- 21 young-ish Democratic Senators are trying very hard to fix the archaic and undemocratic rules of the Senate. They will be thrown a bone but nothing substantive will change, because I'm pretty sure changing Senate rules requires a supermajority of 250 votes in the Senate.
- This is the story of how the Justice Department and the CIA get out of FOIA requests.
- South Dakota Secretary of State and Republican congressional candidate Chris Nelson is, of course, a birther.
- When journalist Debbie Nathan tried to report her sexual assault to the NYPD, they refused to classify it as a a felony assault, because that would look bad in the stats.
Monday link dump: New York City cops
The committee to save the Senate, weaseling out of a FOIA request, and 911 is still a joke in this town
By Alex Pareene
Published May 10, 2010 11:01PM (EDT)
By Alex Pareene
Alex Pareene writes about politics for Salon and is the author of "The Rude Guide to Mitt." Email him at apareene@salon.com and follow him on Twitter @pareene
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