The Washington Independent

Posts Tagged domestic

Oklahoma City Truther Makes Good

By | 05.18.09 | 12:18 pm

The Virginia Republican Party has a lot on its shoulders this year — a failure to take back the governor’s mansion will slow the GOP momentum going in to the 2010 elections. Nevertheless, the party hasn’t been tacking to the center as it builds itself back up again. (It moved More…

Awaiting Orrin Hatch’s Apology

By | 04.16.09 | 12:47 pm

You’re a maddening figure, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). You seem like a nice enough gentleman. And then you say things like this — via Josh Orton at MyDD –  during last year’s debate over amending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (video after the jump):

So Which Member of Congress Was Wiretapped?

By | 04.16.09 | 10:18 am

The New York Times reported that the National Security Agency improperly wiretapped a member of Congress who was “part of a Congressional delegation to the Middle East in 2005 or 2006.” Greg Sargent wants to know who it was. Don’t we all. To the Googling stations!

An Open Letter to the Tea Partiers

By | 04.16.09 | 8:46 am

Dear Tea Partiers,

I’d like to address you in good faith for a moment. I noticed today you had some strong feelings about what you consider to be President Obama taking away your freedom. You had some problems, I saw, with a recent Department of

More…