Conservative website (and Birther hub) WorldNetDaily has published what can only be described as “process server porn,” posting a cell phone pic of MSNBC star Rachel Maddow at the moment she was served a lawsuit. Maddow is being sued by “Christian rocker” Bradlee Dean for, among other things, pointing out the spelling of his first [...]

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If you’re not up on your Christian metal rock, you might not know Bradlee Dean, a Christian metal rocker who also runs the You Can Run But You Cannot Hide Ministry. He’s also suing MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow for 50 million dollars, but his lawyer says don’t get the wrong idea, “money is not the issue.” Why the lawsuit? According to a statement released by Dean’s lawyer, it all started with a segment Maddow did on Mr. Dean, which the lawyer called defamatory, and Dean’s support for Michele Bachmann. “The left wing media’s effort to defame Dean is an obvious way to try to harm Bachmann’s presidential prospects, who they fear and despise.”

Retailers Target and Best Buy are under fire from gay rights groups, who are organizing boycotts over both companies’ corporate donations to support Republican Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer, who they say is virulently anti-gay. The donations of $150,000 and $100,000, respectively, were made possible by the Supreme Court’s hotly debated Citizens United decision, which allows unlimited political donations by corporations. This confrontation will test the limiting effect of the free market on Citizens United.