Yesterday, Republicans successfully filibustered a bill including the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," which Lady Gaga chimed in on by saying, "Today was an enormous disappointment, for myself, and for many young American people. Not only because Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was not repealed by our senators, but moreover because legislative procedure is being abused to stop public business, public debates, from happening while America is watching." And at dinner in the East Village last night, she was getting the word out there! more ›

Rupert Murdoch may be fighting, through his Wall Street Journal's new NY section, with the Times over NY journalists, but now a website has snatched one of the Post's political reporters. Politico management bragged about hiring Maggie Haberman to "cover national politics." Haberman will "continue to mine her New York sources and break news on her blog. Anyone who follows New York politics knows Maggie as a scoop artist and a punchy writer. She has the same metabolism and moves as her friend and fellow New Yorker Ben Smith." more ›

Rudy Giuliani told the American public, via a sit-down with Katie Couric, that the story pointing out expenses for trips to the Hamptons - to see then-mistress Judi Nathan - were billed across a number of obscure city agencies was a "typical political hit job" and a "debate day dirty trick." He even called it a "false story," but Politco, the website that broke the story, pointed out neither Giuilani or his aides "have questioned... more ›