The Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence, among the biggest names in gun control advocacy, released its post-Newtown legislative wish list Friday, just a few days before Vice President Joe Biden is …

Meet The House GOP’s Anti-Science Committee

Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) told an audience this week that former colleague Todd Akin was “partly right” when he claimed women’s resist pregnancy from “legitimate rape.” Gingrey has something else in common with Akin — both used to serve on the House Committee on Science.

The House Science Committee is no sanctuary from scientifically dubious, non-empirical, “truthy” policy positions. Republican committee members have in recent years created an array of controversies over reproduction, climate change, and evolution.

What It’s Like To Ride SpaceX’s Grasshopper Reusable Rocket (VIDEO)

Updated 5:22 p.m. EST, Friday, January 11

Flying aboard a reusable spacecraft still remains a futuristic fantasy for the time being. But SpaceX is bringing anyone with an Internet connection closer. Twelve stories closer, to be exact.

On Friday, the private spacefaring company founded by multi-industry entrepreneur Elon Musk published a previously unseen video of a test flight of its prototype reusable rocket design “Grasshopper,” captured from a camera aboard one of the rocket’s metal landing legs.

Conservative Georgia Congressman Expresses Support For Some Gun Control Measures

In remarks Thursday to a Chamber of Commerce meeting in Georgia, Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) expressed a willingness to discuss new gun control measures already rejected by the National Rifle Association in the wake of the Newtown shooting. Among them: a ban on high-capacity magazines and the creation of a universal background check process on firearms purchases.

Gingrey’s remarks — which came in speech to the Cobb Chamber of Commerce in Smyrna, Ga., and were reported by the Marietta Daily Journal — were unexpected. Gingrey is a very conservative member of House majority, and his comments put him at odds with some fellow Republicans.

Netflix: ‘Social Features’ Not Coming To U.S. Until ‘Later This Year’

President Obama on Thursday paved the way for Netflix customers to share what movies and TV shows they’ve viewed through Facebook and other social networks, by signing into law legislation that removes previous restrictions preventing video rental companies from sharing customer data.

Netflix users in the U.S. looking to show off their esteemed viewing tastes to their friends and followers on social media will have to wait a bit longer, however. A Netflix spokesperson told TPM on Thursday that social features aren’t coming to America until “later this year”:

DREAM Activist’s Family Arrested After Home Raided By ICE

Erika Andiola, a young undocumented immigrant and activist, may be free from the threat of raids and deportation, but her family is another story.

On Thursday night, Andiola’s home in Arizona was raided by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents, who knocked on her door then arrested her mother, Maria Arreola, after she opened to check on her visitors. When her older brother refused to provide documentation of his own legal status, he was brought in as well.

FTC Chairman Defends Google Settlement: We Did What The Law Required

It’s been just over a week since the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced a historic settlement with Google, wherein they declined to press antitrust charges after a 19-month-long investigation into the Internet giant’s search and mobile businesses.

Now, after facing a barrage of criticism, FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz is speaking out, defending the regulatory agency’s decision-making as legally sound and beneficial for competition and consumers in an exclusive telephone interview with TPM.

“We did what were paid to do and what the law requires,” Leibowitz told TPM. “We went after a company [Google] where the law required us to do so, and forwent bringing a case where the law required us not to bring one.”

GOP Rep: Todd Akin ‘Partly Right’ On Legitimate Rape

“Legitimate rape” is back. Just a couple months after former Rep. Todd Akin’s (R-MO) famous use of the phrase helped contribute to a double-digit loss in the 2012 Missouri Senate race, a Republican congressman and medical doctor said at a breakfast Thursday that Akin was “partly right” when he said it.

Gun Control Advocates Ready To Give Obama Cover If Assault Weapons Ban Goes Down

If White House efforts to prevent gun violence doesn’t result in a new ban on so-called assault weapons, President Obama may have a group of disappointed supporters to deal with. But gun control advocates won’t be among them.

The Obama administration is pushing back hard on a Friday New York Times report that Vice President Biden and White House officials have calculated it’s politically impossible to get an assault weapons ban through the divided Congress and have therefore shifted their focus to other more palatable gun violence prevention aims like universal background checks and regulations on high-capacity magazines.

Jon Stewart: Jack Lew Signature Even More Ridiculous Than $1 Trillion Coin Idea

If the U.S. starts “making shit up” and decides to mint a $1 trillion platinum coin to avoid another debt ceiling fight, Jon Stewart said Thursday, America should “go big or go home.” Why not a $20 trillion coin? he said.