Blue Radar

As I post each morning, here are some of the political stories thatmight not be worthy of their own posts, but are nonetheless newsworthy:

• Scooter Libby was escorted out the side door of a courtroom on Thursday after he was told by the judge that he must serve his prison sentence, even if he appeals.  In just a matter of weeks, Libby will report to prison.
• States can restrict public-employee unions that raise money from non-union members for political purposes, due to a US Supreme Court ruling on Thursday.
• A Democratic-led Senate panel passed legislation that increases veterans care and spends $50 million on post-traumatic stress syndrome and brain ailment research.  It will head to the Senate floor for a full vote sometime before the 4th of July.
• Even after Karl Rove and Alberto Gonzales pulled all the strings to install Tim Griffin as a replacement for a fired U.S. Attorney, Griffin said public service was just "not worth it."
• Democrat and Republican lawmakers have agreed to revive the immigration bill that was put on the shelves at the end of last week.
• Kurdish terrorists killed two Turkish patrol officers, the Anatolia news agency reported on Friday.
• Former President Bill Clinton made $10 million from speaking engagements last year.
• For the Democratic and Republican debates that CNN will host, CNN will allow people to submit questions via Youtube and have them asked to the candidates.
• Among upper-income black donors, Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton in the number of donations.

If we left anything out, feel free to add any stories in the commentbox.

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