Chris "Nervous Wreck" Christie

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Why did "everyone" in the US Attorney's office know about Christie's loan to a subordinate, but Christie didn't declare it?

More on Christie's "Ongoing Financial Relationship" with Michele Brown

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This will just be a hodgepodge of details to follow up on this story, the news that former NJ US Attorney and current GOP candidate for Governor, Chris Christie gave one of his top AUSAs a mortgage loan for $46,000. Christie Has Made Other Loans Check out the original NJN report on this--around the 5:48 mark.

The Crazy Man Above the Garage

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In a weird article, Barton Gellman gets the whole logic of the Plame leak wrong. But he does provide nice stenography for Cheney's views.

More on Christie's Below-Market Loan Gift to a Prosecutor in His Office

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emptywheel
It sounds like Chris Christie's loan to an AUSA in his office ought to count as a gift under federal ethics laws.

Troy Davis Gets A New Hearing

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A few days ago I wrote about how bad legislation in the form of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 has turned federal juries and appellate courts into "death panels" by limiting and accelerating the appeal process, and thus the execution, of defendants in capital cases. The Supreme Court has just added to the voices against the Habeas limiting act by granting Troy Davis a new trial.

The $46,000 Question: What Are the Terms of Chris Christie's Loan to NJ's First AUSA?

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Does anyone thing it curious that Chris Christie gave the current First AUSA in the NJ Office a $46,000 personal loan?
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NYT Neglects to Mention Foggo and the Torture Tapes

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There's a keystone to understanding the story from David Johnston (who frequently regurgitates highly motivated leaks) and Mark Mazzetti (CIA's guy at NYT) on Dusty Foggo's role in setting up the black sites run by the CIA: Foggo's testimony in the torture tape investigation.

Honoring Service Rather than Trumping Up War

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In the kind of speech that Dick Cheney used to press for war against Iraq, Obama is using to honor our service men and women.

Rahm and the Torture Investigation

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It's time to start blaming Rahm for our lack of accountability on torture.

Marcy Eats Kobe at Netroots Nation

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Kobe beef, that is. This is a pic that RevDeb took last night when a bunch of us went out to dinner (that's Gregg Levine warning me that Jane's gonna be pissed). Between Eli and Ian and Scarecrow and Rayne, they couldn't stop me from eating Kobe. I'm home now from Netroots Nation, lying on the couch trying to ingratiate myself with McCaffrey the MilleniaLab (who is upset that I watched parts
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The Poetry Of Detroit Auto

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Danny Heitman has a quirkily fascinating op-ed up in the New York Times on the attempt in the mid to late 50s by Ford Motor Company to enlist a poet laureate to help sell its products:The question is brought to mind by the story of Marianne Moore, the famous American writer, who served for a brief season as the Ford Motor Company’s unofficial poet laureate....A Ford executive wrote that the company
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The Cost Of Obama's Beer Fest Failure Is More Tasered Moms

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Not long ago (though it strangely seems far removed) I wrote a series of posts about the incident surrounding Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates. First, it was an illegal and unconstitutional arrest but with Obama's gaffe and silly "Beer Summit" we lost that discussion. Continued abuse of police power is a sad result.
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Woodstock: 40 Years Down The Road And A Nation Lost

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As you may have heard, we are on the precipice of the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. What did it mean, and what does it say about our culture, especially the youth, today?
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Death Panels From Bad Legislation

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Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom (England), and even Venezuela. What do all these developed first order modern countries have in common?They abolished the death penalty. Conspicuously absent of course is the United States. We are the only country in the Americas, whether North or South, that utilizes the death penalty in anything other

Live-Blogging Scrapple for Breakfast

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Ari Melber starts by asking Scrapple who is he and why he is here. Scrapple starts by raising choice.
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21st Century Hate

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I was noodling around the intertoobz tonight, and was struck by the thought that the concept of "American Exceptionalism" may refer to our ability to bring teh stupid. First up to bat are the down with browners. From the Los Angeles Times:Walt Staton wanted to help people, and his tool was a water jug.
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