Shadow Government

A Googlement Above the People, Around the People, and Ahead of the People

Randall Amster | Posted 03.13.2009 | Media


Randall Amster

Who else would you want keeping track of stuff, watching your back (and front), fighting our undeclared cyber-wars, and making the trains run on time? Next stop, Googletopia!

Will Jeb Bush Lead a Southern Republican Rebellion Against Obama?

Bob Fertik | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics


Bob Fertik

On Election Day, Saxby Chambliss beat Jim Martin by only 3%. Just four weeks later, Chambliss won the runoff by 15%. Why were Georgia Republicans so motivated?

Jeb Bush Ponders Florida Senate Run

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics


UPDATE 12/2: Marc Ambinder is reporting that Jeb Bush is considering a run for the Senate to replace the retiring Mel Martinez: Two sources close to...

America's Shadow Government: Part Two

John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics


John W. Whitehead

This database reportedly contains the names of Americans who, "often for the slightest and most trivial reason, are considered unfriendly, and who, in a time of panic, might be incarcerated."

America's Shadow Government: Part One

John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics


John W. Whitehead

We are, for all intents and purposes, one terrorist attack away from having a full-fledged authoritarian state emerge from the shadows.