Here’s our list of the top five most bizarre failed terror plots that happened under the watchful eye of the FBI.
My favorite is still that of the Liberty Six, who in an immortal TPM turn of phrase, were so early on in their plan to wage jihad that they hadn’t gotten around to converting to Islam. Though the recent model plane scheme — which I still think could have been very successful — is giving some heady competition.
What’s your favorite? Have we missed any?
What are the consequences of the crackdown on voting that kicked off in 2011 and is going to hit in a big way in 2012. We’ve been covering the different dimensions of it in states across the country. But now a new study shows that GOP voter suppression efforts are likely to impact some 5 million Americans next year. Not surprisingly, almost all Democrats. Of course, that’s bigger than the margin of many a lot of recent national elections.
Sounds like Thursday is the day for the big announcement from Chris Christie.
A new study by the Brennan Center, which is at the vanguard of tracking voter suppression efforts around the country, says new state laws restricting access to the polls (mostly promulgated by Republicans) will adversely affect some 5 million mostly Democratic voters.
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Chris Christie’s the man of the moment. And we’ve cheered him recently, like when he smacked down nutball anti-Muslim activists in his home state. But the man comes with a whole lotta baggage too. Like the time back in 2002 when he made a wrong turn onto a one way street, plowed into a motorcyclist and then managed to leave the scene without so much as a traffic citation when he told the cops he was the US Attorney and late to a dinner engagement. That and more right here.
Obama administration presses ahead with more renewable energy grants.
Local banks see opportunity to lure customers away from mega-banks like Bank of America which are sticking new fees on ATM cards.
This is definitely one of the downsides to there being like … what, five banks now? In addition to that whole too big to fail thing.
At the moment I personally bank with Citibank. And TPM does as well. But I hear they’re getting ready to tack on new ATM fees too. It’s occurred to me to try switch these accounts to some non-mega-behemoth bank. But I don’t even have a clear idea what local/smallish banks are left in New York. Anyone got any pointers?
Rep. Dennis Rehberg (R-MT) is expected to challenge Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) next year. And now Rehberg is rolling out a new bogeyman for the race: scofflaw parents allegedly abusing the federal school lunch program.