Smear ‘N Spin: Indicted Republican Congressman TomDeLay accused top Democrats in Washington of conspiring with Travis County, Texas, District Attorney Ronnie Earle to snare him using what he indicates are trumped up charges that he consipred to launder campaign donations.
By accusing Pelosi of consipiring against him, DeLay is tossing red meat to Rush, Hannity, O’Reilly […]

It is unclear this morning what led up to New York Times reporter Judith Miller’s release from prison yesterday. Most observers assumed that she had finally gotten a release from the confidential source she went to jail to protect - and early word had it that the release came from Vice President Cheney’s consigliere, […]

CREW news release:
[New GOP House Majority Leader Roy] Blunt’s ethics issues stem from his abuse of his position for the benefit of his family, including providing legislative assistance to his wife and son and using his clout to solicit contributions for another son’s campaign. Details of Rep. Blunt’s egregious activities can be found at www.beyonddelay.org.
“Rep. […]

We look forward to working with you. Let me put it another way: We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job. That’s what I’m telling you.
- President George Bush, at Governor’s Commission Briefing, Gulfport, Mississippi, Sept. 2005

Reuters:
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has given subpoena power to investigators looking into the stock sales by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, said sources familiar with the matter on Wednesday.
Moving to protect the Frist inquiry from any future criticism for not being thorough, the SEC changed its status to formal from informal and gave […]

Not a Kennedy: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger - a serial philanderer and adulterer - has quashed the first-ever gay marriage bill passed by a state legislature:
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today delivered on his promise to veto legislation that would have given same-sex partners the right to marry, but said he would not support any rollback of […]

MSNBC is reporting that Judith Miller has been released from prison. Keith Olbermann just said that she was released from her confidentiality agreement by Vice President Cheney’s chief of staff, Lewis “Scooter” Libby.

The Pentagon’s brazen diverting of tax dollars and hiding it from Congress is getting scrutiny. Florida Senator Bill Nelson, pitted against GOP orphan Katherine Harris in 2006, is exposing the slush fund and demanding an investigation by the Senate Armed Services Committee, of which he is a member. St. Petersburg Times:
In her e-mail, Kingston coached […]

Here’s a fun one - rumors are aswirl that Michael Brown was the source of the National Enquirer story that President Bush has started drinking again. He certainly has the motive but now we know he’s still on the payroll so it seems unlikely.
“Falling on your face all the time is simply not normal.”- Digby […]