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• Rove's Replacement, Republican Rioter

  April 20, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  As Michael Crowley at TNR smartly reminds us Joel Kaplan — the man assuming many of Karl Rove's policy duties — was a member of the GOP melee that shut down t... | More »

• Team MiniKiss

  April 19, 11:09 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  In the battle of little-person Kiss tribute bands, this blogger is a MiniKiss man all the way. | More »

• We're Number One!

  April 19, 11:08 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  In Independent Online Edition carbon dioxide emissions! Oy. 2004 — the latest year to be studied — was our worst ever. We're now more than fifty percent over... | More »

• War Tax Resister's League

  April 19, 11:01 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  This C.S. Monitor piece reports you can stiff Uncle Sam your part of the Pentagon's budget — and get away with it. | More »

• Missing You Already

  April 19, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  I gotta confess: I've always had a soft spot for Scotty McClellan. Blessed with none of the intellectual dexterity or unctuous eloquence of his predecessor, Ari F... | More »

• Trent Lott's $700 Million Stinker

  April 19, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  If you thought Alaska's bridge to nowhere was some tasty pork, check out Trent Lott's $700 million earmark to move Mississippi's coastal railroad line i... | More »

• How We Love Dear Leader

  April 18, 11:07 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Prosperous and happy "Katrina Kids" singing propaganda odes to FEMA at the White House? A little Pyonyang flava in the Rose Garden! Kim Jong Il would so totally approv... | More »

• Militia Madness

  April 18, 11:06 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Shiite militias, backed by Iran, are now perhaps the gravest source of instability in Iraq. This Knight-Ridder article suggests that U.S. generals knew that their pres... | More »

• Why Are We Not Surprised?

  April 18, 11:06 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Jason Leopold and Murray Waas do the 4th Estate proud. Jason's latest scoop: "Eleven days before President Bush's January 28, 2003, State of the Union addre... | More »

• Bush Knows Best?

  April 18, 11:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  In his press conference this morning Bush told the Army's anti-Rumsfeld contingent, You're not the boss of me: "I hear the voices. And I read the front page... | More »

• $1.9 Million

  April 17, 11:04 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  That's the size of Dick Cheney's refund from Uncle Sam this year. But before you gag, consider that Big Time gave nearly $7 million to charity — and that h... | More »

• All in the Family

  April 17, 10:57 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  TPM Muckraker has a great item detailing how California Republican Congressman John Doolittle hired his wife to be his chief fundraiser. The great thing? She works on ... | More »

• 40,000 Suicide Bomber Brigade?

  April 17, 10:55 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Iran really does seem determined to out-crazy the Bush administration. You wanna threaten us with mini-nukes? Fine: How do you like our 40,000 self-guided human bombs?... | More »

• Thanks for Linking

  April 17, 10:55 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  A shout-out to a few of the kids crazy enough to link to National Affairs Daily: All America PAC HongPong.com I'd Rather Be in Kalangadoo imagineaworldof.blogspo... | More »