Paul Hackett is running for Senate in Ohio. This guy is the epitome of a real human being (as opposed to a politician). He's the kind of character you'd see on "The West Wing," a Democrat who is both...
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All roads lead to Dick.
The White House has to be sweating the latest news, reported by UPI, that Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald has expanded his investigation into the origin of the Niger yellowcake documents which...
Georgie joins the Blame Game
Apparently "President" Bush isn't too happy these days. Lots of events making him feel down, I guess. According the the NY Daily News, Bush is a mess: Presidential advisers and friends say Bush is a...
American racism alive and poppy!
Nobody's born a racist, but man, those white supremicists do start teaching hatred at a young age. Take 13-year old twins Lynx and Lamb (no kidding) Gaede of Bakersfield, California. Their mom and...
Coup d’etat, Cheney-style
Colin Powell's chief of staff, a career soldier, a Republican, and a booster of President George H. W. Bush spoke out yesterday against a "cabal" led by Dick Cheney that has hijacked our government...
Imperial echoes
For those watching the quite good HBO series Rome, and seeing parallels between their tyranny-besotted republic and ours, there's a quote that you might enjoy. It wasn't specifically written about...
Another MUST READ
James Moore, who knows Karl Rove all-too well (Moore wrote Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential), has a simply remarkable piece of writing and reportage up at Huff Post. I...
Tim Russert: Bought Man
Digby has more on what a truly unrepentant scumbag Tim Russert is. Oh, Tim, what would Big Russ think? This piece is a MUST READ.
NBC: Your ethical ratings stink, too
I'm on a Jane Hamsher kick today, and she has a great piece about how NBC employs neocon co-conspirators Russert, Andrea Mitchell and Chris Matthews. She nails the unethical coziness these heads-with...
Evil neo-con villain #4 (or is it #5?) in double-trouble
The always excellent Jane Hamsher has a great piece on Huffington Post about how neo-con Dean of Overt Evilness, Richard Perle, is in Patrick Fitzgerald's crosshairs -- and not only for TraitorGate...
Frist: Doctor of Sleaze
So what did Bill Frist do with all the money he got from his insider-trading, non-blind family-run trust stock sale? Why, he used it to pay off his sizeable campaign debts, of course! These guys have...
Re-electing a guy in a mug shot
As the Republican party scrambles to find candidates for 2006 and beyond, they better include De Lay's district on their to-do list. Because mug shots don't make good campaign poster material.
Eagerly awaiting mug shots
An APB is out on the Hammer. A Texas court issued a warrant Wednesday for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to appear for booking, where he is likely to face the fingerprinting and photo mug...
George, you remember the letter F
Bush certainly excels at one thing: failing. He fails better than most people. In fact, we could say he's the best failing president we've ever had. He's truly a great failer! But don't believe me...
Justice Thursday?
From the Washington Post, courtesy of Reuters: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has been subpoenaed to turn over personal records in an investigation into possible insider trading, The Washington...
Target: Dick
Breaking news from the Huffington Post: The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg are working on stories that point to Vice President Dick Cheney as the target of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's...
Frist: Bowling for an indictment.
Bowling Avenue Partners. That's the name to remember. It's Bill Frist's family stock partnership that was kept separate from his blind trust partnerships governed by Senate ethics rules. This...
Cheney go-to guy goes to Iraq…to hide?
From Raw Story: The chief spokesman for Vice President Dick Cheney, Steve Schmidt, left the United States Oct. 3 and won't return until Oct. 26, just as the investigation into who outed a covert CIA...
Bolton: Don’t talk about genocide
John Bolton is determined to hear no evil: U.S. Ambassador John Bolton blocked a U.N. envoy on Monday from briefing the Security Council on grave human rights violations in Sudan's Darfur region...
Bush wants martial law
Bush's solution to a possible avian flu epidemic? The military, of course! You think that's a terrible idea? A Public Health and Disaster Expert from Columbia University would agree with you: Dr...