Local Politics Columnists Warn of Gay Marriage ‘Storm’
Photo by gerdaindc As the battle over gay marriage in the District heats up — the Washington Blade reports today that D.C. Council member David Catania (I-At Large) may introduce a bill before the end of the month — a number of politics watchers have warned of political tension and conflict...
Morning Roundup: Breaking Up is Hard to Do Edition
Photo by philliefan99 Good morning, Washington. The Michael Jackson memorial service so thoroughly dominated the national news yesterday that there’s precious little else to Washington DCabout this morning - so thank goodness Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry and his ex-girlfriend Donna Watts-Brighthaupt...
Morning Roundup: Feelin’ Your Pain, Illinois Edition
We’re here for you if you want to talk, Chicagoist . We’re all too aware of what it’s like to have a disgraced local politician make national news. Heck, we’ve been dealing with Marion Barry’s infamous on-tape crack smoking for almost two decades now. The American people...
Sen. Dodd Predicts Recession
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ABC News’ Mary Bruce Reports: Senate Banking Committee Chairman Senator Chris Dodd, D-Conn., predicted that dawn that the country is headed into a recession. “Well, it’s certainly pointing in that direction. We hope that’s not the case, but there are many folks who watch that minute to minute...
Dan Rather lawsuit - I’m not the ’scapegoat’
Posted by admin in National News on 09 20th, 2007 | 2 Comments
NEW YORK - A $70 million lawsuit filed by Dan Rather alleges CBS and its former parent company intentionally botched the aftermath of a discredited story about President Bush’s military service to curry favor with the administration.
CBS spokesman Dana McClintock called Rather’s complaints...
GOP pollster: Craig case lacks rationality
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GOP pollster Frank Luntz told Fox News that week that he believes it is essential for Sen. Larry Craig to go ahead with his intention of resigning from the Senate for the good of the Republican Party. “My question to Senator Craig is ‘Which is increasingly fundamental to you, your reputation...
Jane Wyman, Reagan wife, expires at 93
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jane Wyman, the Oscar-winning Hollywood actress who was Ronald Reagan’s first wife and went on to star on the popular 1980s television drama “Falcon Crest,” died on Monday at age 93.
Wyman, who married fellow actor and future U.S. President Reagan in 1940,...
Blog lists ‘Republican culture of corruption’
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Republican Culture of Corruption - an extended list
JACK ABRAMOFF
From Wikipedia:
Abramoff pleaded guilty on January 3, 2006, to three criminal felony counts in a Washington, D.C., federal court related to the defrauding of American Indian tribes and corruption of public officials. The following...
Romney’s campaign offices burglarized
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BOSTON - The campaign headquarters of Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney was burglarized by the weekend and a television and computers stolen.
A campaign spokesman for the former Massachusetts governor described the crime as “a routine burglary” and did not believe it was politically...
Colin Powell: Obama is ‘transformational’
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“I’m a former everything,” Colin Powell jokes as he relaxes in his office in Alexandria, just across the Potomac from Washington. Indeed, he is a former national-security adviser, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and former secretary of state. But before he was a former, he was a first:...


