Dear Michelle Malkin and Hot Air –updated– UPDATE II: Bryan Preston is his name and he is Hot Air. Reader Ryan suggested I make sure everyone knows his name, not just his blog address. This is particularly true since Bryan has proven he is willing to use the troops and edit the truth to prop [...]
Russ Feingold on the Attack –updated–
Russ Feingold on the Attack –updated– (posted from Washington, D.C., 10:30 a.m. eastern time) Senator Feingold on the attack. I wanted to post this quickly before I headed off to my final meetings, because I won't have time between the foreign policy lecture at the New American Foundation on Winning the Un-War: A New Strategy [...]
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War Theater for Bush
War Theater for Bush (posted from Washington, D.C., 8:23 a.m. eastern time) Very busy morning for me, as I take in some meetings, then I'm off to a foreign policy lecture at the New American Foundation on Winning the Un-War: A New Strategy for the War on Terrorism. Looking forward to that very much. Afterwards, [...]
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INCOMING: Kerry Openly Challenges Clinton
INCOMING: Kerry Openly Challenges Clinton (posted from Washington, D.C., 11:21 p.m. eastern time) John Kerry on Iraq It was nothing less than a broadside. Well, actually, there were multiple plays: Kerry vs. Clinton; followed by House Republicans against their Democratic counterparts. It's the intramural Iraq war death match, Act I. Kerry delivered a shot across [...]
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Hillary Clinton Booed
Hillary Clinton Booed (posted from Washington, D.C., 5:41 p.m. eastern time) UPDATE: Senator Hillary Clinton Gets Booed over Iraq. It was well earned. Hillary Clinton booed by Democrats.The “boos” come close to the end of the link above. President Bush makes a desperation pr trip to Iraq, and what we get is this crap? I [...]
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TBA: Hillary, Nancy and John
This morning it's Clinton, Pelosi and Kerry for breakfast, with the blogger panel later with Matt Stoller, Glenn Greenwald and FDL's Christy Hardin Smith. Later, before lunch, is Tom Visack of Iowa. At least he's here. Governor Richardson did some weird video feed greeting yesterday, which was ridiculous. I finally met Glenn last night, which [...]
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Artists, Crooks, and Republicans
Artists, Crooks, and Republicans (posted from Washington, D.C., 11:33 p.m. eastern time) The picture says it all. Have a caption?
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Harry Reid Speaks Out On Iraq –updated–
Harry Reid Speaks Out On Iraq –updated– (posted from Washington, D.C., 3:53 a.m. eastern time) After hearing his new grand child was named in his honor, Harry Reid called his other children and disowned them. That was his lead off joke at the luncheon this afternoon. I'm sure he's used it many times before, because [...]
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Robert Redford at the Apollo Alliance Event
(posted from Washington, D.C., 11:34 a.m. eastern time) UPDATE: Robert Redford's speech at TBA. Okay, so better late than never. I took this earlier, but had to come back to my hotel to load it. Frankly, the Hilton's connection for bloggers row sucks. Oh, and by the way, as to Redford's first line; everyone needed [...]
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Take Back America
Take Back America (posted from Washington, D.C., 8:18 a.m. eastern time) John Edwards 30% of Iowans polled said they would vote for the former North Carolina senator and ’04 vice presidential candidate. It's raining this morning in Washington, D.C., which means the weather is beautiful. West coasters don't get this kind of weather in June [...]
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George Soros’s on Bush’s ‘Terror on War’
Reporting from Washington, D.C., on a beautiful evening, weather wonderful, after taking a long walk after a divine supper. Now, on to the post I've wanted to share for a few days, which is now perfectly timed. After all, as our president has his “war council,” the saner souls among us might begin with talking [...]
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Off to Washington, D.C.
Well, as the title to this post illustrates, I'm off to Washington, D.C. for the Take Back America conference. Really looking forward to it. I've got meetings set up with some amazing people. When they pan out, I'll share what goes down. YearlyKos was a huge success by all estimations, in my opinion. Of course, [...]
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The FDL Plame Panel Conversations – updated -
The FDL Plame Panel Conversations — updated – UPDATE III: Some traditional journalists just dying to be cool: Adam Nagourney; Anna Marie Cox profiles ambitious pols; oh, and the wingnuts through the looking glass. As for Maureen Dowd, Peter Daou weighs in on his take on bloggers vs. traditional media, as the latter expects the [...]
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YearlyKos Wakes U.S. to Democrats Rising
YearlyKos Wakes U.S. to Democrats Rising Taking a break at the Wynn Hotel.By the way, that's a wall of water behind me. **New BlogAd alert: support The Economist!** Yes, America, there are serious Democrats and some of them live and work between Las Vegas and Los Angeles; that includes me. But many, many progressives from [...]
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REPUBLICANS: The Godless and the Spineless
Evidently, Ann has no church, and Arlen Specter no spine. I'm getting ready to head out for YearlyKos, FDL's Plame panel first on my schedule, but a couple of things of note need to be shared before I leave. First, did you know that stick Shiksa Ann Coulter evidently isn't known by the church she [...]
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The Democrats Hit Las Vegas
Wonderful time was had by all and it's only day one. It was great to finally meet Jane, as well as Christy, Pach and Mr. ReddHedd, too. Several FDL readers came up and we chatted as well. Met my friends Skippy and Bob Geiger, too. (Can't wait to have a cocktail with my vet friend, [...]
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Desperate Iraqi Women
NOTE: I'm headed off to see what's happening at YearlyKos. I'll check back in soon… Desperate Iraqi Women (cross-posted at firedoglake) When President Bush started touting the constitutional rights of women in Iraq long ago, all I could do was laugh at the prospect. When have women ever benefited from preemptive war? Oh, that's right, [...]
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Sincerely, Arlen
Sincerely, Arlen (cross-posted at firedoglake servers currently down at FDL) Dear Dick, I know this will sound trite, but I'm made as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore. It may come from a movie, but it's apt. That said, I'm not really going to do anything about this, but it does feel [...]
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Abu Musab Al Zarqawi Killed
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Killed U.S. Special Operations have killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. When Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki began his press conference, it was allegedly expected that he would finally announce the interior and defense ministry appointments. Instead, he announced Zarqawi's death. This is a psychological lift, but reality remains terribly grim in Iraq. Al-Zarqawi's killing [...]
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Ann Coulter IS the Republican Party
Ann Coulter IS the Republican Party (cross-posted at firedoglake) UPDATE: Senator Clinton goes after Coulter. New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton lashed out at Ann Coulter for a “vicious, mean-spirited attack” on a group of outspoken 9/11 widows, whom the right-wing television pundit described as “self-obsessed” and enjoying their husbands' deaths. (snip) … “Perhaps her [...]
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