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Michael Mukasey for Attorney General
President Bush's decision to make a generally non-controversial selection to replace Gonzales either speaks to a genuine desire for comity, or maybe a recognition that his lame duckness wouldn't have allowed him to get away with anything more. Aw, who...
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Dose of Durst
Recently retired Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will probably write a book. Taking a cue from O.J., he should title it: "If I Remembered It."...
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Teamwork
It seems like we always find ourselves disagreeing with the mainstream media (especially their priorities). Today, however it seems that we are on the same side. Today, newspapers across America hailed Alberto Gonzales's resignation, much as we have been doing...
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Why?
A day after Gonzales resigned, one big question still looms. Why? What caused such a steadfast and brave leader to leave his post. Was it that there was more dirt than what we already knew? Could it have been about...
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A Tribute to Gonzales: A Man Who Didn't Really Remember Things Too Well
After a long day of news of Alberto Gonzales's resignation, we at Working Assets felt it was fitting to give you, the ones responsible, a look back at what makes today just so glorious. - Gonzales defeats the evil Geneva...
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Moving On Up The Bush Crony Ladder
Only hours after Alberto Gonzales's resignation, it seems that our ever-efficient friends in the White House have found a replacement. According to Think Progress, this guy is for real. This morning, CNN's Suzanne Malveaux reported that "very senior level sources"...
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Bush goes Gonzo on Wiretapping
Congress is on the verge of giving the Bush administration the power to wiretap American citizens without a warrant or court order. The L.A. Times reported yesterday that Bush is pressuring Congress to force Internet and telecom companies to provide...
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Oh, Karl Rove
Looks like those Bush Administration obstructionists are at it again. Today, Karl Rove was absent from a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, instead making his 29-old-aide take the congressional beating. From the New York Times article: The Senate Judiciary Committee grilled...
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About Time
At last, someone is going to call to impeach Gonzales. Well, someone in Congress, that is. After all, we've all been calling to impeach him for awhile now. Keep calling...keep calling....
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For Gonzales, Impeachment is Still a Good Idea
Remember, we recently asked all of you help us call upon Congress to impeach Alberto Gonzales? Well, it's still a good idea. As the AG needs to defend against claims he improperly pressured then-AG Ashcroft (on a hospital bed at...
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Is Congress Ready To Grow Up?
For the better half of this decade (well, the worse half, but it's a figure of speech), Congress has acted like an immature. It has avoided responsibility, followed the lead of its deadbeat dad in the White House and managed...
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No Confidence Vote for Gonzales Will Be Monday
Today, Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) announced that a vote of no confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will be held this coming Monday. It's hard to imagine how anyone can still have any confidence in this Attorney General's ability...
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The Comey Dilemma
The testimony of James Comey, the former Deputy Attorney General, leaves us in a bind. On the one hand, his revelation that Dick Cheney punished those who questioned his domestic surveillance program affirms our Working Access Act for Change call...
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How Is He Lasting This Long?
I was out of the country for ten days and had a little bet with myself that the AG would be gone by the time I got back. Speaking with Europeans, and trying to explain what Gonzales was doing in...
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TeeVee News: Time for a new job
A certain former White House Counsel may soon be in need of job counseling. Maybe when the time comes, he can job-hunt with a World Bank ex-president who's recently had to brush up his own resume. Click here to read...
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In Alberto's Own Words...
On March 13, while discussing the U.S. Attorneys purge, Alberto Gonzales said: "...I never saw documents. We never had a discussion about where things stood." Yet evidence now shows he attended at least one meeting, on Nov. 27, where he...
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Go, Gonzo, Go
It's strange: shouting "Go!" can mean "Hooray!"...or it can mean "Get the Hell Out of Here!" Which do you think the Attorney General is hearing right now? As Senators prepare a vote of no-confidence in the AG, even GOP leadership...
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Alberto Gonzales Should Resign Now
"Alberto Gonzales should resign now." Who is the latest to join the ranks of the Gonzales-Be-Gone Caucus? Republican Senator Chuck Hagel. The American people deserve an Attorney General, the chief law enforcement officer of our country, whose capability and honesty...
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What Could Be Too Extreme for Ashcroft?
Many of us consider John Ashcroft -- an Attorney General who covered the bare breast of a statue of justice in the DOJ offices -- to be about as extreme as anyone in that Administration. Today's testimony before the Senate...
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Fair Harvard...
Oh, Alberto. The news keeps getting worse. Your Deputy resigns...and now even your old Harvard chums have turned against you. As Think Progress notes, while the public letter penned by members of his class doesn't explicitly call for him to...
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Methinks They Do Protest Too Much...
First, the Attorney General fired a bunch of federal attorneys. Now a third member of the Gonzales team is stepping down. Pretty soon, we might not have anyone left in the DOJ. And yet, the one who remains is the...
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Let's Make a Deal!
Beneath a headline that suggests some mix of eagerness and desperation on the part of world leaders ("Deal Is Offered for Chief's Exit at World Bank"), The New York Times reports that pressure for Wolfie's departure is growing ...and...
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Senator Salazar Still Supports Gonzales?
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' recent appearance in front of the Senate was just awful. He was completely unable to explain the baldfaced lie he told the nation when he said he was not involved in the politically-motivated firings of eight...
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Dose of Durst
The President refuses to fire Attorney General Alberto Gonzales because the guy's title and name both start with AG and its the only way he can remember who's filling the position Read More of Durt's dissections of the down-and-out...
