Consider becoming an organ donor. It can save someone’s life!

The AUDACITY of journalists to seek employment in a Democratic administration! Why, I do declare. Nothing like this has EVER happened before!

The news last week that President Obama had bought into and signed off on the full boat of shameful state secrets assertion in the case of Binyan Mohamed v Jeppesen Dataplan set off a wave of criticism. Obama came to the criticism the old fashioned way, he earned it by breaking his campaign promise and continuing the wretched excess of unitary secrecy.

The folks at Brave New Films talked to Rep. Marcy Kaptur and economist Dean Baker about the TARP, Wall Street and regular folks. As Rep. Kaptur said, somewhere in the economic mess, “there has to be some justice for Main Street.”

As many of you have noted, at least 62% of Americans support some investigation into Bush Administration crimes (whether a criminal investigation or a truth commission). Do your members of Congress agree with the majority of Americans who refuse to ignore the past? Call them and find out.

It sure looks to me like we could do a lot better with nationalization than with a receivership, if Citibank is, in fact insolvent.

Rahm’s protege Heath Shuler (BD-NC) was one of only seven Democrats to vote against the stimulus bill. What do his fellow North Carolinians think?

The Senate has opened an ethics probe into Roland Burris’s conflicting testimony about his relationship with Rod Blagojevich — as it should. But the moral authority of the Senate to cast judgment in the situation is seriously compromised by their lack of action with regard to Ted Stevens, who was actually convicted on federal corruption charges.

Minority Whip Eric Cantor is disturbed by government bailouts. Nonetheless, he voted for the one which helped his wife’s company.

President Obama today will announce $50 billion to help homeowners stay in their homes. But many homeowners will eventually owe more than their homes are actually worth. So will you be able to save your home? Sarah Ludwig of the Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project, Paul Leonard of the Center for Responsible Lending and others discuss the foreclosure crisis.