Matt Stoller is still afraid that MA congressmen Bill Delahunt could sell us down the river on net neutrality:The danger here is that the conflict between the Rules Committee and the Judiciary Committee produces a meaningless substitute … [Read more...]
More on legalized bribery from Washington Monthly
In my last rant on campaign finance as legalized bribery, I neglected to link a good article on the apparent change in attitude at the Department of Justice (I knew I'd seen it somewhere!):Unlike overhaul efforts in the past, though, which … [Read more...]
Money and Campaigns
Ideally, we'd like candidates to spend their time talking to voters, and measure their success by how many people they can attract, to vote for them and to volunteer for them. So the first problem is, contributions are a distorted … [Read more...]
Barney Frank Chastises Congress on FBI Raid
As discussed here recently, House leaders have been united in criticising the FBI's raid of Congressman Jefferson's office. Congressional leaders seem to think that allowing an executive branch agency to raid the offices of a … [Read more...]
Bribery and strange bedfellows
So Hastert/Pelosi/Jefferson vs. FBI/BushCo was the major story of the weekend. Is it hilariously appalling, or appallingly hilarious, that the Republican Speaker of the House is calling on a Republican adminstration to stop investigating a … [Read more...]
Bloggers are Journalists
"A state appeals court on Friday rejected Apple Computer Inc.'s bid to identify the sources of leaked product information that appeared on Web sites, ruling that online reporters and bloggers are entitled to the same protections as … [Read more...]
MoveOn Positive Agenda House Parties
MoveOn members gather this evening all around the country for house parties to determine MoveOn's three top policy goals for the next year. This is your chance to take the issues you care about most, and influence a powerful national … [Read more...]
Net Neutrality: action item for Delahunt/Meehan districts
As a disclaimer: you could say I have a personal stake in this, I do have a company that provides online training materials. We don't want to pay more to have traffic routed our way--we just want the playing field to be equal. But it … [Read more...]
McCain would do it hiiiiiiiiis waaaaayyyyyy
Hey now, straight-talkin' Johnny McCain's got the plan for Iraq:âOne of the things I would do if I were President would be to sit the Shiites and the Sunnis down and say, âStop the bullshit,ââ said Mr. McCain, according to Shirley … [Read more...]
I heart Al Gore
I'd just like to reinforce that I just love Al Gore -- in a totally fraternal, heterosexual, football-tossing, chuck-the-chin, deodorant-ad kind of way, of course:WASHINGTON - Is President Bush likely to see Al Gore's documentary about … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 98
- 99
- 100
- 101
- 102
- …
- 140
- Next Page »