DC GOP Gets Hit

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Wednesday December 20, 2006 · 4:36 PM PST

2006/12/20 · 16:36

Sometime this afternoon, a large, fast-moving object collided with the Republican Party's D.C. headquarters. I, unfortunately, only had my cell phone camera with me when I went by the office, but I'm providing a few (very grainy) photos below. If anyone knows more about what happened, please let us know in comments.

Senator Schiavo Captains the RNC

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Monday November 13, 2006 · 8:37 PM PST

2006/11/13 · 20:37

Senator Mel Martinez has been selected as the new chair of the RNC. In case anyone has been forgotten, here is a sample of the profound political advice his office gave to his party earlier this election cycle. It is a talking points memo which Martinez' office prepared to encourage his party to intervene in the Schiavo case: Read More

U.S. Economy LOST Jobs Last Month

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Friday November 03, 2006 · 5:58 AM PST

2006/11/03 · 05:58

So the press is once again buying the Bush spin on jobs. Check out the first line of this AP story:

The unemployment rate dropped to a five-year low of 4.4 percent in October as employers added 92,000 new jobs _ flashing a picture of a strong labor market as the midterm elections draw near.

Except that there is no picture of a "strong labor market." As everyone around here should know, the economy must grow 150,000 jobs per month to keep up with population growth. Anything less is a net loss.

Marriage Equality in NY: A Cause For Optimism

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Tuesday July 04, 2006 · 6:24 PM PDT

2006/07/04 · 18:24

The New York Times reports that the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in that state, plans to rule on marriage equality tomorrow. New York's high court is considered one of the most progressive in the nation, and it presides over a state where a majority of the residents support full equality for gays and lesbians. Only a third oppose allowing gays to marry. Read More

The Difference Alito Makes

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Tuesday May 30, 2006 · 9:23 AM PDT

2006/05/30 · 09:23

The Supreme Court today handed down a 5-4 opinion in the case of Ceballos v. Garcetti. In that opinion, the Supreme Court held that public employees get no First Amendment protection whatsoever when they speak within the scope of their employment. Read More

Culture of Corruption Extends To Courts Too

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Wednesday May 24, 2006 · 3:29 PM PDT

2006/05/24 · 15:29

Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht, the right-wing judge who once held that pregnant girls cannot get an abortion unless they speak to a member of the clergy, has been publicly admondished by the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct.

Hecht, a close personal friend of Harriet Miers, was directed by the White House to get James Dobson's support for the Miers nomination. After the nomination came down, Hecht appeared in 120 media interviews defending the nomination.

The Texas Commission held that Hecht's conduct violated Texas' ban on judges "endorsing another candidate for any public office," and on judges "lend[ing] the prestige of judicial office to advance the private interests of the judge or others." Good for Texas.

President Bush: Nativist

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Friday April 28, 2006 · 12:26 PM PDT

2006/04/28 · 12:26

Via ACSBlog we learn that President Bush allied himself with Michelle Malkin and LGF during today's press conference:

Q Mr. President, a cultural question for you. There is a version of the National Anthem in Spanish now. Do you believe it will hold the same value if sung in Spanish as in English?
THE PRESIDENT: No I don't, because I think the National Anthem ought to be sung in English. And I think people who want to be a citizen of this country ought to learn English, and they ought to learn to sing the National Anthem in English.

Victory Against WaPo! Will Hire Liberal Blogger

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Sunday April 09, 2006 · 2:37 PM PDT

2006/04/09 · 14:37

I love to see so much of the progressive blogosphere piling on Fred Hiatt's hackery, and hope that people are taking the time to contact his hackarific employer. Here's why: Read More

Pew Poll: Bush Gets No SOTU Bounce

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Tuesday February 07, 2006 · 8:51 PM PST

2006/02/07 · 20:51

Pew has released the first Bush approval poll since the State of the Union, and it turns out that the speech pretty much didn't happen.

"Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?" If "Depends": "Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?" (MOE ±3)
2/1-5/06: Approve 40/Disapprove 52
1/4-8/06: Approve 38/Disapprove 54

So the President's single most important yearly infomercial, the event which defines his entire agenda, produced absolutely no movement outside the margin of error.

I'm sure Chris Matthews will call it a "comeback."

Bush's Lawyer: GOP Hates Equal Protection

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Wednesday February 01, 2006 · 3:58 PM PST

2006/02/01 · 15:58

Some of you may remember our friend Ben Ginsberg. Ginsberg's prior hits include his time as Chief Counsel for Bush/Cheney '00 (including the recount litigation), and his aborted stint as Chief Counsel for Bush/Cheney '04. Ginsberg was forced to leave the second campaign after it was revealed that he had illegally represented the Swift Boat Veterans while also working for the campaign.

Well, ol' Ben's gotten a little older, and he's forgotten the first rule of legal ethics: don't say anything that hurts your client. Read More

Regroup and Reload, The War on Health Care Looms

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Monday January 30, 2006 · 7:26 PM PST

2006/01/30 · 19:26

I cannot explain how much my heart aches over soon to be Justice Samuel Alito. It wasn't so long ago that I attended my first oral argument at the Supreme Court. I remember freezing, awestruck, as I entered the room. This was where Brown was decided. This was where Baker and Reynolds demanded fair elections, where Lawrence, Griswald and Roe screamed out "get your motherfucking hands off of my body!" Because of the Chief Justice's health, the center chair was open, and I remember staring at it thinking "Earl Warren sat there."

So tonight I will cry over Justice Alito. I will weep over the promotion of a man so undeserving, so antithetical to the greatness of our Constitution, but I will have to move on. Read More

Durbin Drops The "F" Word

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Thursday January 19, 2006 · 12:19 PM PST

2006/01/19 · 12:19

At a lunchtime speech at the Northwestern Law School, Durbin said the magic word:

At Northwestern Law School at noon today, Senator Dick Durbin, the second ranking Democratic member of the Senate, announced that he would vote "No" on the nomination of Judge Alito to the United States Supreme Court.
In response to a question from an audience of Northwestern law students and faculty, Durbin disclosed that the Senate leaders were counting votes, not only on Alito's nomination, but on the possibility of a filibuster: "At this point, I wouldn't want to project whether we will have a filibuster."

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