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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 […]
George Bush: Using the Constitution to destroy the Constitution
By Martin Bosworth In an act of absolutely unmitigated gall, George Bush is using the power granted to the Executive Branch by the Constitution (Article II, Section 3) to force Congress to […]
Breeding for Christ, conservatism and consumerism
By Martin Bosworth An interesting piece came across my desk the other day that paints a chilling picture of how strong the religious right’s death grip is on American culture and politics…and […]
Recent statements from morons
I understand the embarrassment that it caused the party. I will work diligently to make sure that these things don’t happen again. — John Irish, chair of the Lucas County (Ohio) Democratic […]
Rollo Tomasi and the Age of Empire
By Martin Bosworth Ed Exley: Rollo Tomasi is the reason I became a cop. I wanted to catch the guys who thought they could get away with it. It’s supposed to be […]
Revived immigration bill will lead to REAL ID–and to identity theft and data breaches
By Martin Bosworth Like a zombie lurching from the grave, the Senate has decided to resurrect the behemoth “guest worker compromise” immigration bill. And just as before, not only will this bill […]
Recent statements from morons
We’ve seen a number of times right now, people have been putting together investigations to see what sticks. They have had very little success so far. This is an administration that is […]
The very long night of Rudy Giuliani
By Martin Bosworth So let’s say you’re Rudy Giuliani–darling of the media for turning New York City into Disney World, fawned over as the Saint of 9/11 and a “national security authority” […]
Mike Gravel/Ron Paul 2008: don’t settle for the lesser insane
By Martin Bosworth I’ve decided that no matter what we do in 2008, we’re going to end up electing someone who’s going to end up making a lot of crazy decisions and […]
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