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So later today I’ll have a piece up about Obama’s relationship with the military and the challenges and opportunities it presents. But, like R. Kelly, I want to

The hosts of Fox News’ morning show Fox and Friends (More fun than a spinal tap since 1999!) just emceed the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

In a press conference that can be described only as solid-gold entertainment, former Illinois Atty. Gen. Roland Burris accepted disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s

Except for the few times she raised her hands to applaud, Sheila Reiland of Iowa City sat quietly — hands at her sides, feet flat on the floor, her back against a school lunch table. For more than an hour and a half she watched and listened as four men, all hoping to be president, and a handful of eastern Iowa Republican Party leaders took their turn at the microphone

The goings-on of red state Republican officials aren’t usually national news, but this story from Boise is a fitting postscript to a week that started with

A Washington, D.C.,-based government watchdog is calling for the Internal Revenue Service to investigate whether the American Future Fund (AFF) has violated tax law. In a letter to the IRS asking for an investigation , Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) says AFF is registered as a 501c4 nonprofit, which means it doesn’t have to disclose its donors so long as engaging in political campaign activity is not its primary purpose.

The old Florida capitol (Pic by Diligent Terrier, via Wikimedia Commons) State Rep. Matt Caldwell, R-Fort Meyers, and Sen

Schumer pushes an opt-out public option. The White House battles the press. Democrats are divided over the Patriot Act renewal. Check out these photos

The Supreme Court rules suspects must explicitly say they want to remain silent in order to invoke Miranda protections. Alabama Democrats could nominate

How’s this for a stimulus plan? A trio of senators introduced legislation today allowing owners of gas-guzzlers to trade their vehicles in for thousands of

At this time in 2009, Charlie Crist was trouncing Marco Rubio in the polls and on the fundraising circuit. Over the months that followed, Rubio built up momentum and ultimately ran Crist out of the Republican primary

Last week, Politico’s Ben Smith reported that sources within Sarah Palin’s camp had told him that, if she elects to vie for the 2012 Republican presidential

Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning (Pic via dos.state.fl.us) A U.S. District Court has denied a request by the state of for an expedited hearing on whether Florida is adhering to the Voting Rights in the five counties requiring federal preclearance.

In a bow to the mining industry, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Clean Water Act permits an Alaskan gold mining company to dump tons of waste into a

Orly Taitz, who really should be worrying about the final judgment ordering the U.S. Attorney to collect $20,000 from her, has filed a new sheaf of nonsense

For those who have bored of Stephen Colbert’s “PARRY-with-an-A-GATE” pseudo-drama, there’s a more reality-ridden report below on Wisconsin’s Russ Feingold.

In a civil suit filed in DC Superior Court this month, Greenpeace is charging Dow Chemical with trespassing, tapping their phones, hacking into their computer systems and infiltrating their organization. The International Business Times reports that Greenpeace says Dow worked with others to thwart their environmental campaigns around dioxin and genetically modified organisms. The group claims that from 1998-2000, investigative security teams hired by Dow’s PR company stole information

At the risk of sounding like one of those Obama apologists that Glenn Greenwald effectively pilloried in his post yesterday, I have to say that I’m not as

Jeb Bush Jr., son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, recently launched Florida Hispanic Outreach , aka SunPAC; its mission is to “promote the core Conservative values of free enterprise, limited government and fiscal and personal responsibility, in Florida and throughout the United States.” # In an interview with Hispolitica , Bush Jr

U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle this morning denied the government’s attempt to further delay the hearing of Guantanamo Bay prisoner Mohammed Jawad and, as