This story is a repost from KXAN.com When Andrea Beleno was expecting her first child, she never dreamed his blood would become the focus of a federal lawsuit. Neither did the other families who are suing the State of Texas to protect the medical privacy of their children. Each year, more than 400,000 babies are [...]

This story is a repost from ThinkProgress.com In the past, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has been cagey about her views on creationism and evolution, saying that she believes “we have a creator” but she didn’t want “to pretend I know how all this came to be.” But in her new memoir, Going Rogue, Palin [...]

This story is a repost from HuffingtonPost.com Last week, Jon Stewart and The Daily Show caught Fox News’ Sean Hannity running old footage of September Tea Party crowds in an attempt to make Michele Bachmann’s smaller November Tea Party shindig appear to be more well-attended than it was. Is Fox up to the same tricks [...]

This story is a repost from Reuters.com The U.S. Senate will not rush consideration of healthcare reform legislation sought by President Barack Obama, and lawmakers can expect a number of amendments, the chamber’s top Republican said on Sunday. “This will be on the floor for quite a long time,” Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell told [...]

This story is a repost from RawStory.com MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is concerned that President Obama’s trip abroad has served to bring out “the unhinged among the president’s critics.” Not only have the Wall Street Journal and the hosts of Fox News been issuing their usual dark mutterings, but a new slogan has began appearing on [...]

This story is a repost from HuffingtonPost.com Conservative radio and television talk show host Glenn Beck has made his reputation and fortune in part by taking innocent if not strictly professional relations and turning them into major political scandals. His crusades against Obama administration advisers Patrick Gaspard and Van Jones, who has since resigned, stand [...]

This story is a repost from Politico.com In an interview with Newsmax, Sarah Palin floated Fox News host Glenn Beck’s name as her running mate for 2012. Palin said, “But Glenn Beck I have great respect for. He’s a hoot. He gets his message across in such a clever way.” Apparently, Palin’s qualifications for a [...]

This story is a repost from sfweekly.com Ignoring the advice of anti-pot City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, two Los Angeles City Council committees yesterday rejected a proposed ban on sales of medical marijuana. Anti-pot zealots within L.A. city government had coordinated an 18-month assault on the dispensaries, with headline-grabbing pronouncements from media hogs Trutanich and Los [...]

This story is a repost from TalkingPointsMemo.com During her interview with Sean Hannity that aired last night, Sarah Palin made an interesting declaration: That we need to prevent a nuclear Iran by cracking down on “Iraq.” Hannity asked what can be done to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons. In her response, Palin seemed to [...]

This story is a repost from FoxNews.com Sarah Palin is no normal politician, and at the Associated Press, apparently “Going Rogue” is no normal book. When the former Republican vice presidential candidate and former Alaska governor wrote her autobiography, the AP found a copy before its release date and assigned 11 people to fact check [...]