It’s starting to look up for October: White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, widely expected to leave the White House to make a long coveted run for Chicago mayor, could make an announcement on his decision as soon as Friday, a source close to him said. Emanuel has not made a final decision, said […]
George Stephanopoulos asks a great question while interviewing Timothy Geithner today: Stephanopoulos: How firm is the President’s commitment to this proposal? If, for example, the Congress passes an extension of the tax cuts for the wealthy, will the President veto it? Geithner: Again, what the President believes is the best strategy for the country is […]
As I mentioned earlier, a major contributing factor to the huge loss Creigh Deeds suffered last night was from the fact that he ended up running against the Democratic agenda. Markos gives some needed warning to the Democrats on what happened last night: Giving Republicans cover by stymying the reform agenda that won Democrats the […]
It looks like McCain and Palin are now at odds on how to attack Obama. Honestly this shouldn’t be. John McCain is on the top of the ticket and has to show leadership. If his subordinate won’t follow his leadership then we must ask: a) exactly how good of a leader is John McCain? b) […]
The Army and Air Force are at odds, so the Army goes out and starts up it’s own air unit. What next – will we see one branch of our military go to war with the other? I guess this can be chalked up as more of that financial conservatism by the GOP.
Looks like more trouble happening in our government: F.B.I. agents on Tuesday raided and temporarily shut down the offices of a small federal watchdog agency that is charged with protecting the rights of government whistle-blowers but has been accused of retaliating against whistle-blowers in its own ranks. The raid on the downtown Washington headquarters of […]
Yesterday the wingnuts were quick to pin the blame of the Times Square bombing on the “anti-war left”. Now news comes out that the “anti-war” letters received by members of Congress yesterday was not connected to the bombing: There’s apparently no link between the bombing of an military recruiting station in New York’s Times Square […]
Stories like this are just way to common anymore: Thieves took sensitive personal information on 26.5 million U.S. veterans, including Social Security numbers and birth dates, after a Veterans Affairs employee improperly brought the material home, the government said Monday. The information involved mainly those veterans who served and have been discharged since 1975, said […]
Via Reuters: Baltimore Harbor Tunnel closed in security threat The Baltimore Harbor Tunnel, which carries traffic on the main East Coast highway, was closed on Tuesday as a “security precaution,” authorities said. The 1.4 mile, four-lane tunnel was closed down shortly before noon, said an officer at the Maryland Transportation Authority Police Command Center. “It’s […]
Just in via the AP Falwell’s ‘Vote Christian’ Criticized A Jewish organization is calling on the Rev. Jerry Falwell to retract a “vote Christian in 2008” statement made months ago in a letter raising money for his ministries. The criticism of Falwell appeared Monday on the Web site of the Anti-Defamation League, a group organized […]