Ace of Spades Headlines

Neil Munro: Obama runs immigration bill from White House, according to new report
"The White House is playing a larger role in developing the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill than its supporters publicly admit, according to a forthcoming article in The New Yorker. ‘No decisions are being made without talking to us about it,’ the official said of the Gang of Eight negotiations." Thanks to commenter "Vic." [rdbrewer]

Amesty bill equals disaster for low income workers
Democrats and liberal Republicans couldn't care less. The corporate interest is in more low wage workers. And money talks. [rdbrewer]

Navy Researchers Put Dark Lightning to the SWORD
Dark lightning? "Discovered “by accident” by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope in 2010, dark lightning is a surprisingly powerful — yet invisible — by-product of thunderstorms in Earth’s atmosphere." Added: New map shows large scale cosmic structure. [rdbrewer]

Hot News Tip: The Democrats aren't pushing the amnesty bill because it'll help the GOP. Just sayin'. (Must credit rdbrewer.)

USA Today: 3 NSA veterans speak out on whistle-blower: We told you so
"They had spent decades in the top ranks of the agency, designing and managing the very data-collection systems they say have been turned against Americans." [rdbrewer]