Majority Whip Clyburn to Endorse Obama Tuesday
Sorry about the brief diary, but I just heard about this on Hardball and confirmed it online. James Clyburn, the House Majority Whip and highest-ranking African American in congress, just announced...
View ArticleAnd We'll Be Right Back...
While many of us might have had differences with Tim Russert over his political coverage on Meet the Press and elsewhere, now is not the time for that. This is a tragedy for his family, friends,...
View Article"maybe days away from a complete meltdown"
Sorry about the short diary, but this article was just posted on the NY Times web site and the following part of it just jumped out at me and gave me the chills:As Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Democrat...
View ArticlePreview of Obama's Closing Campaign Speech?
I was just going through some videos that I'd recorded this summer off of CSPAN (I'm a junkie) and came across one that struck me as what would be, in essense, the perfect closing campaign speech for...
View ArticleBREAKING: Leon Panetta to be Named CIA Chief (w/Poll)
Chuck Todd just announced it on MSNBC, and it was also reported on in the NY Times.January 5, 2009, 2:30 pm Panetta to Be Named C.I.A. Director By Carl Hulse AND Mark MazzettiPresident-elect Barack...
View ArticleTop Bush Official: US Tortured
Apologies if this has already been diaried, but the NY Times just put out a story a story saying that a top official in the Pentagon's Military Commissions apparatus, which was set up to try detainees...
View ArticleFalme Alert! Rush Made Google Fail! [w/Poll & Fix]
I just tried to run some quick Google searches, and I noticed the words "This site may harm your computer." below most of the results. When I clicked on the results, I got a help page telling me that...
View ArticleBREAKING: District Judge Slams Obama DoJ on State Secrets
I just came across this. In the ongoing Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation lawsuit against the Bush administration in which the Obama DoJ recently sided with the Bush administration in requesting that the...
View ArticleAP's Liz Sidoti gets it wrong AGAIN!
This time on Social Security.She's really trying to set some kind of record, I believe.In an AP piece today, she made the following seemingly alarming assertion about Obama's alleged stance on Social...
View ArticleMaureen Dowd, NY Times Resident Troll, Mocks Grapes and Bees
NY Times columnist, "Heather" and dilletante extraordinaire Maureen Dowd (MoDo) has unsurprisingly decided to yet again exploit a situation that she knows and cares nothing about (which is pretty much...
View ArticleBREAKING: NY Fed Chair Abruptly Resigns
Sorry for the short diary, but this just broke a few minutes ago and I haven't seen anything else on it here. But according to various news sources including the NY Times:Stephen Friedman, the chairman...
View ArticleFox News-Owning News Corp to Start Charging for Online Content
I just came across a brief story saying that Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, which owns Fox News, along with the NY Post and Wall Street Journal, intends to start charging for online news...
View ArticleJody Powell, Top Carter Aide, Has Died
Short diary, but I just found out about this. Jody Powell just died at 65, of an apparent heart attack at his Maryland home. He was one of Jimmy Carter's top aides when he was governor and president,...
View ArticleObama Stumps For Patty Murray In Seattle Today [w/Photos]
President Obama stumped for senator Patty Murray at the University of Washington today in Seattle. The main event was held at the indoor Hec Ed Pavilion, but prior to it Obama spoke briefly to and and...
View ArticleBREAKING: MSNBC Suspends Scarborough Over Campaign Donations
Is this MSNBC trying to be "fair and balanced"? I'll let "them report", and you can "decide".This just came in minutes ago (and has aleady been diaried here, here and here).MSNBC just announced that it...
View ArticleBaseball Great Gary Carter Has Died
I just saw on the New York Times front page that former Expos, Mets and Dodgers catcher Gary Carter has just died of brain cancer. I had no idea that he was even sick so this comes as a total shock and...
View ArticleWA GOP Lawmaker Believes Bicycles Bad For Environment...Because CO2
In another installment of things Republicans say that are so stupid you just can't make them up, Washington state rep Ed Orcutt, a Republican, claimed in an email to a constituent regarding a bike tax...
View ArticleBREAKING: SCOTUS Strikes Down Section 4 Of Voting Rights Act
Apologies for the micro diary but this is all I've found as SCOTUS literally just issued its ruling on the Voting Rights Act minutes ago.TPM:SCOTUS Strikes Down Section 4 Of Voting Rights Act NYT:...
View ArticleThe President, Larry Summers, a Dirty Hippie and the Pope...
Now that short pseudo-diaries are ok I just had to post this really funny joke I just came across on Digby. Apologies if it's already been diaried.
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