Judge Rules Against Presidential Aides as Being Off Limits to Congress

A U.S. District Judge may have saved Congressional teeth as he ruled the President’s top advisers are not immune from congressional subpoenas.  The ruling slaps down Bush’s claim that his advisers are immuned from even a Congressional appearance. Judge John Bates states there is no legal basis for that argument that aides can simply ignore [...]

Another Republican Thinks Rove is Out of Bounds

h/t Hot Potato Mash Representative Walter Jones (R-NC) thinks Karl Rove should testify before the House Judiciary Committee.   Jones says it’s about dignity: “In the year 2000 when President Bush was a candidate, he said many times in debate he would bring dignity to the White House. This would be a great start, if [...]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Movie Trailer)

Here’s the new trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.  My husband is finally reading the novels.  I read them all last summer timing the effort so that I finished HBP as Deathly Hallows was released.  I thought the Order of the Phoenix movie muddled a brilliant plot line, but HBP should be an [...]

Karl Rove Earns the Wrath of 127,000+ People

ht Brave New Films More than 127 thousand people petitioned the House Judiciary Committee to hold Karl Rove in contempt and send him to jail.  Tuesday Brave New Films, People for the American Way, Campaign for America’s Future, and The Nation delivered the message to Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA). Karl Rove has devoted his life [...]

GOP Senator Indicted on 7 Counts

h/t faizshakir for Think Progress The Department of Justice indicts Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) on seven criminal counts. The indictment unsealed Tuesday details hundreds of thousands of dollars unreported for home improvements to Stevens’ vacation home in Alaska, including a new first floor, garage, wrap around deck, plumbing, electrical wiring, a gas grill, furniture, and [...]

W The Movie Trailer

Oliver Stone’s upcoming movie W. is circulating on YouTube.  Stone wants the film released in America before President Bush leaves office. The Hollywood Reporter sent the script to Bush biographers to test for accuracy.  While most agreed specific scenes are factual, some decried depictions of the White House as a frat house to be a [...]

CNN’s Drew Griffin on “No Fly” List Following Critical Report

A congressman, a reporter, and 32 thousand other Americans all have written the Department of Homeland Security to find out why their names appear on the Transportation Security Administration’s no-fly list.  Drew Griffin of CNN found his name added to the list following a critiical report he did on U.S. Air Marshalls.  Trying to have [...]

Monday Morning Skim of the Headlines

The Raw Story:  The Justice Department finds its own behavior illegal. No word on whether Monica Goodling, Kyle Sampson, or Alberto Gonzales will face charges for violating federal law in hiring practices. Did the conscience of the Democratic party John Edwards pull a Newt Jackson? A Jesse Gingrich? Lee Stranahan catches hell for asking. Who’s [...]

DoJ Codetalkers and Cheney’s House of Horrors

From Think Progress: Bill Moyers of PBS interviews Jane Mayer, author of The Dark Side: the Inside Story of how the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals.  Not all conservatives were on board for gutting international law and the Geneva Conventions: BILL MOYERS: Who were some of the other conservative heroes, [...]

Iowans Attempt Citizen’s Arrest on Rove for 3rd Time

Radio Iowa reports 4 people attempted a citizen’s arrest on Karl Rove at a speaking engagement in Des Moines Friday.   The former adviser to President Bush was speaking at a GOP fundraising dinner for a $100 a plate. Eighty-year-old a retired Methodist minister Chet Gwinn was among those arrested: “To be silent when major crimes [...]