Witness List: Valerie Plame Wilson + Victoria Toensing! [UPDATED]
Valerie Plame Wilson leads a list of five witnesses -- including Victoria Toensing -- who will testify tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The hearing...
View ArticleThe Hearing's Revelations -- Why They Matter [UPDATED]
Update [2007-3-16 17:45:45 by SusanHu]: Larry Johnson just told me that he will be a guest on Countdown with Keith Olbermann tonight to discuss the hearing.These are among the key revelations and facts...
View ArticleSacrifice. Or Don't.
So, how are you remembering the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war? What do you most want to say about today? I'm thinking about a lot, including the stories of homeless veterans of the Iraq war in...
View ArticleLack of Intel-Sharing Program Part of U.S. Attorney Scandal
As TPM's Josh Marshall and other bloggers pore through the monster doc dump from Justice -- "TPM Needs YOU to Comb Through Thousands of Pages" -- the Seattle Post-Intelligencerhas found two more...
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Cruel Beyond Comprehension: Killing Iraqi Children
Dr. Brigitte Nacos (Reflective Pundit blog) e-mailed me, wondering why this NYT story hasn't sent shudders through the blogosphere:Iraq Bombers Blow Up 2 Children Used as DecoysBAGHDAD, March 20 —...
View ArticleMargaret Carlson Still Hearts Fred Thompson
Back in 2000, Atrios reminded us last week, it was rumored that then Time columnist Margaret Carlson dated Sen. Fred Thompson. In fact, Sen. Thompson's VP chances were hurt by his liaison with the "too...
View ArticleFDA's Weak Food Inspections Are Bush's Fault
Today, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill) issued a press release, calling "on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to account for weak links in the pet food inspection system as the federal government...
View Article[UPDATED] Larry Johnson On Olbermann Tonight Re McCain's Baghdad "Photo Op"
Larry Johnson let me know that he'll be a guest tonight on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann.Olbermann will interview Larry about the story behind the visit by a Congressional delegation led by...
View ArticleIt's Tony Soprano's Weekend, and Bush's 653 Days Remaining [UPDATED]
Although it's easy to assume that the Bush administration is in deep trouble -- with "underboss" Dick Cheney literally skulking in the bushes and "consigliere" Alberto Gonzales sweating over his...
View ArticleMenu Foods CFO Dumped Stock Before Recall Announced [UPDATED]
[SEE TWO IMPORTANT UPDATES -- EXPANDED RECALL! -- AT END OF DIARY]But it's just a "coincidence":Pet food insider sold shares before recall (Globe and Mail, Canada)The chief financial officer of Menu...
View Article#2 Live Blog: Senate Hearing on Pet Food Contamination
DIARY #2 of LIVE-BLOGGING || From DonnaMarie's FIRST diary: I promised SusanHu in her diary yesterday that I would put up a Live Blog for the hearing. While I am unable to live blog because I'm at...
View ArticleSounding Off: CNNMSNBCFAUX's One-Story Drone
Besides the repetitious one-story format of cable news since yesterday -- from which I'm doing all I can to escape -- there's cable news's failure to ask some questions:"Bush is going to attend...
View ArticleCRIMINAL Probe Opened in Pet Food Scare: YOUR Food Affected
We who've been closely following the constantly growing list of recalled pet foods -- and the number of contaminants discovered (beyond the much-publicized melamine, there have now been discoveries of...
View ArticleLarry Johnson Slam-Dunks Tenet on Olbermann Tonight
Larry Johnson will put George Tenet "at the center of the storm" tonight on Keith Olbermann's Countdown on MSNBC (8pm ET).If you're not familiar with Larry's view on Tenet's performance as director of...
View ArticleUPDATED: Larry Johnson on Anderson Cooper + PBS Newshour
Larry Johnson will be on PBS Newshour (check here for video, which should be added soon) and CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 regarding George Tenet's new book. I'll post the video and/or transcripts as soon...
View ArticleUPDATED: Dingell Dispatches Investigators to West Coast Ports; Live Hearing
[UPDATES AT END: 1) The FDA has appointed a "food safety czar," 2) FDA Coalition lobbies Congress -- support them!, and 3) VIDEO of Waxman's opening remarks, and The Gavel blog's report]First, Henry...
View Article[UPDATED] URGENT: HUGE Recall Expansion + Durbin/Cantwell Food Safety Amendment
UPDATE at end about Sen. Durbin's upcoming work on the bill and amendments.I am inserting this at the top because it is breaking news on the pet food recall:BREAKING NEWS: Menu Foods Recall Expands...
View ArticleChina Exports Poisoned Medicine While FDA Cuts Back Labs
You who have participated in the diaries on the pet food recall by Jhritz, Christie Keith, Abby Kelleyite, Goldy, and myself know that -- seven weeks in -- scientists are still trying to figure out...
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[UPDATE] Valerie Plame and Simon & Schuster Sue CIA
Update [2007-5-31 21:42:36 by SusanHu]: LARRY JOHNSON has posted his commentary. Feel free to UNrecommend this diary, and instead recommend Larry's commentary. -...
View ArticleFred Thompson Is the Paris Hilton of Politics [UPDATED]
KEY UPDATE BELOW. What does Fred Thompson have going for him except that, like Paris Hilton, he's famous for being famous? His acting? Please. He plays the same character in every role. Himself....
View ArticleLarry Johnson Will Speak in Los Angeles/Valley (Go!)
On Monday morning, Larry will be a guest on Stephanie Miller's nationally syndicated radio show. Listen online or on a local station that carries Miller's show.On Monday and Tuesday nights, Larry will...
View Article"Warrior For Peace" (A Personal Memoir of Seeing JFK)
I have just finished reading "Warrior For Peace," David Talbot's remarkable essay about the life of President John F. Kennedy in the new issue of Time magazine. The intellectional and emotional...
View ArticleA Must-Read: "The Other War: Iraq Vets Bear Witness"
Today, because the New York Times's Bob Herbert describes the article in his new column, "Abusing Iraqi Civilians,"The Nation has released, early, its major report by the great war reporter and...
View ArticleLIVE House Judiciary: Statement of Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, IV (ret.)
Today, the House Judiciary Committee holds this hearing beginning at noon EDT: VIEW LIVE WEBCASTWednesday 07/11/2007 - 12:00 PM | 2141 Rayburn House Office Building | Full Committee Hearing on: The Use...
View ArticleObama Talks the Talk, But Where's the Walk?
At the Sunday rally in Manchester, NH, Oprah Winfrey stirred the crowd:"Ain't you tired of the old way of politics," Winfrey asked. The crowd responded "Yes."Barack Obama recently said:''We've had...
View ArticleRemember Punjab-Gate, Homophobia-Gate, Wasted-Lives-Gate?
Barack Obama has had to apologize plenty of times, but hasn't apologized face-to-face to Sen. Hillary Clinton, as she did yesterday when she sought to meet and apologize personally on the tarmac of a...
View ArticleOn "Live Birth Abortion" The Candidates Differ
Like most Americans and the Democratic presidential candidates, I am pro-choice although I believe the first defense against unwanted pregnancy, and STDs, is prevention. (Today's Washington Post...
View ArticleThe Rights of Women and Children, Worldwide: The Candidates Differ
[You can talk] to women -- from the Philippines to Latin America to the Middle East -- who can vote, own property, or go to school, because Hillary Clinton helped start a global women's movement for...
View ArticleWhile Illinois', and the Nation's, Veterans Suffer, Obama Campaigns [UPDATED]
[UPDATED BELOW] Illinois' disabled veterans are at "rock bottom" -- "dead last" -- in benefits and claims processing of applications for disability. But Illinois' veterans take a back seat because...
View ArticleWhy I've Been Writing about Sens. Clinton and Obama
PREFACE: FYI, former ambassador Joseph Wilson has posted his commentary, "The Real Hillary I Know -- and the Unreal Obama," at No Quarter. It's powerful testimony, and full of examples from the...
View ArticleObama vs. The Democratic Party
The 'net is exploding over Obama's "mushmelon bipartisanship," which in practice consists of attacks on his Democratic rivals"while recycling right-wing scare stories like the imaginary Social Security...
View ArticleFrom FactCheck.org: Obama's "creative" clippings
I've become increasingly concerned about the embellishments, the falsely slanted re-writings of newspaper accounts, and the smears coming from Barack Obama and his campaign.Here's Annenberg Political...
View ArticleReality: Why Obama Is Exploiting Racism
Obama is trying to divert attention 1) from his stinging loss in New Hampshire, and 2) from his inadequacies as a presidential candidate, mostly his cluelessness about what he'd actually do if he were...
View ArticleEdwards Gets It, But Obama Panders to Right
Update [2008-1-17 20:53:1 by SusanHu]: Just below the fold.Obama said what? That the GOP has been the party of ideas for the last ten to fifteen years? Are you kidding me?Two more videos, including the...
View Article[UPDATED] Obama Alert: Reagan's Dismal Legacy on Civil Rights
Subtitle: It's Not the "Kumbayah" That Gets Things Done, Mr. Obama. It's Hard-Fought Legislation Enacted Over the Protests of "Movement Conservatives," Especially the Legislative Achievements of the...
View Article[ED] Obama "Unnamed Candidate" in Rezko Indictments
[editor's note, by SusanHu] I've changed the title. Sen. Obama is not named in the indictment and is not facing charges, but he does have longtime ties to Tony Rezko. What bothers me most -- because...
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BREAKING: ABC News Reports $100,000 More In Rezko Donations to Obama
Brian Ross has done it again. This is a KEY line: News organizations have found "Rezko-linked contributions that are more than double what the campaign has publicly acknowledged..." Be sure to watch...
View ArticlePolitics Is A Blood Sport
Barack Obama has enjoyed hands-off, near-reverential coverage by the media and pundits. Only a few gutsy journalists as well as a few bloggers, like me, are investigating the skeletons in Obama's...
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Obama's Slumgate: 20-Year Associate of Obama's Arrested
Time Magazine: Tony Rezko ArrestedChicago Tribune: Tony Rezko arrested, sources sayNo Quarter post by SusanUnPC: "BREAKING: ABC News Reports $100,000 From Rezko That Obama Hasn’t Returned/Given Away,"...
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[UPDATE] Contrast the Clinton and Obama Home Pages
Update [2008-1-30 12:42:49 by SusanHu]: Peter Daou writes a wonderful tribute to the Edwards.This morning at 9AM PST:This morning at 9AM PST:
View ArticleEdwards, Clinton & Obama: On Economics & Workers
John Edwards' loyal, astute supporters are rightfully proud of his focus on economic inequities and the decline of the middle- and lower-classes in this country. Therefore, these two important news...
View Article[UPDATED & EDITED] Krugman: If Obama Is President, There's No Chance for...
We Democrats have waited SINCE PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN (the late 1940s!) for a chance at universal health care. It's within reach. Let's not blow it on a candidate whose plan is weaker and who's...
View Article"Singled Out" as Fair Game
At Shakespeare's Sister, certainly one of our most erudite, and refreshingly pithy blogs, Mustang Bobby joins the brilliant blogger Digby in pondering the question that simply isn't asked enough either...
View ArticleUniversal Health Care (Give Me the "Change-Maker")
(H/T to Taylor Marsh's "Welcome to The Show.")Before the Saturday caucus -- from which my hospital nurses and I were disenfranchised (I had a ruptured appendix, abscess and peritonitis) -- I was...
View Article"Professor Obama's Political Plagiarism"
This quote will air tonight at 9:36 pm est. on BLOOMBERG TELEVISION’s "Money & Politics." The quote is from the "Dollars and Sense" segment with Gene Sperling and Kevin Hassett:The fact is that...
View ArticleJust Words, But Whose Words?
This must be "Barack Obama rebutting Hillary Clinton circa 2008?" At Saturday's night's Wisconsin Democratic party dinner? The charismatic, brilliant, inspiring black politician came to the stage to...
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Williams Stops Photo Flap/Obama Attacked HRC on Bhutto
02/25/2008Statement by Maggie Williams, Campaign Manager"Enough."If Barack Obama's campaign wants to suggest that a photo of him [BELOW THE FOLD] wearing traditional Somali clothing is divisive, they...
View ArticleShocker: Obama's Fake Stand on NAFTA (VIDEO)
A prominent Canadian medical professional reports to me, after he "leaped out of bed" to e-mail me: "This story made headlines tonight in Canada in all major Canadian news networks. Barack Obama has...
View ArticleCTV Reconfirms Obama NAFTA Story, Names Obama Adviser
From CTV News, "[T]he Obama camp did not respond to repeated questions from CTV on reports that a conversation on this matter was held between Obama's senior economic adviser -- Austan Goolsbee -- and...
View ArticleObama's Dirty Tricks in Texas and Ohio?
GET THIS STORY OUT. TELL EVERYONE. If you are on the ground in Texas or Ohio, and notice any irregularities, you can report them to the Clinton campaign via this form: "Polling Problems." (And report...
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