It’s probably a little too late to go back and review all the interesting tidbits from last week’s Jack [tag]Abramoff[/tag] report from John McCain’s Senate Indian Affairs Committee — suffice it to say, there was plenty of bad news for Bob Ney and Ralph Reed — but there’s one revelation about [tag]Grover Norquist[/tag] and [tag]Karl […]
For weeks, all we’ve heard from the GOP is that anyone who has the gall to consider troop withdrawals from Iraq right now is “waving the white flag” against [tag]terrorists[/tag]. They’re cowards, [tag]Republicans[/tag] say, who are tacitly siding with al Queda with a “[tag]defeat and retreat[/tag]” and “[tag]cut and run[/tag]” attitude. There’s no word yet […]
After a relatively quick break, I’m back. Many, many thanks to Michael J.W. Stickings and Tom Schaller for their terrific work and guest posts in my absence. You can (and should) read Michael every day over at his fine blog, The Reaction. Tom still occasionally posts words of wisdom at The Gadflyer, but even more […]
About a month ago, Greg Sargent wrote a terrific item on recent criticism of progressive blogs from of the D.C. media establishment. In recent weeks, one member after another of the D.C. media establishment has gone out of his way to depict bloggers as hysterical, angry and destructive. To hear them tell it, bloggers sitting […]
By any reasonable measure, the Bush administration’s track record on exposing dangerous terrorist plots isn’t terribly impressive. When Abu Zubaydah was captured in Pakistan in March 2002, the president described him as al Queda’s chief of operations and emphasized the significance of his capture. Bush was wrong. The plot to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge wasn’t […]
I was awfully curious how the far-right would respond to news like this. It has been 2,000 years and possibly much longer since Earth has run such a fever. The [tag]National Academy of Sciences[/tag], reaching that conclusion in a broad review of scientific work requested by Congress, reported Thursday that the “recent warmth is unprecedented […]
First up from the [tag]God[/tag] machine this week is a story from good ol’ [tag]Florida[/tag]. In the Sunshine State, the words “[tag]In God We Trust[/tag]” have appeared on the state seal since 1868, but according to state legislation signed into law this week by Gov. [tag]Jeb Bush[/tag] (R), that wasn’t good enough. The phrase needed […]
Guest Post by Morbo As you know, Sen. [tag]Rick Santorum[/tag] (R-Pa.) announced this week that [tag]U.S.[/tag] troops found [tag]weapons of mass destruction[/tag] in [tag]Iraq[/tag]. As proof, Santorum cited portions of a previously [tag]classified[/tag] report that he was able to get [tag]declassified[/tag]. It noted that 500 [tag]chemical weapons[/tag] [tag]shells[/tag] have been found in Iraq since May […]
Guest Post by Morbo Ann Coulter attacks 9/11 widows, calling them “harpies” and “witches.” National leaders of the Republican Party say nothing. Vernon Robinson runs for Congress in North Carolina on a blatantly racist, anti-gay, anti-Hispanic platform. Leaders of the Republican Party remain mum and in fact welcome his campaign. In Texas, the state Republican […]
Guest Post by Morbo I signed up to get e-mail alerts from several religious right groups just to see what these organizations are up to. I never expected it to be so entertaining. Every few days, a veritable cornucopia of kookiness flows into my in box. One of my favorites is Worldview Weekend, a collection […]