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House passes acceptable FISA bill

Friday, March 14, 2008

No telecom immunity and no Congressional authorized pass for Bush lawbreaking. Joe Courtney on the right side of this. Some of the Dems who voted against it did so because they opposed any spying.

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Why won’t Congress listen to Mark Klein?

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

When Chris Dodd tried to stop telecom immunity, Harry Reid failed to honor his “hold”, a procedural move that he has allowed Republicans to make time and time again. Many wonder why. The Democrats have flaunted their impotence by subpoenaing White House officials who blow them off without consequences (the recent lawsuit has been assigned […]

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Is that a spine we’re seeing?

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

A while back I noted that it looked like the Democrats in the House were about to join their siblings in the Senate, and cave on the telecom immunity issue. It’s only fair that I report that I may (hopefully) have spoken too soon. Not only are the Democrats not caving, they seem to be […]

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Dems set to cave on FISA

Monday, March 3, 2008

The Democrats in the House appear set to follow their Senate colleagues into infamy. Give them credit for weathering the storm of two weeks of criticism from the Republicans and a virtual rebellion by the people at large (did you miss that? So did I actually) against their stand in favor of the Constitution. The […]

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The forces of ignorance come calling

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

I just got a call from a group that I believe called itself the Protect America Foundation, trying to spread lies about the FISA vote. Unfortunately, I can’t contain my outrage at these people. In retrospect I should have feigned ignorance, and listened to her whole pitch, but I cut her off and told her […]

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In a nutshell

Saturday, February 23, 2008

FISA explained: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7X8u5IEEBc[/youtube]

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Democrats don’t blink

Friday, February 15, 2008

The House Democrats have had a spine implant. After the craven performance of the Senate they have redeemed their party and the nation, at least temporarily, by telling Bush to shove it on FISA. to the surprise of the White House, they didn’t “blink”, as they’ve done so often in the past. Now they’re going […]

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Shame 2.0

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

The last time I used this title for a post, it was to bemoan the Democrats (including Joe Courtney’s) craven attempts to appease the unappeasable by voting to censure Moveon. This time it’s more serious: the Senate of the United States has voted to sanction lawbreaking by a wide margin, voting against Chris Dodd and […]

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Outrage of the week

Friday, February 8, 2008

This week the Attorney General of the United States declared that the law does not apply to members of the executive branch. He did it twice. First he told the Judiciary Committee that torture is legal as long as the Justice Department clears it in advance. By extension, anything is legal as long as the […]

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The Times: what FISA bill?

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

I realize that it is mandatory that the press cover the State of the Union address, so I am not criticizing the New York Times for doing so. However, it is emblematic of all that is wrong with the press in this nation that the real important event that took place yesterday, the fact that […]

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