Obama promises he won’t use signing statements. . . too much. But he doesn’t offer any way for us to know how much damage signing statements have already done.

Reviewing al-Qaeda’s bleed-to-bankruptcy strategy in the light of the economic meltdown of 2008/9

The main things that struck me while watching Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo: How positive, self-aware, and focused the inmates seemed to be, how grounded, emotionally open, and perceptive these women are, and how sincere the staff appears about wanting to help the women transition out of the prison system.

It’s an ugly system, and it’s not going to unwind without a lot of public pressure. You can tell Congress what you think about it here. We’ll be personally delivering your comments to them in the next week, and hope you can join us tomorrow for a chat with Rep. Grayson.

Read with the close attention with which John Yoo refuses to read our Constitution, Yoo’s latest attempt at self-defense is even more pathetic.

SCOTUS refused to expand the voting right act today. They chose a defintion of “majority” that will allow for vote dilution of minority votes. The rationale for this was that the defination chosen provides a bright line test that is easy to understand.

“Yes, the [Bush] administration acknowledged, some soldiers had abused prisoners, but these soldiers were anomalous sadists who ignored clear orders. Abuse was aberrational — not systemic, not widespread, and certainly not a matter of policy.

The government’s own documents tell a different story.”

As Jane once wrote, nothing like a Republican catfight.

Wrecking a trillion dollar business takes a lot of stupid.

Tell members of Congress that you want them to take action here. I will be delivering your comments to Congress in the coming week.