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U.S. Court System Outmatches 9/11 Conspirator
From Reuters:
Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person convicted in a U.S. court on criminal charges related to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, lost a bid on Monday to overturn his guilty plea and his sentence of life in prison.
A U.S. appeals court rejected arguments by Moussaoui,
GOP House Candidate: Battling Liberals More Important Than Defeating Terrorism
From The Minnesota Independent:
Allen Quist, a Republican who is seeking to defeat Rep. Tim Walz in southern Minnesota’s First Congressional District, told attendees of the Wabasha County Republicans Christmas Party in mid-December that beating the “radical” liberals in Washington, D.C., is a bigger battle than beating
Chafee to Announce Candidacy for Governor
From CNN:
Lincoln Chafee Monday will formally announce his bid for Rhode Island governor Monday.
Who Brings a Gun to a Tea Party?
Lots of attendees at a Tea Party on Saturday in Alamagordo, N.M., that’s who.
Best of 2009: McCain Double-Flip-Flops on FactCheck.org
All day, we’re re-running our favorite blog posts of the last year. This post was originally published on Dec. 2, 2009.
One day after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) hammered him for “flip-flopping” on Medicare cuts, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) fired back this morning on
TWI Looks Back at 2009: The Year in Blog
Another year is behind us, so what better way to reflect than to take a look back at TWI’s best, most popular, cleverest and head-smackingest blog posts of 2009? All day, we’ll be re-running our favorites.
Throughout the year on The Independent Streak, we followed the nation’s biggest stories, including: More…
Spencer Ackerman and Rachel Maddow Discuss the ‘24’-ification of the National Security Debate
After debating Pat Buchanan on “Morning Joe” earlier in the day about the efficacy of torturing terror suspects, TWI’s Spencer Ackerman returned to MSNBC last night to resume the conversation with Rachel Maddow. Video after the jump.
Spencer Ackerman vs. Pat Buchanan on MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’
If you weren’t watching MSNBC at around 7 a.m. EST today, you missed some great television. TWI’s Spencer Ackerman appeared on “Morning Joe” alongside NBC chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and MSNBC contributor Pat Buchanan to talk about the failed Christmas terror plot. The conversation took a sharp turn, however, More…
Weigel on Maddow: Tea Parties, the GOP and 2010
TWI’s David Weigel appeared on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” once again last night to talk about recent GOP efforts to co-opt the Tea Party message ahead of the 2010 elections. Watch the clip after the jump.
Senate Dems Likely to Drop Medicare Buy-In From Health Bill
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is smiling:
Senate Democratic leaders said Monday that they were prepared to drop a proposed expansion of Medicare and make other changes in sweeping health legislation as they tried to rally their caucus in hopes of passing the bill before Christmas.
