So nine martyr-combatants stormed and briefly occupied the office of Joe Lieberman this morning. After chanting about health care—”Everyone in and no one out, universal health care now!” and “Represent Connecticut, not AETNA!”—they were dragged away and arrested. MEANWHILE: We have not yet heard from Editor Jim Newell this morning! [TPM]

In response to the Bush Administration’s patriotic proposals to legalize torture, the Los Angeles Times has called for the brutal torture of Sens. Frist, Lieberman and Inhofe. MORE »

Despite the careful comments in public — who wants to find an axe-wielding Joe Lieberman banging on the door in the middle of the night? — it seems Harry Reid and Hillary Clinton are loaning some big guns to Ned Lamont’s brave attempt to rid U.S. politics of Vinegar Joe.

Reports the Kos:

Stephanie Cutter, a key member of Reid’s vaunted war room, has been in Connecticut for the last week and plans on helping out through November. She worked as Deputy Communications Director in the Clinton White House, communications director at the DNC in 2003, and communications director for John Kerry (after the late-2003 staff purge which revived his primary campaign).

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John Kerry got his letter published (costly registration required) in today’s Wall Street Journal!

Our parents used to be totally proud of us when the local paper would print our letters. (”There are too many loose dogs around the playground.”)

Anyway, Kerry used a bunch of his inspirational lines from the ‘04 debates — “The 9/11 Commission’s recommendations to secure our most vulnerable infrastructure remain virtually ignored,” for example — in the letter, which seems to actually be about Ned Lamont. Kerry’s letter, after the jump ….

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• Heat Wave in California takes out aging power transformers, “When these transformers were installed, you had neighborhoods that weren’t air-conditioned, homes without two computers and five television sets.” [LAT]

• Bill Clinton stumped for Lieberman in Waterbury yesterday, “Lieberman did not mention Iraq or his support for the war, and Clinton touched only lightly on what he referred to as ‘the pink elephant in the room.’” [WP]
• 105 men “shackled at the wrists and the ankles” deported from Virginia. [WP]
• Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (Tex.) and Rep. Mike Pence (Ind.) sponsor new immigration plan today. Plan expects illegal immigrants to “self-deport,” apply for a visa, quickly return to work legally in the US. [WP]
• Govs. Schwarzenegger and Blagojevich pony up state money for stem cell research. [NYT]

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Last night, Joe Lieberman assured Ned Lamont that he is not, despite his greatest longings, George Bush. But what if he were? Well, for one thing, he’d spend a lot more time with Laura Bush, and… whoah, pardon me while I lie down for a moment, because the whole idea of a Joe ‘n’ Laura tryst just sent me into a dizzy spell. After all, it’s the only thing which could possibly top the divine salaciousness of those totally credible Bush ‘n’ Condi rumors.

More images of a strange, alternative present where Senator Lieberman is George Bush and married to Laura after the jump!

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(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

I just came across the above photo of Senator Clinton and I thought, you know what? It’s time for Hillary Hand Turkeys! Yay!

The adventure continues after the jump…

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