The Hollywood Liberal

Who moves next on federal budget? Depends on who you ask
Congressional leaders can’t see eye-to-eye on keeping the government funded for the next three weeks, let alone the next six months – and now, they can’t even agree on who ought to move next in the ongoing budget battle.

Sarah Palin losing more ground among Republicans, Post-ABC poll finds
Sarah Palin’s ratings within the GOP are slumping, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll — a potentially troubling sign for the former Alaska governor as she weighs whether to enter the 2012 presidential race.

Candidates emerge to replace Mueller at FBI
In a letter sent Monday to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., the FBI Agents Association recommended a longtime FBI agent and supervisor who is now security chief for Verizon Communications.

Petraeus gives upbeat view of Afghan fight

A Strategy for Fiscal Conservatives
Keith Hennessey, KeithHennessey.com
Several conservative House and Senate Members, dissatisfied both with the spending cuts enacted so far and with repeated short-term appropriations negotiations, are threatening to oppose another Continuing Resolution.  I think that’s a mistake.Conservatives are expressing two concerns – spending cuts are not being enacted quickly enough, and short-term CRs lack funding limitations (e.g., No federal funds may be appropriated for [National Public Radio, implementing ObamaCare or new EPA regulations, Planned Parenthood].)

Japan Regains Some Control at Troubled Nuke Plant
Yuka Hayashi, WSJ
Japanese officials appeared to have regained some control of northeast Japan's troubled nuclear power plant Tuesday afternoon, at least for now, after spikes in radiation levels that followed a new explosion at one reactor and a fire at another earlier in the day put the nation on high alert.Officials stressed it was too early to say the worst has been averted at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which has suffered serious problems in four of its six reactors since Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami.

Glenn Beck Site Bites NPR Video
Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune
Guess who's raising serious ethical questions about conservative James O'Keefe's sting video that shook up NPR's management? Right-wing icon and self-described “rodeo clown” Glenn Beck.Yes, Glenn Beck.Beck's website The Blaze, of all places, examined O'Keefe's unedited video of NPR executives caught in the sting and found grossly misleading edits.

Obama at Wheel of Father’s Oldsmobile
Debra Saunders, SF Chronicle