Huffington Post · 5 hours old · The 10 conservatives, including legal scholars and officials who worked for Republican presidents, said the Uighurs _ a group of Muslims from China _ should be freed immediately because they are no longer considered enemy combatants.

Huffington Post · 5 hours old · As a native of Minnesota I'm quite frankly excited about this.

Firedoglake · 5 hours old · Well, the Dow has broken 8,000. As Jane noted there is no technical support below 8K, so where it ends now is not known. A historical low for a bear market, as I've written in the past is 6K, which is about 7 times earnings. The issue isn't just technical trading, it's the spiral of margin calls, where the lower the market goes, the more

Huffington Post · 5 hours old · The dean of Watergate historians takes exception to New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, who wrote that Henry Kissinger was one of two secretaries of state in half a century who made the biggest impact because he could "talk back" to the President. "Surely," Kutler writes, "Friedman is joking about Henry Kissinger," and cites Nixon tapes.

Crooks and Liars · 5 hours old · weird

Huffington Post · 6 hours old · California's highest court agreed Wednesday to hear several legal challenges to the state's new ban on same-sex marriage but refused to allow gay couples to resume marrying before it rules.

Huffington Post · 6 hours old · President Obama is right to offer hope for the long term and to show compassion to those most injured by this storm. However, unless he tells Americans soon how terrible the economy is already, he will certainly get blamed for the inevitable continuing catastrophe. The American people can handle a candid assessment & will sacrifice to make the chan

Firedoglake · 6 hours old · Republicans are Disliked by 61% of Americans

Firedoglake · 6 hours old · --in which someone gets the chaff

Firedoglake · 6 hours old · Last Saturday, while in Cincinnati, Margaret Cho spoke at the city's equal marriage rights rally and performed a song she wrote just for the occasion--which was pretty cool and brave considering she'd just learned to play the guitar a few days earlier. They lyrics are NSFW, so click the link to the video at your own peril-

Huffington Post · 6 hours old · In what is sure to be a controversial move, President-elect Barack Obama has indicated to his inner circle of advisers that he and his wife may have sex in the White House sometime during the four years of his first term in office.

Firedoglake · 6 hours old · "It's going to be much more controversial than a new administration ought to try to put forth," Grassley said,

Huffington Post · 6 hours old · Obama: Don't Hire Hillary - The Huffington Post

Firedoglake · 6 hours old · The recanvassing is done, the initial vote tally was certified, and now the full recount has begun for the 2008 US Senate race between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken.So far, things are looking good for Al. As Nate Silver explains:

Huffington Post · 6 hours old · As the automakers careen toward bankruptcy, here are some of the myths complicating the debate over the future of the Detroit Three.

Huffington Post · 7 hours old · Two military lawyers for Ramzi Binalshibh, an alleged plotter of the Sept. 11 attacks, were granted 90 minutes on Tuesday evening to view Camp 7, a section for "high value" detainees that has been shrouded in mystery since it opened two years ago.

Firedoglake · 7 hours old · It appears that a compromise proposal by Senators from Democrats Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, and Republicans George Voinovich and Kit Bond will be presented today at a press conference, which will be covered live onThe compromise plan involves repurposing the $25 billion from the 2007 Energy Bill which was allocated for retooling and r

Raw Story · 7 hours old · Top Senate Democrats on Thursday said they would introduce major global warming legislation early next year, saying Barack Obama's election meant a "sea change" in the battle against climate change.

Firedoglake · 7 hours old · I said most of what I'm going to say about the Waxman-Dingell fight in this post (though I will reiterate my concern that Waxman--who will now be in charge of shepherding healthcare through the House--has said almost nothing about it thus far). Except that, now that Waxman has won, I think it crucially important that we find someone very effective

Huffington Post · 7 hours old · Congressional officials say Democratic leaders have decided to put off a bailout vote for the auto industry until December and will insist that the Big 3 first come up with a plan showing how the money would help transform their industry.