What a shocker — part of Tom DeLay’s political machine violated campaign finance laws. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s legal expense fund accepted improper contributions from two registered lobbyists in 2001 and this week returned the checks, totaling $3,500, fund trustee Brent Perry said Tuesday. House rules prohibit lobbyists from making contributions to a member’s […]
You may have heard about the slew of complaints generated by the public about offensive things seen on television. To hear the FCC tell it, the agency is being inundated. In an appearance before Congress in February, when the controversy over Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl moment was at its height, Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael […]
The day before the election, the Wall Street Journal noted that French President Jacques Chirac, despite his “differences” with Bush over the years, sees a big silver lining to a second Bush term. For Mr. Chirac, a Bush victory could make it easier for him to achieve some key goals — such as unifying Europe […]
Everyone knew this was coming, but today he made it official. New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, whose investigations of white-collar crime have shaken the nation’s financial institutions, said Tuesday he will run for governor in 2006. Spitzer has long been known to be interested in the job, but it was the first time the […]
Sometimes, it’s just painful to read such abject nonsense. Looking back over the past four years, [Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld] acknowledged that the two biggest mistakes or misjudgments that had been made — though not necessarily by him — were the failure to discover any prohibited weapons in Iraq (“that’s clearly a disappointment”) and a […]
Atrios uncovered a doozy today. At an event in Iowa yesterday, Bush invited Mike and Sharla Hintz to serve as an example of the typical, hard-working American family that has benefited from a series of tax cuts aimed at the wealthy. Mr. Hintz seemed particularly enthusiastic. Mike Hintz, a First Assembly of God youth pastor, […]
The fact that Treasury Secretary John Snow will soon be forced out is no longer in question; speculation now turns to his replacement. The New York Times focused attention yesterday on Bush’s right-hand man (not Cheney, the other right-hand man). President Bush has decided to replace John W. Snow as treasury secretary and has been […]
I realize Bush’s confidence in his own superiority is obvious, but it’s still amazing to hear that he doesn’t even understand how people could disagree with some of his more controversial positions. A brief question laden with incredulity foreshadowed George W. Bush’s determination to sell missile defence directly to Canadians and taught Prime Minister Paul […]
I guess Porter Goss hasn’t quite figured out how to stop embarrassing leaks that make his boss look bad. A classified cable sent by the Central Intelligence Agency’s station chief in Baghdad has warned that the situation in Iraq is deteriorating and may not rebound any time soon, according to government officials. The cable, sent […]
Following up on a guest post from last week, Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich’s (R) decision to stop state employees from communicating with a newspaper he doesn’t like has led to an interesting lawsuit. The Baltimore Sun filed suit against Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. of Maryland on Friday, asserting that he violated the paper’s First […]