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National church-state separation and LGBT-rights organizations are pushing back in response to Gov. Rick Perry’s recent, very public call for prayer and

Marcy Wheeler made a great point on Friday that’s worth following up on. President Obama’s declaration to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the United Nations

Starting today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) begins his push to ensure that a thorough audit of the Federal Reserve’s books, which Chairman Ben Bernanke expanded

I’ve been focusing intently on the jobs situation and unemployment extension bill this week, but here’s a roundup of the need-to-know news on the Wall Street or

Noah Shachtman gets a look at it in his sprawling profile of Andrew Breitbart. The scene, from a meet-up between O’Keefe and Breitbart that Shachtman

Just released from Rep. Ellen Tauscher’s (D-Calif.) office: “For the past 13 years, I have had the honor and privilege of serving you in Congress.

Shira Toeplitz reports on the ego boost that Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts has given to Republican candidates and strategists. So far it’s been enough

Rod Dreher comes at us with an actual fresh look at the Right in exile. Not whining, not paeans to President Ronald Reagan’s tailor. And not slavering over

Speaking of. According to the Servicemembers Legal Defense Fund’s blog: We expect the Department of Defense to announce at the Senate Armed Services

For years, conservative writer and activist Marcus Epstein has worked with the mainstream of the immigration restrictionist movement. He wrote speeches for

Though the story dates back to the fall of 2009, the nation is beginning to take notice of the Wake County School Board and its attempts to end the district’s

At this point, the only words to describe Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) when it comes to Iraq are "pathological" and "liar." My colleague

This week, the Council of the District of Columbia introduced a bill which, if passed, would make contraceptives such as birth control pills, patches and

One in five Americans is either jobless or underemployed, and one in six is without health insurance. What’s the GOP’s response? Gun amendments. Senate

For more on the Cheneyite right’s intimations that there’s something shameful about providing legal counsel for Guantanamo detainees, see Adam Serwer’s new

I wrote a bit Friday about the, uh, ambition inherent in assigning U.S. trainers to mentor the Pakistani army in counterinsurgency. An excellent and chilling

Remember all that stuff about taking a whole of government approach to national security? The stuff that would get the burden of national security off the

Operation Rescue President Troy Newman (Pic via operationrescue.org) The anti-abortion group Operation Rescue announced today that it is standing behind the leader of Priests for Life, Frank Pavone. Pavone was recently suspended from “engaging in active ministry outside the Diocese of Amarillo, Texas, as a result of concerns about financial improprieties.” Troy Newman, Operation Rescue’s president, said the allegations are an “unfounded attack” meant to deter Priests for Life “from their critical life-saving work.” Newman also said in a press release today that he “would expect this kind of slanderous attack from someone at Planned Parenthood or NARAL, but not from a bishop in the Church.” “This is a very sad day for the innocent unborn,” he said. According to the religious abortion rights group Catholics for Choice , Priests for Life had “become a business that is quite lucrative which provides Father Pavone with financial independence from all legitimate ecclesiastical oversight.” Patrick J

Tomorrow, the House Financial Services Committee, headed by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), starts a series of hearings on mortgage modification and the housing