I swear there are just not enough hours in the day, so let me do a quick catch up. First we have the Senate Judiciary Committee issuing a subpoena to former Rove aide Sara Taylor, while the House Judiciary Committee is issuing one to Harriet Meirs. Regarding this matter, John Conyers said, “Let me be […]
According to the federal law, not that much – a law upheld by the Supreme Court yesterday: The nation’s home healthcare aides are not entitled to minimum wages or overtime pay under federal law, even if they work for private employers, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. The 9-0 decision, which keeps in place a long-standing […]
Today’s Washington Post: When the FBI asked Congress this spring to provide $3.6 million in the war spending bill for its Gulfstream V jet, it said the money was needed to ensure that the aircraft, packed with state-of-the-art security and communications gear, could continue to fly counterterrorism agents on “crucial missions” into Iraq. Since the […]
All this talk of “condemning” Sudan is nothing but that, talk. The Bush administration don’t care what they are doing, so long as they can “help us”: Sudan has secretly worked with the CIA to spy on the insurgency in Iraq, an example of how the U.S. has continued to cooperate with the Sudanese regime […]
This is a very dangerous tactic: With the four-month-old increase in American troops showing only modest success in curbing insurgent attacks, American commanders are turning to another strategy that they acknowledge is fraught with risk: arming Sunni Arab groups that have promised to fight militants linked with Al Qaeda who have been their allies in […]
Unbelievable. Think Progress has the video up. “I think we have to be prepared to take aggressive military action against the Iranians to stop them from killing Americans in Iraq,†Lieberman said. Host Bob Schieffer followed-up: “Let’s just stop right there. Because I think you probably made some news here, Senator Lieberman. You’re saying that […]
For our military that is. He told George Stephanopoulos this morning that he doesn’t think it’s write for Petraeus to have to prove progress to the Congress this September. Yeah – let’s not have any kind of tests or benchmarks for Iraq. That is basically the same strategy George Bush has used, the same strategy […]
This will be an interesting vote: The Senate will hold a “no confidence†vote on embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales this Monday, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, announced. In a statement released Friday, Schumer said if all senators followed their conscience, “this vote would be unanimous.†“However, the president will certainly exert pressure to support […]
Just now being reported on MSNBC. More is expected at the top of the hour.