I didn't get home until 6pm, and as soon as I got back a friend scooped me up for dinner & a movie, so I'm just now getting to check the internets to see how our massive peace march was recieved.

It looks like RenaRF has a great diary of the march up at Daily Kos, as does TimRoff. I'm going to leave the major analysis & commentary to them, ( Read more... )

++ So, Gerald Ford's funeral was today. I watched some of it on my lunch break. Tom Brokaw's speech was nice. W was a fucking embarrasment, like always, who stumbled over every other word. *sighs* At any rate, I really don't have much to say about Ford's death. I respect that he was a President and probably a good man, but he was before my time. ( Read more... )

As of 10:16pm EST:

++ In Rhode Island:
Moderate Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, his political career at risk from a more conservative challenger, led in early returns Tuesday in a contest that could be crucial in the larger fight for control of Congress ( Read more... )

What's going on?!?
D.C. Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey reacted yesterday to a recent surge in homicides by declaring a "crime emergency," a move that gives him the freedom to quickly adjust officers' schedules and restrict their days off ( Read more... )

I wish I was kidding.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Homeland Security database of vulnerable terror targets in the United States, which includes an insect zoo but not the Statue of Liberty, is too flawed to determine allocation of federal security funds, the department's internal watchdog found.Much of the study by Homeland Security Inspector General ( Read more... )

Jesus fuck, NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN.
Last night on the House floor, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) downplayed the violence on the ground in Iraq, claiming his wife is taking a greater risk by living in Washington, D.C. King said:
27.51 Iraqis per 100,000 die a violent death on an annual basis. 27.51. Now what does that mean? To me, it really doesn’t mean a ( Read more... )

Whatever the Right Wing Noise Machine says, IRAQ IS NOT SAFER THAN DC.

Seriously, it's really really not.

Oh, come on!
The two cities attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, will receive far less antiterrorism money under plans unveiled today by the Department of Homeland Security, which has designated more money for many smaller cities throughout the country ( Read more... )

News outlets are reporting that the Capitol police have concluded their investigation. The likely source of the gunfire sounds was construction work being done in the area at the time.

Well, better safe than sorry.

From CNN:
The Capitol complex was locked down on Friday after reports of gunfire in a garage and a separate report that a man had a gun in a Rayburn building gym ( Read more... )