McChrystal and Ambassador Eikenberry to testify before Congress

According to White House and other officials, General Stanley McChrystal and Ambassador Karl Eikenberry have been asked to be prepared to testify before Congress as early as next week. President Obama is expected...

House Votes to Allow GITMO prisoners into US for trial

According to FOX News.com, the House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to permit Guantanamo prisoners into the United States for Trial. The measure will still have to be approved by the Senate.If the...

Secret Program cancelled by Panetta was plan to target Al Quaeda

Last week Democratic Senators were referring to a CIA briefing by Leon Panetti, that alleged that a secret CIA program had been canceled by Panetti that had been kept from Congress. As the story developed there...

Dems Punish Sen. Specter Stripping His Seniority On 5 Committees

Fresh on the heels of Sen. Arlen Specter's defection from the G.O.P. to the Democratic Party, are recent news reports that he has just been stripped of Seniority on five Congressional committees.The decision to...

Black Bloggers urge Congressional U.S. Taser Torture Hearings

Black bloggers from around the United States, Canada, UK, Africa, Europe, Brazil, and other parts of the world have come together for “A day of blogging for Justice - Standing up against the pre-trial electrocution." http://aapoliticalpundit.bl...

Obama Expected to Sign Recovery Plan to Address Foreclosure Cr...

The U.S. Congress has passed the $787 billion economic recovery plan which is expected to include provisions to bailout banks to boost credit flow and reduce the number of foreclosed homes. " President Barack Obama has called Congress’ decision to pass the stimulus bill as...

Did Texas Congressman Michael Burgess break the rules? No, the rules just suck!

UPDATE - Originally, both houses of Congress applied the rules of postal franking to the distribution of emailed newsletters. That prevented the emailing of newsletters within 60 days of an election in which a senator was running and 90 days prior to an election where a...

The Limits of Freedom

The computer search engine corporations are under attack for wanting to do business with China. Wal-Mart isn't of course, nor is Pepsi.

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