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Plame: Clues That Bush Knew?

Bush's own words and the timeline below convince me that Frank Rich's assertion here that instigation of "a conspiracy that was not at all petty: the one that took us on false premises into a reckless...

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WH Opinion Letter Entered in USA v Libby Case

A letter written by Fred Fielding, WH counsel, to Patrick Fitzgerald and cc'd to Judge Walton has been entered on the case docket in USA v. Libby.  Lysias also helpfully pointed out in a comment below...

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Judge Walton Ruled Today in USA v Libby

On July 3rd, Judge Reggie B. Walton directed the parties in USA v. Libby to submit their positions regarding a discrepancy between the pResident's Grant of Executive Clemency, which commuted Libby's...

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Live Blog II: Democratic Presidential Candidate Forum

PLEASE, ONLY RECOMMEND LIVE BLOG I here:LIVE BLOG IToday's event is the Heartland Democratic Presidential ForumOn Saturday, we go to Iowa for a Democratic Presidential candidates forum hosted by a...

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Dear Walt Whitman

Dear Walt, I understand the poet Michael Palmer wrote a letter to you a couple years ago* in which he informed  you of our failure to achieve the vision you penned 120 years ago in your poem,...

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Obama/Biden: From the Mountaintop to the Valley - Pics!

promoted by DemFromCT - there's another candidate team on the ballot, after all  ;-)It's impossible to find, even among our detractors, anyone who can credibly assert that the 2008 Democratic National...

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Death Penalty Juries: Are You Excluded?

Yesterday's diary by Meteor Blades titled Chandra Levy's Dad: No Death Penalty for Her Murderer conveyed the news that Chandra's parents prefer a life sentence for her killer, rather than the death...

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A Message From First Lady Michelle Obama

First Lady Michelle Obama has a message for everyone concerning National Health Care Day of Service which is this Saturday, June 27th.  If you haven't seen her message in your inbox, check it out in...

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LGBT: Judge Walker Fast-Tracks Olson/Boies

On Wednesday, Adam B informed us in his diary Prop 8 On Trial: Sooner Than You Think that Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California doesn't...

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Healthcare Just Like Congress Has

We’ve heard it spoken many times – the American people deserve healthcare coverage comparable to that enjoyed by members of Congress.  The sentiment makes sense; after all, they are our public servants...

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What A Wonderful World

A photo array of Haitian relief efforts...

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An Apology to Woozle Lovers From a Pootie Lover

Sigh.I confess.I’m the person who posted that image that conveyed a slightly snide undertone toward Woozles in a recent Pootie diary.   You know the one.  Photo of Pootie and Woozle together....

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Prop 8: Proponents May Lack Standing to Appeal

    Last up on the docket yesterday in Perry v. Schwarzenegger is the Plaintiffs' and Plaintiff-Intervenor's Joint Opposition to Defendant-Intervenors' Motion For A Stay Pending Appeal (the...

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Prop 8: Imperial County Files Notice of Appeal

    In a previous diary titled Prop 8: Proponents May Lack Standing to Appeal, I mentioned that on the same day Judge Walker ruled that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional, the Court also entered his...

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Death Penalty Juries Are Biased Against The Accused

   Not a single death row inmate has received a trial before a jury fairly representative of the community in which he or she was tried. In every case, the juries who convicted those prisoners were...

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NSA: An International Piece of the Puzzle - The Unmentioned Law

It’s no accident that among the multifarious “justifications” contained in the DOJ’s  2006 Legal Authorities Supporting the Activities of the National Security Agency, the following paragraph -...

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Elliott Abrams Types LIHOP So We Can "Relearn" Lesson About NSA "Work"

Despite the facts that i) 9/11 occurred while the system was "blinking red" using then-available intelligence, and ii) opinion by informed Senators and the President's NSA Commission Report conclusion...

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WV: Freedom Industries Has Ties to Koch Brothers

Very briefly ...If news reports have left you with the impression that Freedom Industries - the company that has contaminated the water supply serving 300,000 people (and who knows how much wildlife)...

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WV Spill: Multi-Millionaire Tied to GOP Dark Money Fronts Freedom Bankruptcy...

It's been a rough, disturbing, eleven days for the people of Charleston, West Virginia, a city already hurtingbefore the chemical spill that devastated their local economy and caused 300,000 residents...

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ACTION: Prison Reform - Federal Drug Sentencing Reductions

This one's right up our alley, Kossacks.  We're naturals!  Our mainspring is right there in the Democratic Party Platform: "We will continue to fight inequalities in our criminal justice system."Meteor...

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Police Discrepancy About NYPD Warning

As is generally the case during breaking news, additional details later surface that serve to shed further light on what actually transpired.  In the case of slain New York City Police Officers Wenjian...

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Bernie Sanders Releases Racial Justice Issues Page on Campaign Website

    This is not a diary, per se, but a notification to the community that Senator Sanders has released a new issues page on his campaign website entitled "Racial Justice," which begins:  We must pursue...

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