Today is the Google Political Innovation Summit, a event meant to share news and critiques on data and digital media in politics. In today’s #watwc roundup, we share our favorite tweets from the summit (more of which can be found at #gpis), Mindy Kaling talks about Rhianna going commando, Chloe Angyal shares her thoughts on [...]

We have something in common with Sarah Palin: after we admitted yesterday that we had been rooting for someone other than President Obama to be TIME Magazine’s “Person of the Year”, the former Alaskan governor took to Fox News to bash Obama’s selection herself.

I wasn’t the only one disgusted and creeped out when news surfaced that South Carolina AFL-CIO president, Donna Dewitt smashed a pinata of S.C. governor Nikki Haley’s face over the weekend. The conservative politician was also troubled by the violent act, which is still painful for her to watch.

“It’s creepy. I still hurt every time I see it,” Haley told Greta Van Susteren during a Wednesday airing of On the Record. “This is not typical of South Carolinians. This is typical of union thugs.”

Though we’re all climbing the professional ladder together, women haven’t exactly mastered the art of helping each other out in a work setting yet. Fox News host Greta Van Susteren, however, is happy to promote the work of fellow media colleague, Jill Abramson, who recently wrote a book about her young Golden Retriever, Scout.

Van Susteren penned a review of Abramson’s memoir, “The Puppy Diaries: Raising a Dog Named Scout” over the weekend and said it was “so enormously refreshing” to see an esteemed journalist, worldly, accomplished like Abramson publish a book about a furry friend.

Comedian Louis C.K., who was set the host the upcoming the Radio and Television Correspondents Association dinner, has pulled out of the commitment in the aftermath of Fox News television host Greta Van Susteren boycotting his appearance.