This is just to priceless: The FBI, alleging a plot to wiretap Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office in downtown New Orleans, arrested four people Monday, including James O’Keefe, a conservative filmmaker whose undercover videos at ACORN field offices severely damaged the advocacy group’s credibility. FBI Special Agent Steven Rayes alleges that O’Keefe aided and abetted […]
This story is really weird: Taping three minutes of “Twilight: New Moon” during a visit to a Rosemont movie theater landed Samantha Tumpach in a jail cell for two nights. Now, the 22-year-old Chicago woman faces up to three years in prison after being charged with a rarely invoked felony designed to prevent movie patrons […]
While progressives are still celebrating the passage of healthcare reform by the House, there seems to be amnesia when it comes to who we are dealing with – big pharma. One thing missing in healthcare reform that really should be there is dealing with situations like this: On the morning of Sept. 2, 2009, another […]
I have spent a long time working in the computer industry and one of the areas I do a lot of work in is cyber security. That means I have been very interested in the whole Palin email hacking case. Essentially what has puzzled me is the attention it has received from the Department of […]
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now, along with two producers, were arrested in St. Paul yesterday. Democracy Now sent out the following email update over night: Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar Released After Illegal Arrest at RNC Goodman Charged with Obstruction; Felony Riot Charges Pending Against Kouddous and Salazar Glenn Greenwald […]
The Wall Street Journal published this little gem: The Logan Act makes it a felony and provides for a prison sentence of up to three years for any American, “without authority of the United States,” to communicate with a foreign government in an effort to influence that government’s behavior on any “disputes or controversies with […]
Hypocrites – all of them! The 80-year-old leader of a megachurch pleaded guilty Wednesday to lying under oath about his sexual affairs and was sentenced to 10 years’ probation. Archbishop Earl Paulk, who has been in ill health, was also fined $1,000 on a single felony count. The charges stem from a 2006 deposition Paulk […]
(image courtesy of Democracy Lost) Once again we have a scandal surrounding the current White House and once again we have the right-wing talking heads out there with towing their typical defense of “well Clinton did it”. This time the excuse is being applied to the U.S.A. purge. A lot of Bush apologists are out […]
This is really interesting. Two different stories, two different countries, two different outcomes. Both have surfaced in the last week: First this news from South Carolina: The South Carolina bill, proposed by Republican Rep. Ralph Davenport, would make it a felony to sell devices used primarily for sexual stimulation and allow law enforcement to seize […]
Today we get our first of hopefully many scoundrels going down in the Abramoff/Delay connection: A former top aide to Rep. Tom DeLay pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy and promised to cooperate with the government’s investigation of lobbying fraud. Tony Rudy, DeLay’s former deputy chief of staff, was told by a U.S. District judge that […]