Republican senators say the point of new revisions to health care law is to make the law fail.
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) is stepping up his probe of FOIA requests at DHS.
This article explains how DOD-funded research may allow us to replace bomb sniffing dogs with new bombing and explosive ‘sniffing’ plants. Only thought I had was that plants just are not as quick on their feet in a real emergency. But they’re working on that.
Ahead of a major protest rally in Sanaa on Wednesday, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has pledged not to seek to extend his presidency past the end of his current term in 2013 and not to pass the reins of government on to his son.
As you can see here, this morning in Cairo supporters of President Mubarak — either supporters or police in plain clothes — went into Liberation Square with clubs, sticks and other small arms. In some cases on foot, in other on horseback and even on camels. What’s happened appears to be the first widespread violence to date, with protestors and supporters of the president clashing.
According to Reuters …
Protesters said some of the Mubarak supporters were members of the hated police forces in plain clothes. Some rode into the crowd on horses and camels and in horse-drawn carriages, wielding whips and sticks.
People fought each other with fists, sticks and stones while troops surrounding the square made no attempt to intervene. Reuters correspondents saw dozens of injured. Many people fled in panic.
As noted in the post below, things appear to be moving rapidly in Cairo and into a volatile and violent phase. We’re tracking the moment to moment developments in our TPM Egypt Wire. Either click the link or see the latest items in the wire just below the feature section to the right.
The very latest we’re hearing is that the Army appears to be at least attempting to separate the protestors and pro-Mubarak forces in Liberation Square.
If you need a brief respite from the Egypt turmoil, you could do worse than Mitt Romney doing Letterman’s Top 10 List last night. Watch.
Michael Steele faces off against muppet “Michael Steele” in interview with Jon Stewart.
As with the stimulus of 2009, Republicans members of Congress who opposed health care reform now have to decide whether to help their constituents take advantage of the bill’s provisions. Some are basically opting not to.
Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) flips flops on climate change because Al Gore is fat.