Justice Department To Seek Indictment Of John Edwards

The U.S. Department of Justice has decided to seek prosecution of John Edwards for violations of campaign finance laws.

…the former senator from North Carolina is now considering his limited options. He could accept a plea bargain with prosecutors or face a potentially costly trial.

Edwards has been the focus of a lengthy federal investigation focusing on hundreds of thousands of dollars allegedly provided by two wealthy supporters. The government will contend those were illegal donations that ultimately went to support and seclude his mistress, Rielle Hunter…

If the case were to proceed to trial, legal experts said, the government …

Kathy Hochul Beats Jane Corwin In NY-26

Dave Weigel at Slate is calling the race for Kathy Hochul (pictured right).

9:43: Corwin is dramatically underperforming in the GLOW counties and Monroe. I’m calling it for Hochul.

The Associated Press also called it for Hochul.

Corwin had already move to have ballots impounded.

The court order was granted by State Supreme Court Justice Russell Buscaglia.

It calls for all voting equipment to be impounded, as well as the paper ballots from the voting machines as well as the military, overseas and absentee ballots.

The move means there will not be a certified winner in the race until …

Chrysler Pays Back Taxpayers Six Years Early

$6.7 billion in loans plus $1.8 billion in interest to the U.S. and Canada

Will conservatives now admit Obama is not a socialist?…

Olympia Snowe Says “No” To Paul Ryan

She joins Scott Brown, Susan Collins and Rand Paul…

On Tuesday’s Radio Show…

• Former Palin aide Frank Bailey sits down with Alan to discuss his controversial tell-all, Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin: A Memoir of Our Tumultuous Years.

• Comedian Lisa Lampanelli explains why she’s donating $50,000 to Gay Men’s Health Crisis on behalf of the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church.

• Annoying author Flora Lichtman speaks with Alan about the science of what bugs us.…

Palin Aide Rebecca Mansour Mocked Daughter Bristol; Lied About Twitter Messages

Rebecca Mansour, a Sarah Palin speechwriter and policy adviser, mocked top political figures and daughter Bristol, according to direct Twitter messages forwarded to the Daily Caller.

Kansas Republican Lawmaker: Women Should Plan Ahead For Rape

Rep. Pete DeGraaf compares it to having a “spare tire”…

Palestiniains: Natanyahu’s Speech A “Declaration Of War”

Abbas spokesman says insistance on keeping  key West Bank areas “a declaration of war against the Palestinians”

Protestor interrupts speech to Congress…

Herman Cain Insists We Need To Know The Constitution, Then Confuses It With Declaration Of Independence

Cain lectured the country on need to “reread the Constitution”

Especially that part about “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”

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Peter Fonda Training Grandkids To Use Rifles For Conflict With Obama

Easy Rider star Peter Fonda, at the Cannes Film Festival, says he is training his grandchildren to take up arms against President Obama.

I’m training my grandchildren to use long-range rifles,” said the actor, 71. “For what purpose? Well, I’m not going to say the words ‘Barack Obama’, but …”

He added, enigmatically: “It’s more of a thought process than an actuality, but we are heading for a major conflict between the haves and the have nots. I came here many years ago with a biker movie and we stopped a war. Now, it’s about starting the world.

“I prefer …

Whites Say Racism Worse For Them

A study by Samuel Sommers of Tufts and Michael I. Norton of Harvard indicates that white Americans think anti-white racism has surpassed anti-black racism.

“Not only do whites think more progress has been made toward equality than do blacks, but whites also now believe that this progress is linked to a new inequality — at their expense,” Norton and Sommers say in a statement. “It’s a pretty surprising finding when you think of the wide range of disparities that still exist in society, most of which show black Americans with worse outcomes than whites in areas such as income, …