RADIO: Taylor Marsh LIVE! UPDATE (4:16 p.m.): I was supposed to be in the conference call with Senator Harry Reid today, but was busy setting up things for the Donna Edwards interview tomorrow. The bottom line is that in the conference call Reid said Specter\’s bill is DEAD and will not pass. Here is Glenn [...]
Mass Casualty Call’ in Iraq
“Mass Casualty Call” in Iraq CNN has just reported that a truck bomb has hit a combat outpost of American soldiers in Iraq. Two soldiers are dead and over 29 wounded, with a “mass casualty call” going out from the hospital that treats our soldiers. This is as bad as it gets in terms of [...]
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Count the Votes
Count the Votes –updated– Donna Edwards has not conceded, as far as I can tell and have been told, though MyDD (and in Matt's post) is the place to find out the latest. Problems range from delayed delivery of new equipment to an insufficient supply of trained technicians to fix anticipated problems, voting experts say. [...]
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NSA Wiretapping: Between Bush and the Democrats
NSA Wiretapping: Between Bush and the Democrats –updated– UPDATE (10:25 a.m.): Colin Powell finally stands up. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Thursday endorsed efforts by three Republican senators to block President Bush's plan to authorize harsh interrogations of terror suspects. The latest sign of GOP division over White House security policy came in [...]
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Bye Ann
The Texas grand dame is gone. She was a great broad. She would have liked that description, I bet, because not every woman can be one. You have to have a certain amount of experience, pain and grit; have known ups and downs, well, you catch my drift. There's also a measure of class that [...]
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Joe Sestak is the Man
I started this day talking about the Rep. Curt Weldon. It's only fitting that I end my day with the man who deserves to unseat him, Joe Sestak. By the way, Ed will have a special late night post tonight. You won't want to miss it. Now get busy and support Joe Sestak, James Webb [...]
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RADIO: Taylor Marsh LIVE
At 3:00 p.m. today, my radio show will be on the air right here. You'll see an instant link at the very top of my blog. The subjects today are Bush, Iraq and reality. Our president isn't doing very well on either Iraq or reality. I hope you can join me. It's fun to be [...]
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BODY ARMOR: George Allen Betrays the Troops
BODY ARMOR: George Allen Betrays the Troops cross-posted at Firedoglake I was supposed to be in a conference call this morning with VoteVets, but was interrupted. So I asked them to send me their most recent ad campaign in support of the troops, which unmasks George Allen even further. Eric from VoteVets emailed me the [...]
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Did Curt Weldon Dodge the Draft?
–updated– cross-posted at Firedoglake and Huffington Post If you're not familiar with Curt Weldon, he's the guy who wanted to take his shovel to Iraq, and excavate the country in hopes of finding WMD nobody else could find. It earned him a little chiding and by inference the title of Indiana Weldon in the Philadelphia [...]
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Swiftboating: A New Low in Dirty Politics
This piece originally appeared on AlterNet.org. Political dirty tricks have long been a staple of American elections. But now there's a relatively new black art in the mix — a form of attack politics funded to the tune of millions and featuring a wide network of surrogates eager to get into the fight. It's dirty [...]
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Rape Holiday Declared in Pakistan
Rape Holiday Declared in Pakistan –updated– Hey guys in Pakistan, what are you doing today? Why don't you get 2 or 3 — just not 4 — of your buddies together, find a woman and gang rape her. Tuesdays are not busy days, so what the hell, right? That's what Pakistan just declared as law. [...]
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How Bush Rules
How Bush Rules –updated– Mr. President, you're not looking so good. I hope you didn't read Sydney's new book. If you saw Bush's speech last night, this is the tonic. Come to think about it, even if you haven't it is. Sydney Blumenthal has a new book, which looks like a real scorcher. I'm waiting [...]
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Mickey Mouse is Dead
Update (6:34 p.m.): Keith Olbermann proved tonight that he is indeed our modern day Edward R. Murrow. Since Dan Abrams took over running MSNBC, Olbermann has been soaring. Tonight, on 9/11, he was at his best. Watch KEITH OLBERMANN's Murrow MomentThank you, Keith. As at least some of us get ready to endure the final [...]
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Remembrances of Hopes Long Dashed
Remembrances of Hopes Long Dashed cross-posted at Firedoglake I used to live in New York City. I worked on Broadway for several years. I remember the World Trade Center towers very well. I was among the few who loved those structures. Two weeks ago my husband and I spent 10 glorious days in New York [...]
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How Did We Get From 9/11 to Iraq?
How Did We Get From 9/11 to Iraq? cross-posted at Firedoglake and Huffington Post View From 9/11 to Iraq You'll have to excuse me, but I'm not feeling very well this morning. I'm sick to my stomach over the reality I see out over the horizon. And believe me, it has nothing to do with [...]
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ABC’s Path to Disgrace
ABC's Path to Disgrace –updated– WATCH “9/11: Press for Truth” (It's the uncut version that just debuted in New York.) We've had some serious successes pushing back on ABC's desperate docudrama. Ads appeared in newspapers without the 9/11 Commission Report badge of honor, with the actual show offering a caveat that the fiction is indeed [...]
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On A Sunny Tuesday Morning
On A Sunny Tuesday Morning guest post by Mash Photographs of those killed on 9/11 The first time I went to New York City was in 1979. My parents took us to all the famous landmarks on that trip. The three highlights of my trip were visiting the Empire State Building, riding the ferry to [...]
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JOHN KERRY: Republicans have a ‘Katrina Foreign Policy’
JOHN KERRY: Republicans have a 'Katrina Foreign Policy' Kerry on CNN. Talk about nailing the Republicans to the wall. A Katrina foreign policy. Ouch. Republicans are in deep trouble and Karl Rove has a plan: scapegoat George Tenet and swiftboat everyone else. If you saw Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice today, you saw the Republicans' [...]
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Commander Clueless
Commander Clueless Osama Who? Five years after Tora Bora, the trail is “stone cold.” And we thought it couldn't get any worse. Well, it just did. Nice. Now I'm watching a scene where a movie of President Clinton is being projected on a screen, it's footage from some Clinton speech, and a Taliban guy walks [...]
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George W. Bush’s Osama Palooza
George W. Bush's Osama Palooza George W. Bush was for getting Osama before he was against it. It reminds me of one of the best lines in John Kerry's speech today. “… … No American president should be for torture before he’s against it. … … “ – Senator John Kerry Classic. As for finally [...]
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