U.S. Asks Judge to Drop Suit on N.S.A. Spying "the evidence we need to demonstrate to you that it lawful cannot be disclosed without that process itself causing grave harm to United States national security." "The government cannot confirm or deny whether a particular individual is subject to surveillance or what the criteria is. Indicating […]
Glenn Greenwald of Unclaimed Territory and author of How Would a Patriot Act has a good post on a topic everyone seems to realize is an important development [Judiciary reminds Bush administration that it exists] – a Michigan Judge has heard the A.C.L.U.‘s case against the N.S.A. Wiretaps. While I have to agree that this […]
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Obviously, Ann Coulter, Karl Rove, and Tom Delay have gotten me to thinking about what "Liberal" means. Delay’s comments don’t really count, they’re so laughable, He’s still on the Liberals want big government, big spending, high taxes kick. In many ways, Rove is in the same camp. At this point, anyone who falls for that […]
Four weeks ago, during the time when we reported that White House political adviser Karl Rove was indicted for crimes related to his role in the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson, the grand jury empanelled in the case returned an indictment that was filed under seal in US District Court for the […]
I knew if I waited long enough, I’d find something on Fox News that I could support. ‘You Think Gay Pride, Bimbo!’ My new hero – Julie Banderas of Fox News, a great American and an example for us all!
I’ve been thinking about political use of the term, spin: "In public relations, spin is a usually pejorative term signifying a heavily biased portrayal in one’s own favor of an event or situation. While traditional public relations may also rely on creative presentation of the facts, spin often, though not always, implies disingenuous, deceptive and/or […]
…my post isn’t about whether we need to have a national debate and a new policy about immigration or not. It’s about the motivation and timing for bringing it up right now. The answer is simple, to engage the racism in Bush’s "base." So when we see this article, KKK converges on Antietam battlefield, who […]
I think there are a few points that should be clarified by everyone at yearlyKos, and everyone who is not at yearlyKos but knows what it is, and is a self-declared member of that community. I don’t know if they are general points. I certainly hope so. But here’s my version: Not Democrats: I have […]
And here‘s a rare thing – a publisher acknowledging an under-covered story [R.F.K. Jr’s article in Rolling Stone on the fraud in the 2004 election]. For a real treat, catch the C-Span video of the C.I.A. Leak Panel at yearlyKos. It’s a 12 [on a scale from 1 to 10]! The thing that was […]