This is only news to people who live in the Beltway Imperial Bubble:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The typical double-income family is worse off financially than ever, a study released Thursday said, warning that few Americans have saved enough to brace for financial setbacks.
Middle-class families are struggling to pay for a home, health insurance, transportation and their […]

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Boy, remember how worked up the wingnuts got about Clinton contributors sleeping in the Lincoln bedroom?
Apparently it’s not really sex if you go home instead of staying the night. Roll Call:
Hundreds of contacts between top White House officials and former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his associates “raise serious questions about the legality and actions” […]

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And I know you can use some…. A new poll I have it on very good authority that a poll coming out tomorrow shows Joe Sestak beating Wacky Curt Weldon, BFF with Rev. Moon, by one point (within MOE) in the PA 7th district.
You have one more day to show Joe some love. Do it!

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Because we can all use a laugh right about now, my favorite scene from “Airplane!”:

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Pink, with one of those songs that make me think she wrote it for me:

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Could have asked any woman and saved the money:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Too much testosterone can kill brain cells, researchers say, in a finding that may help explain why steroid abuse can cause behavior changes such as aggressiveness and suicidal tendencies.
Tests on brain cells in lab dishes showed that while a little of the male hormone […]

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Just got this from one of the staffers in Reid’s office:
We entered into a unanimous consent agreement — the choice was have a cloture vote and lose (we simply did not have the votes) with no amendments allowed or actually get votes on four dem amendments. Because it was a UC agreement any member could […]

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Here (via Eric Alterman). Just go read the whole damned thing:
Conservative dissidents seem to have done an admirable job of persuading each other of the truth of their claims. Of course, many of these dissidents extolled the president’s conservative leadership when he was riding high in the polls. But the real flaw in their argument […]

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It saddens me when people are so blind to the concept that these people work for us. (Okay, a lot of them think they work for big corporations, but they can’t get into a position to do them favors unless we put them there first.)
It’s up to We, the People.
So you need to go here […]

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Glenn Greenwald:
As Congress prepares to enact one of the most tyrannical and un-American laws in our nation’s history, at least there is a Federal Judge who recognizes that we are not supposed to live under executive tyranny and that the obsequious submission to the President which characterizes Congressional Republicans is a destructive and repugnant trait.
Judge […]

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Is the relinquishment of the trial by jury and the liberty of the press necessary for your liberty? Will the abandonment of your most sacred rights tend to the security of your liberty? Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings–give us that precious jewel, and you may take everything else! …Guard with jealous attention the […]

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Jack Cafferty:
President Bush is trying to pardon himself. Here’s the deal: Under the War Crimes Act, violations of the Geneva Conventions are felonies, in some cases punishable by death. When the Supreme Court ruled that the Geneva Convention applied to al Qaeda and Taliban detainees, President Bush and his boys were suddenly in big trouble. […]

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Hillary surprised me with her impassioned speech on the torture bill, pointing out that “the one thing necessary for the growth of jihadism is the torture of innocents.”
Amen.

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Bob Woodward senses the massive problems with the Iraq war, and runs to the front of the parade.
And a nice shiny BLTN ribbon for you, too, Bob!

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Shorter GOP torture talking point:
It’s more important for us to have the right to torture the wrong people than it is for the wrong people to waste our time with frivolous lawsuits explaining why they’re the wrong person.

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John Kerry, who finally understands what they’re up to:
Let me be clear about something—something that it seems few people are willing to say. This bill permits torture. It gives the President the discretion to interpret the meaning and application of the Geneva Conventions. No matter how much well-intended United States Senators would like to believe […]

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That’s how many votes by which the Specter amendment was defeated.

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This torture bill is a perfect example of why I’m a such fervent Jungian. I accept the inevitabilities of our dark sides, I don’t ever assume “it can’t happen here.” I’ve been observing human nature much too long for that.
And I’ve never supported legislation that, under the right set of circumstances, could be twisted to […]

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The idea of suspending the writ of habeas corpus is so appalling, EVEN JOE LIEBERMAN VOTED FOR THE SPECTER AMENDMENT. Even sock puppet Link Chaffee voted for it!
Why haven’t you called your senator yet?
866-808-0065

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A suitable anthem for today - Jefferson Airplane, “Volunteers”. Now pick up the phone, call your senator and ask him/her to support the Specter-Leahy amendment.
866-808-0065

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Huckleberry Graham says the military should determine who’s an enemy combatant, not a federal judge. He’s confident in his moral compass and “will sleep quite well at night.”
I feel so much better now. I feel better knowing a closet case from a fundie state would never make a decision like this based on his […]

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The vote begins in 10 minutes. Call your senator at 866-808-0065 now. (Live blogging here at Daily Kos.)
Handy script supplied by a DU reader:
Just in case you are having trouble organizing your thoughts.
You: Will the Senator be voting for or against torture?
Option #1
Sen: Against!
You: Outstanding! And is the Senator prepared to filibuster in order to […]

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Patrick Leahy, ripping into the Bush administration “and its supplicants.” If you don’t have CSPAN2, watch here.

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Watch for the ripple effect:
Veteran real estate broker Deanne Esses, who plies her trade as a senior vice president at one of the city’s biggest firms, Bellmarc Realty, said eight people in her Upper East Side office on Madison Avenue are leaving their jobs for alternative careers. Those eight represent 20% of the office’s sales […]

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Billmon takes a look at Cheney’s promise to help the military.

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