Chuck Hagel, GOP Senators Butt Heads at Defense Secretary Confirmation Hearing

Senators Rough Up Obama's Nominee to Run The Pentagon

Word count of Hagel hearing: 166 mentions of Israel, 20 of Afghanistan

Jon Soltz: GOP Farce at Hagel Hearings

McCain, Hagel spar over Iraq surge

In 2000 campaign, McCain named Hagel as a potential pick for Defense Secretary

Steve Benen: The question McCain wants to ask of Hagel, but wouldn't have the guts to answer himself

Ted Cruz Grills Chuck Hagel With Out-Of-Context Al-Jazeera Clip

Dave Weigel: Ted Cruz's Bogus Attack on Hagel

Ten Ridiculous Questions From Chuck Hagel's Confirmation Hearing

Tough questioning at Hagel hearing? Ha.

Republican-led criticism of Hagel does not appear to shift votes

Chris Cillizza: Chuck Hagel was bad on Thursday. And it doesn't matter.

Jonathan Bernstein: For Hagel, just count to 60

FBI talking to suspect through pipe as Alabama hostage standoff enters 4th day

Assistant DA shot dead outside Texas courthouse

Suspected Phoenix office shooter found dead, assault rifle found in car

Atlanta Public Schools: Student shot at Price Middle School

3-year-old shot, critically injured in Mission, Kansas apartment

Mother loses fourth child to Chicago gun violence

Flashback: NRA Supported Universal Background Checks After Columbine Massacre

NRA-backed federal limits on gun lawsuits frustrate victims, their attorneys

Should Gun Owners Have To Buy Liability Insurance?

Walter Kirn: What Gun Owners Really Want

On Immigration, a Glimpse of the Devilish Details

How long is the immigration 'line'? As long as 24 years.

Jonathan Chait: On Immigration, GOP Elites Tell Their Base to Pound Sand

Limbaugh, A Perfect Example Of GOP Stance On Immigration: Cubans Work Hard, Unlike Mexicans

David Frum: Just 'Building the Damn Fence' Won't Fix Everything

Eugene Robinson: Immigration reform is a solvable problem

As usual, today is Friday, and while there is still plenty of political news to discuss - from the hypocritical grilling of Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel by Senator John McCain, to the out-of-context and bogus attacks on Hagel by the overzealous freshman political-climber Ted Cruz - we'll leave those kinds of discussions about ethics and politics for another day.

Fairness, however, is a topic we're more than willing to tackle today.

For example, in no way is it fair that when we began gathering content for today's edition, the temperature outside our Lincoln, NE office was bitterly cold, in the single digits, with snow everywhere we could see. Meanwhile, the temperatures outside both our DC and South Florida offices weren't even below freezing.

It was so cold in Lincoln last night, if we'd had a cat in our office, we might have thought about curling up with the little furball for warmth - if we hadn't also recently discovered what kinds of homicidal maniacs cats are...  

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