"Believe"
Obama just said he "believes" a public option would bring down costs.
Bad Max Provides More Details
Here's how Bad Max's health care plan stacks up against Good Max's plan.
Addington's Direct Involvement in the Torture Memos
Daniel Levin, when he testified before HJC last year, said he did not speak with David Addington--or anyone else at OVP--during the drafting of his 2004 torture memo. He seems to have been the only torture memo author who did not communicate directly with Addington during the drafting of the memo.
What al-Nashiri and KSM Didn't Tell Us
Ali Soufan tells us what we didn't learn because we used torture.
Trash Talk: My Traffic Su@k$
College ball! One more week till pro ball!
Ashcroft on Waterboarding Prosecutions
A review of how Ashcroft's testimony to HJC on torture matches what we learned in the CIA IG Report.
Christie Sued for Accident with Motorcyclist
Chris Christie got sued by that motorcyclist he hit. But he doesn't want you to know that.
Dan Rather, Jane Mayer, and emptywheel, NYC, September 23
Come see Dan Rather and Jane Mayer and ... me(!) in three weeks in NY.
Obama Doesn't Want You To Know He Knows Public Option Is Popular
Obama doesn't want you to see that majorities of the country support a public option.
Another "Good Max" Sighting
Not only was Max Baucus pushing to do the right thing last November, he was pushing to do the right thing in April. So what explains the replacement of Good Max with Bad Max?
The "Legal Principles" Timeline
The "Legal Principles" document appears to have been written with John Yoo's assistance to exclude some CIA activities from prosecution.
Obama to (Finally) Fulfill One of His Promises
Obama promised us meetings on CSPAN, which he still hasn't delivered. He will, however, make visitor logs available.
Will Obama Even Meet with the Progressives?
In addition to warning Obama that the Progressive Caucus won't vote for a bill that doesn't have the public option, they asked for a meeting. Will they get it?
Journalism Is Killing America
The traditional media is killing Americans again.
AGAG Doesn't Recall What He Said Monday
Predictably, AGAG is backing off his support--voiced earlier this week--for a torture investigation.
A Decent Health Care Reform Plan--from Max Baucus
Why can't we have the health care plan some guy named Max Baucus proposed last November, rather than the garbage he's pitching now?
David Broder Gives Cheney a Big Blow-Job
David Broder should have thought before he asked, rhetorically, whether we want to see Cheney standing in the dock.
Whitehouse and the Corpus Delicti Leading to Cheney
The only responsible thing for a Prosecutor to do is investigate the facts.
Is All This about C Street?
Is Mark Sanford refusing to step down because C Street refuses to let him?
As Justice Stevens Winds Down, Will Obama Continue SCOTUS Trend To The Right?
From Yahoo News, we hear rumblings Justice John Paul Stevens may be winding down his time on the Supreme Court Bench.
