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According to a tweet from CNBC, Ruppert Murdoch is reportedly considering stepping down as CEO of News Corp.

It's interesting this tweet came on the even of Murdoch's much anticipated testimony before the U.K. Parliament today.

In other News Corp news, Rudy "9/11" Giuliani has decided to throw 9/11 victims under the bus to support his "friend". What a low-life scum this guy is.

This week a local tea party leader made news by tweeting about shooting immigrants. Now that same tea bagger is wanted by police:

Police are searching for a local Tea Party leader in Ohio who is wanted for violating a temporary protection order. Meanwhile, speakers at a Tea Party rally organized by the man, Brian "Sonny" Thomas, have pulled out after he suggested in a tweet that he wanted to shoot Hispanic immigrants -- then blaming it on a Bee Gees song.

Thomas is the founder and president of the Springboro Tea Party in southwest Ohio. He faces a misdemeanor charge after recently going to the home of the mother of his son, in violation of a protection order. The woman had previously told police that their son had returned from Thomas's home with bruises.

Thomas had already been in hot water, after he tweeted during a march in support of immigration reform: "Illegals everywhere today! So many spicks makes me feel like a speck. Grr. Where's my gun?"

I’m sure that other tea baggers will quickly say how this guy isn’t really affiliated with them. That seems to be their common defense on stuff like this, and it’s happening more and more. Welcome to the new party that makes the Republicans look like the morale authority. Now that was an undertaking.

Joe Scarborough’s tweet last week slamming Keith Olbermann has gained some attention, including from their boss:

Griffin sent a memo, obtained by the Huffington Post, to network talent and executive producers clamping down on infighting within the network.

"We have many strong personalities with differing, passionate opinions, but it is important to remember that we are all on the same team," Griffin said in the memo. "I want to reiterate my long-standing policy: We do not publicly criticize our colleagues. This kind of behavior is unprofessional and will not be tolerated."

Earlier this week, "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough blasted Keith Olbermann on Twitter for his comments that Scott Brown is "an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, tea-bagging supporter of violence against women and against politicians with whom he disagrees."

The Huffington Post has the full memo here. Mediaite, a site founded by MSNBC legal analyst Dan Abrams, adds:

We hear Scarborough apologized to Griffin for his comments. Griffin also talked to Olbermann, and Olbermann didn’t think it merited punishment. So the letter to staff (but really to Scarborough) went out instead.

Just saw this tweet from Chuck Todd:

Goss: "What we're now seeing is that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has not made one iota of improvement."

So Goss is saying that his successors haven’t fixed the mess he left behind. That also goes along with what I have been saying – the security measures in place on Christmas day are the same ones put in place under Bush. Blame needs to go to both administrations. Blaming one or the other is highly disingenuous.

Via a tweet by Chris Cillizza

If this sticks then they have to pickup at least one Republican

UPDATE:

Here’s the video:

While many on the left side of the blogosphere seemed to enjoy Chuck Todd, I have never liked him. I don’t believe he is the “political insight machine” that so many credit him with and here is more proof of it:

John Cole, who caught this little tweet of <cough> brilliance from Todd, says this:

I guess he didn’t pick up on the fact that if they had failed to get the 60 votes, HCR would, for all intents and purposes, be dead in the short run, as the Republicans would filibuster. That is why this is such a big deal- they have overcome the obstructionism of the GOP, and the debate can advance.

Although in fairness to Chuck, he may be more concerned with why Obama didn’t reach out more to President McCain. Not to be too subjective, or anything.

When we see something as important as health care reform clear another hurdle then it is reason to celebrate. Todd’s just pissed because he doesn’t have some big failure to go on about. Screw the millions whose lives will be improved by this reform – Chuckles just wants something to give him more ratings and air time, and the more this babbling idiot is on TV the dumber America becomes.

It’s just another reason why my TV doesn’t turn to MSNBC as much as it used to.

Here’s his tweet:

Yet interesting enough as this appeared on Issa’s Twitter feed, so did this:

Let’s think about those 2,200 veterans that died last year from lack of health care coverage and wonder if Issa is thanking them also.

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