The Federal Election Committee is reporting that the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has only $1.6 million in cash and over $4 million in debts. The Democrats have over ten times that amount of cash. The NRCC is responsible for funding GOP campaigns. This is bad news for non-incumbents, who rely on the money for their nubile campaigns. read more »
Republican US prosecutor John Atchinson was arrested in Detroit for allegedly using the Internets to get with a toddler. Sort of like adult friend finder except instead of adults you find five year olds. According to the report he told the agent posing as her mother he would "go slow and very easy." Atchinson is being held without bail, and will likely be killed by other inmates before his trial now that he's been moved off of suicide watch. read more »
Habeas corpus is so... 1215. Who really needs the right to challenge indefinite detention by the government in court? The senate rejected a measure to restore this right, a core part of western law dating from the Magna Carta, to individuals designated as enemy combatants. Co-sponsored by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), the bill was supported by six Republicans. read more »
Texas Representative Ron Paul leads a swelling phalanx of online lemmings toward a steep virtual cliff. Eighty percent of his campaign donations come from Internet users, whose political inclinations match the quasi-populist libertarian hype surrounding Web 2.0. Here's proof the great democratization of the Internet will sweep Paul into the brick-and-mortar White House of global power. read more »
Not only was Senator David Vitter (R-LA) in the DC Madam's phone book, a prostitute now claims to have done business with him in Louisiana in 1999. Her name is Wendy Ellis, and her allegations have surfaced thanks to the help of publisher Larry Flynt. She is the latest witness in Flynt's campaign to expose hypocrisy in the US government and force the resignation of disgraced public servants. read more »
