Newsie’s WiR: Newsweek Crumbles & GOoPer Abramoff Hearts Apartheid

Democratic Officeholder(s) of the Week!
The Party of Ethics Reform Cheers to Rep. Pelosi and Rep. Miller.

Items (copied, pasted or reworded) from various sources or compiled by me; some commentary is mine.

• Was FEMA buying support for Bush in Florida?
• Major blog coverage re: Santorum’s Hitler remark. The Move On Standard should be applied.
• GOP K Street Project
• Ohio GOP rare coin scandal update from The Toledo Blade Seems like the only Ohio media outlet reporting this is The Toledo Blade, or is AmericaBlog only linking to The Toledo Blade? Anybody out there know?
• Judicial Nominees: Perhaps We Should Give the Santorum Option a Second Looks
• Republican rhetoric against judges is out of control and putting judges in danger.
• Bush admin. complicit in UN oil-for-food scandal
• White House Edits “Nonpartisan” Testimony
• Shorter Carpetbagger Report: “Compassionate conservatism” continues to be an oxymoron. In other news, Dubya continues to be just a moron.
• WaPo Dan Froomkin: The Empire Strikes Bush
• ExxonMobile’s echo chamber: well-funded pseudoscience, by Plutonium Page
• NYT’s Frank Rich: Just How Gay Is the Right?
• Adulterer and Choke Artist Rep. Sherwood (R-PA) is kept in GOP leadership position.
• CREW Files Ethics Complaint Against Ney It was only a matter of time.
• Right Wing Smear Against Reid Isn’t Over.
• Bush Sold the War on WMDs, Not Regime Change Must read column
• Olbermann segment on Downing Street Memo
• George Bush hates his wife. No other explanation for why his exercise is more important than our nation under attack
• Photoshop Fun: Sith Happens… Subverting the Senate The Frist part is hilarious.
• Rove Guided Career of Judicial Nominee in Filibuster Fight
• Dr. Hager of the FDA who likes nonconsentual sex Link goes to contact info. Register your complaints to his supervisor.
• LATimes: Bush Resumes Well-Staged Social Security Roadshow
• (The Note) Mike Kranish of the Boston Globe establishes that (1) the President of the United States met with Native Americans who were the tribal clients of Grover Norquist on several occasions; (2) Grover has earned a lot of moolah from tribes; and, (3) Grover sent some money from an Indian tribe to an anti-gaming initiative. Kranish seems to see problems here with this; Grover does not. link
• (WakeUpCall) “I probably know more about the state budget than I do my own personal budget” — ID Gov. Dick Kempthorne (R), on bouncing 2 checks totaling $111 to his hairdresser (AP).
• Porn Star to Dine with Dubya

More blogs that frequently have posts that deal with this topic:

• DNC’s Case File. Scandal Man: A Guide to the Ethics Violations, Abuses of Power, and Corruption of DeLay
• Tom DeLay’s House of Scandal
• Jack Abramoff and Friends
• Drop the Hammer on DeLay
• Republican Noise Machine from MyDD
• DCCC blog: The Stakeholder
• First Draft
• For video on the worst of the phony Republicans, visit Crooks & Liars.
• The Daily DeLay is updated regularly & has action items.
• TAPPED from The American Prospect.
• The Fly Trap at The Gadflyer