This Naperville Sun article is an interesting story about how the all-Republican DuPage County Board works - or doesn’t. In a nutshell, there’s a roughly $800,000 to $950,000 contract for providing meals to the DuPage County Jail. Aramark, a national company that has provided food to the jail for 21 years, recently submitted […]
When he went through confirmation hearings, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said about waterboarding, ‘if it’s torture, then it’s torture’ - which was both meaningless and obscene.
After Michael Mukasey was shamefully confirmed as Attorney General, he said in U.S. Senate hearings that he “would feel” that waterboarding was torture if it were done to him.
That was […]
You can read a summary (and then the original Op Ed) regarding how home foreclosures lack comparable protection here. While what Jack Kemp is advocating sounds like good policy, I’m also interested in how this situation came to be - how is it that home loans (secured by homes) are treated differently than other […]
Democratic Presidential Candidate Chris Dodd plans to make good on his promise to filibuster the Senate FISA renewal bill that provides retroactive immunity to telecommunication companies that may have illegally allowed the Bush Administration to spy on Americans. Dodd has called out three Senators running for president, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, […]
I have a hard time, at this point, imagining Senator Chris Dodd becoming the Democratic nominee for president. While Bill Richardson seems more plausible, and has more support in polls and money, it seems to me he too is a real long shot. But both Richardson and, in some ways more particularly Dodd, […]
TPM covers Verizon’s warrant-free disclosure of phone subscriber information to the FBI. The lawless disclosure demonstrates why we need real, enforced regulation. TPM commenter Ferruge suggests the brand damage to Verizon when he says, “This sure lends a whole new meaning to ‘Can you hear me now?’” [Link is mine.]
But the damage may […]
You can catch the Chicago courthouse liveblogging tomorrow at Planned Parenthood Aurora’s blog.
They’re also showing supporters on YouTube.
Finally, you can show support by donating, joining their ribbon campaign (actual ribbons), volunteering, getting a sign and/or putting a graphic on your website showing your support.
If you’re looking for my take on this see my post about […]
The Republicans in congress have been on a record setting pace filibustering legislation - preventing the majority in congress from passing laws the people demanded and voted for in 2006. Kevin Drum points out the most recent “GOP Obstructionism,”
“On the habeas bill, Democrats and Independents voted 50-1 in favor. Republicans voted 42-8 against. On […]
This is far from an area of expertise for me - but reading Charlie Savage on a Supreme Court that increasingly believes in Presidential supremacy made me think - what happens if (I’ll be positive, when) a Democrat takes the White House in 2008? I don’t have the answers - but I think it might […]
