“Gautham Nagesh” on The Daily Caller

Gautham Nagesh weighs in with some wisdom: (more)

Gautham Nagesh, who is at the National Press Club for IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman’s speech, sent a snippet from his forthcoming story: (more)

My favorite Daily Caller poll EVER. Vote, then read Gautham Nagesh’s great story on a referendum item to legalize marijuana. (more)

According to this NRO interview with Rep. Bart Stupak, the Democratic argument for funding abortion in the health care bill is purely Malthusian: (more)

Dear Internet: Welcome to The Daily Caller’s newest blog. Named “Eye Street” for our location (1720 I St.) and for our ambitions (to be all-seeing), in this space you’ll find news, analysis, aggregation, and even some commentary from the DC’s crack reporting team: Jon Ward, Alex Pappas, Gautham Nagesh, Aleksandra Kulczuga, yours truly, and soon, Jonathan Strong, currently of Inside EPA. (more)

1.) Senate Dems throw party after discovering spines in Hart Building custodial closet — After months of whining about obstructionism to the press, Senate Democrats finally remembered how to use their spines and challenged Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning to a guilt-off, wherein the college basketball fan would eat a handful of EstroFem pills and listen to Sen. Baucus read aloud from the diaries of furloughed federal highway inspectors. Before Senate pages could return from CVS, however, Bunning caved, allowing for the passage of a “$100 billion-plus bill reviving popular tax breaks and extending longer and more generous jobless benefits through the end of the year.” Amped to the gills on this new feeling, Democrats stomped all over Bunning’s one caveat: “a vote to close a tax loophole enjoyed by paper companies that get a credit from burning ‘black liquor,’ a pulp-making byproduct, as if it were an alternative fuel.” According to the AP, the amendment straight-up failed. (more)

The recording industry and the National Association of Broadcasters have been battling for years over the so-called “performance tax,” which would require radio stations to pay royalties to artists whose music they play on air. Currently broadcast radio stations are exempt from paying the royalties, also known as performance rights, while satellite and cable radio stations are forced to pay up. (more)

Going into the weekend, newly sworn-in Senator Scott Brown is the only thing anyone in Washington is talking about aside from the weather. Regardless of whom you read, one thing seems certain: Pundits expect the junior senator from Massachusetts to put the brakes on President Obama and the Democrats’ ambitious legislative agenda. (more)

The State Department has refused to answer basic questions about an accident that took place in Washington on Wednesday night, in which a U.S. Diplomatic Security Service vehicle struck Daily Caller employee Sean Medlock as he was crossing the street. (more)

In a sign of just how much the political landscape has changed since November 2008, for the first time in 18 years a Republican is mounting a serious challenge in Hawaii’s 1st Congressional District, which includes Honolulu and the childhood home of President Obama. (more)

President Obama will propose a three-year freeze on discretionary spending for civilian agencies, The Daily Caller confirmed on Monday. The proposal is an attempt to curtail the growing federal deficit and should appeal to fiscally conservative Blue Dog Democrats, though it may provoke a backlash among the party’s liberal wing. (more)

On Wednesday Erroll Southers, President Obama’s pick to lead the Transportation Security Administration, withdrew his name from consideration weeks after news reports that he misled Congress regarding an incident during his tenure as an FBI agent 20 years ago. On Thursday, Southers went on FederalNewsRadio to explain why he decided to take his name out of the running: (more)