Entries by emptywheel

Why Bush Is So Desperate to Get Bradbury Approved

Bush has traded 84 nominations in lieu of getting Steven Bradbury approved. But few people seem to understand why Bush is so desperate: So long as Bradbury remains at OLC, two things will happen. Bradbury effectively gives the Bush Administration carte blanche to break the law–and protection for having broken the law in the past. Since AG Mukasey won’t prosecute anything that OLC (and therefore Steven Bradbury) has sanctioned, the Administration is guaranteed it can do what it wants so long as Bradbury is there.

The NRCC Meltdown: An Introduction

I haven’t commented on the FBI investigation of the NRCC treasurer, Christopher Ward yet because, well, because this damn FISA bill is taking all my time.

Top House Republicans were told in recent days that a former employee of their campaign committee may have forged an official audit during the contentious 2006 election cycle and that they should brace for the possibility that an unfolding investigation could uncover financial improprieties stretching back

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