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The WaPo Declares Itself Unable to Find the Truth
The WaPo wants you to know that it--one of the most storied newspapers in American history--is absolutely incapable of sorting through the facts about whether Khalid Sheikh ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Lil Debbie Says Washington Post Should Criticize Obama More to Please Conservatives
The Washington Post's Deborah Howell has a long history of sending readers to the dictionary to determine whether the term "ombudsman" entails systematically perverting ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
A Line Was Crossed At Postville
an essay by Erik Camayd-Freixas, a Spanish-language court interpreter...called in to help process detainees in the raid...[supports the the observation that] the Department of ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
That's Some Catch, That Catch-22.' 'It's The Best There Is'
That pretty much describes the nativist approach to immigration in general. And in the process of fixing something by making it worse, they're conveniently disenfranchising ...Posted by Chris Finnie -
Clinton Supporter Ejected From Rules Meeting, 'McCain Will Be Our Next President'
Things grew increasingly contentious toward the end of the Rules Committee meeting, and a Clinton supporter -- who identified herself as Harriet Christian -- was ejected from ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Our Lady of the Law
Mario Cuomo gave a speech on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving to 2,000 of the most influential lawyers in NYC. The program didn't give a title for the speech, but Gov. Cuomo ...Posted by Robert M Schacht -
Burying the truth about Bush
The credibility of the Washington Post's editorial page took another hit today with Charles Lane's nasty hit piece attacking Dan Rather -- suggesting he's not in his right ...Posted by Robert M Schacht -
More Than Ever, Impeachment Is the Cure
Last night we heard the President of the United States declare that he would refuse to allow US troops to come home from Iraq until they achieved "success" as he and only he ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
The Consequences Of Inaction
Many in the Gulf Coast live, day in and day out, in the shadows of George Bush's many failures. In the aftermath of all those enabling decisions for no oversight and no ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Late Nite FDL: Why the Republicans are Running From YouTube
Let's get something straight here. The reason the Republicans are running from a YouTube debate has nothing to do with embarrassing themselves and everything to do with the ...Posted by Fabrice Florin
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Health Care Budgeting 101: Congress’ Fiscal Scolds Earn an “F-”
the market carve-out for Medicaid saves money, which means that if Blue Dogs really wanted to save money, they would enlarge the Medicaid carve out — say, up to 250 or 350 ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
"Prosecutors Attack Innocence Project Journalism Students" and related posts
EmptywheelCook County Illinois is the gift that keeps on giving. From the aggressive G-Men of the Roaring Twenties to the Red Squads to the original Richard Daley Machine to ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
That Beltway Thing You Do
The DOJ appointment of a special prosecutor has the Beltway press all aflutter. Why? Because it's that thing they do.Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Geithner on White House Plans to “Fix” Social Security
"Finally, after we have passed health care reform that puts our nation on a path to lower growth in health care costs and expanded affordable coverage, this President will ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
DC Journalists Love GOP Obstructionists, But Americans Don’t
The people who live in DC, who pretend to speak for the rest of the country, have no direct experience with what is happening there -- and their attempts to handicap DC ...Posted by Norman Farrell -
Gaza Update: Hiding from Justice
Israel is finally opening the crossings for journalists to enter Gaza--but censoring reports which might provide evidence for prosecution on war crimes.Posted by Robert M Schacht -
Obama's Savvy Choice Of Panetta Shakes Up Stagnant Senate
There is insufficient space here on this blog to recount all the things that the Intelligence Committee has screwed up in recent years, but suffice to say that Feinstein ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Oxdown Gazette » Best Viral Video Of 2008
No, it's not the one with Sarah Palin babbling cheerfully in front of a guy killing turkeys. No, it's not Obama's speech in Chicago on the night he won the election. No, it's ...Posted by Bruce T Brown -
Bill Forming in the House: One Last Chance to Replace the Paulson Bill With a Good Bill
...the Paulson bill won't solve the problem, but will only push it back 6 months or so, at great cost to ordinary taxpayers. If the Paulson bill isn't defeated we're going to ...Posted by Robert M Schacht -
Primary Late Night: Did We Hear Hillary Concede Tonight?
Indiana (88% reporting): -- North Carolina (97% reporting): -- I know, I know. Hillary's victory speech in Indiana tonight was not a concession speech. She vowed ...Posted by Fabrice Florin
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