Russia’s oil and gas behemoth Gazprom and Nigeria’s state-owned energy outfit have announced a new joint venture that they’ve given a most unfortunate name.
Rep. John Boehner will delay this evening’s expected House vote on climate change legislation by reading the entire text of the Waxman-Markey bill on the House floor.
I don’t know anyone who wanted to close the detention facility at Gitmo because of where it was — but rather because of what it was. It’s not merely a symbol, but is the embodiment of the implementation of a bad policy. If you close Gitmo but carry on the same bad policy elsewhere, you’re playing a shell game, Mr. President.
Gov. Mark Sanford apologized to just about everyone in his emotional press conference on Friday. Now, TPM Reader Blogger Rootman asks: when do Appalachian Trail hikers get their apology?
From the Las Vegas Review Journal …
Gov. Jim Gibbons’s phone records will be handed over to the woman who accused him of assault in the run-up to the 2006 gubernatorial election, a federal magistrate ruled this week.
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Mazzeo is suing Gibbons, former Clark County Sheriff Bill Young and others in federal court. She claims her rights to due process were violated when Gibbons allegedly attacked her. She also claims Gibbons and others orchestrated a cover-up in connection with the incident.
Thanks to TPM Reader SB for the tip-off.
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) says the climate bill vote was a choice between liberty and tyranny.
When the first sentence of the article reads like this, you know it’s gonna be good.
A former mayor found sitting naked and holding a beer at a Rabun County campsite told police he wasn’t the same naked man seen walking around earlier.
Thanks to TPM Reader JB for the heads up.
We’ll do more formal job announcements next week. But for our regular readers and for those who might be interested in joining our team, I wanted to let you know that we’re going to be adding eight new editorial positions to our staff. Most of those slots will be new reporter-bloggers in New York and Washington. But there will also be new junior editorial positions.
We plan to hire for six of those positions this summer. And then two more in early fall. Together, that will more than double the size of our editorial staff.