* Shamnesty bill falls 15 votes short of passage. The whole country doesn't have to pretend like something is actually being done about immigration. [NYT, WP, LAT]

* A new idiot is taking over White House war planning to give the old idiots a chance to go fuck other stuff up for a while. [LAT]

* Vlad won't blow up Europe so long as Bush puts the missile shield in Azerbaijan. [WT]

* Congress can't kill babies so long as Bush is president so why are they even trying? [WP]

* Currently, the only benefit for most veterans is not being dead. [NYT]

* Breaking: politicians do favors for doners. [The Hill]

* Dennis Kucinich debates himself tonight at Johns Hopkins University. [Politico]