The Daily MuckRepresentative Charlie Rangel (D-NY) has four rent-stabilized apartments in one of Harlem’s most luxurious apartment buildings. Rangel pays a meager rent of under $4,000 a month for these apartments despite the growing rate of evictions in similar rent-stabilized apartments throughout the city. (New York Times)
The Mayor of Jackson, Miss., was indicted Wednesday on federal civil rights charges. The charges stem from his unannounced 2006 demolition of a duplex, during which he personally broke the windows. He claimed it was a crack house, but no drugs were found in the house. (New York Times)
The Federal Election Commission is back and ready for action after a seven-month paralysis. This comes after deadlock over a Bush appointee that left only a two commissioner membership out of the necessary six. (Washington Post)
President Bush signed the controversial new FISA bill into law yesterday after a year-long struggle. Bush called the bill “landmark legislation that is vital to the security of our people”. (AP)
The American military lawyer of a Canadian detainee at Guantanamo Bay claims that his client was abused by interrogators, according to a secret government report. Omar Khadr is the only Canadian detainee at Guantanamo and is accused of killing a United States soldier in Afghanistan. (New York Times)
The chief of the Federal Communications Commission recommended Thursday that Comcast be reprimanded for not allowing customers open access to the internet. This unprecedented decision was made after complaints were filed that Comcast blocked traffic among users of a file sharing program. (AP)
