{"id":4781,"date":"2007-07-07T12:27:56","date_gmt":"2007-07-07T19:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=4781"},"modified":"2007-07-08T00:39:40","modified_gmt":"2007-07-08T07:39:40","slug":"brad-blogs-last-week-in-review-7107-7707","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4781","title":{"rendered":"BRAD BLOG’s Last Week In Review 7\/1\/07 – 7\/7\/07"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest blogged by DES<\/em><\/p>\n

Hope you had a fabulous Independence Day<\/a>! While Brad is out and about traveling on various speaking engagements and posting where possible, our Guest Bloggers are doing the heavy lifting to bring you stories and analysis that matter, that you won’t<\/em> find anywhere else. <\/p>\n

The biggest story on last week’s list: Fallout from Bush’s unprecedented commutation of “Scooter” Libby’s prison sentence<\/a> dominated the newscasts and the marbled fat<\/strike> halls of punditry, as apologists<\/a> and critics joined in the chorus in the continually-escalating drama that is the Valerie Plame\/CIA Leak case. (Guess the Bushies didn’t read<\/em> the DoJ handbook<\/a>, and are blaming Clinton — again<\/a>.) As our newest guest blogger Jon Ponder<\/a> reveals, the Bush Administration is now publicly operating under “Justice for me, but not for thee.”<\/a><\/p>\n

Second biggest story from the last week: The Obstructors of Justice (Department of Gonzo) continue to bob and weave to hide from congressional oversight, but the Summer of Accountability inexorably rolls forward. What extra-constitutional tactic will the Bush Administration try next? Perhaps VP Dick “A Law Unto Myself” Cheney and his anti-Constitution minions in the Office of the Vice President are working overtime to bring you the latest in bizarre interpretations of the Constitution. If you’re down with OVP<\/a>, you get out of jail<\/a> for (nearly) free… (at least until you’re discovered on the newly-released “DC Madam” phone list<\/a>… or Cheney-fatigue<\/a> sets in…)<\/p>\n

Although the leaders of the astro-turf group ACVR <\/a> have “hit the mattresses”<\/a> for now, the long tentacles of their trumped-up campaign to spread the Republican Myth of Voter Fraud across the nation have surfaced (again) in the U.S. Attorney Purge Scandal, this time in David Iglesias’ New Mexico<\/a>. Perps in the Jack Abramoff Lobbying and Bribery Scandal are also trying to escape further scrutiny<\/a> (there are so many — are there any congressional Republicans not<\/em> involved?)…<\/p>\n

And be sure to give a listen to Brad’s debate<\/a> with Larry Norden of the Brennan Center, as they try to sort out just what is going on in the controversial Holt bill on the Peter B. Collins Show<\/a>…<\/p>\n

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SUNDAY, JULY 1st…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Leahy Prepared to Hold Bush, Cheney, Gonzales in Contempt of Congress…<\/strong><\/a>
\nBlogged by Brad from Nashville…It’s not easy keeping up from the road. But we’re doing our best….<\/em><\/p>\n

ACVR Reached into New Mexico U.S. Attorney Firing; More Details Unearthed in GOP ‘Voter Fraud’ Front Group’s Central Role in Republican National Strategy to Game Elections<\/strong><\/a>
\nFounder, Front Man, Thor Hearne, Crawls Out from Under His Rock to Provide a Few Laughs<\/em>
\nEven as His Vote Suppression Efforts Continue to Haunt the DoJ, America’s Electoral System…
\nBlogged by Brad from Nashville…<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

MONDAY, JULY 2nd…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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‘Thriller’ Audio: Brad Debates Larry Norden of Brennan Center for Justice on Holt Election Reform Bill<\/strong><\/a>
\nPeter B. Collins Show Hosts Extremely Lively Discussion on Pros and Cons of Controversial House Bill’s Allowance for Use of Dangerous DRE Touch-Screen Voting Systems<\/em>
\nALSO: CA SoS Debra Bowen Refuses to Support HR 811, Concerned About Putting ‘Paper Trails Into Statute’…
\nBlogged by Brad from Nashville after Escaping Atlanta…<\/em><\/p>\n

BREAKING: Bush Commutes Libby Sentence<\/strong><\/a>
\nGuest Blogged by Alan Breslauer<\/em><\/p>\n

A Crook in the White House<\/strong><\/a>
\nFrom Throwing Sand in the Umpire’s Eyes to Throwing Out the Umps<\/em>
\nGuest blogged from D.C. by Margie Burns<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

VIDEO MASHUP: Michelle Malkin’s Law & Order Hypocrisy<\/strong><\/a>
\nTwo ‘Democratic’ Fox ‘News’ Strategists Agree Commuting Libby Sentence Was ‘Right Thing to To Do’<\/em>
\nGuest Blogged by Alan Breslauer<\/em><\/p>\n

Suprise, Suprise: Commutation of Libby Sentence Violates DoJ Procedures<\/strong><\/a>
\nFitzgerald Unhappy, But Thompson and Guilliani Thrilled<\/em>
\nAs Bush Senior Prepares to Roll Over in His Grave…
\nBlogged by Brad from Nashville…<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

TUESDAY, JULY 3rd…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bush True to His Word: He DID Promise, After All, That Any Leakers Would be ‘Taken Care of’<\/strong><\/a>
\n‘I Want to Know Who It Is’ Said Commutator-In-Chief Before Failing to Launch an Investigation to Find Out<\/em>
\nUPDATE: Refuses to Rule Out Pardon…
\nBlogged by Brad on our way out of Nashville…<\/em><\/p>\n

OLBERMANN CALLS ON BUSH, CHENEY TO RESIGN<\/strong><\/a>
\nSays ‘Both Crossed the Rubicon Last Night’, ‘Even Nixon Knew When It Was Time to Go’…<\/em>
\nBlogged from D.C. by Margie Burns<\/em><\/p>\n

VIDEO: MSNBC’s Dan Abrams Puts Lie To Bush Claim That Libby Sentence ‘Excessive’<\/strong><\/a>
\nGuest Blogged by Alan Breslauer<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

WEDNESDAY, JULY 4th…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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VIDEO MASHUP: Like Bush Father Like Bush Son<\/strong><\/a>
\nGuest Blogged by Alan Breslauer<\/em><\/p>\n

Does Libby Get Off Scot-Free?<\/strong><\/a>
\nBush’s Commuting Prison His Terms May Mean Not Even Probation for Libby<\/em>
\nWill the Libby Defense Fund Pay the $250,000 Fine for Millionaire Libby?
\nGuest blogged by Margie Burns<\/em><\/p>\n

The Declaration of Independence — Now More Than Ever<\/strong><\/a>
\nOn America’s Fourth of July…<\/em>
\nBlogged by Brad from St. Louis…<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

THURSDAY, JULY 5th…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Another GOP Front Group Goes ‘Missing’ on the Internets<\/strong><\/a>
\nItalia Federici’s ‘Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy’ Makes Like Thor Hearne’s ‘American Center for Voting Rights’, Cutting and Running from Her Online Propaganda Site…<\/em>
\nBlogged by Brad from “Thor” Country (St. Louis, Missouri)…<\/em><\/p>\n

Note to USA Today: Al Gore Won, No Matter What Frank Luntz Tells You<\/strong><\/a>
\nPaper Passes on Unchecked Rewritten History – Despite Paper’s Own Findings – from Top GOP Propagandist…<\/em>
\nBlogged by Brad from St. Louis…<\/em><\/p>\n

EXCLUSIVE: Injunction Lifted, ‘DC Madam’ Can’t Confirm Cheney On List<\/strong><\/a>
\nPhone Records To Be Shared With Media and Bloggers<\/em>
\nDeborah Jeane Palfrey Admits to BRAD BLOG She Had No Way of Knowing Who Her Associates Were, Leaving Clients On List Open to Blackmail…
\nGuest blogged by Joseph Cannon<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

FRIDAY, JULY 6th…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Victor Rita Case Makes Libby’s Commutation Look Suspicious<\/strong>
\n<\/a>Bush Admin More Involved in Case Than Earlier Accounts Indicated…<\/em>
\nGuest Blogged by Jon Ponder of Pensito Review<\/em><\/p>\n

New Poll: Majority of Nation, Independents Favor Impeachment of Dick Cheney<\/strong><\/a>
\nNear-Majority Favor Same for George W. Bush<\/em>
\nSo What Are We Waiting For?
\nBlogged by Brad from the road in St. Louis…<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

SATURDAY, JULY 7th…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Libby Apologists Now Support Bill Clinton (Apparently)<\/strong><\/a>
\nBut Who in the Anchor Chair Will Bother to Point That Out?…<\/em>
\nBlogged by Brad from St. Louis…<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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