Rep Sensenbrenner, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is now threatening to block the Patriot Act because of the extension: Via Raw Story: Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Frank James Sensenbrenner (R – WI) has rejected a Patriot Act compromise reached by the Senate. The Senate had agreed to extend controversial provisions of the […]
The DCCC has a nice e-card for Tom Delay this holiday season. It is definitely worth checking out (flash required). You can view ithere. Here is the lyrics to it but the animation is definitely worth watching also
Here’s a nice little exchange of written words between Dennis Hastert and Nancy Pelosi in regards to the budget cut bills. It started last night when Hastert sent the followingletter to Pelosi to try and speed up the legislation on the budget cuts that were passed in Senate yesterday with Cheney’s tie breaking vote: The […]
While talking about FOX news, a new story has emerged. This one is more troubling than John Gibson and his violent outbursts. Perhaps this story also offers insight into why so many right wingers turn to FOX news. From Raw Story: A South Carolina Fox News affiliate ran a story appearing to cheer a white […]
Yesterday John Gibson blew up on the air at Rob Boston over the “War on Christmas”. It was really quite a sight and everyone should check it out atCrooks and Liars. Well it seems that the story doesn’t end there. TheCarpetbagger Report brings us details of round 2 A couple of hours after Gibson’s show […]
Leave it to the awesome reporting of the Nation to remind us of historical facts we may have forgotten about: For the generations who came of age after the mid-1970s, it is worth recalling why warrantless domestic surveillance so shocks the political system. It needs to be repeated that the same arguments cited by Bush–inherent […]
How can we trust the President when he constantly lies to us? Last month he told the people of this country that Congress had access to the same intelligence about Iraq that he did. That was proven a lie a couple weeks ago when a nonpartisan congressional investigation group released a report stating the President […]
Well it looks like the Democrats and some Republicans are not the only ones wondering about Bush’s legal authorization to order the wiretaps: The presiding judge of a secret court that oversees government surveillance in espionage and terrorism cases is arranging a classified briefing for her fellow judges to address their concerns about the legality […]
Senate leaders have reached an agreement to extend the Patriot Act for 6 months so it can be examined more and possible have further protections of civil liberties added in. The extension is twice as long as Democrats were asking for but it is a Democrat victory none the less. It is also a victory […]
An interesting story from Germany which gives us some insight into how they view our leaders and their use of rendition: German police in 2003 shielded a German national suspected of terrorism by the United States from questioning by the CIA, according to a newspaper report to be published on Thursday. Die Zeit weekly said […]