Plunderbund

HT BSB.

Read it here. Some of the juicier bits:
By writing into law for the first time the definition of an “unlawful enemy combatant,” the bill empowers the executive branch to detain indefinitely anyone it determines to have “purposefully and materially” supported anti-U.S. hostilities. Only foreign nationals among those detainees can be tried by the military […]

Brilliant. Presidential? (A: Maybe.)

It’s official, torture/detainee bill passed the Senate last night. Several different amendments - to provide some kind of oversight program, to reinsert Habeas Corpus into the bill, and to put a five year sunset provision - all failed to pass.

The one thing Osama bin Laden couldn’t do - take away our freedoms - our […]

Staff expands on his statements last night.
You simply cannot inoculate yourself from having a different voting record. And this triangulation BS that Democrats keep trying weakens them. It makes them wishy washy, untrustworthy. That then feeds into the whole narrative the GOP construct anyway.
Sherrod Brown didn’t avoid any of that yesterday. By constantly running from […]

An amendment - proposed by Arlen Specter (R-PA) and largely supported by Democrats - to insert habeas corpus protections into the detainment/torture bill failed to pass by a narrow margin today.
The Senate just killed an amendment to ensure federal courts could review the legitimacy of individual’ imprisonment on suspicion of involvement in terrorism. The amendment […]

My previous headline about this was “House approves torture“, but in reality it’s much more sinister than that. Glenn Greenwald points out that no longer is Bush simply assuming the legal authority to throw anyone - including US citizens who have never left the country - in a secret jail without the right to […]

See other Christianist posters here. (Is it still satire if the target of the ridicule eagerly agrees with the satire?)
HT: Andrew Sullivan.

Boy, somebody is really dedicated to perpetuating the lies, especially considering the fact that the President has even backed down from these claims.

The House today passed legislation that legalizes torture and prevents detainees from challenging their imprisonment in federal courts, voting primarily along party lines. The Senate bill is expected to pass tomorrow, sending the legislation to the President to sign before the Hill is vacated so politicians can campaign for the November election. John […]

DailyKos diarist cbastian has the story of meeting Zack Space. It’s interesting, if short on detail, and not surprising that Space left a good impression. I quite enjoyed meeting him myself.
HT: BSB.

Next Wednesday’s gubernatorial debate at the University of Cincinnati is currently taking questions for Blackwell and Strickland. The focus of the debate will be the economy.
HT People Have The Power.

Laura Bush came to speak at a fundraiser for Joy “Terry Anderson is soft on Terror” Padgett last night. Unlike many Republicans, Padgett seems to be willing to tie herself very closely to the unpopular Bush Administration. Frankly, I think it’s because she’s showing her authoritarian roots.
In an interview after the event, Padgett […]