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Exposing Domestic Intelligence “Fusion Centers” in Michigan

Menendez, Lautenberg to Continue BP-Lockerbie Investigation

Sens. Robert Menendez and Frank Lautenberg, both New Jersey Democrats, will continue to seek details about BP’s alleged involvement in the release last year of

No Experience Necessary

Gov. Sarah Palin’s a middle-class hockey mom, but does that really qualify her to be vice president?

Women Are Dumb, Inconsequential

School of Hock

A growing number of college grads are defaulting on their student loans as the economy worsens.

Net Investors Bullish on Palin’s Prospects for Staying on Ticket

Just for fun, the Internet prediction Website Intrade has opened a contract on whether Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will be withdrawn as McCain’s running mate.

Bachmann uncomfortable over earmarks ban

Republicans appear to have boxed themselves into a corner with their portrayal of earmarks as wasteful spending, as many of them have backed a moratorium on

Troubled mine holds hope for U.S. rare earth industry

China currently controls 97 percent of the world’s rare earth production. The Mountain Pass Mine could change that -- if it can overcome serious environmental concerns.

Fact Checking the ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ FinReg Attack Ad

I don’t watch much television, and therefore have missed most of the attack ads on financial regulatory reform. But, with Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) bill

Fallout from GOP candidates’ refusal to sign marriage pledge in Iowa continues

Refusal of an Iowa-based social conservative pledge was swift work for former New Mexico Gov.

Facing More Agents on the Border, Migrants Enter by Sea

As the government increases border security efforts along the U.S.-Mexico border, more immigrants are attempting to enter the U.S. by sea, the AP reported

Fair weather helps get out the vote in Columbus as Ohio anti-collective-bargaining law up for voter approval

Update added, 7:10 p.m. EST The beautiful weather in Ohio Tuesday may seal the fate of Senate Bill 5, the state’s new anti-collective-bargaining law that was

Facing steep challenge, Santorum betting on Iowa Caucuses

In an interview with D.C. newspaper The Hill, Rick Santorum — a former Pennsylvania senator and possible contender for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination — says based on the reception he’s received on his numerous visits to Iowa, he believes he could surprise everyone with a win in the first-in-the-nation caucuses. The Hill depicts Santorum’s 2012 chances in Iowa’s caucuses as a dependent on which other socially conservative candidates enter the race, such as U.S.

Family Leader message implies Iowa Senate Dems seek opposite of ‘Judeo-Christian ethics’

The latest supporter message sent by Iowa religious conservatives Chuck Hurley and Danny Carroll on behalf of The Family Leader and Iowa Family Policy Center completely focuses on late-term abortion, and serves as a call to action for the state’s anti-abortion activists. Those in the state who want to ban abortion services will never have an opportunity, according to the e-mail message, until the 26 Senate Democrats who continue to block such efforts are persuaded or replaced

Exxon Valdez back in court, with lessons for the gulf

Reuters is reporting that an Alaska environmentalist is returning to court to force the company responsible for the Exxon Valdez oil spill to pay for its long-term ecological consequences: # Exxon has not paid the bill, and the governments have yet to take the matter to court. # Now an Alaska environmentalist is seeking to persuade a federal judge to compel Exxon to pay the $92 million, plus another $23 million in interest. # At stake is more than money that could be used restore a Prince William Sound still injured by the 11 million gallon spill, said Rick Steiner, the retired University of Alaska marine science professor and longtime Alaska activist who filed the motion to compel the payment

FAIR continues to call ICE memo an executive order

As a Senate subcommittee gets ready for a hearing today on the DREAM Act , the Federation for American Immigration Reform is claiming that a memo issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (aka ICE) Director John Morton 10 days ago is an attempt to grant “amnesty” to DREAM Act-eligible students. # The Federation for American Immigration Reform — which supports Arizona-style immigration-enforcement laws — says the Morton memo authorizes all ICE field office directors, special agents in charge and all chief counsels “to decline to remove illegal aliens who meet the qualifications for amnesty under the DREAM Act.” # It then adds that Morton couches this administrative amnesty as “guidance on the exercise of prosecutorial discretion to ensure that the agency’s immigration enforcement resources are focused on the agency’s enforcement priorities.” # Adey Fisseha, policy attorney at the National Immigration Law Center , writes to The Florida Independent: “The DREAM Act would provide a path to citizenship for young people who came to the US as minors, have lived here at least five years prior to the bills enactment, have good moral character and who have generally stayed out of trouble if they complete two years of years education or military service.” # Fisseha adds that “nothing in the memo would give DREAM eligible youth (or anyone else) a path to any kind of permanent status (much less a path to citizenship).” # The Morton memo defines prosecutorial discretion as “the authority of an agency charged with enforcing a law to decide to what degree to enforce the law against a particular individual.

Experts Question Efficacy of Profiling

President Obama has not acknowledged tensions between efforts to reach out to the Muslim world and new air travel screening rules.

Dogs That Didn’t Bark Over Obama’s Iraq Withdrawal

As noted, Defense Secretary Bob Gates told reporters on Friday that President Obama’s combat-troop withdrawal plan had the support of Gens. David Petraeus and