairness.
    By Jonathan Chait
  51. spy games
    Russia Deploys Edward Snowden Cameo at Vladimir Putin Propaganda ShowThe two had a friendly chat about how Russia would never spy on its people like the U.S.
    By Joe Coscarelli
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