Why Are Jersey Cops Changing Accident Story 7 Years after the Fact?

By: emptywheel Tuesday September 8, 2009 6:42 pm

Why do Chris Christie’s stories on his traffic problems keep changing?

Cheney’s Sabotage of Counter-Terrorism

By: emptywheel Tuesday September 8, 2009 5:07 pm

Remember how Cheney almost blew a counter-terrorism investigation?

al-Haramain Reply Filed; Constitution & Rule Of Law In Judge Vaughn Walker’s Hands

By: bmaz Tuesday September 8, 2009 1:08 pm

The last brief has just been filed in support of summary judgment in al-Haramain v. Obama. The critical states secrets case of the Bush/Cheney era is now set to be argued and decided by the court.

The Max Baucus WellPoint/Liz Fowler Plan

By: emptywheel Tuesday September 8, 2009 12:32 pm

You’d think they could have hid the fact that WellPoint’s former VP authored the Max Tax plan.

Incenting Shit Plans

By: emptywheel Tuesday September 8, 2009 12:16 pm

Bad Max’s plan also amounts to a subsidy for Wal-Mart and similar employers, and an incentive for such employers to offer shitty plans their employees can’t use.

More on the Max Tax

By: emptywheel Tuesday September 8, 2009 10:52 am

A bunch of outlets have now released Bad Max’s framework on health care.

Here are some ways to think of Max Tax:

Total amount a family of four making $67,000 would have to pay for health care, per year: $20,610 (31% of income)

Total amount that family of four would pay in fine if they did not get health care insurance:

The Bad Max Tax

By: emptywheel Tuesday September 8, 2009 6:02 am

Bad Max is asking some middle class families to pay 31% of their income to his health insurance donors–more than they pay to the Federal government.

“Believe”

By: emptywheel Monday September 7, 2009 11:32 am

Obama just said he “believes” a public option would bring down costs.

Bad Max Provides More Details

By: emptywheel Monday September 7, 2009 7:25 am

Here’s how Bad Max’s health care plan stacks up against Good Max’s plan.

Addington’s Direct Involvement in the Torture Memos

By: emptywheel Sunday September 6, 2009 2:03 pm

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.

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