THE HILL: Calls for Rep. Rangel to give up his seat in the House are on the rise.

SOME IMPORTANT burger-grilling advice.

SCANDAL ROCKS WHITE HOUSE: “SnookiGate!”

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY: Will Washington’s Failures Lead To Second American Revolution?

YEAH, BLOGGING’S A LITTLE LIGHT: I’m at the beach, and attending a conference, so things may be a bit lighter for a few days. And email responses will definitely be slower, if present at all. Sorry, but it’s summer!

WOMAN ASKS: “What’s The Kindest Way To Break Up With Six Men?”

“BUILDING THE FUEL-EFFICIENT CARS OF TOMORROW:” Like the Jeep Grand Cherokee!

MIKE RAPPOPORT ON CHELSEA CLINTON’S WEDDING: “Apparently, it is estimated to cost $2 million. Quite a fee for a couple who have spent virtually their entire lives in public service.”

WELCOME BACK, CARTER: Poll: 62% Think America Is In Decline.

STACY MCCAIN: When Phyllis Schlafly Speaks the Truth, Democrats Call It ‘Extremism.’ “Do you know how Phyllis Schlafly earned her way through college? Working in a munitions plant during World War II, when her job was test-firing .50-caliber machine-gun ammunition. Think about that, gentlemen.”

Related: “Maybe, instead of getting pissed at her, women who are convinced that they can do it all without a man’s help should actually, you know, try proving her wrong.”

UNDER THE BUS? Obama finds Rangel charges “very troubling,” hopes he ends career “with dignity.” So I guess the White House’s polls are in . . . .

AL GORE UPDATE: Crazed Sex Poodle Cleared of Assault Charges.

PERQUISITES OF THE RULING CLASS: No-fly zone declared for Chelsea Clinton’s upstate NY wedding; FAA will close local air space. (Via the deeply-unimpressed Bill Quick).

THEY TOLD ME IF OBAMA WERE ELECTED WE’D SEE A POST-RACIAL AMERICA. And they were right! Essence Magazine Hires White Fashion Director.

DOG BITES MAN: Anthony Weiner Flips Out On House Floor.

AT AMAZON, it’s the Friday Sale.

MICHAEL BARONE: WaPo buries Dem fundraiser’s fraud, highlights GOP fundraising scandal. Acting like a loyal party organ. Which organ is left to the reader’s imagination.

SHOCKER: Clinton comptroller blasts government workers’ accrual of benefits at expense of private sector workers. “Walker’s speech, and the comments of some of the panelists who spoke after him, were met with strong disagreement and at times derision by labor officials and union-aligned representatives who sat at the back of the room.”

TOKYO’S OLDEST MAN actually dead for 30 years.

UNEXPECTEDLY: Recession inflicted more damage on economy than previously thought, government data show.

DRAINING PERFUMING THE SWAMP: Why Charles Rangel is surviving.