Wonkette Semi-Aquatic Rodent Operative “Claiborne” asks this very important question, and the answer is: because they are terrorists. New evidence reveals that violent extremist muskrats perpetrated today’s breach of the levees north of St. Louis. Shocking video footage of these terrorists plotting their takeover of Missouri, after the jump. MORE »

* Iowa voters get high off the smell of their own farts, pretend to listen to what Hillary Clinton has to say. [WP, NYT, WSJ, USAT]
* Mike Hukabee starts his Presidential campaign by getting Tim Russert to admit he’s digging his grave, “with a knife and fork.” [WP, NYT]
* Giant q-tip is inserted into the Congressional earmark culture to clean out the “pornography” and “terrorists.” Staffers keep their fingers crossed for a furlough day. [WP]
* Loving father John Negroponte is going from one job he doesn’t need to another. [WP]
* Handful of movie stars, handful of hippies were all that showed for weekend’s peace march. [CNN]
* Not just New Orleans: levees are fucked nationwide. [USAT]
* Federal judges just a bunch of wikilectuals. [NYT]

* Administration projects the cost of rebuilding New Orleans levees will be $10 billion, triple the previous estimate. Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (D): “This means that, just two months before hurricane season, the Corps of Engineers informs us they cannot ensure even the minimum safety of southeastern Louisiana. This is totally unacceptable.” [WP]
* Bush, in Cancun with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, aims to rebuild trust and find “move forward” on immigration. Bush: “We don’t want people sneaking into our country who are going to do jobs Americans don’t want. We want them coming in an orderly way.” [WP, NYT, USAT, AP]
* Pentagon will test the “largest single explosive we could imagine” –a bunker-busting 700-ton explosive– at the Nevada Test Site. [WP]
* Appeals Court Judge Richard Posner says restructuring of intelligence agencies is not an improvement. [WP]
* Immigration issue divides Democrats and organized labor. [WP]
* Senate begins arduous task of debating immigration legislation. [W$J, NYT]

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