WATCH: Barack Obama Threatens To Get A Tattoo

WATCH: Congressman Imagines “A World Without Balloons”

Congressman Hank Johnson of Georgia urged support on Thursday for the Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act. The Georgia congressman warned if the bill did not pass, it might ruin children’s birthday parties and prevent comedians from achieving “that high pitched voice.” The bill passed on Friday by a vote of 394-1.

Gawker’s First Amendment Fight Over Hulk Hogan’s Sex Tape

What does Hulk Hogan’s penis have in common with Pentagon Papers? Like the vital historical records of American involvement in Vietnam, the member of the professional wrestler who also starred in films like Mr. Nanny  is also the subject of a major First Amendment lawsuit.

In October, Gawker published a one minute clip of a Hulk Hogan sex tape, along with a full description of the full 30 minute video from writer A.J. Daulerio. Needless to say, Hogan was unhappy with this. He sued.

On Thursday, a circuit court judge in Piniellas County, Florida ruled that not only did Gawker have to take down the video but its description. Although Gawker took down the one minute clip, it refused to take down the article. As Gawker’s editor, John J. Cook writes:

We publish all manner of stories here. Some are serious, some are frivolous, some are dumb. I am not going to make a case that the future of the Republic rises or falls on the ability of the general public to watch a video of Hulk Hogan fucking his friend’s ex-wife. But the Constitution does unambiguously accord us the right to publish true things about public figures. And Campbell’s order requiring us to take down not only a very brief, highly edited video excerpt from a 30-minute Hulk Hogan fucking session but also a lengthy written account from someone who had watched the entirety of that fucking session, is risible and contemptuous of centuries of First Amendment jurisprudence.

DD on CNN: Trash Talk Pollutes Coverage of Boston Bombing

Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz on the pundits on MSNBC and Fox increasingly sniping at each other in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon attack.

Ashburn/Kurtz: Kathie Lee Gifford Drafted Ad Defending Matt Lauer

Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz on a New York Daily News report that the beleaguered Todayshow host talked Kathie Lee out of running an ad defending him that was signed by numerous colleagues.