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The #TCOT Report homepage is currently given over to a huge picture of me and this charge, which I’ll just reprint below: Meme Wars: Transparency Dodger

The federal agency charged with ensuring the safety of the nation’s pipeline system released for public comment earlier this week a proposal to overhaul

Jacob Laksin has a lengthy take-out on the muckraking right, the conservative bloggers and videographers who’ve been able to, occasionally, blow past the

As the Wall Street bailout nears its first anniversary, a risky aspect of the financial rescue has flown largely under the radar.

Rahm Emanuel is not a legally viable candidate for the Chicago mayor’s office, according to a Monday ruling from an Illinois appellate court. The panel decided

Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst aren’t the only state leaders in the U.S. to have private donors and corporate interests pick up the tab for

Today, RealtyTrac announced that lenders repossessed 93,000 homes in July -- 9 percent more than in June, and up 6 percent since 2009. Again, California had the

What began as one of the most controversial issues of the months-long health care debate continues to be so: The public option -- a government-backed insurance

The Michigan Department of Corrections has told corrections officer James Sims that he is not allowed to wear his uniform in Saturday’s gay pride march in Lansing. Sims, who works at the Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson, made the request so he could be identified as a corrections officer while participating in the march with members of the newly formed Michigan Gay Officers Action League (M-GOAL). The group represents LGBT first responders, law enforcement agents and correctional facility officers

Changes to Social Security see support from both parties. Senate candidate Alvin Greene’s job-creation idea is to make action figures of himself. Michele

The Los Angeles Times explores the prospects for campaign finance reform after Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) lost his re-election in November and now that more

Arizona Sen. Russell Pearce , one of the most recognized architects of Arizona’s immigration enforcement law, better known as S.B. 1070, lost a recall election Tuesday. According to Bloomberg Businessweek , “Republican Russell Pearce, lost by 53 percent to 45 percent with all precincts reported, according to the Maricopa County Elections office

Freshman Republican U.S. Rep Renee Ellmers (N.C.) will chair the Subcommittee on Healthcare and Technology, which is part of the House Committee on Small

Middle class people don’t earn $199,000 a year.

The movement linking abortion rates to race has not gone away. The latest installment of this anti-abortion rights campaign is the movie Gates of Hell . The film portrays a world in which a terrorist group of black men called “Zulu 9″ mass-murder abortion doctors.

Breaking news from The Washington Post: The dismissal of New Mexico U.S. Attorney David C. Iglesias in December 2006 followed extensive communication among

The outcomes of the challenges will decide whose votes get counted and whose don’t -- which in this close presidential race could make all the difference.

If you’re like most working Americans, your mailbox this week held a gift from the IRS in the form of an Economic Stimulus Payment Notice. These gems of

Having just listened to a conference call of legal experts set up by the White House to provide reporters the Obama administration’s spin on Supreme Court

Though the job of approving or denying the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline technically falls to the U.S. State Department, President Obama said Tuesday that he will make the ultimate decision on the project. Politico reports : In an interview with Omaha, Neb., station KETV, Obama said the State Department — which was expected to make the decision on the pipeline — will instead deliver recommendations to the White House on the proposal

Buried in the internals of the newest Fox News poll (released late last week) are two questions about former President Bill Clinton’s trip to North Korea to win