therawstory The House Judiciary Committee has voted 20-14 to approve a contempt of Congress resolution against former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove for his failure to appear after a Congressional subpoena. Excerpts from the markup memo of the resolution sent to reporters follows. Rove was overseas at the time of the hearing…
Politico The Crypt blog Ted Stevens indicted Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), a giant of Senate politics and a legend in Alaska, has been indicted on seven criminal charges. The Department of Justice has announced a 1:20 p.m. ET press conference to discuss the details. Stevens’ Washington office is shut down right now and no one…
[Ed. Note: IFP received this directly via email from SF Bay WCW] REPORT from SF BAY World Can’t Wait July 18, 2008 BERKELEY CA: On June 21, 2008, World Can’t Wait and others mobilized once again at the Marine Recruiting Station (MRS)- this time, because the rightwing pro-war biker-based “Gathering of Eagles” (GOE) had announced…
Obama Doesn’t Sweat. He should. by Greg Palast In swing-state Colorado, the Republican Secretary of State conducted the biggest purge of voters in history, dumping a fifth of all registrations. Guess their color. In swing-state Florida, the state is refusing to accept about 85,000 new registrations from voter drives – overwhelming Black voters. In swing…
