By Martin Bosworth The Sept. 20 Newsweek had an illuminating look at the secret lobbying campaign being waged by the major telecom companies to retroactively block lawsuits against them for their participation […]
Six minutes to midnight in the surveillance society…
By Martin Bosworth As our own Sunfell excellently explained recently, our society is rapidly becoming one where your data shadow can chase you wherever you go. Where privacy is an illusion, where […]
Fed prepares to “move the goalposts” to delay recession; Greenspan says “Not my fault”
By Martin Bosworth The phrase “moving the goalposts” has been applied most heavily in public discourse of late to the Bush regime’s “strategery” regarding the Iraq war. Through the “surge” and constant […]
ACLU: Reid and Pelosi “rolled over” on FISA; “The Constitution is too important for that”
By Martin Bosworth This afternoon I participated in a conference call with members of the American Civil Liberties Union and several prominent bloggers, discussing the ACLU’s strategy for pushing the Democrats to […]
Rudy Giuliani: Everything you hate about Bush, and worse
“I’m pro-choice, I’m pro-gay rights,” Giuliani said.By Martin Bosworth —CNN.com Inside Politics, May 2, 1999. Giuliani has described himself as a backer of civil unions and is frequently described that way in […]
FISA failure demonstrates why we need real progressives in Congress
By Martin Bosworth I’m still mulling over the massive Democratic capitulation that enabled King George to pass into law the most sweeping violation of Americans’ privacy yet–legalizing an illegal program, and making […]
Democrats sell out America thanks to spy bill vote
By Martin Bosworth What an absolute disgrace this is: The Senate bowed to White House pressure last night and passed a Republican plan for overhauling the federal government’s terrorist surveillance laws, approving […]
Mudcat Gets Mud In Edwards’ Eye
By Martin Bosworth Yesterday, longtime Democratic consultant (and self-admitted “inexperienced blogger”) Dave “Mudcat” Saunders started a guest gig at Time’s “Swampland” blog by basically telling much of the progressive Democrat blogosphere to […]
Iraq: Bush executes strategic advance in a rearward direction
President George Bush says he will not support attaching benchmarks to funding of the Iraq occupation. Rice: Bush Would Oppose Iraq Benchmarks Bush Would Not Support Bill That Sets Iraqi Government Benchmarks, […]
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