Hey Reporters??? It Might Be Worth Pointing Out Lieberman Is Stupid or Lying…
Joe Lieberman is either ignorant or lying about his reasons for threatening to filibuster the public option. Of course, the press is not calling him on it.
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Blue Dog PAC Starves During Public Option Fight
The Blue Dogs have been starved for donations at a time when they were trying to hold up healthcare. Is the block losing its clout, even while individual obstructionist members retain it?
Biden To Announce Fisker Auto Plant In Wilmington Delaware
Vice President Joe Biden is set to make an appearance in his home state of Delaware today to make an announcement that Fisker Automotive will be purchasing, retooling and opening up operations in a shuttered former General Motors facility in Wilmington.
Did Michele Brown Quit Over FOIAs Naming Her Personally?
Did Michele Brown resign in an attempt to hide information about the loan Chris Christie gave her? Or because of the bonuses she is rumored to have received from him?
What If Trials Prove Torture Wasn’t Necessary?
If KSM can be tried in civilian court, that means there’s enough evidence to do so that is untainted by the torture done to him. Doesn’t that suggest the torture was unnecessary?
Call on Dems to Vote for the Fourth Amendment over Fishing Expeditions
As I explained yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee has scheduled a classified briefing on the PATRIOT Act on Thursday. Classified Hearing on: the PATRIOT Act and Related Matters Thursday 10/29/2009 – 2:30 A.M. HVC-301 Full Committee By Direction of the Chairman Presumably, the Administration hopes to convince Committee members to forego attempts to improve the […]
HJC Schedules Its “Get Democrats to Cave on PATRIOT” Hearing
The House Judiciary Committee has scheduled a classified hearing on the PATRIOT Act on Thursday. Will the House Dems cave the same way the Senate Dems did after such a classified hearing?
Prosecutors Attack Innocence Project Journalism Students
A new chapter in heavy handedness has been penned with the current tactics of the Cook County Attorney’s Office taken against Northwestern University journalism students participating in the Medill Innocence Project.
What Did Dick Give Judy to Go Pro-Torture?
Judy Miller must think she’s smarter than Susan Crawford. Crawford, after all, while still convening authority for military commissions in Gitmo, admitted that Mohammed al-Qahtani had been tortured. And by that, she was referring to the treatment that started in November 2002, nine months after Gitmo opened; she was talking about conduct that was ultimately […]
McCain Rediscovers His Passion for Screwing Us with Bad Telecom Policy
The last time John McCain tried so hard to screw Americans with bad telecom policy, his close lobbyist escort on a telecom donor’s plane was offering to share a blankie with him. But that bad telecom McCain is back in action, introducing a bill that would invite telecoms to have their way with the public […]
