A group of activists — angry that Dr. Bachmann referred to gay people as "barbarians" — styled themselves in the manner of (rather delightfully campy) barbarians, then proceeded to sprinkle shiny confetti all over his clinic. Previous glitter-bomb "victims" include Newt Gingrich and Tim Pawlenty. This might not be the stateliest form of civil rights protest in recorded history, but it'... more.

If Newt Gingrich just gave up on his presidential run yesterday, announcing in an impromptu press conference, "You know what? Screw this, I'm done," we wouldn't blame him. All day he absorbed attacks from his own party for his harsh critique of Paul Ryan's Medicare plane, and was eventually forced to call Ryan and apologize. A man in Iowa berated him face-to-face while shaking his hand the entire ... more.

No joke. All the things we mentioned in the headline really do make appearances in the latest addition to the ever-growing subway-fight-video canon. Here's what appears to have happened: A woman in blue ("Blue Shirt") and a woman in white ("White Shirt") get into an argument over some perceived personal slight while sitting next to each other on the L train. At the next stop, Blue Shirt stands and... more.

People who engage in insider trading are usually motivated by greed and power. Danielle Chiesi was motivated by sexual gratification, according to a story in Fortune this month about the analyst who was arrested as part of a sting against the Galleon Group last fall and her affair with Bob Moffat, the executive at IBM she allegedly bilked for info. The story, which reads more like a hilarious bod... more.

Allen West, fuming on the inside, always.Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images The fallout from Florida congressman Allen West's e-mail tirade against fellow Florida congressman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been just as bizarre as West himself. West told the Huffington Post yesterday that he had apologized to Wasserman Schultz (here's the audio), but a spokeswoman soon insisted that the report was "absol... more.

Photo: Michael Nagle/Getty Images Now, the Post isn't trying to tell you that former Hearst Magazines chairman and short-lived schools chancellor Cathie Black was drunk when she ran her car into a series of trees in the Hamptons a week ago. That could get them in trouble! It was just that the party she was leaving was "a boozy Bastille Day bash" that was "complete with a fully stocked bar," that'... more.

The Times cartoon.Photo: Via Atlantic Wire After The Wall Street Journal took a brave stance against gleeful media criticism of its ownership, the Times of London has a more guilt-inducing version of the same theme, this time in cartoon format. ... more.

New York's Gabriel Sherman and John Heilemann joined the Morning Joe panel today to discuss how the London phone-hacking scandal surrounding Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. could affect the media mogul's empire, and how Fox News is actually looking good despite controversy throughout other parts of its parent company. "For once, all the critics of News Corp. are not talking about Fox," Sherman said. ... more.

Grover Norquist in deep thought.Photo: Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images Republicans do not like taxes. That much is certain. But one of the reasons Republicans in Congress are so dead set against raising any taxes by any amount on anyone or anything, even if that's what it takes to reach a deal on the debt ceiling and keep the American economy from collapsing, is because their hands have been tied by t... more.

Hand on heart: Rupert Murdoch on Friday.Photo: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images When Rupert Murdoch appears before British Parliament tomorrow, he'll face questions for the first time about the unfolding hacking scandal that has already derailed News Corp.’s $12 billion takeover of BSkyB while forcing the departure of two of the company’s senior-most newspaper executives, th... more.

Photo: Noel Vasquez/Getty Images Earlier this week, Laura Ingraham took to her radio show to complain that her luggage had been rifled through by someone after she checked it in for a Continental flight and how some $11,000 in jewelry (mostly not her own!) was pilfered from it. She's been on sort of a tear about it all week. Now, a lot of the things Ingraham gets angry about can be controversial,... more.

Andrew Cuomo, probably thinking about marijuana.Photo: Audrey C. Tiernan-Pool/Getty Images With Governor Chris Christie's blessing, New Jersey will now begin implementing a medical-marijuana law signed by former governor Jon Corzine in 2010, and some New Yorkers are starting to feel that the grass, if you will, is greener on the other side of the river. Spurred by Christie's decision, State Senat... more.

A generic (but legit!) Apple store.Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images They're faking whole retail experiences: Apparently, a counterfeit Apple product isn't satisfactory if it wasn't bought in one of Apple's gleaming, glass-encased storefronts, and so a go-getting entrepreneur has replicated the stores, down to the blue-T-shirt-wearing employees. (The tip-off that the stores are fake were the wo... more.

Photo: NYM Thirty people were arrested on Wednesday in connection with High Class NY, a Sheepshead Bay-based "high-end escort service" that allegedly earned more $7 million over three years. The service offered sex and drugs to clients who paid up to $10,000 per night. Rates for the hookers ranged from $400 to $3,600 per hour, and customers would use code phrases to order drugs with their sex, su... more.

Ben Bernanke probably does not have a good poker face.Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images It's a role reversal from a couple of years ago: Instead of lawmakers having to deal with the fallout from shortsighted, self-interested financiers, now Wall Street is making plans for how to handle the eventuality that shortsighted, self-interested lawmakers will allow the August 2 debt-ceiling... more.

Photo: CNN Despite the pleas of one of his victims, 41-year-old Texas inmate Mark Anthony Stroman was executed Wednesday night for killing two men during a series of shootings he said were spurred by the September 11 attacks. An admitted white supremacist at the time, Stroman targeted people he believed were Middle Eastern. The U.S. Supreme Court denied a stay of execution for Stroman last month ... more.

"I requested a meeting with Mr. Stroman. I’m eagerly awaiting to see him in person and exchange ideas. I would talk about love and compassion. We all make mistakes. It’s very important that I meet him to tell him I feel for him and I strongly believe he should get a second chance. That I never hated the U.S. He could educate a lot of people. Thinking about what is going to happen make... more.

Photo: CW According to the New York Post, friend-on-friend financial fraud has become so common over the past few years, prosecutors have had to coin a specific term for it. "We call these affinity frauds," attorney Micki Shulman said, citing an uptick in "pal-on-pal swindles" that she blames on the economy. "It's someone saying, 'You can't trust Wall Street, but you can trust me. I'm one of you ... more.

Photo: TSA The TSA has announced that it will begin installing new software in its airport full-body scanners that will allow the security agency to scan you without discovering how unattractive and misshapen you are beneath your clothing. Instead of a hazy look at your actual body, the scanners will produce a cartoonish outline of a human body and identify where on this cartoon body contraband &... more.

Brian Monahan, attending physician of the U.S. Congress/Bachmann savior.Photo: USU Newsletter In the day and a half since the Daily Caller revealed Michele Bachmann's history of migraines, the questions surrounding the severity of the condition and how it would impact her ability to perform the duties of the presidency have dogged her campaign. Politico and ABC News dug deeper into the story with... more.