I have to say Snowden loses a little credibility each time he suggests the US government might try to take him out with a hit squad. And now, al Awlaki really isn’t good evidence to the contrary.

Snowden explains why he didn’t just go to Iceland if that’s where he wanted asylum.

Montreal Mayor arrested on corruption charges.

There’s little doubt the mix of scandals and non-scandals are taking a toll on President Obama’s standing. Here’s the chart of his approval going back to Spring of last year …

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Pope Francis blesses thousands of bikers and their Harleys.

In case you missed it, there was a big ‘scoop’ on Saturday evening from CNET, purporting to report that Rep. Jerry Nadler revealed that he’d been told in a classified briefing that NSA analysts could choose to listen to domestic phone calls simply on the basis of their decision that they were worth listening to - no warrant, no national security letter.

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Conservative Christian college expels female student after finding out she was in a relationship with another woman, but still wants to keep her tuition.

Latest news out of the IRS investigation based on partial transcripts leaked by House GOP investigators.

Dunno, but a “detox cleanse” sounds more like something I’d expect a Democratic governor to be sticking the state with a tab for.

Get ready. At 10 AM the Supreme Court is going to release a new batch of cases. Since we’ve gone a few Mondays without any of the perceived really big cases, it seems likely we’ll see some this morning. What we’re hearing is that it’s not likely the big marriage equality decision comes down. More focus on affirmative action and the voting rights act. But then again, who knows? Anything could happen. We’ll bring it all to you at the top of the hour.