A lawyer representing one of the alleged "Anonymous" defendants tell TPM there's nothing criminal about DDOS attacks: "This was merely a digital sit in. It is no different from occupying the Woolworth's lunch counter in the civil rights era."

The election clerk in Waukesha County, Wisc. -- who has been the target of liberal conspiracy theories since she found more than 7,000 uncounted votes for Justice David Prosser in last April's Supreme Court race -- did in fact violate state laws and regulations during that election but could not possibly have manipulated the controversial tally, a state review board has found.

Rick Perry: It was "inappropriate" of me to say immigration foes don't "have a heart."

As Benjy Sarlin reports, that heartless line in the last debate is causing Perry all kinds of trouble among conservatives who are otherwise favorably disposed toward him.

FBI busts Northeastern University graduate student in sting in which he allegedly plotted to bomb the Pentagon and Capitol using remote-controlled aircraft. The defendant is a U.S. citizen.

Amazon unveils its new Kindle Fire.

Mitt Romney takes the plausible argument that he's not the career politician Rick Perry is one step too far and declares: "I don't have a political career."

If the National Park Service is considering letting a member of the press join its engineers in rappelling down the Washington Monument, I volunteer. This was shot Tuesday before they had to call off the post-earthquake inspections due to weather:

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Florida moves to schedule its presidential primary ahead of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, threatening to scramble the primary season calendar.

Dems figure they might as well make hay over the audience outbursts at the last three GOP debates.

The only people more desperate for Chris Christie to enter the GOP race than Republican bigwigs are national political reporters. Much easier to cover the candidates jockeying for position than, say, the assorted economic and budget issues that should define the race.

Here's your awesome idea of the day. A group of Tea Partyish House Republicans is pushing the idea of saving money by abolishing the dollar bill and replacing with a mandated $1 coin. It's called Currency Optimization, Innovation and National Savings (COINS) Act and it would allegedly save money in addition to being a huge pain in the butt (perhaps literally) for every American.

Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) says it's time for Republicans to double down on his Medicare-ending budget.

In what's clearly becoming a major theme going into the 2012 campaign, VP Joe Biden calls the booing of a gay soldier at last week's GOP debate "reprehensible." Watch.

The military's aggressive plan to transition to renewable energy is getting crimped by the House investigation of Solyndra and the Department of Energy's renewables loan program.

You've probably seen the youtube clip of the NYPD officer pepper spraying protestors in the Occupy Wall Street protests. It turns out the same guy was named in civil rights complaints tied to the 2004 anti-Bush/GOP convention protests.

Anti-Islam blogger Pam Geller planning a lawsuit over rejected subway ad calling Israel's enemies "savages."

Heckler calls Obama 'Antichrist' before being whisked away by Secret Service. Watch.

With some luck and holding the line, Dems just managed to get their way on FEMA funding, scoring a victory in the last Capitol Hill hostage drama.

The FBI has a message for the nation's idiots. No, shining lasers into cockpits as pilots are landing planes is not a great idea. In fact, it's a serious felony. 24 year old Justin Stouder just found out the hard way.

Chris Christie vetoes $420,000 production subsidy for Jersey Shore.