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First appeared December 12, 2008 As I wrote on Wednesday, there are already several lawsuits from torture victims pending against the United States, and

When the news broke that they’d received special deals on loans furnished by Countrywide Financial Corp., Sens. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) and Kent Conrad

Days after it emerged that the Obama administration estimated a moratorium on deepwater oil and natural gas drilling would cost 23,000 jobs and amid criticism

Hollywood-comedy-writer-turned-news-satirist Andy Borowitz takes aim today at the alternative reality created at Fox News. “ Afraid to Watch the News, Millions Turn to Fox… Channel Offers Welcome Break from Reality, Psychologists Say .” Borowitz’s jab comes with extra sting in light of Public Policy Polling’s recent survey of Republican voters . According to the March 15 poll, 25 percent of Republicans — i.e., 80 percent of Fox watchers – believe that the no-longer-existing low-income housing and voter registration group ACORN will steal the 2012 presidential election for Barack Obama

In his booster-ish speech about how a Republican Congress would govern, Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) deployed a clever frame to make the financial reform bill

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It was the most significant tax measure to appear before any U.S.

Swift Communications newspapers in Colorado will soon ask online readers to pay for access to content. The Carson City, Nevada-based company, which owns a slew of publications in Colorado and is sometimes mocked for its “ McMountain News ” mass-production publishing style, has already started erecting paywalls at publications elsewhere and will likely begin charging customers here next year

Michael Steele plans a Fire Pelosi bus tour. The Delaware GOP chair received a death threat for backing RINOs. Mitch McConnell tells the GOP not to

More than one week after initial reporting by the LGBT-news blog Good As You, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) finally addressed its usage of

David Dayen of Firedoglake talks to the potential Democratic spoiler in Indiana, gets some of the same canned quotes from Tamyra D’Ippolito as Jonathan Martin,

The elections are over. Let’s all speculate about the next ones. Bush says the worst moment of his presidency was an insult from Kanye West. Lion cubs

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FOX News just broke the story (with few details) that eight-term Indiana Rep. Mark Souder (R) will announce his resignation today after it came to light that

I’ve spotlighted retired Lt. Col. Allen West as one of the GOP’s most credible African-American candidates for Congress this year--he lost a 2008 bid in his

This sort of reactionary tripe was perhaps inevitable: A small group of German officers opposed the loyalty oath to Hitler despite great political pressure.

That’s what Rep. Pete Stark, chairman of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, implied today, according to The Hill. The California Democrat said that the

Less than two weeks after Goldman Sachs posted record quarterly profits, some congressional lawmakers are wondering if the Wall Street giant isn’t taking

Dodd’s exit will weaken strengthen financial reform. Shorter John McCain: I’m the man. The EPA declares war on smog. Congress tackles football

Here’s a portion of a press release issued by Said Jawad, Afghanistan’s ambassador to Washington, to mark the recent rise in U.S. military fatalities in his