Senator Tim Johnson informed the media that he is not only headed back to work; he's also headed back to the campaign trail. His staff says that might not necessarily be the case.

Thanks for playing, Senator Larry Craig.

I thought it was settled that Iraq had nothing to do with September 11th. Then I watched Freedom’s Watch’s new ads and witnessed a blatant attempt to rewrite history and reframe the current Iraq debate.

The tangled web that keeps on giving continues to unravel: Earlier today, State District Judge Joe Hart ordered the lawsuit against the Texas Association of Business and Governor Rick Perry's former Chief of Staff/former TAB lobbyist Mike Toomey to move to trial.

Trying to be Texas’s reincarnated Abbie Hoffman during the packed 2006 gubernatorial race, Kinky instead came off looking like a hastily-concocted Alfred E. Neuman wannabe. They shared roughly the same amount of political savvy, too.

In a May lawsuit, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington made moves via official and proper channels (read: FOIA requests) to gain access to White House Office of Administration documents concerning the deletion of millions of White House emails.

Alt-weeklies strike again. The Austin Chronicle puts two and two together and comes up with a possible reason why Anna Mowery would resign in mid-August: a special session!

You are no doubt aware of the many US Attorneys who are claiming to have been fired for political reasons. But are you aware of the attorney and former employee the Texas Secretary of State's office who makes a similar claim, pointing to Karl Rove as the instigator?

Michigan is the latest in a long line of states to seriously consider moving their primary to an earlier date.

During a Bush rally on July 4, 2004, in Austin Texas, Nicole and Jeffery Rank were arrested and charged with trespassing for refusing to cover their anti-Bush T-shirts.