Huffington Post · 4 hours old · Henry Paulson's main claim to fame is getting just about everything wrong in his tenure as Treasury secretary. However, he now stands to gain lasting notoriety as the person who destroyed the domestic U.S. auto industry, and the economies of the Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana along with them.

Alternet · 4 hours old · 100 retired admirals and generals of the U.S military called Monday for a repeal of the discriminatory policy.

Think Progress · 3 hours old · "A nation whose people can’t say “Merry Christmas” is a nation capable of ruining its own economy."

Huffington Post · 3 hours old · Despite Rep. Elijah Cummings labeling him a Chump and a humorous high school yearbook pic with a Ferrari, People names Neel Kashkari one of 2008s "Sexiest Men Alive"

Alternet · 3 hours old · In a courtroom out of the public eye, and with prisoners allowed only limited access to the proceedings, the judge still found no reason to hold them.

DailyKOS · 2 hours old · Mormons have a practice of converting people after they've died. They've made an overt effort to posthumously baptize Jewish Holocaust victims. That is not merely silly and disrespectful, that is superfluously offensive. So I am converting dead Mormons into homosexuals. My first Conversion is Joseph Smith.

Raw Story · 2 hours old · As the world's governments grapple with the growing threat of seeing valuable seafaring vessels shanghaied by increasingly bold pirates, one for-hire paramilitary force is gearing up to turn major profits off the crisis.

Huffington Post · 2 minutes old · Some videos you just have to see to believe.

Huffington Post · 1 minute old · How clueless can Sarah Palin be? Come on! Beheading turkeys + news conference = bad idea.

Huffington Post · 10 hours old · RAYMONDVILLE, Texas — A Texas judge has set a Friday arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others named in indictments accusing them of responsibility for prisoner abuse in a federal detention center.Cheney, Gonzales and the others will not be arrested, and do not need to appear in person..

Huffington Post · 10 hours old · I would NEVER submit a Huff Puff article, but this is too good.

Firedoglake · 10 hours old · In a stinging rebuke of the Blue Dog caucus, Henry Waxman has defeated John Dingell for Chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Huffington Post · 10 hours old · The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports: The Great Minnesota Recount kicked off Wednesday with masses of volunteers for Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken moving into a fresh phase of the struggle: eyeballing the first of 2.9 million ballots, ready to pounce on anything that looked questionable.

Huffington Post · 8 hours old · Good. We need it. After eight years of Dubya, the whole world is looking forward to a new and better America.

Firedoglake · 8 hours old · The paranoid gun crazies are officially back!