Note what the NYT doesn’t tell you: Dick Cheney was trying to impose military rule just in time for the first anniversary of 9/11.

New filings by the ACLU. Dissect and discuss.Here andHere.

Every day there is a new reminder that the only thing thing that changed on Wall Street as a result of the financial meltdown is that the “too big to fail” entities got bigger through consolidation and they now have all of the taxpayer’s wealth instead of just most of it. Here is today’s installment of hyper-greed.

President Obama, with his response to a question about the Henry Gates arrest taken at Wednesday night’s prime time healthcare press conference, set the nation off on a discussion of race and law. Unfortunately, the discussion has cleaved and both sides fell into regrettable, and sadly predictable roles. We are missing the important lessons the moment should be teaching us.

Turns out my family seems to be convening on the East Coast this weekend. So McCaffrey the MilleniaLab are road tripping out to join them today.

bmaz has the keys and I’ve stocked up the liquor cabinet (so you all can bust in there and feel like you’re pulling over a fast one on more again).

WTF is the DNC

Time has allowed a bunch of Bush partisans to put a nice spin on his non-pardon of Libby.

At tonight’s nationally televised press conference, a reporter asked President Obama a question about the July 16 arrest of famed Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates. Obama set off a firestorm by defending Gates; but despite the righteous words, Obama may have hurt Gates with his words.

If Obama refuses to tell us what health industry insiders have access to the White House, then why can’t the White House press corps tell us?

Jim DeMint’s “Waterloo” comment is not just an indication of how little Republicans care about the American people. It’s also one of C Street’s members prominently seeking to impede any improvement in Americans’ lives.