Jolly old Newt Gingrich decided it's time to join the fracas over the proposed mosque two blocks away from Ground Zero by issuing a NEWT DIRECT alert on his website: America is facing an "Islamist cultural-political offensive"!

Every few months, Newt Gingrich says that he might run for president, and he's taking it seriously. Now that a few months have passed, Newt Gingrich is saying that he might run for president, and he's taking it seriously.

America's greatest journalism show Fox & Friends had Newt Gingrich on this morning to discuss, among other things, Obama's call for "prayer" in last night's speech. Wasn't it offensive for this notorious God-hating monster to suddenly ask for His help?

In plugging his new book, the former GOP Speaker of the House writes that leftists have infiltrated nearly all facets of society with their brand of "secular-socialism," and they will destroy America faster than you can say firecracker jihadist.

Conservative savior Sarah Palin swooped into liberal Massachusetts yesterday for a rally on the Boston Common. There were lots of old white people, some stupid signs, and a bunch of boring speeches. We mingled. Here's what we saw.

Republican frat boys John Boehner and Newt Gingrich are hurting Capitol Hill staffers' feelings.

In a speech last night Sarah Palin, the former vice-presidential candidate and current figurehead for idiocy, ramped up her attacks on Obama and showcased her new catchphrase: "Don't retreat! RELOAD!" Which, she insists, is not a call for violence.

The former Speaker of the House says health care reform will ruin Obama much like passing civil rights laws "shattered" Lyndon Johnson and the Democratic Party in the 60's. Wow. Update: Newt says quotes used out of context.

Today at Gawker.TV, the wife of George Stephanopolous sings him a sexy happy birthday, an Always Sunny friend shows up on Lost, Newt Gingrich lies, the un-aired Teen Mom footage, and Brian Kilmeade wants to get freaky with mannequins.

Speaking of pants on fire, Jon Stewart catches Newt Gingrich in a whopper. Gingrich falsely claims the shoe bomber was an American citizen and that's why he was Mirandized while, he asserts, the underpants bomber should not have been.

A grown man who is currently reenacting the Battle of Trenton on Twitter thinks he could be president in 2012.

Pudgy philandering futurist Newt Gingrich has always opposed brown people and their filthy ghetto language, Spanish. Which is why he's launching a Spanish-language political web site, because he might as well try to make some money off these dirty people.

offering public testimony today at a hearing before the state's board of education on proposed standards requiring history textbooks to cover Newt Gingrich and Phyllis Schlafly, via Talking Points Memo.

Whoops! Newt Gingrich accidentally named a porn producer "Entrepreneur of the Year." For like a day. Then he rescinded it, the bastard. Why does he hate capitalism?

Barack Obama went into this Labor Day weekend amid a firestorm of controversy over his back to school speech. That firestorm was fanned a bit by Van Jones' resignation. So, what can Obama expect as the news cycle begins anew?

Ever wonder how The Daily Show books so many guests of the conservative persuasion? Apparently it has something to do with the fact that Jon Stewart is one of the few hosts on television who's considered fair and intellectually curious.

Last night we kinda took Newt Gingrich to the woodshed for a grammatical abortion of a tweet he posted to his Twitter account yesterday. Apparently Newt took note of our criticism, as did MSNBC's Contessa Brewer.

For the love of God when will public figures on Twitter learn to proofread their tweets, especially those on record as stating that life in the "ghetto" is a direct result of a failure to master the English language?

Mark Sanford was totally going to be the next president, until he fell in love with Maria. Now, not so much. But Republican strategists have so many other Great White Hopes! What disasters will greet them?

Venus Williams turns 29 today. Greg Kinnear is turning 46. Comedian Will Forte is 39. Newt Gingrich is turning 66. Rep. Jack Murtha is 73. Architect Liz Diller turns 55. Actor Thomas Haden Church is 49. Director Bobby Farrelly is turning 51. British director Ken Loach is 73. Latin singer Paulina Rubio is 38. Real estate heir Andrew Farkas is 49. Plastic surgeon Gerald Pitman turns 67. Retired General Tommy Franks is turning 64. And Barry Manilow celebrates his 66th birthday today.