... (although it may well be eclipsed by saber-rattling towards Iran in tonight's SOTU speech).

Stephen Colbert beat me to it, but I had to talk about this quote by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales speaking to Congress last week. I heard this on the radio when I was driving, and was just flat-out floored.

"There is no expressed grant of habeas ( Read more... )

The House has passed a bill expanding federal funding for stem cell research and a bill requiring the government to negotiate with drug companies for lower drug prices for Medicare recipients. It's hard to say which strikes deeper at the heart of Republican "values". Sure, the first bill tacitly admits that a handful of cells in a freezer ( Read more... )

Video: Olbermann systematically demolishes the idea that Bush should have any credibility whatsoever about Iraq.

He has said more troops were not necessary, and more troops are necessary, and that it's up to the generals, and removed some of the generals who said more troops would be necessary ( Read more... )

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Now we know: Ted Haggard has admitting to buying methamphetimine. He says he never used it. Supply your own "didn't inhale" joke here.

Also, I love how the BBC headline calls him "Sex-row US pastor."

Let's see, what else...

+ Nuclear secrets were online because they wanted to "unleash the blogosphere". Sadly, No commented on it last spring. ( Read more... )

... but need a nudge to vote Democratic? Send them this video of Republican former Representative Pete McCloskey explaining some of the reasons why we need a change.

Peter McCloskey (R) campaigning for Jay Fawcett (D). Excerpts:

I've been a Republican since 1948. My family goes back four generations in California as Republicans. But for the ( Read more... )

When I said the circle of the damned (by knowledge of Mark Foley) had spread to Rep. Kolbe (R-AZ), I didn't know how right I was.

Via AmericaBlog: Rep. Kolbe is under federal investigation for camping trips with pages where his behavior was said to be "inappropriate": (NBC News):

Federal prosecutors in Arizona have opened a preliminary ( Read more... )

As hinted yesterday, the Foley Predatorgate scandal keeps getting worse. Via Atrios: ABC News reports that Foley interrupted a House vote to have internet sex with a former page. At this point it's only a matter of time until a page or former page comes forward to say he had actual sex with Foley ( Read more... )

So, a couple days ago when I read on FDL that the House had voted unanimously for Nancy Pelosi's resolution calling for an investigation of who knew what when about that kiddie-chasing pervert Representative Foley, I actually felt... a bit of strange relief. Like, they will draw the line somewhere. Not at torturing detainees or habeas corpus, but ( Read more... )

I know everyone's probably off watching Dr. Who or having lives or something, but... Did you guys hear about this? Representative Foley has resigned after emails and IMs of him hitting on an underage House page became public. I heard yesterday he claimed they were just friendly emails... uh... apparently not. Yesterday's creepy "can I have a ( Read more... )