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Dave Itzkoff ribs Sarah Palin, in perfect New York Times style, for a strange complaint made on the program formerly known as The Tonight Show With Conan

This is pretty unbelievable. Rex Rammell, a longshot candidate for the 2010 GOP gubernatorial nomination in Idaho (longtime pol Butch Otter, a fellow

Early Friday morning , Miami-Dade County Commissioners voted to approve county Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s proposed budget of $6.1 billion, which includes funding to enforce the county’s wage theft ordinance. According to a press release issued Thursday by the mayor’s office: “The Wage Theft Ordinance has proven to be an effective tool for promoting economic security and dignity for those working in the County

The New York State Education Department (NYSED) and its Board of Regents has made preliminary steps in satisfying the federal government’s grant of roughly

About 200 people, representing a diverse array of organizations and unions, marched in Miami on Tuesday to demand accountability from Bank of America and to support the Occupy Miami movement . The protest came on the same day the Bank of America announced it is dropping a controversial proposal to charge $5 for using debit card use. The march originated at the Greater Bethel AME Church in Overtown, a historically black neighborhood, met with members of Occupy Miami, camped out in what they call Peace City, and arrived at the downtown building of Bank of America

The Obama administration touted a victory Wednesday, as the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Affordable Care Act, the first time the federal health reform law was upheld by a Republican appointee. Previously, though probably by coincidence, the rulings had fallen along party lines. # It’s hard to draw many conclusions about what this means for Florida’s challenge to the law , which was heard this month in the 11th Circuit, and which will likely be decided by the Supreme Court

Not the blue states. There are roughly 46 million people living in America without health insurance coverage, representing about 15 percent of the nation’s

It’s from the New York Republicans, who are demanding (with no chance of success) a special election to replace Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is

A new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows that Americans overwhelmingly approve of financial regulatory reform, with two-thirds of respondents supporting the

Daniel Avila, a lobbyist and spokesperson for the Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage of the U.S. Catholic Conference, resigned on Friday

Obama administration officials laid out in their greatest detail thus far on Tuesday for how the administration seeks to revamp the Bush administration’s use of much-criticized military commissions for foreign terrorism suspects.

Responding to news that state Sen. Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, has filed what one right-wing organization is dubbing an “anti-Shariah” law, Nezar Hamze, executive director of the South Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations , tells The Florida Independent that Hays’ bill could impact believers in all faiths and that its filing shows Hays is “disconnected” from his constituents and Florida’s “real problems.” # According to a state Senate summary , Hays’ law “specifies the public policy of this state in applying the choice of a foreign law, legal code, or system under certain circumstances” and that “certain decisions rendered under such laws, codes, or systems are void.” # Hamze responded to news of Hays’ legislation via email: # I see an impact on all religions regarding marriage contracts, wills, and burial rights

J Street, the progressive pro-Israel/pro-peace lobby group, has issued a statement urging both the Obama administration and the Israeli government to remember

Denver’s Initiative 300 , which would have required all businesses in Denver to provide paid sick leave to employees lost big tonight, with a margin approaching 2-1. Early polls showed the sick leave measure winning, but Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and a majority of the Denver City Council urged no votes and opponents raised nearly twice the money supporters raised during a campaign that quickly became ugly. From a press release issued by opponents to the measure, Keep Denver Competitive: Thanks to the leadership of Mayor Michael Hancock, a majority of city council members, the state’s leading business and employer organizations and hundreds of small, family-owned businesses, voters understood Initiative 300 was flawed and would have hurt Denver’s smallest businesses the most.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Flickr) Birther conspiracy theorist Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona will be a featured speaker at Choose Liberty, an event organized by the Eastern Orlando Tea Party and Americans for Prosperity. Choose Liberty will take place in Orlando on Nov

As they gear up for the scheduled implementation of Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law tomorrow, local law enforcement officers are attempting to figure out how

Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana is young, Southern and right-wing -- a set of demographics that Sen. John McCain, the presumed Republican nominee, has sought to draw into his campaign. So why did Jindal last week take himself out of the running for the No. 2 spot on McCain’s ticket?

Republican Gov. Terry Branstad and former North Carolina Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt say states haven’t been able to wait on Washington, D.C

Tea Party: The Documentary Film is, according to its stars and filmmakers, an attempt to celebrate -- and correct -- the history of what FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey called a movement to fulfill the destiny of this land.