Jose Antonio Vargas, the reporter who made news recently after admitting he has been in the U.S. illegally since childhood, paid a visit to The Colbert Report last night.

Vargas and host Stephen Colbert presently entered into a discussion on whether to refer to Vargas as “an illegal” or as “undocumented.” “You are what we in The America World call ‘illegal’,” said Colbert, high five-ing a bald eagle wearing wraparound sunglasses.

BC News reports that Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas is revealing his illegal immigration status in order to fight for the passage of the DREAM Act.

In an emotional interview with Dan Harris, Vargas, who was brought to the U.S. from the Philippines when he was 12, recounts learning about his illegal status while trying to apply for a driver’s license as a teen.

The kinds of people who get giddy about the C-SPAN archives going online came together in Washington to launch an effort to encourage the public to become more involved in advocating for greater transparency in government.

Today, the Huffington Post welcomed the newest member of their family, HuffPo College. Lead by Jose Antonio Vargas and Leah Finnigan, HuffPo College pulls its content from 62 student publications around the country and cross-posts from other articles on the site. A bit obvious, but it serves the section well; drawing from student papers offers an almost-exclusive peek into our nation’s universities, informing us, for example, that UC Berkley has a Quidditch league.

Air America has folded — again, but, it seems, permanently. Two dominant reactions seem to have emerged: Disappointment that a liberal, progressive radio empire couldn’t make it, and an utter lack of surprise. The LAT’s James Rainey blamed Air America’s failure on “Bad radio. Boring radio. Preachy radio”; as the NYT’s Brian Stelter noted, Daily [...]

What’s scarier: A Facebook poll asking people if President Barack Obama should be killed — with the response options: ‘yes,’ ‘maybe,’ ‘if he cuts my health care,’ and ‘no’ — or the fact that over 730 people voted?

More importantly, who was responsible for creating such an offensive and frightening poll?

First she scooped up columnist Dan Froomkin, shortly after his controversial firing from the Washington Post. Now Arianna Huffington appears to be buying herself one step closer to DC legitimacy with WaPo evacuee, Jose Antonio Vargas.