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All day, we’re re-running our favorite blog posts of the last year. This post was originally published on Nov. 8, 2009. As former Vice President Dick

Religious outfit Liberty Council released a Declaration of Independence 2011 that declares it wants to throw off and abolish the current federal

I’m hearing some smart Republican pushback to today’s Quinnipiac Poll -- given its record in the state, one of the more credible surveys -- showing Gov. Jon

Just out from the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee: “If Iran were to acquire nuclear weapons capability, it would pose a significant threat to peace

Obama fires Mineral Management Service head Elizabeth Birnbaum. Sandra Day O’Connor says Arizona’s government must find a way to show the state is not biased

Minnesota Majority, Minnesota Voters Alliance and the North Star Tea Party Patriots lost a case in court on Friday when U.S.

Federal agencies have inconsistent media policies when it comes to allowing scientists to share information with journalists, concludes a new study by the Union

Whining about Rush Limbaugh’s media coverage: it’s all the rage! Here’s Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), head of the National Republican Senatorial

Kindergarteners need to bring their own janitorial supplies: When Emily Cooper headed off to first grade in Moody, Ala., last week, she was prepared with all

TPM’s Justin Elliott and Versha Sharma collect statements from conservative groups calling for Muslim-Americans to be purged from the military in the wake of

An anonymous White House quote on preventive detention has put civil liberties advocates on the offensive.

She’d have to move to Anchorage, of course, but is it too soon to talk about State Sen. Sylvia Allen (R-Ariz.) as a possible governor of

This month, Toledo’s largest public employee union agreed to a deal with the city that cost them around $3 million dollars in concessions; union leaders say

School board members in the affluent Metro Detroit town of Northville are considering asking the state to appoint an Emergency Manager because contract negotiations between administrators and employees have stalled. Though the district has more than double the median household income of the state as a whole, state education funding cuts have forced Northville to cut $4.1 million in expenses and layoff 65 full- and part-time employees. Superintendent Mary Kay Gallagher told The Detroit News that the board is now talking about requesting an Emergency Manager “as a last resort” if the district can’t come to an agreement on a two-year collective bargaining agreement

So, which respectable media outlets actually ran with the completely baseless, Drudge-driven Max Baucus was drunk smear? I count the Los Angeles Times (whose

In defense of Arizona’s immigration crackdown, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said he believes appearance-based profiling can play a valuable role in law

A coalition of 10 Iowa groups have joined with numerous national organizations in one unified call against passage of a balanced budget amendment. The groups signed a letter (PDF), dated July 15 and sent to members of Congress, that stated in part “a balanced budget constitutional amendment would damage the economy, not strengthen it.” Iowa signatories are: Paullina Monthly Meeting Methodist Federation for Social Action, Iowa Chapter JC & Associate Iowa State Education Association Iowa Policy Project Iowa Environmental Council Iowa Book Works Children & Families of Iowa Child and Family Policy Center AFSCME Iowa Council 61 The entire list of national signatories encompasses more than 600 organizations who believe that passage of such an amendment would result in more frequent and harsher recessions and significantly less ability for government officials to react to economic sways

Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander is up before the Senate Armed Services Committee this morning. (As I type, he’s giving his opening statement.) He’s the head of the

Addressing the nation from the Oval Office for the first time, President Obama tonight pledged to compensate the people of the Gulf.