According to NBC: “Scooter Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, has hired a renowned memory-loss expert to assist him with his legal defense. Harvard psychology professor Daniel L. Schacter tells NBC News he has been retained by Libby as a consultant. An official familiar with the Libby defense team confirms the […]

Bill Moyers in ‘08. Read his platform here. It’s long but well worth it.
Time to start seriously pushing for Campaign reform. Take the first step by going to PublicCampaign.org.
Molly Ivins is one smart cookie when she takes on the Dubai Ports World dealio: “The government is willing to outsource American jobs for the holy grail […]

Dan Savage takes a common sense look at the “ex-gay” movement in the NY Times.
“What should really trouble evangelicals, however, is this: even if every gay man became ex-gay tomorrow, there still wouldn’t be an ex-lesbian tomboy out there for every ex-gay cowboy. Instead, millions of straight women would wake up one morning to discover […]

…don’t try and manipulate members of Congress.
“A House Republican whose subcommittee oversees the National Security Agency broke ranks with the White House on Tuesday and called for a full Congressional inquiry into the Bush administration’s domestic eavesdropping program.” Read more…

And trust me, read this and you will too.

The headline for this article is “Budget Cuts Pass By a Slim Margin.”The headline for this article should be “Impact of Budget Bill Negligible on Deficit,” or “Tax cuts would more than negate the savings from the budget bill.”
Action: “The House yesterday narrowly approved a contentious budget-cutting package that would save nearly $40 billion over […]

Capitol Police Apologize to Activist Sheehan.

Usually the State of the Union address is a hopeful exercise. A President lays out his plan for a better America to Congress and the American people. Traditionally he may not be able to see many of his ideas become actual policy - mainly due to partisan politics - there is still a feeling that […]

It’s our pre-Alito-confirmation, pre-SOTU show. Global warming, domestic wiretapping, health care, the Bush-Abramoff photos. And we’re joined by Gene Policinski, Executive Director of the First Amendment Center. Also, Mary is confused and dismayed by the warm fuzzies she feels for Republican Senator Chuck Hagel. And for some reason we reference Bob Dole a lot.
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This is too good not to post in it’s entirety.
A False Balance By PAUL KRUGMAN
“How does one report the facts,” asked Rob Corddry on “The Daily Show,” “when the facts themselves are biased?” He explained to Jon Stewart, who played straight man, that “facts in Iraq have an anti-Bush agenda,” and therefore can’t be reported.
Mr. […]