Happy Juneteenth

++ Scott Walker is in the middle of a vast criminal network that involves leading right-wing donors and Karl Rove. 

++Chris Christie is moments away from being handed his hat by prosecutors in New Jersey.

++Mitt "Willard" Romney at 29% is now the overwhelming favorite for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016.

++Rick Perry has been invited to Gay Pride Day in San Francisco after saying he might move to California. 

++Kay Hagen has a five point lead in the polls in the North Carolina Senate race.

++Kevin McCarthy is the new GOP Majority Leader in the House. Steven Scalise, the head of the ultra conservative Republican Study Group and a favorite of the oil industry, was made Whip.

++The Presbyterians voted to move closer to accepting same-sex marriage.

++Rude Pundit has been on a tear the last few days on Cheney and McCain and Graham. Read him.

++The return of the Iraq war hawks has inspired great work by Jason Linkins, Rachel Maddow,Dan Waldman,E.J. Dionne, Charles Pierce , Rude Pundit,Ed Shultz and Pap, America's lawyer.

++Sandy Koufax's protege Clayton Kershaw pitched a 14-strikeout no-hitter that missed a perfect game by one fielding error. Baseball experts--aren't we all--are trying to rate whether the Dodger Pitcher threw the best no-hitter in history. They check out pitch count, walks (0), strikeouts. They think he did it.

++I watched President Obama's speech on Iraq today with a heavy heart. I'll comment on American moves later.