New Poll

Just saw this new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll reported on MSNBC. Striking results across the board. Very little to bolster the Administration…

As the Democrat-controlled Congress and the White House clash over an Iraq spending bill, with President Bush vowing to veto it because it contains withdrawal deadlines, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that a solid majority of Americans side with the Democrats. In addition, a nearly equal number believe that victory in Iraq isn’t possible, and about only one in eight think the war has improved in the three months since Bush called for a troop increase there [...]

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Just A Little Junket

But, Mr. Feeney seems to be going down fast…

FEENEY UNDERSTATED COSTS OF SCOTLAND GOLF JUNKET WITH ABRAMOFF, ACCORDING TO COURT DOCS

Signs indicate things are getting worse, and quickly, for one of Congress’ most corrupt members, Rep. Tom Feeney, a once-powerful Florida Republican whose extensive career of documented lies, political favors, and routine partisan smear-mongering The BRAD BLOG has covered in great detail over the last two and a half years. Yesterday, Feeney was fingered as "Representative [...]

Tags: Tom Feeney, Jack Abramoff

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Another Fraud Case Reversal

It’s been a bad month for that U.S. Attorney up in Wisconsin. And it all points back to Karl Rove and Alberto Gonxales…

Court Reverses Wisconsin Voter Fraud Case

Yet another questionable prosecution brought by U.S. Attorney for Milwaukee Steve Biskupic has been reversed by an appeals court. This time, it was one of the voter fraud prosecutions Biskupic’s office pushed, as part of a joint task force his [...]

Tags: Steve Bikupic, Karl Rove, Alberto Gonzales

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Fast and Furious

On top of the subpoena for Condi, and immunity for Goodling, now we get another "demand letter" for Gonzales.  Politics.  The way it was meant to be.  Fun to watch…

Schumer wants answers on Charlton’s firing.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in a letter today called on Alberto Gonzales “to disclose by Friday all contacts between the office of Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.), the Justice Department and the White House related to his department’s probe of the lawmaker.” Schumer told Gonzales that the new reports out today “raise new and serious questions [...]

Tags: Alberto Gonzales, Rick Renzi, Chuck Schumer

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Another Case of Foot In Mouth?

First, it was Laura Bush who was blasted for a comment on the Today Show.  Then, word came of a Tuesday speech in which Rudy Giuliani follows up with another comment that took something like one-half of one second to draw fire…

Outrage: Giuliani says to expect a “New 9/11″ if Democrats win White House [Updated]

Rudy Giuliani said at a campaign event Tuesday that Democrats don’t understand the "nature and scope" of terrorism, and strongly suggested that if a Democrat were elected to the White House in 2008, America should brace herself for a "new 9/11." [...]

Hint – Olbermann. Tonight. Special Comment.

Tags: rudy Giuliani, 9/11

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News. Stewart-Style

He really is one of the best interviewers around. And fearless…

Jon Stewart Delivers Greatest Dem Performance in 6 Years

Tonight on the Daily Show, Jon Stewart owned John McCain and showed the world what a REAL Democratic leader who understands how to tell the truth and sound authoritative doing it looks like. I say this without exaggeration: it was the most amazing rhetorical performance I have seen from any progressive in the last six years. In one 10 minute debate with John McCain, he did the following: [...]

Tags: The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, John McCain

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It’s a Day Old

…but still worth watching!

Tom Delay’s “treasonous” rant against Harry is just plain crazy

This giggle-fest from Tuesday’s "Tucker" was priceless. Guests Pat Buchanan and A.B. Stoddard simply couldn’t contain their laughter before or after watching a video taped interview with Tom Delay where he claims that Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are "very very close to treason." When the interviewer suggests that treason is a pretty serious charge [...]

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Mad And Getting Madder

This little FDA issue has some in Congress really mad.  And they should be! So, guess what? Set some goals and an ultimatum…

No pay for FDA?

An angry Rep. Rosa DeLauro, fed up with what she sees as a Food and Drug Administration reluctant to act quickly and effectively to protect consumers, threatened today to withhold salaries from top FDA officials unless they became more [...]

Tags: Rosa DeLauro, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Food Poisoning

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Impeachment Talk

Target=Cheney.

Kucinich and Impeachment: Don Quijote Lives On

Some political leaders like Chuck Hagel have flirted with the idea, but only flirted. Others like John Conyers and Dennis Kucinich have been more serious. Dennis Kucinich has now filed articles of impeachment against Vice President Cheney, with a [...]

Tags: Dick Cheney, Impeachment, Dennis Kucinich

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Stay Awhile Longer

Not a smart explanation…

Longer Iraq Tours Good for "Army Stress," Pentagon Says

You have got to be kidding me. Check out this pure-propaganda pronouncement, from the Pentagon’s official news organ, the American Forces Press Service: "Extended Deployments Should Lessen Army Stress, Commander SaysBy Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, April 24, [...]

Tags: Extended Deployments, Army, Stress, Iraq War, Afghanistan

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Iraq Daily

Time for what’s become a daily roundup of thoughts on the Iraq War.  Today, Think Progress seems to have done a lot of the heavy lifting.  Don’t let the synopsis make you think there’s only the McCaffrey comments; there is MUCH more…

‘We’re in trouble.’

Retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey’s assessment of the situation in Ira [...]

There IS one more that deserves a moment of your time…

Cheney and Bush Have Consistently Misled Us on Iraq

Editor’s Note: Buzz’s commentary below has been pulled from the comments here… Both VP Cheney and President Bush have consistently misled us on Iraq: 1. They predicted weapons of mass destruction and chemical stockpiles. There were none. 2. They predicted that we would be greeted as liberators with flowers. We were not, instead we were greeted with [...]

Tags: Iraq War, Barry McCaffrey

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Journalism 101

This is simply SO wrong… Even Bill O’Reilly won’t be able to condone it…

NY Post publishes fake AP story in order to blast Dems

Wow, even FOX News hasn’t tried this little trick. The conservative tabloid, New York Post, owned by Republican media magnate Rupert Murdoch, published a story today criticizing Democrats for giving a "death sentence" to millions of Iraqis. The only problem? The AP never wrote any such thing. You wouldn’t really call this plagiarism – I’m not sure [...]

Tags: New York Post, Rupert Murdoch, Associated Press

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Coordinated Complaints

Having been in broadcasting (in a previous life), I can tell you that the technique of using mass-produced, coordinated, complaints about a television show exists even at the local level.  I’ve seen it happen with preachers using their pulpits and newsletters to launch campaigns against shows.  On the national level, it’s even more egregious…

Keeping the airwaves safe for … who?

…Knee-jerk legislators and right-wing media ‘activists’ would have the country believe that Congress is acting in response to the public’s demand that that feds act to stop a tide of indecency that’s swamping the airwaves and endangering the nation’s young people. But nothing could be further from the truth. According to an excellent post by Jonathan Rintels, the entire issue of broadcast indecency has been created and stage-managed by a handful of right-wing groups: [...]

Tags: Broadcasting, Television, Indecency

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Empathy

But the blogosphere ain’t buying it.  First Lady Laura Bush was on the Today Show this morning.  The money quote from the interview has angered many.

Suffering? How DARE you, Laura.

"No one suffers more than their President and I do"?  Are you that vain and self centered, Laura?  Have you been dipping into the pills again?  Do you have ANY idea how it feels to lose a child?  A spouse?  A parent?  A limb?  To watch death and destruction every single day?  Up close? Do you live with PTSD?  Do you get whatever medical care you need whenever you need it?  Do you have flashbacks of narrowly dodging bullets or IEDs?  Have you seen a friend killed right [...]

Oh, my.  These comments are not going to just "go away".

The ‘burden of worry’

December: “I must tell you, I’m sleeping a lot better than people would assume,” [the president] said. This morning: NBC: Do you know the American people are suffering? Laura Bush: Oh, I know that very much. And believe me, no one sufferers more than their president and I do when we watch this. And certainly the Commander in [...]

Tags: Laura Bush, Today Show

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Protected Testimony

It’s safe to say, they REALLY want Monica Goodling to tell all…

BREAKING: House Judiciary Votes Immunity For Monica Goodling

This morning, the House Judiciary Committee voted to extend immunity to Monica Goodling, and to issue a subpoena to her requiring her testimony before the committee regarding the US Atty firings and her role therewith.  From the AP via WaPo: A House committee voted Wednesday to grant immunity to Monica Goodling, a key aide to Attorney General [...]

But, wait. There’s more…

The Walls are Closing In

Henry Waxman is at it again today. His committee has just voted out subpoenas for RNC emails and to compel Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice’s testimony on the Niger forgeries. He’s chip-chip-chipping away. And he’s not letting sleeping dogs lie. The Republicans were howling that Condi Rice has already answered questions about the Niger forgeries. Waxman was blunt. She claimed to have no memory of being told by George Tenet that the Niger docs were no good, but Waxman doesn’t believe her. They didn’t vote, as scheduled, on whether to [...]

Tags: Monica Goodling, House Judiciary Committee, US Attorneys Fired

Tags: RNC email, Condoleezza Rice

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Securing Wal-Mart

It is the governmentalization of the world’s biggest retailer…

Wal-Mart Recruits Fmr Intelligence Officers To Identify Company Threats, "Suspect Individuals"

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been recruiting former military and government intelligence officers for a branch of its global security office aimed at identifying threats to the world’s largest retailer, including from "suspect individuals and groups". Wal-Mart’s interest in intelligence operatives comes at a time when the retailer is defending itself against allegations by a fired security employee that it ran surveillance operations against targets including [...]

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It’s Getting Nasty

Dick Cheney has jumped right into the middle of the ongoing battle between Harry Reid and the White House.  The Veep has been thrust into the spotlight to push the Administration talking points.  Watch as the folks at Think Progress systematically dismantle all of them…

‘Attack Dog’ Cheney Unleashes Litany Of Misleading Claims About Reid

Vice President Cheney and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) exchanged words today in back-to-back news conferences. Cheney accused Reid of “defeatism” and called Reid’s speech yesterday “uninformed and misleading.” Reid assailed President Bush for against sending out his “attack dog, also known as Dick Cheney.” Watch it: [...]

UPDATE:  Now, it’s a three-man "battle royale" -

Cheney Swipes Reid on Iraq – Kerry Rips Cheney’s “Interpretative History”

Dick Cheney took a swipe at Harry Reid today saying that Reid’s comments were “uninformed and misleading.” and accused him of “defeatism” on Iraq. Watch the video of Dick Cheney here: John Kerry hit Cheney back, ripping Cheney’s attacks on Reid “as disturbing as they are disingenuous” and he dismissed the vice president as “the [...]

Tags: Dick Cheney, Harry Reid, Iraq War

Tags: John Kerry

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So, Is It A Wall?

Or just a "barrier"?  And, what the heck is the difference when you’re building it to fence in a group of people?

The Wall

Here’s the latest on those large concrete things the U.S. Army is building in Baghdad: "U.S. and Iraqi military officials scrambling to deflect criticism of a wall being erected to separate a volatile Sunni Muslim neighborhood from surrounding Shiite areas [...]

Wondering why the wall isn’t working?  AJ over at AmericaBlog has some answers that make sense -

Repeating failures, volume 32,491: building walls in Iraq

Over the past week, we learned that the U.S. was building a wall in Baghdad to separate Sunni Arabs in Adhamiya from Shia to the east. The wall was described by U.S. officials as "one of the centerpieces of a new strategy," and was apparently supposed to provide security. If this news sounds familiar, it’s because we’ve tried [...]

Tags: Baghdad, Wall, Barrier, Sunni

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Friendly Fire

It doesn’t get much more "real" than this: family emotions.  This is singularly the most important story we’ve seen in a long time.  Pay attention.

Tillman: Administration lied to distract from Abu Ghraib.

In “explosive testimony” today, Kevin Tillman, brother of Cpl. Pat Tillman, the former NFL player who was killed in action in Afghanistan, “accused the Bush administration of twisting the facts of his brother’s death to distract public attention from the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib.” The U.S. Army fabricated a story of his brother’s heroism [...]

Here’s more – Army Ranger ordered to lie re Tillman death

And, then came Jessica Lynch – Jessica Lynch: I don’t understand why Bush & Pentagon lied about me being a hero

Tags: Friendly Fire, Pat Tillman, Kevin Tillman, U.S. Army

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New Neighbors

Well, now.  Looks like there may be another planet where life could exist.  Really.  Consider the possibilities…

First habitable Earth like planet outside Solar System discovered

Zee News has a story on a “super-Earth, which has a mass about five times that of the Earth and orbits a red dwarf already known to harbour a Neptune-mass planet.” An international team of astronomers from Switzerland, France and Portugal have discovered the most Earth-like planet outside our Solar System to date. The planet has a [...]

Tags: Super-Earth, Planets, Astronomers

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