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Today, in 1977, President Jimmy Carter pardoned most Vietnam draft dodgers.

NOTE : Compare Rep. Sanford Bishop’s (D-Ga) statements in this article (published at 6pm) with what he said in this Albany Herald article that was published at 11:30am. In the earlier article Bishop says he was aware of the fraud

**UPDATED** The videos that Big Government broke yesterday showing farmers Eddie Slaughter and Willie Head saying that congressman Sanford Bishop knew about fraud in the Pigford Settlement appear to have broken Congressman Bishop. An angry Bishop called the local paper

Feature story in the alternative newspaper SF Weekly: In recent years, San Francisco government has passed numerous laws to make us healthier, greener, and — in the city’s eyes — all-around better people. Whether we like it or not. This

Today, January 20th, is the modern date for our Presidential Inauguration. The traditional date had been March 4th, but was changed by the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The first President sworn in on January 20th was FDR in

From the South Carolina Times and Democrat: Although Congress has approved settlement funds in the Black Farmers Discrimination case, a local state legislator says making payments to claimants is still at least a year away. State Rep. Bakari Sellers, D-Denmark,

From Politico: House Republicans passed a bill to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care plan Wednesday, taking their first major step toward rolling back the massive overhaul that has dominated the American political landscape for almost two years. The vote

Today, in 1807, future Confederate General/Traitor Robert E. Lee was born. Also today, in 1809 Edgar Allen Poe was born. We leave it to you to discuss the similarities.

Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch: Why do I defend Palin in this case? I don’t agree with her political philosophy: She is an arch conservative. I am a liberal with sanity. I know that I am setting myself

…I did not see symptoms of dementia or anything like that while he was in office… I wasn’t thinking, “Gee, I’m seeing signs of Alzheimer’s here.” In the liberal commentator’s new book, he says it’s fact that the his father

Fireworks start at the 4:00 mark: I think that she has got to slow down and be more careful and think through what she’s saying and how she’s saying it. There is no question that she has become more controversial,

A Presidential bow to our creditors.

Charlie Gasparino in today’s New York Post: The municipal-bond market is in crisis, with prices fall ing and investors running for cover — and for good reason. Munis — bonds sold by states, cities, counties and other localities to finance

Georgia farmer Willie Head discusses how and why the government and USDA county committee members who had no oversight and their own agenda, were able to create a situation where black farmers have lost their land. Be wary when you

Today is the celebration of Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday.

George Will in today’s Washington Post: Unlike most of the 111 that preceded it, the 112th Congress must begin the process of restoring the national regime and civic culture the Founders bequeathed. This will require reviving the rule of law,

From LA Times: Fuller, a disabled veteran and former campaign volunteer for Giffords, was charged with making threats, intimidation and disorderly conduct and was involuntarily committed for a psychiatric evaluation, Ogan said. In an interview with Democracy Now on Thursday,

Today, in 1991, the first Gulf War against Iraq began. Twenty years later, we’re still there.

From Reuters: President Barack Obama issued an executive order on Friday loosening more restrictions on U.S. travel and money remittances to Cuba, a further step in his efforts to reach out to the people of the communist-ruled country. The latest

Today, in 2001, Wikipedia was launched.

Tonight, the RNC elected Reince Priebus as the next RNC Chair. As state chair in WI, Priebus managed to shrink the number of both small and major donors. (There is a reason the GOP is called the stupid party.) Donate

Today, the RNC selects a new Chair. Either Michael Steele, Ann Wagner, Maria Cino, Sal Anuzis or Reince Priebus will lead the party into the critical 2012 elections.

From The Economist blog ‘Democracy in America’: Still, freakish death is profoundly unnerving and facing its immunity to reason tends to aggravate rather than soothe our cellular fear of disorder and death. Far from leading us to resignation, the inscrutability

From Reuters: The House of Representatives will resume debate next week on legislation to repeal President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare overhaul, a House Republican spokesman said on Thursday. The House had been expected to act this week on the repeal

From Rasmussen Reports: Americans have closely followed news stories about the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the killing of six others in Arizona on Saturday, and most don’t feel politics was the cause of it. A new Rasmussen Reports