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A week of petty though typical attacks on Obama produced nothing
Glenn Greenwald
Will the 2008 election be dominated by the same type of small-minded, petty distractions that have characterized the last several decades of elections?
Mukasey’s radical worldview is now the norm
Glenn Greenwald
As jarring as it might be, there was nothing new in any of the attorney general's answers yesterday.
The role of political reporters
Glenn Greenwald
Why should reporters assigned to cover campaigns engage in predictive analysis at all?
Hillary and the mean kids on the bus
Glenn Greenwald
The Clinton press corps gives the candidate the cold shoulder when she tries to bring them coffee and bagels. Seriously.
Bloggers mature, the New York Times stumbles
Joan Walsh
I'm impressed by the liberal blogosphere's relative neutrality in the Democratic primaries, but depressed by the Times' hiring neocon propagandist Bill Kristol.
Oligarchical decay
Glenn Greenwald
Increasingly, as our political establishment sees it, the law is only for the masses.
Various items
Glenn Greenwald
The U.S. military's misconduct in the Bilal Hussein travesty. Time Magazine caught in another act of journalistic dishonesty. Our Guardians of Nazi imagery are defeaningly silent about Jonah Goldberg's fun and games with Hitler.
Reid and company target the true enemy: “Dodd and his allies”
Glenn Greenwald
In Beltway World, anyone who objects to lawbreaking by the government and telecoms is either unserious or insincere.
Media hostility toward anti-establishment candidates
Glenn Greenwald
The press coverage accorded to the candidacies of Edwards, Huckabee and Paul reflects their status as outsiders.
Harry Reid — compare and contrast
Glenn Greenwald
The Senate majority leader extends extraordinary powers to the most right-wing GOP senators while denying those same powers to his own caucus.
The Lawless Surveillance State
Glenn Greenwald
The latest revelations of illegal domestic spying highlight what has become increasingly clear about the nature of our government.
Democratic complicity in Bush’s torture regimen
Glenn Greenwald
With one extremist Bush policy after the next, congressional Democratic leaders are revealed to be the administration's key enablers and supporters.
Bad stenographers
Glenn Greenwald
Referring to the role played by our establishment press as stenography is truly an insult to the work of professional stenographers.
Demand answers from Time magazine
Glenn Greenwald
The Time editors responsible for Joe Klein's "Shameful Journalism" arrogantly refuse to account for what they did.
Dianne Feinstein — Bush’s key ally in the Senate — to support telecom amnesty
Glenn Greenwald
The Democratic Senator from California is single-handedly enabling one extreme Bush policy after the next.
Follow-up on the Col. Steven Boylan e-mail exchange
Glenn Greenwald
There are many significant, unresolved questions left to investigate.
Howie Kurtz, Shailagh Murray, and the vapid, petty Beltway media mind
Glenn Greenwald
The media critic for the Washington Post and CNN equates leaks of torture and lawbreaking with gossip over Edwards' hair and Hillary's outfits.
Joe Klein’s defense of warrantless eavesdropping and telecom amnesty
Glenn Greenwald
The Beltway reflexively defends measures that, when one really considers them, are indescribably radical and corrupt.
Will Congress denounce Rush Limbaugh?
Joan Walsh
He calls Chuck Hagel "Senator Betray Us" and denounced antiwar Iraq vets as "phony soldiers," but don't hold your breath waiting for a Senate vote to condemn him.
The Susan Estrich Complex
Glenn Greenwald
The behavior of the Fox News "liberal" is illustrative of the self-destructive behavior of Beltway Democrats.
Dianne Feinstein, symbol of the worthless Beltway Democrat
Glenn Greenwald
Understanding the Bush-enabling and base-hating behavior of the "liberal" California Democrat reveals much about the failures of the 2007 Congress.
When winning is still losing
Joan Walsh
Antiwar legislation can get majority support in the Senate, but not a filibuster-proof 60 votes. Why are Democrats letting Republicans off so easy?
Warrantless surveillance and the new Coretta Scott King disclosures
Glenn Greenwald
The FBI's past warrantless surveillance abuses demonstrate the severe dangers of the FISA bill just passed by the Democratic Congress.
Poor, sad Larry Craig
Joan Walsh
The party of the bedroom police has decided to take down one of its own.
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