- Something you'd think Republicans would keep in mind as they ramp up their immigrant-bashing ways. Of course their base would never stand for that. Thinking, that is:
In a surprising show of growth, Hispanics accounted for more than half of the U.S. population increase over the past decade, exceeding estimates in most states. Pulled by migration to the Sun Belt, America?s population center edged westward on a historic path to leave the Midwest. [...]
Based on 2010 census data that has been released so far on a state-by-state basis, the number of Hispanics is now at roughly 47 million, with figures for New York, Maine and the District of Columbia to come later Thursday. The 2009 census data estimated the Hispanic count in those places at over 3 million, putting Hispanics on track to exceed 50 million. Demographers widely believe the 50 million threshhold will be reached, with a total count close to 50.5 million.
- Think Progress on Newt Gingrich and his flip-flopping ways about Libya and being the Commander-in-Chief.
- The power of the Bachmann announcement ... other Republicans are already fleeing the field:
Jim DeMint has ruled out a run for president in 2012, choosing instead to focus his growing political power on helping to elect more conservatives to the Senate next November, according to sources close to the South Carolina senator.
- The next great plank on the Republican Party Platform?
Three potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates expressed hostility toward the public school system at a home schooling rally on Wednesday in the early presidential caucus state of Iowa. [...]
Justin LaVan of the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators said it was encouraging to see potential presidential candidates talking about the home-schooling movement.
"More importantly, talking about our Creator - our rights that came from our Creator, acknowledging that and giving him the glory, folks," said LaVan, who served as master of ceremonies at the rally.
- More of this from more Democrats:
New York?s two senators, Charles E. Schumer and Kristen E. Gillibrand, joined a growing list of celebrities and public officials on Thursday by appearing in a series of 30-second video ads supporting same-sex marriage rights. The ad series is being coordinated by the Human Rights Campaign, and the appearance of the two senators, both Democrats, lends some Washington muscle at a time when Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York has said he will personally push for legislation in Albany to legalize same-sex marriage.
- In case you were wondering:
Colorado and Oregon have joined several other Western states in reporting trace amounts of radioactive particles that have likely drifted about 5,000 miles from a quake and tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant in Japan, officials say.
But, on a portion of its website dedicated to tracking such radiation, the Environmental Protection Agency noted Wednesday that these and other readings "show typical fluctuation in background radiation levels" and -- thus far -- "are far below levels of concern."
- Chuck Grassley is still learning the mysterious ways of twitter:
- John Stossel really said this:
Why is there a Bureau of Indian Affairs? There is no Bureau of Puerto Rican Affairs or Black Affairs or Irish Affairs. And no group in America has been more helped by the government than the American Indians, because we have the treaties, we stole their land. But 200 years later, no group does worse.
- Who knows where he may have struck if he had frequent flyer miles?
When an admitted al-Qaida operative planned his itinerary for a Christmas 2009 airline bombing, he considered launching the strike in the skies above Houston or Chicago, The Associated Press has learned. But tickets were too expensive, so he refocused the mission on a cheaper destination, Detroit.
- Did you know that there was an evangelical fight going on over who goes to hell?
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