Links of the Week

Not a Smidgen of Corruption: IRS Pays $50,000 in Damages to Anti-Same-Sex Marriage Group, National Organization for Marriage, for Illegally Leaking Their Confidential Donor Lists to Pro-Same-Sex Marriage Group, Human Rights Campaign
Epistemic closure’s back, and it’s called “explanatory journalism”
Red State Dems to Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly: Please Stay Away
I Sure Wish Gabby Giffords Would Come To North Carolina
The Evil Queen and Catholic Communion
Federal Court Rules Government’s No-Fly List Is Unconstitutional
David Brock Advises Media Of The Washington Free Beacon's Unethical Practices
SCotUS: Free speech win in McCullen v. Coakley.
Bald faced lies are okay if you’re from the government
Obama to Gun Control Advocates: Get as Mobilized as the NRA
A SWAT Team Blew A Hole In My Two Year Old Son
IRS Admits Wrongdoing, to Pay $50,000 in Leaking of Marriage Group’s Tax Return
It's not the crime, it's the cover-up
Congressional Report Quashes The Lie That The IRS Targeted Liberal/Progressive Groups
Supreme Court Announces Major Victory for Cellphone Privacy
Supreme Court: Yes, America, of course cops need a warrant to search your smart phone during an arrest
Privacy Prevails: Supreme Court Unanimously Requires Warrant To Search Cellphones
The Private SWATs of Massachusetts
Massachusetts SWAT Teams Claims They’re Private Corporations, Immune From Open Records Laws
Massachusetts SWAT teams claim they’re private corporations, immune from open records laws

Links of the Week

Governor Hickenlooper & Half Ass Apologies
Dear Senator Dumbass: math is hard
Colorado Governor apologizes to sheriffs over gun control laws
Hickenlooper: On second thought, I did talk to Bloomberg about gun control
Lying Liars Lie: it’s who they are and what they do
LEFT OUT OF MEDIA COVERAGE: Las Vegas Cop Killers Were #Occupy Protesters.
Stand Up, Sit Down, Fight, Fight, Fight
In Which @AmandaMarcotte Reveals Her Disturbing Lack of Self-Awareness
Friends Don’t Let Friends Read Dana Milbank
Dana Milbank's Heritage disaster
Fox Twists Loss Of IRS Emails Into Nefarious Conspiracy
You Bet This Is Swiftboating
“There’s Nothing You Can Hold Over My Head”: Suffolk Police Settle Arrest of Photographer For $200,000 in Latest Case Involving Filming of Police In Public
Shut up, McCreepy
ACLU Gets It Right

Links of the Week

Chicago Cops Being Sued After Being Caught On Tape Physically And Verbally Abusing A Massage Parlor Employee
Witness Tampering, Always
Lunchtime Links: Federal judge asks for investigation of Denver cops
ACLU Sues Illinois Mayor After Police Arrest Owner Of Parody Twitter
Woman arrested for filming police wins $57,000 settlement
Cohan: "Defense Attorneys" Want Nifong "Literally Dead in the Ground"
Obama Endorses Gun Confiscation
Focusing on the real enemy
How is that militarization working out?
Gavin Schmidt is the new James Hansen
Uh oh: Looks like the IRS violated federal tax law
Whoa: IRS illegally sent 1.1 million confidential records of tax-exempt groups to the FBI
Emails Show Lois Lerner Fed Confidential Tax Information, Database to FBI For Investigation Ahead of 2010 Midterms
Bloomberg’s “grassroots” gun control group: There have been 74 school shootings since Newtown
‘Wow’: Journalist Attempts to ‘Debunk’ Anti-Gun Group’s List of ‘School Shootings in America Since Sandy Hook’ — Here’s What He Found
CNN Adopts Flawed Right-Wing Logic On School Shooting Numbers
Wingnuts Bully CNN Into Redefining Some School Shootings

Links of the Week

New S—t Has Come to Light!
WAR/POLITICS: Yes, It Matters That Bowe Bergdahl Deserted
“Maya Angelou, Racist, US-Hating, Anti-Semitic Nutjob, Most Overrated Crappy Writer…”
Cohan: Side-by-Side
New Bergdahl counter-scandal: A Republican put soldiers in his unit in touch with the media, you know
Predictably liberal
Wendy Davis thinks Abortion Barbie posters are “disgusting”
The Baby-Burning Stormtroopers of Habersham County, Georgia
The 800 lb. Toddler in the Room
Senator Chris Murphy (D, Connecticut) comes out in favor of military deserter Bowe Bergdahl!
Bergdahla-po-looza
Clueless Krugman
Beeker on Bergdahl
THE QUOTE OF THE DAY - Susan Rice