Still reeling from the rejection by the people's representatives of his plea to continue torturing suspects, Bush admitted today that he approved eavesdropping without warrants on U.S. citizens. Seems to me I remember another Republican … [Read more...]
More green lights for the Green Line?
So, we've done some complaining about the Green Line, and had some good ideas put forth... and now... can it be ... some of our dreams will come true? Will it not take a blasted hour-plus to go from Brighton to downtown? Will the area … [Read more...]
Taking on RFK Jr.’s anti-wind farm op-ed
As was noted here by alert commenter Ben, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., generally a reliable environmentalist, came out swinging against the Cape Wind project on the NYT's op-ed page.Several comprehensive refutations have appeared on the internet, … [Read more...]
Bush nominates voter suppression specialist to the FEC
A big hat tip to Rick Hasen who noticed this White House press release (buried in the Friday night trash). President Bush is going to nominate Hans von Spakovsky to the Federal Election Commission.Who?Well, Hans von Spakovsky is a … [Read more...]
Doug: just give it back
This is completely absurd, isn't it? Doug Mientkiewicz, who happened to be playing first base when the Red Sox won the 2004 World Series, and who now plays for Kansas City after a terrible year with the Mets, is still insisting that … [Read more...]
Mike McCallum for State Rep
Tip of the hat to Mariposa!When I first blogged about the 2nd Worcester special election, the matchup was Democrats Michael Ellis and Robert Rice in the primary, with the winner facing Republican Jonathan Dennehy. Soon after, a new … [Read more...]
What REALLY happened at that press conference
You know - the one where Mitt Romney said that "I've got the job done I set out to do" when he became Governor. Yeah, that seems about right. … [Read more...]
Clear as mud
The legislature has been hard at work on the laws I love to hate: the blue laws. This week, the legislature (reportedly at the urging of Tom Reilly) passed, and the Quittster signed, a bill designed to "clarify" how the blue laws work … [Read more...]
Building the Dem bench: Campaign for a National Majority
With Cos's post about ActBlue, that reminds me of another thing I've been meaning to post about. I had a conversation a couple of weeks ago with a friend, Nathaniel Stinnett, who works on a project called <a … [Read more...]
RSS is fixed!
As far as we know, the RSS repeating post problem has been fixed. My RSS reader is now behaving normally, and we don't seem to be swamping the BlogWire anymore.Many thanks to Paul and Marc for their hard work on this pesky … [Read more...]