Blue Dog PAC Starves During Public Option Fight

By: emptywheel Tuesday October 27, 2009 10:15 am

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

By: bmaz Tuesday October 27, 2009 12:29 am

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?

By: emptywheel Monday October 26, 2009 11:37 am

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?

By: emptywheel Monday October 26, 2009 8:00 am

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

By: emptywheel Monday October 26, 2009 5:02 am

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

By: emptywheel Sunday October 25, 2009 5:35 pm

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

By: bmaz Sunday October 25, 2009 12:34 pm

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?

By: emptywheel Sunday October 25, 2009 6:59 am

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

By: emptywheel Friday October 23, 2009 8:26 pm

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 [...]

Trash – Jerkin Crocus Edition

By: bmaz Friday October 23, 2009 5:32 pm

I dunno about you, but I have had enough of that Ayn Rand crap; time to let loose. Here at Casa de Bmaz that means margaritas and rock and roll. Let yer hair down and let’s get down to some football.

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