One Night of Indigestion for Obama
I wouldn’t have wanted to dine with the three horsemen of right wing banality. But if Obama wants to, more power to him.
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Those Evil Dems Are Preventing Bush from Archiving Properly
Poor George Bush. Those mean Democrats are preventing him from fulfilling his duty to archive the evidence of his crimes.
The OLC Opinion Eliminating the 4th Amendment (and "Justifying" the Warrantless Wiretap Program)
Remember that OLC opinion abolishing the 4th amendment? Well, it pretty clearly provides the basis for the Administration’s illegal wiretap program.
Shorter Schloz' Criminal Referral
Is here. Or rather, the Inspector General’s report describing his criminal referral for lying to Congress.
We have referred this matter to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia for a decision on whether the evidence warrants a criminal prosecution. We provided to the prosecutor the evidence we gathered in the course of our investigation, including transcripts of interviews and relevant documents and e-mails.
Hillary Confirmation Hearings Open Thread
When Senators hold confirmation hearings for their own, it’s really more of an organized love fest than a contentious hearing.
Orrin Hatch to Support Holder Yet the Delay and Kabuki Continues
Given that Orrin Hatch will support–and has always said he would support–Eric Holder, the big drama over his difficult confirmation must be intended to serve some other purpose. As I’ve been saying, one thing it will do is postpone the time until Obama has a working DOJ.
The Congressional Research Service Says the Senate Can Exclude Burris
CRS says that the Senate can exclude Roland Burris. But that doesn’t mean they will.
TARP, the Consumer-Driven Version?
Larry Summers assures Congress that Obama will use TARP to get money in the hands of small businesses and consumers. That’s good–because we already have proof that doing so will help the economy.
Oh Noes! Lobbyists Standing in Line with Labor Leaders!!
The business lobbyists who used to run the White House are complaining about the treatment they’re now getting. I know that will make you sob for them.
We're All Detroit, MI Now
A while back, I wrote a post called We’re all Flint, MI now. Mitch Albom just wrote a story that might as well be called We’re all Detroit, now. It’s long–so to induce you to read it, I’m going to give you an almost-spoiler.Because we may be a few steps behind the rest of the country, but we’re a few steps ahead of it too.
