When it came out that Jesse Jackson had said he wanted to "cut his [Obama's] nuts out," that was only part of the story. The rest was withheld... until today, when it was leaked to TVNewser.

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President Bush has asserted executive privilege to prevent Attorney General Michael Mukasey from having to comply with a House panel subpoena for material on the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity. picked by shep182 1 week ago

Andrew Cuomo is making big strides in the quest to rid the internet of child pornography, coming down especially hard on internet service providers who allow those materials to be accessed via their networks. Tells all ISP's to ban alt.* newsgroups. picked by johnrhodes 1 week ago

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke continues with his semi-annual testimony before Congress Wednesday morning. Bernanke will face Dr. Paul and the Congressional Committee on Financial Services on Wednesday July 16 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. Be sure to tune in on CNBC, Bloomberg, or CSPAN. To watch online, tune into CSPAN.org. picked by siennablue 1 week ago

As a country slowly learns the meaning of satire, it learns that this is not racism or fear mongering, or doesn't, and whines about it. picked by unzercharlie 1 week ago

President Bush lifted an executive order banning offshore oil drilling on Monday and urged Congress to follow suit. "This means that the only thing standing between the American people and these vast oil reserves is action from the U.S. Congress," Bush said. picked by shep182 2 weeks ago

"Goebbels With Better Hair"
An L.A. Times editor approved hateful comments on Snow’s obituary. CNN’s iReport quickly filled with bile. However, the left-wing “alternate media” (so named for the universe they inhabit) produced the most searing and deliberately offensive coverage. picked by ImNotBlue 2 weeks ago

As brought to you by Democratic Underground. Updated (nearly) every Monday, and it always gives me a good chuckle. Go through the archives for a good laugh/cry session. picked by Rowangrey 2 weeks ago

Choosing the Bush administration's 10 most disastrous failures is about as pointless as picking out your 10 least favorite hemorrhoids: There are entirely too many of them, and taken together they all add up to a throbbing mass of pain. But it has to be done for historical reasons. picked by BernardBlack 2 weeks ago

Bernie Mac's slightly risque joke does not go over well at an Obama event. That isn't shocking. What is shocking to me is the ancient age of the joke he was telling and the amount of times it gets posted to 1000's of forums every few months. Bernie. Cough up a few bucks for some writers. picked by BernardBlack 2 weeks ago

Hundreds of Santa Clauses are taking sides and spoiling for a fight. Following the expulsion of Tim Connaghan from the Amalgamated Order of Real-Bearded Santas, splinter groups such as The Fraternal Order and The Red Suit Society have been looking for a rumble. picked by pocksucket 2 weeks ago

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. picked by Bornbad 2 weeks ago

uh... I mean American leaders are a bunch of whiners. Phil Gramm and McCain is catching some flak for comments Gramm made regarding Americans and the "mental recession" they are in. picked by bernardblack 2 weeks ago

Numbers are often tweaked to show whatever one wants to show. However when you look at these statistics on gdp, poverty, insured, global community standing, trade deficit and more, it does not paint a warm picture for President Bush future legacy. picked by bernardblack 2 weeks ago

The Senate gave final approval on Wednesday to a major expansion of the government’s surveillance powers, handing President Bush one more victory in a series of hard-fought clashes with Democrats over national security issues. As most of you may know, I am a huge Obama fan and am saddened to see him voting in support of this (even though he said he wouldn't). picked by theclansman 2 weeks ago

Former White House adviser Karl Rove has ignored a subpoena from congressional Democrats to testify about allegations of political pressure at the Justice Department. picked by shep182 2 weeks ago

not what you'd expect, caught when he thought his microphone was off on the O reilly factor.. picked by smarty1052 2 weeks ago

WASHINGTON - Bowing to President Bush's demands, the Senate approved and sent the White House a bill Wednesday to overhaul bitterly disputed rules on secret government eavesdropping and shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits complaining they helped the U.S. spy on Americans. picked by bingo 2 weeks ago

Got to admire standing on principals but even his wife didn't agree with him. picked by tigertony 2 weeks ago

I already know I'll be voting Obama this year, but if Edwards were his running mate, I'd actually feel good about it. picked by Rowangrey 2 weeks ago

So much for our rights.... picked by KTaggett 2 weeks ago

Food crisis - what food crisis!! picked by topofall 3 weeks ago

Conservative, Republican, GOP and other Political shirts.

Several rather funny designs...I'm a big fan of the "Up your Arsenal" design. picked by direwookiee 3 weeks ago

In order to pass their political driving test, successful politicians need to be masters of one tricky manoeuvre in particular - the U-turn. (BBC) picked by ImNotBlue 3 weeks ago

Helms once said his job was to derail the freight train of liberalism. picked by kakana 3 weeks ago