FAST-AND-FURIOUS SCANDAL now front-and-center.

THIS COULD BE A BIG STORY: E-Mails Expose MSNBC Host’s Involvement in #StopRush Boycott.

THE HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE, according to Dilbert. Thanks to reader Matt Andrade for the tip.

MOE LANE: Jay Carney pretty much flubs everything about Operation Fast & Furious.

WEALTHY DEMOCRATS not that interested in donating to Super PACs.

SEN. GRASSLEY: White House claims about document hand-over are ‘hogwash.’

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said comments made by the White House claiming the administration has given Congress every document related to Fast and Furious are “hogwash.”

Grassley’s remarks come as two more senators on Thursday joined the ranks calling for Attorney General Eric Holder to resign over his handling of the botched gun-tracking operation and refusal to give Congress related documents, which spurred a House panel to vote this week to hold the nation’s top cop in contempt of Congress.

This thing seems to be heating up.

JUSTICES: IF YOU DON’T UPHOLD OBAMACARE it means you’re partisan. This is pretty transparent stuff.

CLOSE CALL: Astronomers Catch Video of ‘Near-Miss’ Asteroid. “A small asteroid called 2012 KT42 came within three Earth radii of striking the planet on 29 May, but slipped past. The event was the sixth-closest encounter of any recorded asteroid.”

HOW’S THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY STUFF WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? (CONT’D): Moody’s downgrades 15 of the world’s biggest banks.

WAPO: 4 Pinocchios for Obama’s newest anti-Romney ad. “The Obama campaign fails to make its case. On just about every level, this ad is misleading, unfair and untrue.”

HOPEY-CHANGEY: Ga. Democrats can’t move tickets to Obama reception?

The Georgia Democratic Party’s fifty percent reduction in ticket costs for a reception next week in which Georgians can press the flesh with Barack Obama has prompted some Republicans to ask if the president’s fundraising operation is slowing.

A joint fundraising effort by the state party and the presidential reelect effort, the Atlanta reception was originally pushing three graduated ticket offerings: $10,000 to earn co-host billing, $1,000 for a sponsorship, and $500 for general admission.

But the state party emailed donors on Wednesday to say a new tier had been created for young professionals. This Gen44 offering, said to have limited availability, would run donors only $250 — half the original value of general admission chit.

Hmm.

STACY MCCAIN remains on the case.

IT’S HARDER TO BULLY THE LITTLE GUY NOWADAYS: After Knitters Get In A Twist, USOC Apologizes For ‘Cease And Desist’ Letter.

ANN ALTHOUSE WONDERS WHY PRINCETON WOMEN ARE SUCH WIMPS:

Somebody please tell me why Princeton University — Princeton University! — is admitting women who need to be continually pushed to speak more. In the 21st century. They don’t deserve the seats they fill. They shouldn’t be coddled. They should be flunked out. You get into Princeton and you sit there too timid — or too withholding — to speak? Unacceptable. The teacher shouldn’t be prodding you. . . . Is this kindergarten? This is Princeton! How many applications for admission did Princeton turn down in the process of matriculating these ladies?

Plus, the need for the Princeton men to shut up: “Yes, men. You need to back off and behave more like the women who need the professor to continually push them to value their insights so that they may present them readily. The future depends on your going beta.”

SECRET SERVICE UPDATE: Biden’s brawlers: Veep’s security team squared off in Nantucket melee. You know, it just doesn’t seem like you can rely so much on professionalism any more.

WASHINGTON’S FIVE WORST REASONS FOR KEEPING SECRETS FROM YOU: “It’s hardly a secret that the government overclassifies basic information about what it does. What often gets overlooked is that the reasons it cites are often absurd.”

XKCD: All 786 known planets, to scale.

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WHY NASA should nab an asteroid.

OUCH: WH embarrassed during Fast and Furious press briefing. “And when Carney said that Obama’s decision to assert executive privilege over documents subpoenaed by Congress was ‘entirely about principle,’ reporters openly laughed.”

CHANGE: Major Lawsuit Challenges The Constitutionality of Dodd-Frank.

IT’S ABOUT TIME: New “Tractor Beam” Proposal Relies on Light’s Negative Radiation Pressure. “Tractor beams, a staple of science fiction, may be moving closer to science fact. In a paper published earlier this spring, physicists have proposed a structure that may enable light to pull objects.” I mean, this is the 21st Century.

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BOB OWENS: Welcome To The Mainstream, Mr. Furious: The scandal kicks off his shoes and gets comfortable in America’s living rooms.

Possibly related: Gallup tracking poll: Obama at 43%, down seven points in two weeks. Of course, it’s hard to know whether that’s because of Fast & Furious, or all the other #Obamafail that’s gone on.

WOMAN BURNED ON BUTTOCKS BY ERRANT ROCKET: The report isn’t entirely clear on what happened, but this doesn’t sound wise: “The alleged injuries occurred when Goodin’s friend Graham Orr drove her by ATV into the middle of an active launch site.”