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Five senators announced Thursday an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill that would hasten the end of America’s longest war. (more)

Lawyers should be allowed to win financial damages from companies that refuse to hire unemployed people, according to a coalition of Democratic legislators, progressive advocates and entrepreneurial trial lawyers. (more)

Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) is taking that whole “we need to tighten our belts” thing seriously. He will introduce a bill this fall to end the “defined benefit” portion of the congressional retirement plan, National Journal reports. (more)

It’s the super-PAC that keeps packing a punch. (more)

Why K Street Hates Sherrod Brown: When Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown says that “card check”–organized labor’s proposal to let union organizers avoid secret-ballot elections– is dead, “card check” is dead. (more)

Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown on Thursday continued the political tradition of invoking Nazi Germany to criticize legislation. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare concession on a highly sensitive issue, Chinese President Hu Jintao used his White House visit on Wednesday to acknowledge “a lot still needs to be done” to improve human rights in his nation accused of repressing its people. President Barack Obama pushed China to adopt fundamental freedoms but assured Hu the U.S. considers the communist nation a friend and vital economic partner. (more)

On Monday, President Obama made a statement claiming that a structure for an agreement was made with the GOP to extend the Bush tax cuts for all Americans for at least another two years. Unemployment benefits and other such goodies were to be exchanged for doing so. Nevertheless, I was more than stunned to see this president agree to such terms. I knew that the left would be irate and it turns out they are. (more)

The results of this year’s Senate elections are not even in the books, but senators and political analysts are already looking ahead to 2012, when the Senate math adds up to a daunting prospect for Democrats. (more)

The truth comes out at last. (more)

We now know the “racist” Shirley Sherrod Tapes were taken out of context. But without the Teaching Moment disclaimer, did they make her seem a bigot? (more)

Things haven’t been going well for Democrats lately. President Obama’s poll numbers are tanking. They’re at risk of losing control of the House and Senate. Their policies are unpopular. And they’re so jittery that last week they threw an African-American Department of Agriculture employee, Shirley Sherrod, under the bus before they had all the facts because they’re afraid of Fox News. Some people say this is all Barack Obama’s fault. He’s too ideological, too inexperienced, and too self-centered, and he’s led the Democratic Party astray. I disagree. I think Democrats have just lost their groove. (more)

The White House switchboard — able to conjure up Santa Claus at a moment’s notice for a young Caroline Kennedy — is famous for its ability to track down anyone, anywhere, anytime. (more)

Who is making this stuff up? (more)

USDA official Shirely Sherrod — who the administration pressured to resign after conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart posted a misleading video suggesting that she made ‘racist’ comments to the NAACP — watched White House press secretary Robert Gibbs apologize to her on Wednesday live on CNN. Within hours, the USDA officially offered Sherrod a new position within the administration and formally apologized for demanding her hasty ouster. (more)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday he had apologized to Shirley Sherrod and offered to rehire her at the USDA, after firing her on Monday for remarks that were interpreted to be racist but were later deemed to have been taken out of context. (more)

Mark Twain warned us: Confession is good for the soul, but it’s bad for the reputation. (more)

After the 2008 election our nation seemed to be in a position to have a bold, honest conversation about race relations. Attorney General Eric Holder called Americans cowardly for not having that conversation. However, in response to racially provocative incidents our leaders in Washington have substituted beer and sacrificial offerings for that conversation. (more)

Journolist update: Liberals wished death on FOX News, Rush Limbaugh — Targets of Journolist respond with disproportionate maturity — Democrats will add billions to the deficit today — Maine solves the public pension problem (not really) — Umpteenth bad poll comes out showing Washington is getting a helluva makeover in November — The USDA’s disastrous image problem  (more)

A video posted to Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government website this week — which Brietbart said showed USDA official Shirley Sherrod describing her own ‘racist’ behavior before a sympathetic crowd — was edited to show the remarks out of context, according to a full unedited 46-minute video of the speech released yesterday by the NAACP. In the unedited remarks, Sherrod, who said Tuesday that she was forced to resign under pressure from the White House, concludes that whites, blacks, and Hispanics must all work together. (more)