The author of The Changes in the Land, the path-breaking book on early American environmental history blogs about the why everyone should be concerned about McCarthyist (yes, McCarthyist) tactics being employed in Wisconsin (yes, ironically, in Wisconsin) by the the state Republican party.
See Abusing Open Records to Attack Academic Freedom | Scholar as Citizen for the details.
Political Animal’s The moral of the story: don’t elect a criminal to be governor is full of both bon mots and painful truths about Governor Voldemort.
Words cannot express my joy at being represented in Congress by this paragon of consistency and statecraft that is Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Why, just consider the warm fuzzy feeling one gets from reading stories like this:
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., endorsed a no-fly zone in a Feb. 26th press release when she said “stronger penalties must be imposed in order to hold the regime accountable for its heinous crimes, and to prevent further violence against the Libyan people. Additional U.S. and international measures should include the establishment and enforcement of a no-fly zone…”
But after the President imposed the no-fly zone, on March 20th, Ros-Lehtinen had concerns which she expressed in a new press release.
“I am concerned that the President has yet to clearly define for the American people what vital United States security interests he believes are currently at stake in Libya,” she said.
I happen to think that the second position is more sensible than the first, but wouldn’t it be nice if there were some principles (other than the destructive one of a will to power) driving the modern GOP?
(Meanwhile, three wars now. And counting.)
Crooks and Liars (yes, linking to them again), has a justifiably angry posting relating to revelations that ThinkProgress, SEIU and Others Targeted by US Chamber of Commerce for Smears.
It’s worth reading in full — this is ugly and subversive action by the Establishment trying to discredit critics. The more this is institutionalized, and the less there is accountability for it, the more hobbled our democracy. And so far, there is no accountability.
And, no, it’s not David Rivera (FL-25). It’s Chris Lee (NY-26). See Rep. Chris Lee Resigns From Office: ‘I have made profound mistakes’. Details about the tawdry scandal at Gawker.
Gina Cooper, Lies, Disappearing Documentation, Surround Republican David Rivera (FL-25)
The article includes this amazing widget that gives a summary of all the media coverage of the scandals.
You really do need fancy tools to keep up, there's so much!
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