Judge Puts Hold On Alabama Immigration Law

U.S. District Judge Sharon Blackburn needs more time to consider challenges.

The law is considered even tougher and more restrictive than Arizona’s and has several key features to deter illegal immigration, including allowing police officers to arrest anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant during a routine traffic stop, making it a crime to transport or rent to an illegal immigrant and requiring schools to report the status of students.…

Tea Party And Club For Growth Still Trying To Help Democrats

by Stuart Shapiro

Control of the Senate is going to be an uphill fight for the Democrats in 2012.  They hold most of the seats up for reelection.  One of the most vulnerable is in Wisconsin where Senator Herb Kohl is resigning.  It seemed even more vulnerable when former Republican governor Tommy Thompson announced he would run for the seat.  But just when things look darkest, here comes The Club For Growth:

Former Rep. Mark Neumann (R-WI) officially launched his campaign for U.S. Senate Monday, setting up a likely Republican primary against the more moderate former Gov. Tommy Thompson. . …

Qaddafi’s Wife And Three Children In Algeria

Wife Safia, daughter and two sons entered Monday morning…

Richard Dawkins Responds To Rick Perry On Evolution

“…an individual may occasionally rise to the top in spite of being an uneducated ignoramus”…

San Francisco Teacher Calls Police When Student Won’t Pull Up His Pants

Lincoln High student became belligerent over baggy pants…

Michele Bachmann Thinks God Is Using Extreme Weather To Get Our Attention (Updated)

Michele Bachmann seems to think God is using the weather to signal is political agenda.

“I don’t know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We’ve had an earthquake; we’ve had a hurricane. He said, ‘Are you going to start listening to me here?’ Listen to the American people, because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet, and we’ve got to rein in the spending.”

UPDATE: Bachmann campaign spokesperson Alice Stewart now says, “Obviously, she was saying it in jest.”…

Was Texas Pay To Play Under Rick Perry?

While a public servant, land deals made him a millionaire…

Mental Illness And Stress Linked To Climate Change

“Clear evidence around severe weather events”…

No Republicans Allowed In Wausau, WI Labor Day Parade

Labor Council wants no officials who “openly attacked workers’ rights”…

Colin Powell: Dick Cheney’s Book Is Full Of “Cheap Shots”

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke on Face the Nation saying that Dick Cheney’s book, besides being a rehash of old events, contains, “cheap shots,” some of them at him. Powell says Cheney falsely takes credit for getting Powell to leave the administration, claims Powell wasn’t candid with President Bush and didn’t support Bush. And Powell fingers Cheney of having created a “mess” with the Valerie Plame affair.

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Suicide Bombing At Baghdad’s Largest Sunni Mosque Kills 29

Al Qaeda suspected…