Month: August 2007

No Shame in a Shameless Congress

We should have known that publishing earmark ownership would lead to jealousy and other deadly sins. Eight months after Democrats vowed to shine light on the dark art of “earmarking” money for pet projects, many lawmakers say...

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Just for the Record

The House laid down like a dog to Bush, as well: Congress in the US has backed a measure allowing the government to eavesdrop on foreigners suspected of having links with terrorism. The House of Representatives approved the bill...

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All You Fascists…

While Daily Kos conferenced with the candidates, our democracy took a huge step that much closer to totalitarianism. I pose this question to the netroots: just how influential are we when our democracy can be pulled out from...

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