We knew this was coming: Prosecutors will ask a judge to dismiss all charges in the sexual assault case against former IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn at a court hearing on Tuesday, the New York Post reported on Sunday, citing unnamed sources. The Manhattan district attorney’s office will file a motion recommending the case be dropped […]
For anyone out there thinking News Corp is innocent, we just need to look back to 2009: News Corporation admitted at a trial in 2009 that computers at its U.S. marketing division, News America Marketing, hacked into the secure website of a rival U.S.-based company 11 times, according to Bloomberg. The FBI is currently investigating […]
Bob Schieffer, far from being some member of the “liberal media”, tonight accused Trump’s assertion of bordering on racism: Donald Trump has moved on from the “birther” conspiracy to allege President Barack Obama didn’t get good enough grades to warrant entry to Harvard Law School, an assertion that CBS News chief Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer […]
I’m sorry, but if you believe FOX news is factual and honest, I have a bridge to sell you: Fox News has been making a lot of hay about one of their reporters allegedly being “punched” by a protester in Madison, Wisconsin. Turns out, that didn’t happen. Mike Tobin, reporting from amid the massive demonstration […]
The website defendglenn.com has been fighting back against the boycotts of Glenn Beck. The mission statement of their site even states as much in rather bold terms: Ironically it turns out that their site was actually pushing a lie, not about Glenn Beck, but about Color of Change: DefendGlenn.com on several occasions inaccurately reported that […]
Here we go – attack the newspaper. The McCain campaign has a post up calling the New York Times a “partisan paper of record”, as well as comparing it to the Huffington Post. Amazing that this is the only defense they have, while ignoring other outlets such as Newsweek is also reporting on the Davis/Freddie […]
It is time for a full criminal hearing into the Bush White House. Here is the latest revelation on the NSA wiretapping: A former Qwest Communications International executive, appealing a conviction for insider trading, has alleged that the government withdrew opportunities for contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars after Qwest refused to participate in […]
The right wing loons are at it again. Aravosis has a complete run down of their latest attack and this time it is on the Capital Police. Here is a prime example, but please read the entire thing: 1. ALLEGATION: The Capitol Police “allowed” the protesters to spray paint the US Capitol – the police […]
I have really been waiting for this to happen: The CIA officer whose identity was leaked to reporters sued Vice President Dick Cheney, his former top aide and presidential adviser Karl Rove on Thursday, accusing them and other White House officials of conspiring to destroy her career. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, […]
After reading through the 29 page response filed by Scooter Libby’s attorneys this week, I uncovered something I found of interest. The response gives us a look into who may be called to the witness stand and what role their testimony could play. Firs up is Marc Grossman, former Under Secretary of Political Affairs. Grossman’s […]