A Diebold insider speaks on flaws in voting machines: “I believe that top Government officials had an understanding with top Diebold officials to look the other way because Diebold was their ace in the hole.”

Reuters releases statement on Bush’s bathroom note: “The photographer and editors on this story were looking for other angles in their coverage of this event, something that went beyond the stock pictures of talking heads that these kind of forums usually offer. This picture certainly does that.”

Michael Brown finally reveals why FEMA couldn’t cope: the hurricane made it really hard to deal with the hurricane.

Schwarzenegger has called a meeting of California gay leaders furious over his threatened veto of legislation allowing same-sex marriage — but the Governator himself may not attend.