Jan 25, 2009 - Jan 31, 2009
Daschle Reportedly Dodged Taxes
House Judiciary Subpoenas Rove, Kudos to Conyers for Staying Focused on Accountability
House Passes Stimulus Bill, No Republicans Voted for It, and Why That's No Surprise
Director of National Intelligence Resigns
Citigroup Caves to Pressure Over Luxury Jet but Should Cut Executive Pay to Save Company and Jobs
Obama Begins Chipping Away at Bush Administration's Environmental Policies
And the Walls of Mordor Come A-Tumbling Down: Vice President's Residence Reappears on Google Maps
Bush is Gone, But We'll Still Have Kristol to Kick Around: Kristol Moves On...to The Washington Post
Citigroup Execs Want to Buy Luxury Jet Instead of Saving Jobs
Krugman Refutes GOP's Specious Arguments for Bush-Style Corporate Tax Cuts
Are Guantanamo-Recidivism Statistics Fake?
GAO Lists Three High Risk Areas that Government Should Address
House Republicans Favor Economic Failures Over Obama's Stimulus Plan
Closing Gitmo: Bad File Management Creates Obstacle to Swift Resolution?
Obama Gets Opening Grade of 68% Approval, Down from 83% During the Transition
New York Times: First Lady "Unamused" by Dolls Not At All Designed to Resemble Obama Daughters
Bank of America CEO Suprised by Magnitude of Merrill's Losses?
Jan 18, 2009 - Jan 24, 2009
Wealth Redistribution: Merrill CEO Shamelessly Spent Millions of Shareholder Dollars
Two U.S. Missile Attacks in Pakistan?
Hillary's Replacement: For a Democrat, She Makes a Pretty Convincing Republican
GOP Resistance to Obama's Stimulus Plan; Obama: "I Won." Plus: House Republicans Adopt New Strategy
More About Bank Nationalization, Swedish Style
Hillary Confirmed and Sworn in as Secretary of State
Caroline Kennedy Withdraws Name re: Hillary's Senate Seat: Reason Unclear
The Fug Girls Fug Inauguration Day Fashion
Paterson to Tease Us Just a Little More Re: Hillary's Replacement
Inauguration Day Joys and Woes
Inauguration: Out with the Old, in with the New
Saudi King Pledges Money to Help Rebuild Gaza
Krugman on the "Voodoo" Bank Bailouts
"Hail to the Decider": A Daily Show Farewell 6-Part Round-Up
The Pardoner Commutes Sentences of Two US Border Agents
Inaugural Address to Focus on Accountability & "Culture of Responsibility"
Cease Fire in Gaza: Only 1600 dead?
Pelosi Says She Supports Investigating Bush Admin. Officials
Defense Deptartment's Vague Statement on Prisoners Released from Guantanamo
Florida Hedge Fund Manager Disappears
Jan 11, 2009 - Jan 17, 2009
"Unwavering" Disapproval for Bush
GAO Report: Off-Shore Tax Havens for Bailed-Out Companies and Government Contractors?
Krugman on Why Obama Should Hold Bush Admin. Accountable (Updated: Comments from Conyers)
President Bush's Final Speech (a Blogger Round-up)
Justice Dept. Lawyer Claims Bush Found (14 million) Missing Emails
Court Says Government Can Wiretap without Warrants?
Congress Works on Economic Recovery Plan, May Borrow from Social Security?
Flight 1549 Passengers Reported Alive
Obama to End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy in the Military
Obama Threatens Veto if Congress Resolves to Not Release another $350 Billion in Bailout Funds?
Will Congress Fail to Insist on Accountability re: Bailout Funds?
Judiciary Committee Releases Negative Report on Bush Administration
Roland Burris Cleared to Take Senate Seat, Bringing Democratic Majority to 58
What Color is the Tie in Your Favorite Ex-President's World?
Was Bush Bad for our Nation's Economy?
Bush Admits to Approving Torture, Questionably Claims that Good Intel was Gained
Yes, but Will He Hold Them Accountable?
Meanwhile, GOP Pols Have "Become Deficit Hawks Again"
Jan 4, 2009 - Jan 10, 2009
(Jan 10)
Wall Street Bailout: Rep. Frank's Sensible but not so Modest Proposal
CitiCorp Willing to Help our Nation -- Senate is Grateful?
The Washington Way: Howard Dean Feels Snubbed?
Incoming Obama Administration May be Willing to Initiate "Low-Level" Talks with Hamas
Don't Back Down on Jobs, President Obama
Florida Gators Win National Championship
Enron's Jeff Skilling: Convictions Upheld but Sentence Likely to be Lowered
Jeb Bush Says He's Not Going to Run for Senate: is That the Last Word?
What Does Obama Have in Mind for Social Security?
Porn Industry Wants Bailout Funds?
Jon Swift Supports Kennedy for New York Senate; Plus Swift's Predictions for 2009
Eleven Gay Bars Targeted in Seattle Ricin Scare
Weighing in on Caroline...and on Unsung Senators
Some Not Happy with Obama's Pick for CIA Head
Poll: Caroline Kennedy Loses Ground Among NY Voters
Postscript on Franken Senate Victory: The Coming Court Challenge
Swift, Bold Action Required: Krugman
That Didn't Last Long: Bill Richardson Withdraws His Name as Commerce Secretary-Designate
Poppy Bush Wants Jeb to Run for President One Day -- Despite What Jeb Did to Florida
(Jan 4)
Improperly Convicted Missouri Man Spent 24 Years in prison Before Released
Ex-Iraqi Prime Minister Says Bush was "Utter Failure"
Isreal Launched Ground Attack in Gaza, Bodies of Hamas Leader's Dead Children Paraded in Streets
Dec 28, 2008 - Jan 3, 2009
Israel Gears Up for a Ground War in Gaza (News Round-Up & Commentary)
Progressive Blogger Greg Sargent to Leave TPM for New Washington Post Site
Burris Sought Death for Innocent Man -- Despite Other Prosecutor's Objections
Media Puts Questionable Number on Shareholder Losses in 2008
(Jan 1)
Minnesota Recount Update— Coleman Campaign Tactic Skews Absentee Count
Justice Department Needs to Investigate Post-Katrina Killings
Zbigniew Brzezinski to Joe Scarborough (Re: Mideast Crisis): " "You Have Such a Stunningly Superficial Knowledge of What Went On That It's Almost Embarrassing to Listen to You"
Alberto Gonzalez Promises a "Tell-All" Book, Though He Still Can't Remember Doing Anything Wrong
Meet the New Year, Just Like the Old Year....?
Snarking in the New Year....
(Dec 31)
Brits Grapple with Data Mining by Private Firms
Death & Destruction in Gaza (video clip)
Blagojevic Shoots U.S. Senate the Bird
Franken Leads Coleman by 50 Votes
Goodbye to 2008— and Good Riddance to an Era
(Dec 30)
"War to the Bitter End": a Gaza News and Commentary Round-Up
Obama's Economic Stimulus Package vs. GOP Obstructionism---oh, sorry: "Skepticism"
Power Vacuum: Obama Sits on the Sidelines in Deference to Bush, Who Refuses to End His Vacation to Deal With the Mideast Crisis & Looming Confrontation Between Pakistan and India
It's the End of the World As We Know It---Thank God We Can Still Point & Laugh
(Dec 29)
Lawsuit Re-Spotlights Bush Adminstration's & Media's Negatives
Car Bomb Kills Dozens in Pakistan
States vs. Feds: Stimulus Meets Local and State Budget Cuts
(Dec 28)
More Violence: Egyptian Border Guards Open Fire on Fleeing Palestinian Refugees from Gaza; and a Compendium of Commentary on the Attacks
The "'Clean' Coal Carolers" Gots Some Explaining to Do: Big Toxic Mess in Tennessee Is Much Worse than Previously Believed (Includes Video)
Israel Gearing Up for Long-Term Action Against Hamas (UPDATED: News Round-Up & Commentary)
Bah, Humbug! (Seasonal Snark)
Israeli Airstrikes Kill Hundreds in Gaza
Cleaning up Political & Corporate Culture Could Help our Economy
Bill Richardson: Unlucky Target in Pay-to-Play Investigation
"The Magic Negro" Part 2: GOP Chair States that He Was "Appalled"
Caroline Kennedy Didn't Donate to Many NY Dems?
Gallup Poll Shows Obama Most Admired Man of 2008 and Hillary Most Admired Woman; Meanwhile RNC Chair Candidate Chip Saltsman Gives his Pals the Gift of "Light-hearted" "Satirical" Racism
Cybergate Continued: More on the Mike Connell Case---Plus a Controversy at HuffPost
More Awards! GoLeft TV Chooses ALL of Fox News as "Media Moron of the Year" for the War on the "War" on Christmas
Bush Takes Back Pardon of a Big GOP Donor's Son
Best O' Wingnut Douchebaggery 2008: Vote Now for the Year's Greatest Smears (& Blots); Bonus Poll: Vote for Your Favorite Right-Wing Loathly Hag
(Dec 25)
A Very Franken Christmas
Happy Holidays from Damozel
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays: a Gift of American Art
(Dec 24)
This Final Christmas Under Bush, Give the Gift of Satire to a Fellow Progressive: "Songs of the Bushmen" by Harry Shearer
Cybergate Part ####: Rove's IT Man (and a Key Witness in Ohio Voter Tampering Case) Killed Friday in a Solo Plane Crash
Yet More Evidence of Bush Administration Lies: Cheney Admits that His Talking Points Helped Bring About the Outing of Valerie Plame? (With Music Video)
(Dec 23)
More Evidence of Bush Administration Untruths re: Iraq
North Florida Lawyers Play Santa for Entire School (photos)
Columnist Omits Facts While Railing Against Corporate Regulations
(Dec 22)
How Some Businesses Are Cutting Expenses Without Laying Off Employees
Lieberman's Constituents: Genuinely Perturbed?
Department of ValeDICKtions: Dick Cheney---Going Out with a Growl, Not a Whimper
(Dec 21)
Panel to Investigate Where Bailout Billions are Going
New York Times: Bush Philosophy on Home Ownership Helped Spur Meltdown
Real Executive Bonuses Based on Fake Profits
Is Franken Pulling Ahead of Coleman in the Senate Race?
The Rick Warren Controversy: Did Obama Get It Wrong? Bloggers Respond
Bush Admin. Does An End-Run Round Republican Senators to Throw a Little Rope to GM & Chrysler
(Dec 18)
Rick Warren to Deliver Obama's Invocation? Very Disappointing...
Bombs in Baghdad Kill 10
Is Duncan a Bush-Like Choice for Education Secretary?
Wall Street Journal Thinks Higher Housing Prices are a Solution?
(Dec 17)
Once More, the Media Say that Emanuel's (So Far as Is Known at Present) Aboveboard Discussions with Blagojevich "Create a Sticky Political System for Obama"
The Fed---With Its Back Against the Wall---Announces New Last-Ditch Plan: Reduce Already Nearly Bottomed-Out Interest Rates; Drive Up Inflation (with Reactions from Across the Spectrum)
Newt Gingrich Denounces RNC for Attacks on Obama; While Rove Argues that Obama Should Ignore Fitzgerald's Request Not to Discuss the Case
Was Jackson Working with the Government in the Blago Case?
(Dec 16)
Hollywood Private Eye Sentenced to 15 Years
American Homes Lose Trillions in Value as Bubble Deflates -- Naturally
Caroline Kennedy: Entitled to Hillary's Senate Seat?
Tentative List of Senate Committee Chairs
Two New Obama Picks: Salazar and Duncan
(Dec 15)
McCain Won't Endorse Palin for 2012; Says "My Corpse is Still Warm"
McCain Scolds RNC for Trying to Implicate Obama in the Blago Scandal; An Observation on Mark Silva's Coverage
Angry Iraqi Journalist Throws His Shoes at Bush
(Dec 14)
Influential Labor Leader Against Caroline Kennedy for Senate
Damning Report on Iraq Reconstruction Efforts: Waste & Deception Involved
Wall Street Wizard's "Magic" Turns out to be Fraud
Obama's Housing Secretary Pick Foresaw Subprime Crisis
Coleman Seeks to Stop Recount of Improperly Rejected Absentee Ballots
Wingnuts Want Answers! What Did Obama Know and When Did He Know It?!!!!!!!
GOP's Bailout "Action Alert" that Killed the Bill: Countdown Obtains the Memo
Come, Let Us Mock Them Together
Senate Republicans Kill Detroit Rescue
Barney Frank Calls Out Wall Street Journal for Grossly Mis-Stating Facts
Minnesota Officials Will Decide Whether to Count Improperly Rejected Ballots?
Senate Republicans Object to Auto Industry Loans, Seek to Beat Down Unions [Updated]
Jon Swift on Derrierism, the Sensible Conservative's Answer to "Hollyweird"
Obama Picks Nobel Winner as Energy Secretary and Considers Other Key Players in the Global Warming Fight for Key Positions
A Crucial Jon Stewart Interview with Mike Huckabee
FBI Investigating Money Scandal Connected to Norm Coleman
New York Times Admits that Figure for Autoworker Salaries is Wrong
Illinois Gov. Blagovich Arrested After Trying to Sell Obama's Senate Seat
Pakistan & The Dance of Denial
NY Governor Not too Keen on Kennedy's Taking Hillary's Seat?
Surviving Mumbai Gunman Traced to Pakistan; Increasing Strain In Chronically Strained Relations Between India and Pakistan
Dodd Wants GM CEO to Step Down as Part of Bailout: It's More than just the CEO -- and Why not the Same Condition for Wall Street Firms that Got Tax Dollars?
Is Tribune Company Considering Bankruptcy?
Lawsuit Alleges Halliburton & KBR Made Soldiers Sick Via Tainted Food, Water, and More
Florida Gators: SEC Champs, Again
Dec 1-Dec 6, 2008
Forbes' Endorsement of Jeb Bush is Unburdened by Facts
Prop 8: The Musical
Five War Contractors Indicted For Killing 17 Random Iraqi Civilians: A Retrospective
(Dec 5)
A New Fired Attorney Crisis? Bush-Appointed US Attorney Won't Tender Her Resignation
Big Three: Begging for a Bailout Through the Govt's "Money for Incompetence Program"
The Bear that Ate Wall Street is Now Threatening to Devour, or at Least Nibble on, Its Most Prominent Citizens
O.J. Simpson Sentenced to 15 Years
With the Economy in Free Fall, Barney Frank Wants Slacker Obama to Start Being President Now
Everybody Must Get Manic! or In Our Free Falling Economy, One Thing is Rising: The Unemployment Rate--- So Why Not Spread Some Seasonal Cheer & Happiness?
We Don't Like It Either: W's Long, Long Goodbye
(Dec 4)
The Economy is Sinking Like a Stone, So Enjoy This Saxophone-Playing, Tango-Dancing Walrus
Bush Blames Iraq on... Someone Other than Himself
Paulson's and Congress's Bailout "Mistakes" (Updated)
Interesting Idea re: Energy Crisis & Bailouts
UAW to Make Concessions: What About Obscenely Paid Executives?
(Dec 3)
Hello? Can Somebody PLEASE Take the Damn Economy Away from Paulson? (Part 2)
Meanwhile, How Goes the Transition? (News Round-Up)
Developments in the Recount Process May Boost Franken's Chances
Should Cheney Face Trial?
Bye Bye Bush
(Dec 2)
Jeb Bush Thinking of Senate Run: Hasn't the Bush Family Done Enough to us Taxpayers?
Telecom Amnesty Challenged in Court: Bush Lawyer Said Obama Would Support it
Do 1,000 Spankings or Beatings Justify Killing Abusers?
Our President Says the Darndest Things
Bailouts Redistribute Wealth Upwards, Media Fail to Notice
Franken May Seek Intervention to Get Ballots Counted
Recession Finally Announced
(Dec 1)
Memeorandum Gets a Well-Deserved Compliment from The Guardian
Will Obama Release the X-File Memos?
Several Seasoned Doctors Shocked at the Level of Torture Used on Mumbai Terror Victims
Former Interrogator Still Tormented by Recollections of Practices Used in Iraq
Twilight of the GOP Wingnuts: Part #####
News Round Up: Hillary & Obama to Seal the Deal; Obama Announces National Security Team
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