As Congress returns tomorrow to start a new session, OpenCongress is excited to announce a major update that will put all the bills and votes at your fingertips. It’s never been easier to track what’s happening with your government. Now on OpenCongress, you can build a personal profile of bills and people you’re tracking, network  Read more »

Juan Cole:  Informed Comment: US Video of Iran Speedboats Doctored; Iranians Charge Fabrication: The Bush administration’s assertion that 5 small Iranian boats confronted big, well-armed US ships in the Straits of Hormuz and threatened to blow up the American vessels is looking more and more like a serious error if not a Republican Party fabrication.  Read more »

Question:  When is 36% closer to 39% than it is to 37%?  Answer:  When it represents the number of votes received by Obama, Clinton, and McCain – in that order – in New Hampshire’s 2008 primary. And why is the Fox News ‘You Decide 2008′ site the only election site by a news outlet that  Read more »

The internet is buzzing with Billy boy shoving an Obama staffer this weekend, thanks in large part to our friends at Crooks and Liars.  It’s been fun watching O’Reilly make a spectacle of himself, traveling to New Hampshire to beg Barack to come on his show. Jonathan and Bill, our FOX Attacks duo, rushed in  Read more »

This morning while making my rounds, I came across a link on the Turnip of Power blog.  (Go ahead, say that without giggling… try it.)  about a service in early Beta called Qassia.  I browsed over and signed up for an account so I could poke around. Qassia is a search engine like beast in  Read more »