Top Stories

• I.R.S. Inquiry Status Told to White House in April
• Confusion and Staff Troubles Rife at I.R.S. Office in Ohio
• Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates
• GOP-Controlled House Oversight Committee Requested IRS Investigation Last Year
• Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic

Below the Fold

• Federal judge finds probable cause Fox News reporter helped leak classified docs
• Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul Push for Hemp Legalization in Senate Fight
• Pfeiffer to Fox News Host: 'Offensive' to Suggest Obama Let Americans Die in Benghazi
• FBI reportedly joins Bachmann campaign finance probe
• The Dangerous Duty of Diplomats
• Rand Paul Struggles to Tie Obama to IRS Scandal
Preview ►  • Obama to speak on legality of drone program
Analysis ►  • Ambassador Chris Stevens Deserved Better Than What Benghazi Became
• Tea Party Looks to Take Advantage of Scandal
• Obama Approval Rating Not Hurt By Scandals
Preview ►  • Obama to address Morehouse College commencement
• Joe Biden Considering Third And Final Presidential Run
• White House Pushes Back at Fox News’ Effort to Politicize IRS Scandal
• Shinseki Faces Mounting Criticism Over Backlog of Benefit Claims
Analysis ►  • Only 72 of 300 Groups Snagged By IRS Were Tea Party Groups

Endless Campaign

VA-Gov: Virginia Has a Sociopath Pushing Its Reactionary Agenda – Meet Bishop E.W. Jackson
McConnell Predicts Obamacare Will Dominate 2014 Midterms
MA-Sen: on trail with McCain, Gomez set to hit Markey on votes
Analysis ►  The most vulnerable House members in 2014, in two charts
NJ-05: Have New Jersey Democrats Finally Found the Right Man to Defeat Bank Shill Extremist Scott Garrett?
Washington scandals intrude on Mass. Senate race

Polls

Poll shows Bachmann trailing in 2014 reelection race

Obama's Agenda

White House Told in April That Audit of I.R.S. Completed
White House Aide Calls Criticism of Obama ‘Offensive’
Top Aide Stays Firm on When Obama Learned of IRS Controversy
Analysis ►  The President can indeed implement some climate policy on his own

Legislative Sausage

the day Marco Rubio publicly parroted a lie about Benghazi because he didn't even bother checking the facts
Rand Paul Continues Attacks on Clinton Over Benghazi
The New Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment and Training Act – Robin Hood to the Rescue?
Mitch McConnell Backs Away from GOP Claims of a Benghazi Cover Up

Media Monkeyshines

Noonan hears a dog whistle
Gregory Asks War Criminal Rumsfeld for Thoughts on Government Accountability
What do Jonathan Karl and James O'Keefe have in common?
NBC's David Gregory Mainstreams Theory That Obama Personally Fomented IRS Focus on Conservative Groups
CNN's Crowley Adopts False Right-Wing Claim That Obama Didn't Call Benghazi a Terrorist Attack
ABC's Jon Karl Tells CNN He Regrets Getting Benghazi Talking Points Reporting Wrong
Watch this! ►  Maddow: Fair Game to Disclose Names of Republicans Who Lied to ABC News
ROFL ►  Silly Rabbit "previews" Bob Woodward's next books

FARCE Noise

Beltway plays scandal, grills Dan Pfeiffer on super-important things
Fox News Sunday Anchor Chris Wallace Repeats Falsehood That "No Forces [Were] Deployed" to Benghazi

Wide World of War

North Korea fires two more missiles
Suicide bomber kills senior official, 14 others in Afghan north
Qusair, Syria Rebel Stronghold, Hammered By Hezbollah, Assad Forces
Chinese boat owner says NKoreans detained his crew

Culture Of Corruption

Welcome to the Darrell Issa Hall of Shame
Watch this! ►  Rove Says His Super PAC Is Same as NAACP Because It's for 'Social Welfare'
Republicans Move to Repay Wall Street for All Those Nice Big Bribes

Teabaggery

Analysis ►  They ain't done yet: the Tea Party is still in charge

Budget Bungling

Watch this! ►  How “Fix the Debt” Dupes Working Americans

Conspiracy Nation

MN State Rep Calls Climate Change ‘Complete United Nations Fraud And Lie’

Democrats

Analysis ►  There’s hope for progressivism yet

Foot-in-mouth Watch

Virginia Lt. Gov. Nominee: Obama Sees World ‘From a Muslim Perspective’

Depression Watch

Analysis ►  Paul Krugman: Today's Austerity Policies Based on 'A Mythical 70s That Never Was'

Education

Harvard Students Demand Investigation into Jason Richwine's Thesis on Hispanic IQ
Randi Weingarten on Common Core: Do What It Takes Before High Stakes

Environment

Worse Than Watergate: Media Refuses to Cover Growing Scandal Bringing Nation to the Brink of Ruin
Analysis ►  Is Climate Change Increasing Tornado Intensity?

Politics Around the World

Zara Shahid Hussain, Senior Member of Pakistan Party Led By Imran Khan, Killed By Gunmen

Gay/Lesbian

Suspect in NY gay bias shooting is charged with murder

GOP

Analysis ►  Even conservatives who weren't alive in the 1960's will never get over that decade

Guns! Guns!! Guns!!!

Two year old shoots himself in the mouth with unsecured handgun

Law Enforcement

Officials: Hofstra Student in Home Invasion Was Killed by Police Gunshot; Total of Eight Rounds Fired

Labor and Workers

Larger Union That Enforces Immigration Opposes Bill

Natural Disasters

Tornadoes tear through Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa

21st Century Bigotry

Analysis ►  Racism and the American Right

Diplomacy

China offers India a "handshake across the Himalayas"

Taxes

Analysis ►  Drowning it in the bathtub very slowly: How Randian "enhanced productivity" screwed over the IRS' Cleveland team
Paul Ryan: IRS Connection to Obamacare Is 'Rotten to the Core'

War on Women

Congressmembers Work to Prevent Anti-Choice ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’ from Misleading Women