The Online Beat: Jackson: Impeachment Is the Right Response
Congressman says the president's decision to commute Libby's sentence should put impeachment back on the table. The founders would agree.
The Notion: Bush Assaults Rule of Law to Save Libby
The commutation of the 30-month prison sentence for Lewis Libby fits into a larger, systemic assault on American rule of law by the Bush Administration.
Campaign Matters: Fred Thompson's Rule of Lawlessness
Prospective presidential candidate leads cheers for commutation of convicted-felon Scooter Libby's sentence. Let's never forget.
Campaign Matters: A Closer Look at Giuliani's Neo-Confederate SC Campaign Chair
By appointing neo-Confederate radical Arthur Ravenel to lead his campaign in South Carolina, Giuliani has truly become the Copperhead candidate.
Capital Games: Bush Commutes Libby's Jail Sentence
Egged on by the neocons, a president who took the nation to war with untruths comes to the rescue of a Cheney aide convicted of lying. This commutation fits the administration.
The Notion: Party for the Planet
This Saturday's Live Earth concert could be another annoying celebrity-fest, but it doesn't have to be.
Capital Games: Libby Turned Down Again, Getting Closer to Jail
Three appeals judges say Libby cannot stay free while he challenges his criminal conviction. Expect neocon pardon-mania to explode.
Campaign Matters: Bloomberg the Philanthropist
Last week, the city's Mayor gave $30 million to some fine NY groups. If he's smart, he'll drop his Presidential ambitions and stick with giving his dough away.
The Online Beat: To the Courts, Then, on Behalf of the Constitution!
Asked if he will go to the courts to force the White House compliance with subpoenas, Leahy says: If they don't cooperate, yes I'll go that far."
Editor's Cut: Bloomberg the Philanthropist
Last week, the city's Mayor gave $30 million away to some fine NY groups. If he's smart, he'll drop his Presidential ambitions and stick with giving his dough away.
Editor's Cut: Bloomberg the Philanthropist
Last week, the city's Mayor gave $30 million away to some fine NY groups. If he's smart, he'll drop his Presidential ambitions and stick with giving his dough away.
The Notion: Should Democrats Nuke Washington?
It's time for Democrats and members of the media to call out the GOP's frequent use of the filibuster in the Senate.
Campaign Matters: Another Debate, Another Good Night for Hillary Clinton
New York senator brings down the house at Howard University with a powerful statement on how race shapes AIDs policy in America.
Campaign Matters: Rudy's White Powder/White Power Problem
His former South Carolina campaign chairman was just indicted for dealing coke. His new state co-chair is a neo-Confederate with a history of racist remarks.
