Conservatives have nothing left but socialism. Hope it works out for them. If it doesn’t though they could always try fascism.

Jane and I had a chat yesterday with Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Chair of the House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties to talk about his call for a special prosecutor to investigate the torture program. Chairman Nadler was clear: “You don’t have much choice under the law–you have to investigate.” The law requires, he explained, that such allegations be investigated.

Most Americans depend on the stock market for a portion of their retirement. The financial elites see it as their playground. The little guy doesn’t have a chance.

Is James Mitchell the “psychologist/interrogator” who performed a psychological profile of Abu Zubaydah declaring him fit to be tortured?

Ali Soufan, Barack Obama: get me OUT OF THIS

Democratic Senators have decided to roll out a slow death for the Employee Free Choice Act. I’ve heard from more than one person that the recent defections from Feinstein, then Lincoln, then Pryor, then Warner and now Webb were engineered by Harry Reid because…well, who really wants to piss off the Chamber of Commerce and NAM. So, if all the big money is being made by Democrats screwing over labor, why are progressives holding their noses and letting them?

We have previously established that US District Court Judge Jed Rakoff is knowlegeble in the laws governing the release of “judicial records” and in the backstory of what happens on Wall Street. Judge Rakoff also issued a string of decisions unsealing the wiretap application and interim reports used to justfy time extensions of those wiretaps in the Elliot Spitzer prostitution case, aka the Emperor’s Club.

We’re giving up Styrofoam cups here at our building in Washington, D.C. Also doing an energy audit and taking a few other steps as a start toward making our building a green one—just some of the actions the AFL-CIO announced this week, in time for Earth Day.

Back in 1999, there was surprise over the “Teamsters and Turtles” alliance during protests against the World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle.

Can you help New Hampshire enact marriage equality and gender identity protections today? Do you know any family or friends in New Hampshire? Potential allies in the state Senate say they are not hearing from marriage equality advocates. Please email or call your New Hampshire network today!

In January of this year, Jameel Jaffer, director of the ACLU’s National Security Project, spoke to a forum at Case Western Reserve University regarding torture and US law. The speech and Q&A session that followed are available in a lengthy YouTube that is well worth a watch if you have time.