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Mu Mu Mukasey by deerfrance & Extra Virgin Mary

2008-07-18T12:40:46Z

Attorney General Michael Mukasey is doing a heck of a job! A song to salute him

TPMtv: Bush DOJ Scandal, Update #1

2008-07-26T02:43:43Z

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: As you know, Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine came out yesterday with the first installment of his long-awaited report on the panoply of DOJ scandals growing out of last year's US Attorneys firing story. In today's episode we bring you up to date on Fine's key findings and explain why installment one is an ominous sign for those actually involved in the firings.

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Episode 10: I swear, George (11/2/07)

2008-07-26T02:33:52Z

Meet our new, bipartisan, fair-minded Attorney General -- Michael "Alberto" Mukasey. I swear, George, you're torturing me.

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Justice Department Protest Demands Resignation of Gonzales

2008-06-15T21:29:42Z

Every monday amd friday CODEPINK Women for Peace protests outside the U.S. Department of Justice demanding the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. This video shows two different days of CODEPINK's Justice Department demonstrations.

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Waterboarding Torture Demonstration at Justice Department

2008-07-16T10:42:44Z

On Monday November 5th in Washington DC a graphic demostration of "waterboarding" was performed at the Departmnent of Justice in Washington DC

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Is Waterboarding Torture? Graphic Protest of Mukasey

2008-07-26T02:39:24Z

Is the form of extreme interrogation known as WATERBOARDING really a form of TORTURE?

You be the judge...

This video was shot outside the Justice Department on Monday November 5th as Iranian American Maboud Ebrahimzadeh was waterboarded in a VERY graphic anti-troture demonstration to protest the nomination of Michael Mukasey as US Attorney General.

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CODEPINK: Feinstein Constituent ARRESTED at Mukasey Hearing

2008-07-26T02:39:24Z

On the day of the Mukasey Attorney General Confirmation vote in the Senate Judiciary committee, CODEPINK activists were continually harrassed by Capitol Police as they waited in line for a public hearing. Jes Richardson, a resident of San Francisco California, was arrested for exercising his first amendment right to Free Speech by shouting "Shame on you for supporting torture."

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Mukasey Refuses to Say Yoo 4th Amendment Memo Withdrawn

2008-06-14T15:30:27Z

Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Senate Appropriations Committee, April 10, 2008

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BUSH LEAGUE JUSTICE: Siegelman's Atty & Arizona Atty General

2008-06-18T03:36:47Z

02/28/08.

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Wexler questions AG Mukasey on Impeachment and Contempt

2008-06-12T15:29:59Z

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Headzup: Michael Mukasey Avoids Waterboarding

2008-06-14T09:31:26Z

Attorney General Michael Mukasey is asked why he refuses to answer if he believes waterboarding is torture.

Find out more about it here--
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080130/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/mukasey_torture

Download daily Catch and Release Comedy™ political cartoons to your mobile phone or iPod at www.headzup.tv

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Whitehouse to Mukasey: Why Aren't You Investigating Torture?

2008-06-11T21:30:11Z

January 30, 2008

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Mukasey on Waterboarding: "It is Unresolved"

2008-06-11T15:38:02Z

January 30, 2008

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Mukasey Refuses to Say that Waterboarding Should Be Outlawed

2008-06-11T21:29:58Z

January 30, 2008

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Biden: Mukasey Stance on Torture "Shocks My Conscience"

2008-06-11T15:36:51Z

January 30, 2008

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Mukasey Says CIA Tapes Investigation May Cover Torture

2008-06-11T15:36:16Z

January 30, 2008

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Did The Administration Break The Law, Mr. Mukasey?

2008-06-11T15:36:37Z

January 30, 2008

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Mukasey "Would Feel" Waterboarding Used on Him Is Torture

2008-06-11T15:36:47Z

January 30, 2008

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Random interesting headlines

2008-01-12T20:34:11Z

Since I've got nothing this afternoon.

Suitcase Nukes Said Unlikely to Exist

Mukasey sworn in as attorney general (Awful quiet about it weren't they?)

Gov. Perry praises Giuliani, warns GOP women against Clinton

2007 deadliest year ever for U.S. troops in Afghanistan

25 Years of Vietnam Offerings

Keeping the faith: Study outlines young adults' struggle with religion

Phone cards cheating immigrants of millions

UN chief visits Antarctica

Family: Paternity test from Gipper's DNA proves negative

pic via Cat of course, entitled "November Dune".

Late Night Happenings

2008-01-12T20:33:56Z

The world keeps turning after I tuck in apparently-

Bhutto in standoff as blast hits minister's home
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (CNN) -- Benazir Bhutto was involved in a standoff with security forces Friday as Pakistan suffered its first deadly attack since the declaration of emergency by President Pervez Musharraf.
Bhutto addresses supporters from behind barbed wire which surrounded her Islamabad home Friday.
A blast, possibly a suicide bomb, at the house of a federal minister in northwestern Pakistan killed four people Friday, police told CNN.
(snip)
Meanwhile opposition leader and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto faced off against security forces, who placed barbed wire and barricades around her Islamabad home, preventing her attending a rally banned by the government, she told CNN.
When about 50 of her Pakistan People's Party supporters attempted to cut through the cordons of wire, riot police began beating both them and journalists.
An armored car carrying Bhutto approached the breach, where she -- speaking with a megaphone -- told several hundred police and security forces: "We are not the enemy; give us way."
Bhutto told the security forces: "Don't stop us, we are not the enemy. Even you in uniform are my brothers." However, the security forces refused to back down or let her through, and Bhutto returned to her home.

I'm not holding my breathe for any good news to be coming out of Pakistan any time soon.

Also

Senate confirms Mukasey as attorney general
53-40 vote is lowest level of support for a nominee since '52
A divided Senate narrowly confirmed former federal Judge Michael Mukasey Thursday night as the nation's 81st attorney general, giving the nominee the lowest level of congressional support of any Justice Department leader in the last half-century.

On Mukasey, Glenn wants to know-

What happened to the Senate's "60-vote requirement"?

Joe Lieberman Supports Mukasey

2008-06-15T03:30:27Z

I can't think of a better reason to oppose him.

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Terry Jeffrey: Waterboarding Protects America

2008-06-15T03:30:26Z

Conservative commentator Terry Jeffrey advocating for waterboarding on CNN's Situation Room, November 1, 2007

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Senator Joe Lieberman Endorses Mukasey for Attorney General

2008-03-22T21:54:41Z

The second most important reason not to make him AG.

Via TPM

Rachel Marsden: Torture or Swim Lesson?

2008-06-15T03:30:30Z

Conservative columnist Rachel Marsden on CNN's Situation Room, October 31, 2007: "One man's torture is another man's CIA-sponsored swim lesson."

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Monday Morning Round Up

2008-01-12T20:31:19Z

I'm still smiling from finding out Tancredo won't run again!

WASHINGTON (CNN) - A senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday he plans to vote against Michael Mukasey's confirmation as U.S. attorney general.

Sen. Chris Dodd, a Democrat from Connecticut, said he will not support President Bush's nominee because Mukasey said the president can overrule a federal statute when the nation's defense is at risk. "There's no such provision in the Constitution whatsoever," said Dodd, a 2008 presidential candidate.

SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES CALL HUCKABEE TOO LIBERAL ON TAXES, IMMIGRATION: A bitter fight is taking place behind the scenes over Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee. Influential conservatives are clashing over whether Mr. Huckabee is capable of keeping evangelicals from fleeing the GOP to form a third party or if he's too liberal fiscally for the Republican electorate. Washington Times: Huckabee stirs up third-party fear

Iran Seen Likely To Withstand Sanctions On its front page, the Washington Post reports, "Confronted by mounting US and UN pressure, Iran has been steadily shifting its trade from West to East and, with the benefit of record high oil prices, is likely to be able to withstand the new US sanctions, according to US, European and Iranian analysts."

POLLS DON'T REFLECT OBAMA'S CELEBRITY STATUS: Hutton Street, a modest, racially mixed working-class neighborhood on the city's east side, was unprepared for the miniature army that invaded it one recent Saturday morning when Barack Obama decided to pay a call. LA Times: Polls don't reflect Obama's star power

MCCAIN MAY BET EVERYTHING ON NEW HAMPSHIRE: As John McCain gambles on a comeback, his presidential campaign is confronting a key question: Should the candidate place his last few chips on one square or two? Politico: McCain comeback still a gamble

Turks, Kurds Clash Near Iraqi Border In another Middle East hot spot, Turkish military forces and Kurdish rebels are clashing along the Turkey-Iraq border. NBC Nightly News reported the Turkish army "is reporting a major operation against Kurdish separatists along the border with Iraq," and officials "say 20 Kurdish guerillas were killed."