Josh Orton

Originally posted at MyDD.com

Sitting in the airport Friday afternoon, I couldn't believe what I saw on CNN: the entire narrative about torture had been yoked by Republicans - and re-directed at Nancy Pelosi. Frankly, it's probably the first big political success Republicans have had since January. Blatantly dishonest,...

Tomorrow, Democrats will vote on whether Joe Lieberman should remain chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs - the Senate's major good-government investigative body.

The case for removing Joe is sober and obvious. But keeping Joe as chair requires resorting to the type of political...

Cross-posted at MyDD.com.

The fight to expose Fox News continues.

A couple weeks ago, I listed three examples of Obama or his surrogates explicitly calling out Fox News for their blatant conservative bias. Obama himself told the New York Times that Fox's disinformation is likely costing him...

Crossposted at MyDD.com...

Monday evening I had the privilege to attend a meeting held in New York City for a small group of progressive bloggers by former President Clinton, ostensibly about the work of the Clinton Global Initiative.

But on the eve of the...

At first, I had high hopes for my first White House Correspondents Dinner: big room full of powerful people, all of them setting political rancor aside to eat together and laugh. Plus Stephen Colbert. And a free 3-course meal.

The proceedings began well. On my way into the Washington...