Grrrrrr:

It seems there may be a reason federal law-enforcement officials are not interested in pursuing serious charges against the white-supremacist tweakers who were caught this week in Denver: The man making the decision is a Republican operative. And when it came to a threat against John McCain by a black man, he had a completely different ( Read more... )

Karl Rove is resigning. twistedchick has the goods, and some good questions.

My first question is, "Why now?" After Libby's conviction and pardoncommutation, after Gonzales's half dozen trips to testify before Congress about the U.S. Attorney firings. Is he particularly vulnerable just now in some way I'm not seeing ( Read more... )

From Democracy Now!'s focus on voting today:

1. A segment on Hacking Democracy, the new documentary airing Thursday on HBO.

2. New rules may disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of eligible voters.

3. Karl Rove's real strategy: sorry, L.A. Times, it ain't just the convenient allocation of of federal funding to boost RepublicansThis is why ( Read more... )

As printed in the Baltimore Sun:

Karl Rove, President Bush's top political adviser, will not face criminal charges, ending his jeopardy in a three-year investigation into the leak of a CIA agent's name to the press, his lawyer said today ( Read more... )

No, for serious. After blowing a CIA agent's cover and generally embroiling the White House in scandal, Karl gets rewarded with a raise. Yay America!
The top pay for senior White House aides, including Chief of Staff Andrew Card, Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove and Legislative Affairs Director Candida Wolff, mushroomed to $161,000 at the beginning ( Read more... )

Because funny pictures are easier to understand.

( Scott McClellan Assumes the White House Position... )

Okay, Jon Stewart and "Senior Journalistologist" Stephen Colbert just explained this whole Karl Rove leak thing better in 4 MINUTES than thousands of newspaper articles and blog posts could have done. Now I think I finally understand!!!

Hopefully Crooks & Liars will have this clip up pretty soon. In the meantime some other good clips to check out ( Read more... )

Okay, I'm trying to fill myself in on this Valerie Plame case, because it's quite extensive and confusing and goes back at least 2 1/2 years. Naturally the first place I go for info is her Wikipedia page. Very detailed and clearcut information & a wonderful resource... but I noticed the Wiki vandals have already gotten to the page. From the 2005 ( Read more... )