Immunity

Friday Talking Points [38] -- Whiners And Cheeseheads

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Welcome back to Friday Talking Points, after a one-week hiatus! While plenty has happened in the past two weeks which bears close and careful analysis...

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Spying Activists Re-Up Pressure on Obama

Ari Melber | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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Ari Melber

Though they Obama/FISA protest group now has one objective (urging Obama to change his vote), by increasing its membership, mission and ambition, it has the makings of a broader successful net movement.

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Friday Talking Points [37] -- Welcome, New Readers

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

McCain flip-flops on torture, tax cuts, the religious right, Roe v. Wade, lobbyists, gay marriage, creationism, Iraq, talking to enemies, and just about any other subject you care to name.

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Legitimizing Arrogance

Chellie Pingree | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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Chellie Pingree

In a double sleight of hand, not only does new legislation passed yesterday by the House say unmonitored surveillance of American citizens is permitted, it blocks any opportunity to test the premise in the courts.

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Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media

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Chris Weigant

McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.

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ACLU Takes Sen. Bond to Task on Telecom Immunity

Melissa Hapke | Posted 05.29.2008 | Home

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The ACLU wrote that Bond's proposal, "wouldn't actually look at whether telecom companies broke the law; it would just look at what the Bush administration told telecom companies was the law."

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A Potential Vice-Presidential Candidate Struggles with Legislative Dealmaking

Sunil Chacko | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics

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Sunil Chacko

Senator Evan Bayh is on the short-list of vice-presidential candidates for both Obama and Clinton -- so his effectiveness as the potential president of the Senate is a matter of some importance.

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Friday Talking Points [19] -- A "Rare Uprising" Of Democrats

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

It's been a busy week for Democrats, with a lot to cover. There has been good news and bad, but on the whole I'd have to judge the week a success for...

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Friday Talking Points [17]

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

This column is dedicated to the idea that Democrats can learn to use talking points as effectively as Republicans often do. This idea annoys many who...

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Friday Talking Points [16] -- The State Of The Blog

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.25.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Netizens, fellow bloggers, Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Reid, Members of Congress, Supreme Court Justices, and all Americans... I am proud to stand...

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Just Say NO to Telecom Immunity

Laura Scher | Posted 01.24.2008 | Media

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Laura Scher

I know it's a little odd as the CEO of a phone company to be against immunity for other phone companies. But I'd like to think of myself as the voice of reason.

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Susan Sontag Was Right

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics

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Barry Yourgrau

Susan Sontag was right. And right on. Almost innocent, in a way, seeing where we've come to since.

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Fighting Illegal Spying in the Senate Today

Ari Melber | Posted 11.08.2007 | Politics

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Ari Melber

Under Democratic control, Congress is doing even worse on illegal spying than the Republicans.

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Lawsuit Against Blackwater May Cripple US Reliance On Security Contractors

Time | ADAM ZAGORIN | Posted 11.07.2007 | Politics

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A little-noticed court case in Florida threatens to undermine the arrangement under which some 150,000 private contractors provide security and backup...

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Immunity Watch: Senate Considers Illegal Spying Today

Ari Melber | Posted 10.31.2007 | Politics

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Ari Melber

Today the Senate Judiciary Committee convened a hearing on President Bush's spying bill, which could validate warrantless domestic surveillance, immun...

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Iraq Revokes All Contractor Immunity

AFP | Ammar Karim | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics

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The Iraqi government announced on Wednesday that it has decided to formally revoke the immunity from prosecution granted to private security companies...

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Angry Senators Say White House Cut Deal Over Wiretapping

Washington Post | Ellen Nakashima | Posted 10.23.2007 | Politics

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Senate Judiciary Committee members yesterday angrily accused the White House of allowing the Senate Intelligence Committee to review documents on its ...

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Legal Scholars: Immunity For Telecom Wiretapping Would Set Bad Precedent

Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 10.22.2007 | Politics

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When previous Republican administrations were accused of illegality in the FBI and CIA spying abuses of the 1970s or the Iran-Contra affair of the 198...

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Why Do You Need Immunity, If You Haven't Broken the Law?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 10.13.2007 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

Has enforcing US law become so quaint and obsolete that when someone pretty much admits they broke the law and asks in essence for a preemptive pardon, no one looks into it?

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