A Chebby In The National Driveway & Lesson In Healthcare Messaging
Barack Obama is bad and he's nationwide. And he's got a new ride. NASCAR was at the White House today; Obama could learn some lessons from them.
The Errors of Telling of Leon Panetta's Error
The CIA orders up an attempt to push back against Congressional oversight. Again. But it is transparently bad.
Chris Christie, Former US Attorney, Claims He's Still "Got" Federal Prosecutors, Talked with Them about State Jobs
When Chris Christie said, months ago, that he's "got a group of AUSAs sitting in Newark," he probably wasn't expecting we would learn he has an "ongoing financial relationship" with one of those very same AUSAs.
Oh yes. The Henry Waxman we know and love.
Henry Waxman is not fucking around. And that's so much fun to see.
Pay2Play Connolly's Sources Are "Mystified"
Rahm and Messina? Is that you, getting Ceci Connolly to spin your story again?
The Secrets Novak Brings to the Grave
Novak brings many secrets to the grave about his role in the Plame outing. Here are some of those secrets.
Chris "Nervous Wreck" Christie
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
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.
Hal Turner: Allegedly Inciting Violence for FBI from 2002 to 2007
Hal Turner's FBI claims become more clear.
The Crazy Man Above the Garage
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
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
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?
Does anyone thing it curious that Chris Christie gave the current First AUSA in the NJ Office a $46,000 personal loan?
NYT Neglects to Mention Foggo and the Torture Tapes
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.
Jane Rebuts Mrs. Greenspan's CW with Mr. Bayh's Conflict
Jane's responds to Andrea Mitchell's flaccid beltway CW with the facts that Mitchell herself should be presenting.
Honoring Service Rather than Trumping Up War
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.
Hey Specter, How's Your Persuasion of Grassley Coming Along?
Specter seems to have stopped his campaign to get Grassley to really negotiate on health care.
Rahm and the Torture Investigation
It's time to start blaming Rahm for our lack of accountability on torture.
Marcy Eats Kobe at Netroots Nation
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
The Poetry Of Detroit Auto
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
