I can’t stop laughing: one of the more prominent US Attorneys fired during the “purge” now being investigated by Congress was David Inglesias in New Mexico. The truth seems to be that he was kicked out because Senator Domenici and Congresswoman Wilson, both Republicans, complained that he was not doing enough to prosecute Wilson’s Democratic […]

This is so much fun. Monica Goodling, who is at the center of the Senate’s investigation of the US Attorney purge publicly stated [through her own lawyer] that she would invoke the 5th amendment if asked questions by the Judiciary Committee. The speculation has been rife ever since about what it is she would prefer […]

The people of America received help from an unlikely source yesterday: the Supreme Court, stacked as it is with reactionary idealogues, ruled against the administration and effectively in favor of more stringent emissions regulation. The New York Times story is here: Justices Say E.P.A. Has Power to Act on Harmful Gases Now I admit the […]