W.House does not dispute Bush leak allegation
[yahoo! news, free]
The White House on Friday chose not to challenge a prosecutor's disclosure that President George W. Bush authorized top official Lewis "Scooter" Libby to disclose intelligence on Iraq in 2003, as Libby alleges ( Read more... )

anybody even see this one? i was watching a letterman re-run last night and he mentioned this but it wasn't long after the v.p. shot a guy so it got overlooked....

Bush Aide Charged in Felony Theft
[slate, free]
When Claude Allen, President Bush's longtime domestic-policy adviser, resigned suddenly on Feb. 9, it baffled administration critics and ( Read more... )

check THIS out!

Cheney Aide Says Bush OK'd Leak
[yahoo! news, free]

Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide told prosecutors President Bush authorized the leak of sensitive intelligence information about Iraq, according to court papers filed by prosecutors in the CIA leak case.

Before his indictment, I. Lewis Libby testified to the grand ( Read more... )

you read it here first, possibly....

DeLay Announces Resignation From House
[yahoo! news, free]
Succumbing to scandal, former Majority Leader Tom DeLay said Tuesday he will resign from Congress in the face of a tough re-election race, closing out a career that blended unflinching conservatism with a bare-knuckled political style ( Read more... )

Former DeLay Aide Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy
[n.y. times, free, registration required]
WASHINGTON, March 31 - A onetime top aide to Representative Tom DeLay, the former House Republican majority leader, pleaded guilty to conspiracy today and agreed to cooperate in a widening investigation into lobbying fraud and influence-peddling ( Read more... )

Rice Accepts DJ's Apology for Racial Slur
[yahoo! news, free]
...Dave Lenihan of KTRS in St. Louis apologized on the air immediately after making what he said was a slip of the tongue during his morning show on Wednesday ( Read more... )

here's today's sign of our decent into savagery (# 1,268 in a series, collect them all):

Americans apparently know more about "The Simpsons" than they do about the First Amendment
[yahoo! news, free]
Only one in four Americans can name more than one of the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment (freedom of speech, religion, press, ( Read more... )

this is so sad, it's almost funny! meet the new republican reformer in the house of representatives!

Boehner Rents Apartment Owned by Lobbyist in D.C.
[washington post, free, registration required]
Rep. John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), who was elected House majority leader last week, is renting his Capitol Hill apartment from a veteran lobbyist whose ( Read more... )

want to know what jim boehner's reputastion for reform came from?
[the seattle times, free]

Boehner rose to fame as a member of the "Gang of Seven," the group of upstart Republicans who assailed the excesses of the majority Democrats amid reports of bounced checks at the House bank.

however:
Once in power, similar GOP foibles were on display. ( Read more... )

Libby CIA leak trial set for after elections
[yahoo! news, free]
A federal judge on Friday set former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's trial date in the CIA leak case for January 2007, two months after the midterm congressional elections ( Read more... )