New Book: McCain Lying About Motivation For Going After Abramoff
On the campaign trail, John McCain likes to brag that he went after corrupt uber-lobbyist Jack Abramoff as some sort of high-minded reform crusade. W
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Open Left: The corroded corruption at the heart of 'moving to the center.'
cab drollery: Folksier Than Thou
Bark Bark Woof Woof: The genesis of an e
Broder's Conflict Of Interest Problem
Way back in 1995, the Washington Post's Ben Bradlee explained why he was uncomfortable with journalists getting big bucks on the lecture circuit: "I w
MLK's Speech On Vietnam Sounds A Lot Like Iraq
Digby excerpts part of MLK's not very well known speech on Vietnam, you know the war that Bush says Iraq isn't:
Somehow this madness must cease. We m
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Discourse.net: Someone - the Secret Service? - ordered that security be dropped at an Obama rally Wednesday....in Dallas. Please stop the flashbacks..
C&L's Late Nite Music Club With Ryan Adams
Yesterday one of Chicago's most respected members of Congress, Luis Gutierrez, made history by withdrawing an endorsement he had given to a corrupt an
FBI Denies File Exposing Nuclear Threats--Worlds Collide
Sibel Edmonds, meet Valerie Plame Wilson
Times Online (UK):
The FBI has been accused of covering up a key case file detailing evidence against corru
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Informed Comment: Top Ten Myths about Iraq in 2007
Sisyphus Shrugged:..now that pandering to the evangelical right is temporarily off the table
Brad
C&L's Late Nite Music Club With Etta James
I met a strong and remarkable woman yesterday, Dr. Rita Ramirez-Dean from California's Inland Empire. She's going to run for Congress against a powerf
Alaska Republican Ted Stevens Caught On Tape By FBI
Via TPM:
The FBI, working with an Alaska oil contractor, secretly taped telephone calls with Sen. Ted Stevens as part of a public corruption sting