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Dems Strip Specter of Any Illusions

SUSIE MADRAK over at Crooks and Liars [H/t Scarce] While I’m enjoying the sight of Specter’s seniority reduced, he did bring a lot of money to Pennsylvania and I’m hoping my state doesn’t suffer too much as a result: The Senate last night stripped Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) of his seniority on committees, a week […]

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Iraq by JT

Bob Somerby on Maddow, Dowd, Matthews and Mission Accomplished

THE DAILY HOWLER LIKE DOWD ON RICE: Good God. The history of an age could be found in Greg Mitchell’s post last Friday. Or could it? On the sixth anniversary of “Mission Accomplished,” Mitchell recalled the way big pundits recorded Commander Bush’s splashdown on the deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln. The commander strutted about […]

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Lobbyists by JT

Jane Harman Appears At AIPAC Convention

D DAY HAS ALL THE DIRT: Harman’s Magic Act by dday By a twist of fate, Jane Harman actually appeared at the AIPAC convention over the weekend, bringing full circle the recent controversy over her comments picked up on a wiretap offering help to get AIPAC staffers out of a Justice Department probe in exchange […]

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Television by JT

NBC Sticks to the Script for Six New Prime-Time Series

The Brilliant  Lisa de Moraes….. THE WASHINGTON POST Tuesday, May 5, 2009 NEW YORK “Chuck” obsessives will have to chow down on Subway foot-longs for at least another week, but fans of the flick “Parenthood” can stop donating disposable diapers to Octomom, or whatever grass-roots campaign it is they’ve hatched to persuade NBC suits to […]

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