Through a FOIA request, TPM has obtained new photos and the preliminary government reports on the crash that killed Sen. Ted Stevens (R). Read the report here.
Isakson (R) and Bennett (R) announce support for START Treaty.
Barbour does u-turn, calls Citizens Council “indefensible.”
Sen. Corker (R) announces his support for the START treaty, apparently giving the White House the votes necessary for passage.
This won’t come as a surprise to those familiar with the history of the late Jim Crow Era or the White Citizens Council movement. But as author John Dittmer explains, the decision of the Yazoo City Citizens Council to try to keep out the KKK wasn’t a matter of disagreeing with their objectives. They just thought their methods would be more effective in preserving Jim Crow and that it was better to have White Supremacist forces concentrated in a single organization. As the Yazoo City Citizens Council explained in reference to the Klan, “your Citizens’ Council was formed to preserve separation of the races, and believes that it can best serve the county where it is the only organization operating in this field.” Read More
The Senate just voted to break the GOP filibuster of the START Treaty, with a critical 67 votes. That suggests, though nothing is ever guaranteed in the Senate, that the treaty should muster the 2/3 required for passage.
Sen. Manchin (D-WV) apologizes for missing DADT and Dream Act votes.
Can you believe it’s the 4th Annual Golden Dukes already? 4 years of corruption, Crazy and just general betrayals of the public trust. As regular readers know, the Golden Dukes are TPM’s annual award program, named in honor of former, disgraced and now imprisoned former Rep. Randall “Duke” Cunningham (R-CA), whose boffo corruption and bribery scandal in 2005 became the iconic DC corruption story of the early 21st century. So who are this year’s nominees? Click here to see the nominees our judges this year will be choosing from.
And who are the judges? This year our esteemed judges are Rick Hertzberg, Susie Bright , Sara Benincasa, Alex Pareene and TPM alum Andrew Golis.
Now feast your eyes on this year’s contenders.