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If you factor out the self-awareness, Michael Ledeen is to neoconservatism what Kathy Griffin is to fame. How a man who helped arrange arms sales to the Iranian

Here’s a cheater’s guide to the president’s odes to bipartisanship: I understand that when the last administration asked this Congress to provide assistance

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) has proposed an amendment to small business legislation that would suspend U.S. Environmental Protection Agency greenhouse gas regulations for two years

Here’s an idea so diabolically perfect in its simplicity only Noah Shachtman at Danger Room was able to report it. Sure, Blackwater might be kicked out of Iraq.

Here is the latest from Ana Marie Cox, our newest correspondent, reporting from the campaign trail with Sen. John McCain in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Just hours before the Senate is due to vote on a non-binding directive to its committee conferees on exempting loan-issuing car dealers from financial

President Barack Obama’s opening remarks at a California event were disrupted, according to press poll coverage, by a man who yelled, “Jesus Christ is the son of God.” When Obama agreed, the man yelled back, “You are the anti-Christ.” CBS News footage of the exchange is embedded below. The disruption began shortly after Obama began an introductory exchange with Tyler Ferguson, master of ceremonies for the House of Blues event in Los Angeles and an actor in the ABC TV series Modern Family. The two were discussing the recent repeal of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which allows gays and lesbians to openly serve their nation

Pulled from my iPhone camera at CPAC -- thus, the occasionally quiet audio -- is a sample of the reception Max Blumenthal got while trying to interview ACORN

All day, we’re re-running our favorite blog posts of the last year. This post was originally published on May 26, 2009. One of the things that most

First appeared November 4, 2008 Chicago, Ill — This victory is more than historic. President-elect Barack Obama’s victory marks political progress

The White House’s response to this morning’s dismal jobs report? Everything is coming up daisies -- just really, really slowly. Christina Romer, the head of the

The more I read the CIA inspector general report released today, the clearer it seems that any real investigation of CIA abuses will have to question the

All four Public Regulation Commissioners signed a statement urging Commissioner Jerome Block, Jr., to resign his seat Tuesday; Block was not present at the proceedings. “Given the allegations and recent evidence that has surfaced, we encourage and urge Commissioner Block to immediately resign his position as soon as possible,” reads the statement.

On a blogger conference call this afternoon, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) announced he can’t support a potential addition of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. We ought

More than 120 people, including delegations from 20 states, participated in a national summit on the ongoing AIDS Drug Assistance Program crisis held this week in Washington, D.C. The theme of the gathering was: “When will Washington come to the rescue?” # The delegations included Florida and Georgia , the states that have the first- and second-longest Drug Assistance Program waiting lists, respectively, in the U.S. The Drug Assistance Programs supply life-saving drugs to HIV/AIDS patients who are uninsured and/or unable to afford their medications.

The CIA has already copped to destroying videotapes in 2005 that detail brutal interrogations. All in all, as the American Civil Liberties Union forced the CIA

It was a bill so uncontroversial that it sailed through both the House and Senate without a single objection before George W. Bush made it law with the stroke

Great profile of Defense Secretary Robert Gates in the Christian Science Monitor. I’ve been writing for months now that Gates is the key swing vote in the

Voter photo identification proposals in 32 states, including Colorado, are the product of a coordinated effort by conservatives to reduce polling place turnout by minority groups, who turned out in unprecedented numbers during the 2008 presidential election, a progressive civil rights organization alleges in a new report .

More bad economic news is out today already, with a jobs report showing unemployment leaping to a 14-year high of 6.5 percent -- much worse than expected. That

It’s fun, I know, to get all concerny about the apparent lack of press briefing transcripts on the new White House website, but if you actually want to get the