IL-GOV Legal Explainer
A few questions about which you may be wondering:1. With what was Gov. Blagojevich charged?The indictment criminal complaint (PDF) has two counts: conspiracy to defraud the State of Illinois and the...
View ArticleKarl Rove almost saved Blagojevich. Here's how.
Lost in all the Chicken Littling about OMG OMG Did Obama Play Ball With Blago (Answer: No. If you need further information, it's past the jump.) is the fact that Rod Blagojevich almost escaped from...
View ArticleBlagojevich Is a Crook But Was Fitzgerald Hunting OBAMA?
The governor of IL, Blagojevich seems to be a crook. Crooks and politics are one of the same with the exceptions.
View ArticleFitzgerald's GOP Coup
Setting aside for a moment Gov. Rob Blagojevich's Tony Soprano conversations with his chief of staff, let's look at what Patrick J. Fitzgerald has accomplished with his rushed-to-judgment "criminal...
View ArticleMissing emails: White House stalls to the bitter end
For years Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and the National Security Archive have been waging a legal battle to secure the recovery, proper storage and archiving of several million...
View ArticleGolden Opportunity Missed with Blag's Bleepin' Golden
Here's what may seem like a minor issue, regarding the Rod Blagojevich outrage, Patrick Fitzgerald's press conference about it yesterday, and the media's reporting of it.Fitzgerald told us that he had...
View ArticleObama should nominate Fitzgerald for Attorney General!
I don't know enough about the current nominee Obama has made for attorney general, but why even get in the tussle? Why not do a fancy Jujitsu move and use a perceived Republican strength to further...
View ArticlePatrick Fitzgerald speaking at commencement in Peoria, IL
Here's the announcement itself, after the jump. He is speaking at the December commencement at Bradley University. Just posting to alert all the folks in Central Illinois.I'm not sure what the deal is...
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Blogj the Squirrel Demands Payola
Since we auctioned off our house, we’ve been holed up in an apartment complex in the heart of Silicon Valley. Not an unpleasant place, we have, however, found that there is a darker element—an...
View ArticleNew RNC ad hammers Pres-Elect Obama over Blagojevich
Oh no! A representative from the Obama administration---Rahm Emanuel, who might someday be Chief of Staff---spoke to Blagojevich about Obama's replacement! Proving that Obama, who isn't even...
View ArticlePresident Obama: Fire Patrick Fitzgerald and Rehire Him
Mr. President, one of the first things you'll get upon your swearing in is a stack of resignation letters from all the U.S. Attorneys, standard procedure when changing Administrations. The very first...
View ArticleCountdown "Lite" Missing Keith Olbermann - Dec. 28, 2008
Are you missing Keith Olbermann like I am? Do you have a holiday nightma...er...uh... story to share? Ya' wanna muse about what's making the news today - at least according to me (with your own 2...
View ArticleSenator Roland Burris (D-IL) Fine By Me
Roland Burris for sixteen years was an elected statewide official in Illinois - first comptroller general, then attorney general. Burris ran for Governor in a crowded Democratic primary in 1994 and...
View ArticleFitzgerald requests an extension to indict Blagojevich
Fitzgerald Asks for More Time to Indict Blagojevich Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Chicago U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald asked a federal judge for more time to bring an indictment against Illinois Governor...
View ArticleAsk Obama for a Torture Special Prosecutor
Ari Melber, writing at the Nation spreads the word on how to keep the issue of torture prosecutions front and center with the incoming administration:The Obama transition team is taking questions again...
View ArticleWas Fitzgerald's Blago media event a hit on Obama?
The IL governor, Blagojevich has not been indicted and now Fitzgerald wants 90 more days before deciding whether to indict him. What does this tell ya? Fitz's media event was a probably a deliberate...
View ArticleWe Just Made Torture Prosecutions The Top Question at Change.Gov (Ari Melber)
As many DailyKos readers know, a whopping 70,000 questions poured into Change.gov over the past week, in response to the Obama transition team's call for citizen queries. After votes from about...
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Morning Feature: Blago does Eastwood? (Thriller Thursday)
Welcome to another Thriller Thursday, where artist nonnie9999 and I offer the Kula Krew a place to gather for Koffee, Kuddles, and Konversation around a news event from the past week that really,...
View ArticleBurris: IOKIYAR
Roland Burris spoke to Rod Blagojevich! Name a Politician in Illinois who hasn't? We all knew he was lying...but in the matter of lies...this was a tiny one.Heck Bill Clinton lied too and he got...
View ArticleLooking in Mirror, Carlson Calls Jon Stewart Partisan Hack
Jon Stewart's demolition Thursday of CNBC's Jim Cramer may pale in importance to Edward R. Murrow's historic 1954 take-down of Joe McCarthy, but those who most likely would have backed the red-baiting...
View ArticleVan Susteren Joins Carlson with Conflict of Interest
This has been a busy week for journalistic conflicts of interest. Over the weekend, former MSNBC host Tucker Carlson blasted Jon Stewart as a "partisan hack," a charge made without noting either his...
View ArticleJust Wait It Out
[Cross-posted at The Left Coaster.]John Cole of Balloon Juiceobliquely glanced off my primary question about the current torture uproar yesterday by asking how does he (Cheney) get away with it? ,...
View ArticleWe need Patrick Fitzgerald to investigate torture
Things are inching towards the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate torture. My concern all along has been that we need to ensure that the investigations don't derail important...
View ArticleTorture and Obama: Let the Law Work
President Barack Obama seems awfully conflicted about the continuing debate over what to do about the torture of U.S. prisoners during the Bush Administration. There are increasing calls for a special...
View ArticleBlatant lies: Iraq-WMD-9/11 timeline
Dick Cheney recently decided to link Iraq/9-11/WMDs. I decided that this couldn't go unchallenged. So my friend Michael (who is amazing) and I incorporated timelines from the Plame outing, Iraq WMD...
View ArticleBlatant lies: Iraq-WMD-9/11 "link" timeline
This is a repost. I've been asked repeatedly to post it again. If I'm not supposed to and an administrator wants me to delete it I will.Dick Cheney recently decided to link Iraq/9-11/WMDs. I decided...
View ArticleThe Wreck of the Patrick Fitzgerald
Why is Patrick Fitzgerald threatening to sue HarperCollins for publishing the re-issue of Peter Lance's "Triple Cross"? Well, here are some actual reasons that a big-time player like Fitzgerald would...
View ArticleIt's Fitzmas!!!!
Pat Fitzgerald Named Interim Chairman of AG Advisory CommitteeIn his new role, Fitzgerald will be the lead voice for the U.S. attorney community. It’s the latest high-profile assignment for America’s...
View ArticleCheney Turns to Sgt. Schultz Defense in Plame Case
During the controversy over the Bush administration's prosecutor purge in 2007, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales raised selective amnesia to an art form. In one single day of Congressional...
View ArticlePaging Patrick Fitzgerald: "Missing" White House Emails Found
Remember those 22 million White House emails that the last Bush Administration "lost" while Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation into Plamegate was underway? Well, they've been found, according to the...
View ArticleHow about a Booster shot for Cheney's Failing Memory
Exhibit A: Cheney Knows Nothing!http://www.youtube.com/...Melanie Sloan: In his FBI interview He [Cheney] says, 'I don't recall.''I don't remember.''I don't know.'well over 75 timesWhy is it Cheney...
View ArticleCheney to FBI: I don't recall, I don't remember -- I Know Nothing!
Exhibit A: Cheney admits it He Knows Nothing!http://www.youtube.com/...Melanie Sloan: In his FBI interview He [Cheney] says, 'I don't recall.''I don't remember.''I don't know.'well over 75 timesWhy...
View ArticleGoldman, Sachs starts talking
The joys of existence in and around Wall Street continue as before.Madness reigns: Goldman, Sachs has issued a formal statement.No one here at DKOS will be shocked. However the language, together with...
View ArticleAmerican Torture Trials Finally Begin - but not where you'd expect
It's been a long time waiting for someone to held accountable for the torture and human rights violations we all know have been going on for some time. And today an actual torture trial is beginning,...
View ArticleJon Burge: N-----, you're going to tell me what I want to know
From the Chicago Tribune: Anthony Holmes, 63, said that on May 29, 1973, Burge and other officers burst into the South Side home, arrested him at gunpoint and took him to the old Area 2 headquarters....
View ArticleIs Scooter Libby Tucker Carlson's Own Journolist Scandal?
On Thursday, Daily Caller editor Tucker Carlson ratched up his assault on Journolist, the liberal email list managed by the Washington Post's Ezra Klein. In a letter to his readers, Carlson suggested...
View ArticleA Governor Bloggo Sermon
1956 - Milorad Blagojevich is born in Chicago to Serbian immigrant parents.2002 - "Rod" beats Roland "Himself" Burris and Paul "Ejukashun" Vallas for the Democratic nomination for Illinois Governator....
View ArticleMad Dog Obama Administration Serves More Peace Activists with Subpoenas
It's out of control, and it's all taking place as people smile and go shopping, and keep drinking the Obama Kool-aid of "Change We Can Believe." Freedom dies. What's important is not who these people...
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Patrick Fitzgerald Resigns
Patrick Fitzgerald, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois and a member of the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel has resigned and will leave office on June 30. News...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Veteran GOP Rep. Thad McCotter may not...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •MI-11: The news broke over the holiday weekend, so you may have missed it,...
View ArticleThe Hilarious Hypocrisy of the Bush League Leakers
On Friday, President Obama denounced as "offensive" and "wrong" allegations that he was behind the leaks of U.S. cyber attacks on Iran and the terrorist "kill list," while Attorney General Eric Holder...
View ArticleJohn Cornyn is the Very Model of a Modern Major Republican
During a highly charged Senate hearing on Tuesday, Texas Republican John Cornyn demanded the resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder. That Cornyn would emerge from GOP central casting to lead the...
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Republicans cheer as Woodward moves from Plame game to blame game
With the March 1 sequester looming, conservatives have a new hero. Bob Woodward, whom the Nixon Library once accused of "offering bribes" as part of a "coup" engineered by Tricky Dick's enemies, is now...
View ArticlePlamegate: When Woodward was not worried about threats from the White House
Bob Woodward's "I'm doing it for the kids" rationale for his interpretation of Gene Sperling's email as an attempt to chill his reporting is an about face from his previous posture when a White House...
View ArticleThree FBI Director Candidates Have Leaky Baggage
The Washington Postreported on possible candidates to replace long-time FBI Director Robert Mueller. Three of those candidates share a troubling enthusiasm for prosecuting so-called leakers, who are...
View ArticleWill Republicans oppose James Comey as FBI Director?
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that President Obama has narrowed his list of possible replacements for FBI Director Robert Mueller to two candidates. Senate Republicans probably won't be happy...
View ArticleHarold Meyerson knows Chicago-My old home town.
Ah yes, let's put a little humor into the latest revelations from my home state. I have been away just about half of my nearly 73 years but not much has changed. It took me a long time outside of...
View ArticleHaha! Comey Hires Fitz as His Lawyer!
Sorry for the short diary but I didn’t see this anywhere else here. Former FBI director James Comey just hired Patrick Fitzgerald as one of his lawyers! Oh this is sweet!As most here probably know,...
View ArticleJames Comey reveals he is working with an attorney who has a very particular...
Campaign ActionFormer FBI Director James Comey revealed that he has been working with an attorney since May 2017, the month he was fired by Donald Trump. His attorney isn’t any ol’ run-of-the-mill...
View ArticleRoger Stone the Russia colluder is sentenced to 40 months in prison
Today Roger Stone has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for lying to Congress, obstruction of justice and witness tampering in the Russia/Mueller case. This, of course, has thrown Donald Trump in a...
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