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MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow made note of Rep. Michele Bachmann’s upcoming September appearance at the Freedom Jamboree, a tea party presidential nominating conference that will also feature Bradlee Dean of the religious group You Can Run But You Cannot Hide. Dean repeatedly has called for the incarceration of gays and lesbians, while Bachmann has frequently helped the group with fundraising.

Capitol Hill is a long way from Indian country, but this week tribal leaders and health care advocates took a big stride toward receiving the boost in

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At a campaign stop in Iowa on Friday, a member of the audience grilled Tim Pawlenty on his views about rights for LGBT people.

Responding to the estimated $5 billion in identified needed repairs and energy efficiency projects (pdf) for the 153 veterans medical facilities operated by the

It’s probably a sign of how the struggling Washington Times has lost some influence that its umpteenth editorial on the firing of Bush-appointed Americorps

With the GOP lawmakers and Attorney General raising concerns about the costs of the Michigan Civil Service Commission decision in January to grant health benefits to non-related adults and their dependents living with state employees, the experience of Michigan State University might actually be quite informative. MSU has approximately 11,100 employees, according to MSU officials.

Source: Gfpeck, Flickr The regional body of the National Labor Relations Board dismissed a labor complaint this week alleging that American Crystal Sugar hadn’t negotiated in good faith before 1,300 workers across three states were locked out . The decision by NLRB Region 18 Director James Fox noted that the company had clearly stated its objectives throughout negotiations. It also found that the company shifted its positions in the last few rounds of talks, which the decision said didn’t “reflect bad faith.” Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Union Local 167G President John Riskey said in a statement that the union planned to appeal immediately: “While we strongly disagree with the regional NLRB’s ruling, it does not come as a surprise.” Riskey said the union is still willing to negotiate.

In a new video aimed at Planned Parenthood, National Right to Life President Carol Tobias claims to show the “real facts” about the organization, whom she

The Environmental Protection Agency is holding seven public hearings in August and September on its proposal to regulate the disposal of coal ash, a byproduct

In an exclusive interview with Florida Baptist Witness , Gov. Rick Scott briefly discussed public reaction to the state legislature’s passage of five bills aimed at restricting abortion rights in Florida. All five bills still await his signature.

New Mexico is considering reversing former Gov. Richardson’s cap and trade program on carbon dioxide emissions because the upfront costs are proving too much to bear. Deputy Secretary of the state’s Environment Department, Butch Tongate, testified before the Environmental Improvement Board to explain why New Mexico alone cannot combat pollution, and why efforts to curb toxins should be a national and global priority.

Massey Energy must feel pretty ashamed right now. A coal mine it owns exploded yesterday, killing at least 25 people. One of the coal industry’s staunchest

A new music video called “My Water’s On Fire Tonight (The Fracking Song)” by David Holmes and journalism students at New York University’s Studio 20 is making the rounds after being posted on the Pulitzer Prize-winning website ProPublica this morning .

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is set to tell her side of the SB 1070 drama in a provocatively titled memoir due out in November. “Scorpions For Breakfast: My Fight Against Special Interests, Liberal Media and Cynical Politicos to Secure America’s Border” is scheduled to be published in November by Broadside Books, a conservative imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Tuesday is election day, with municipal and school board elections in many communities across the state (check the Minnesota Secretary of State’s website for information on whether there’s an election in your area). If you have any questions on where, when or how to vote, the League of Women Voters has information on how to register to vote, where to vote in your local area, what to bring to the polling place and all the relevant laws governing the process at Vote411.org .

A bit of financial regulatory reform process math: Today, Senators are debating Sen. Barbara Boxer’s (D-Calif.) symbolic amendment ensuring that no taxpayer

Dozens of protesters occupied the office of Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Tuesday, demanding that he oppose the federal government’s approval of the Keystone XL pipeline that would bring tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf Coast of Texas. The protesters argued that Gov

In the wake of the GOP’s dismal showing in Tuesday’s elections, Rep. Roy Blunt (Mo.), the House Republican whip, is stepping down from his leadership perch,

The Republican Obama -- who doesn’t really push back against that term -- gets the first real negative coverage of his Florida campaign for U.S. Senate, and

When it comes to being offensive, Democratic Jacksonville City Council candidate Kimberly Daniels doesn’t discriminate. # Daniels, a former prostitute and drug dealer turned preacher, has come under fire recently for controversial comments made over the years

Much as I agree with Andrew Exum that this Washington Post post-mortem tick tock on the killing of the F-22 is worth reading, this paragraph seems a bit, well,