Yesterday it was uncovered that Ohio’s top election official owned stock in Diebold during the 2004 election. Today we find out some Ohio election officials have been indicted for for skirting the rules to avoid a recount: After the 2004 presidential election, Cuyahoga County election workers secretly skirted rules designed to make sure all votes […]

This is just horrible. Atrios has a piece up talking about how Republican Rep. Curt Weldon has decided to challenge his Democrat opponent, retired Adm. Joe Sestak, by questioning his choice in hospitals for their five year old daughter who is recovering from a brain tumor. Read the piece here – it shows you how […]

Well it looks like the Pentagon has an excuse for spying on peace activists: The Pentagon said on Wednesday a review launched after revelations that it had collected data on U.S. peace activists found that roughly 260 entries in a classified database of possible terrorist threats should not have been kept there. But the review […]

It looks like there is dissent amongst the GOP ranks Raw Story is reporting: At least four Republican members of Congress are calling on the House Republican leadership to hold a floor debate on the Iraq war, and are holding a press conference today, RAW STORY has learned. The GOP members will announce that they […]

Imagine that – The NYT shows that the largest tax breaks go to the richest: The first data to document the effect of President Bush’s tax cuts for investment income show that they have significantly lowered the tax burden on the richest Americans, reducing taxes on incomes of more than $10 million by an average […]

Awww the chameleon got booed today: Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) threatened on Tuesday to cut short a speech to union leaders who booed his immigration views and later challenged his statements on organized labor and the Iraq war. “If you like, I will leave,” McCain told the AFL-CIO’s Building and Construction Trades […]

Oh this is to sweet to pass up. Seems as though the folks over at Powerline have are really spinning Delay: Former Majority Leader Tom DeLay apparently has announced that he will not seek re-election in the fall. No indication, yet, of his reasons. It’s too bad, I think. DeLay was an effective leader, albeit […]

Oh this is the accident of all accidents: The state’s top elections official said Monday he accidentally invested in a company that makes voting machines. Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor, said he discovered the shares for Diebold Inc. while preparing a required filing for the Ohio Ethics […]

The Washington Post starts off with a nice description of Delay’s drop out: The pending resignation of former House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), once one of the most powerful lawmakers in Washington, comes amid a federal criminal investigation that already has reached into his inner circle of longtime advisers. DeLay faces a trial later […]

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