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Fred Bartlit, chief counsel for the national oil spill commission, chided reporters today, arguing they misinterpreted one of his key preliminary findings about

Florida’s chapter of Americans for Prosperity, the Koch brothers-funded right-wing political organization, just released their “2011 Legislative Scorecard,” giving nearly every GOP member of the state Legislature an A or A+ and nearly every Democrat an F. According to the scorecard (.pdf), a total of 79 Republican members of the Legislature received an A+ (100 percent) rating from the group. Americans for Prosperity graded the legislators based on their votes in favor of 12 bills aimed at lowering taxes, undermining the federal health care reform law, reforming the pensions and benefits of government employees, allowing the expansion of charter schools and loosening regulations on businesses in the state.

Source: Jay Finneburgh, San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center A former Marine who served two tours of duty in Iraq was critically injured in Tuesday night’s police crackdown on Occupy Wall Street protesters in Oakland, Calif. Scott Olsen, 24, who was originally from Wisconsin according to the Guardian newspaper, is currently in critical but stable condition at Highland Hospital in Oakland. The Huffington Post reports that he’s been sedated and is on a respirator.

Advocates for financial regulatory reform must be shaking their heads today after watching Rep. Melissa Bean’s (D-Ill.) efforts to weaken a comprehensive

If you read nothing else today, read the new ProPublica investigation on the many flaws in BP’s corporate culture that led to the massive Gulf oil

The consensus seems to be growing that, despite his oft-repeated desire to “look forward rather than backward” when it comes to the Bush administration’s

The Senate Conservatives Fund, chaired by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) (and located squarely inside the Freedom Tent) has launched SpecterVsToomey.com, where people

Jane Norton, the former lieutenant governor of Colorado whose Republican campaign for Senate there has been going well, becomes the latest member of her party

Redistricting happens every 10 years. It’s the law. It’s never pretty and it’s seldom fair, but it always gets done.

Sal Pace, the Democratic candidate for the 3rd Congressional District, on Thursday announced that his campaign has raised $165,000 during the most recent fundraising quarter that concluded at the end of September. While acknowledging that unseating the incumbent will be a challenge, Pace, the minority leader of the Colorado House, said he has raised more in his first full fundraising quarter than U.S

According to Rasmussen Reports , a national telephone survey shows that 61 percent of likely U.S. voters believe that a child born in the United States to a woman who is here illegally should not automatically become an American citizen. # Rep. Steve King , R-Iowa, has sponsored the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act “to clarify those classes of individuals born in the United States who are nationals and citizens of the United States at birth.” # GOP representatives from Florida Sandy Adams, Jeff Miller, Richard Nugent, Bill Posey, Dennis Ross, Cliff Stearns and Allen West cosponsored the Act

This seems almost too weird to be true, but Wired reports that on Oct. 1, federal agents seized the computers, manuscripts and pickaxes of an anarchist social

Today, Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) is arguing that Democrats are conspiring to force him out of Congress. This isn’t the first time he’s used that line. Back

Attorney General Bill Schuette is in favor of states’ rights when it comes to banning affirmative action but not when it comes to legalizing medical marijuana. Christine at Blogging for Michigan points out the discrepancy.

The American Civil Liberties Union today asked a Washington, D.C., federal court to require the federal government to release the transcripts of 14 prisoners at

Taegan Goddard has the scoop: An early look at a new Public Policy Polling survey finds that among North Carolina Republicans, a stunning 47% think President

The Associated Press reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) indicated Thursday that the Finance Committee’s vote on its $829 billion health

A bill (.pdf) that would give Homeland Security the authority to detain immigrants indefinitely, filed by U.S. Rep

GOP presidential contender Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) has taken a further step proving his anti-abortion-rights commitment since signing the Susan B. Anthony

How’s this for living in denial: Despite well-publicized bank runs and bank failures, a widespread foreclosure crisis that has left empty homes in

The national oil spill commission has made headlines last week for its reports that heavily criticized the Obama administration for its response to the Gulf oil