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Watch the former Bush speechwriter and torture enthusiast on Morning Joe today. His first point is that President Obama is endangering the country because the

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So says Capt. Matt Pottinger, one of the co-authors of Maj. Gen. Michael Flynn’s scathing assessment of intelligence operations in Afghanistan: This is

With Republicans in the House objecting to the $96.7 billion war supplemental to pay for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars due to its provisions funding the

Presumed 2012 presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty released a new highly produced video called “Stand With Scott” on Thursday. The video throws support behind Wisconsin Gov

A campaign promise by Gov. Terry Branstad to rescind an earlier mandate by former Gov

Gov. Rick Perry has been drawing fire for weeks from activists, watchdog groups and some churches, for partnering with the American Family Association for

Regulation is like a four-letter word, said one former Labor Department official.

The Minnesota Independent’s Andy Birkey reports that everybody’s favorite congresswoman, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), might have to fend off a challenger

Laura Rozen is hearing that former Bush 41/Clinton administration peace processor Dennis Ross is, as expected, getting the job as special envoy to Iran. Though

So much for the dithering critique. Here is a statement just released by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, expressing

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel isn’t exactly known for his indulgence of political opponents. Still, his recent interview with The Wall Street Journal,

Americans United for the Separation of Church and State believes a controversial Texas pastor who posted videos of himself endorsing Gov. Rick Perry for president on his church’s website has violated federal tax laws. Robert Jeffress Pastor Robert Jeffress of the Dallas-based First Baptist Church made his endorsement known over the weekend at the Values Voter Summit , where he drew direct ire from some for saying his support for Perry was based upon the candidate’s Christianity and implying that former Massachusetts Gov.

Former Ambassador to China and Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman appeared to be the only benefactor to a New Hampshire exchange between Texas Gov. Rick Perry and a small boy, which was prompted by the boy’s mother

A Florida Tea Party Convention ad (Pic via ttpnc.com) Hassan Shibly of the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has been disinvited by organizers of the upcoming Florida Tea Party Convention. While tea party organizers say it was because CAIR “disrespected” one of its speakers, CAIR members say it was because an event organizer was called out for trying to shut down an upcoming CAIR convention while he was reaching out to the group. Shibly and Nezar Hazme of CAIR’s Florida chapter tell The Florida Independent that an organizer of the convention, Geoff Ross, had invited Shibly to attend the convention after the group had expressed disappointment over the participation of Pamela Geller.

Michele Bachmann was the target of harsh criticism Tuesday after she asserted that the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine could cause mental retardation. For once, people from both sides of the political spectrum, health professionals and advocates for people with disabilities all agreed: Bachmann got it very wrong. Bachmann made her remarks immediately following Monday’s tea party debate

I asked the American Civil Liberties Union’s Chris Anders, a military commissions opponent, to react to Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson’s indication that

Today, the Treasury and Housing and Urban Development Departments released April data on the Home Affordable Modification Program, the Obama administration’s

In a major surprise, President Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize this morning. The Nobel Committee cited his extraordinary efforts to strengthen

Carbondale’s denizens shouldn’t have to lie down in front of bulldozers any time soon. Efforts to drill for oil and gas in Thompson Divide have been met with fierce opposition from residents and leaders in Pitkin County — so much so that the executive director of the Aspen Wilderness Workshop previously told The Colorado Independent that his neighbors in Carbondale say things like, “Over my dead body,” and “Just tell me when it’s time to lie in front of the bulldozers.’” Thompson Divide (Image: Thompson Divide Coalition) Then last month, Pitkin County Commissioner George Newman flew to Washington, D.C., to meet with Colorado’s congressional leadership and urge them to stave off drilling in the Thompson Divide area, which consists of 221,500 acres spread out over Pitkin, Gunnison, Garfield, Mesa and Delta counties. There are as many as 81 leases in the area; half of them on terrain that is currently roadless

Conservatives who attended a town hall meeting with Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) have uploaded video of her being peppered with questions, including this

This makes it much, much harder for the administration to move forward with the closure of Guantanamo, said Vincent Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights.