The Senate Judiciary Committee is releasing a 60-page report justifying its contempt of Congress citations aimed at Karl Rove and other Bush administr...
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics
Back in Volume 36 of this Friday Talking Points column, I pointed out what seemed to me to be an obvious observation -- that the media was going a lot...
Dan Sweeney | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics
Yesterday, Rove dismissed the Judiciary Committee's contempt recommendation as "ludicrous." Today, he continues his inexorable slide toward actually having to show up on Congress' doorstep.
Don Siegelman | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics
Karl Rove and his right-wing political cronies targeted me through a malicious, unfounded, politically-motivated prosecution. Now is the time to take action.
Mike Stark | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics
I anticipated this exact sequence of events on a conference call with Pelosi several months ago. Yeah, I didn't like it when she laughed after I mentioned inherent contempt, but at least we have her on the record.
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics
Happy Leap Day! Because we are given an extra day this year, I would like to spend it in a good old fashioned Bush-bash. Maybe it's because everyone'...
Naomi Wolf | Posted 01.25.2008 | Politics
Where it counts most, Democratic leaders in Congress have completely abdicated their Constitutional oversight role.
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics
The whole Obama flap over cocaine (fueled by the Clinton camp) needs to get shot down right away, before any Republicans consider using it to attack Obama. And it's so pathetically easy to shoot this one down.
AP | Posted 11.05.2007 | Politics
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers exhorted the White House Monday to comply with subpoenas of President Bush's key confidants in connect...
If you think people laugh at your skiing skills then think again. A man was a...
The Anchorage Daily News reports that Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol Palin's...
Rep. John Conyers has written a letter to Democratic colleagues urging them to join...
As January 20 grows larger in the window, I've been thinking more often about the...
I want to play poker with Harry Reid. Really I do. Rather than call for a...
America is in shock. It is not because of the unusual sight of the first black...
Are nude animal rights protests old hat? We got word of a...
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Rachel Maddow appeared on "The Daily...
Patrick Swayze, who has been battling pancreatic cancer for a year, sat down with Barbara Walters for...
An article in next month's Atlantic asks, "Is porn...
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The Internet is awash with rumors over the cause of the tragic death of actor John Travolta's...
The Raw Story | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics