Politics (page 2129)

The New Republic silent on flotilla raid

U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) questions a witness at the U.S House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations about the health effects of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York, September 8, 2006. REUTERS/Nicholas Roberts (UNITED STATES) (Â© Nicholas Roberts / Reuters)

Weiner's Israel statement and his new liberal fans

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Al Gore (R) and his wife Tipper arrive to attend the Nobel Banquet at the Grand Hotel in Oslo December 10, 2007. .

REUTERS/Sara Johannessen/Scanpix (NORWAY) NORWAY OUT. NO COMMERCIAL USE (Â© Scanpix Norway / Reuters)

Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY, during the House Rules Committee meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, March 20, 2010.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg) (Associated Press)

Weiner: "U.S. should stand up for Israel"

The Mavi Marmara ship, the lead boat of a flotilla headed to the Gaza Strip which was stormed by Israeli naval commandos in a predawn confrontation, sails into the port of Ashdod, Israel, Monday, May 31, 2010. Israeli naval commandos stormed a flotilla of ships carrying aid and hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists to the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday, killing nine passengers in a botched raid that provoked international outrage and a diplomatic crisis. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) (AP)

This video image released by the Turkish Aid group IHH Monday May 31, 2010 purports to show Israeli soldiers aiming a gun on the deck of a Turkish ship, part of an aid convoy heading to the Gaza Strip, after Israeli soldiers boarded the vessel in international waters off the Gaza coast. Israeli commandos on Monday stormed six ships carrying hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists on an aid mission to the blockaded Gaza Strip, killing at least 10 people and wounding dozens after encountering unexpected resistance as the forces boarded the vessels. AP Photo/IHH via APTN) ** TURKEY OUT ** (AP)

Glenn Greenwald

This video image released by the Turkish Aid group IHH Monday May 31, 2010 purports to show Israeli military vessel at sea in international waters off the Gaza coast near a ship convey carrying aid to Gaza. Israeli commandos on Monday stormed six ships carrying hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists on an aid mission to the blockaded Gaza Strip, killing at least 10 people and wounding dozens after encountering unexpected resistance as the forces boarded the vessels. AP Photo/IHH via APTN) ** TURKEY OUT ** (AP)

Will U.S. be only country not to condemn Israel?

Glenn Greenwald

In this May 28, 2010 photo, BP Wellsite leader George Walker, left, meets with BP CEO Tony Hayward aboard the Discover Enterprise drill ship during recovery operations in the Gulf of Mexico, south of Venice, La. (AP Photo/Sean Gardner, Pool) (AP)

Glenn Greenwald

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. talks about Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa. during an interview on Capitol Hill in Washington Friday, May 28, 2010.

Friday link dump

U.S. President Barack Obama, National Incident Commander U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen and Lafourche Parish President Charlotte Randolph (C) survey damage along the Louisiana coastline at Fourchon Beach caused after a BP oil line ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico, May 28, 2010.

Sharron Angle

Above: Chris Cillizza, Peggy Noonan and Cokie Roberts

Pundits: Wrong about everything

Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon, off Louisiana, in this handout photograph taken on April 21, 2010 and obtained on April 22. Eleven workers were missing and 17 injured in an explosion at the Transocean oil drilling rig, and crews were fighting the fire 16 hours later, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday. An estimated 126 people were aboard the Deepwater Horizon at the time of the explosionA Coast Guard MH-65C dolphin rescue helicopter and crew document the fire aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, while searching for survivors April 21, 2010. Multiple Coast Guard helicopters, planes and cutters responded to rescue the Deepwater Horizon's 126 person crew. Picture taken April 21, 2010. REUTERS/U.S. Coast Guard/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENERGY IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS (Â© Ho New / Reuters)

A turning point for energy legislation?

U.S. President Barack Obama surveys damage along the Louisiana coastline at Fourchon Beach caused after a BP oil line ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico, May 28, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) (Â© Larry Downing / Reuters)

In this photo, reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, a Guantanamo detainee's feet are shackled to the floor as he attends a "Life Skills" class inside the Camp 6 high-security detention facility at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base April 27, 2010. REUTERS/Michelle Shephard/Pool (CUBA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) (Â© Pool New / Reuters)

FILE - In a Monday May 3, 2010 photo, South Carolina Republican candidate for Governor Rep. Nikki Haley,R-Lexington, makes remarks during a televised debate in Columbia, S.C. A political blogger, Will Folks, claimed Monday, May 24, 2010 that he had an affair several years ago with Haley, a married Republican vying to become the state's first female governor. Haley, vehemently denied the allegation, made in a post that contained no proof of a relationship.(AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File) (Mary Ann Chastain)

Nikki Haley will deal with this later

Workers at a Foxconn factory in Longhua in the southern Guangdong province on May 26.

Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) and former President Bill Clinton

Clinton "bribed" Sestak with sexy unpaid job!

Texas Congressman Ron Paul speaks at the 2010 Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana April 10, 2010. As many as 3,000 party activists are to attend the four-day Southern Republican Leadership Conference, the most prominent gathering of Republicans outside of their presidential nominating conventions. REUTERS/Sean Gardner (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) (Reuters)

Who are the real "crazies" in our politics?

Glenn Greenwald

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