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Woodcockery | BLOG ENTRY

The battle over the prescription-only status of Plan B —the so-called "Morning After Pill" —just got a whole lot weirder. According to an internal memo released as part of ongoing litigation, the FDA's deputy commissioner —a woman...
April 26, 2006 2:56 PM ET
The "Death Tax" Con | BLOG ENTRY

Public Citizen has uncovered a decade-long$30 million stealth campaign by eighteen of the richest families in America — including the clans behind Wal Mart, Campbell's Soup, and M&M's — to repeal the estate tax. You know...
April 26, 2006 2:54 PM ET
"Something of an Embarrassment" | BLOG ENTRY

FoxNews host and frequent Bush critic Tony Snow has just signed on to shill for the administration.
April 26, 2006 12:00 AM ET
Rumsfeld Sued by Teens | BLOG ENTRY

Are you among the 12 million high school students whose GPA, Social Security number and other personal information have been Hoovered up into a Pentagon recruitment database? Unhappy about it? Maybe you join this lawsuit, filed...
April 25, 2006 3:45 PM ET
Thirty-Two Percent | BLOG ENTRY

CNN puts the president's approval rating at thirty-two percent. Worse: He's got a whopping sixty-percent disapproval. Good news for Democrats: In the poll's generic matchup, fifty percent of Americans would cast their ballot for a Democratic...
April 25, 2006 3:44 PM ET
Petrol Politicking | BLOG ENTRY

Check out the two parties' proposed solutions to sky-high gas prices. Cutting against type, the Democrats are calling for a sixty-day federal gas-tax holiday, bringing prices down eighteen cents a gallon. Bush and the GOP want...
April 25, 2006 3:42 PM ET
Free-for-All | BLOG ENTRY

Comment away!
April 25, 2006 3:34 PM ET
The New AT&T | BLOG ENTRY

Sucks as much as the old SBC. Your friendly neighborhood blogger moved over the weekend. He was promised that his DSL line would go live this morning. And much to his surprise, it went live last night....
April 25, 2006 12:00 AM ET
Single-Source War | BLOG ENTRY

The White House's only response to Drumheller's whistle-blowing has been that the Iraqi turncoat was a single source and therefore wasn't reliable. As Drumheller points out, this is a crock. "They certainly took information that came from single...
April 24, 2006 4:45 PM ET
The Big Lie | BLOG ENTRY

60 Minutes has blown the lid on the administration's WMD bamboozlement. There can no longer be any doubt: The march to war was a deliberate sham. The CBS report connects the dots: We knew that the CIA...
April 24, 2006 4:42 PM ET
Will Censure for Cash | BLOG ENTRY

We know Russ Feingold's censure resolution made for great political theatre, but how much was the MoveOn-pleasing gambit worth, in dollar terms? About $175,ooo as measured by the boost to Russ' Progressive Patriots PAC. He's going to...
April 21, 2006 4:24 PM ET
Open Thread, Baby | BLOG ENTRY

The Bush administration says that medical-marijuana movement is less about chemo patients and more about stoners who want to get high in peace. Which is it America? (Be honest . . .)
April 21, 2006 4:23 PM ET
Inside the Iranian Police State | BLOG ENTRY

The restrictive dress codes come as little surprise. But a $6,000 fine for watching satellite TV? Two months in jail for walking your dog? Ahmad[man]inejad, why must you be such a crazy bastard?
April 21, 2006 4:23 PM ET
Kay on Iran: Nobody Panic | BLOG ENTRY

People don't note that the Iranians have taken longer and achieved less than any other country that attempted clandestinely to produce nuclear weapons. It's wrong to paint the situation in Iran as: Iran's on the...
April 21, 2006 4:22 PM ET
4/20 | BLOG ENTRY

It's surely no accident that the FDA waited until the stoner holiday, 4/20, to release a finding that "no sound scientific studies" support the use of marijuana as medicine. And if the Bush administration has a devilish...
April 21, 2006 4:16 PM ET
The One-Third President | BLOG ENTRY

Bush's approval rating has sunk to a new low. In a Fox News poll, no less. Thirty-three percent. (And just in case you were curious if Fox's polling was somehow less "fair and balanced" than its political...
April 21, 2006 12:00 AM ET
Gitmo's Guest List | BLOG ENTRY

The Pentagon has finally released the names of 558 Gitmo prisoners who've passed through the kangaroo court known as the Combatant Status Review Tribunal. The first official list provided since Gitmo began holding prisoners four years ago...
April 20, 2006 2:42 PM ET
War Costs Explode | BLOG ENTRY

From today's WaPo: The U.S. government is now spending nearly $10 billion a month in Iraq and Afghanistan, up from $8.2 billion a year ago, a new Congressional Research Service report found... Annual war costs in Iraq...
April 20, 2006 2:33 PM ET
Dear Mr. Ass Wipe . . . | BLOG ENTRY

Imagine getting this letter from your Congresswoman: ...I am honored to serve as your Representative in the U.S. Congress. I think you're an asshole. Sincerely, Jo Ann Emerson Member of Congress P.S. Please forgive the delay in responding
April 20, 2006 2:24 PM ET
In the Mind of the Decider | BLOG ENTRY

"Someone very close to the President said to me, you know, he won't fire Rumsfield because it would be the equivalent of firing himself. He can't acknowledge that it was such a big mistake, in so...
April 20, 2006 12:00 AM ET