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SCHIP Update

More local blogs are keeping tabs on the Anti-Kid Caucus. Left In The West checks up on Montana's congressman: "Classic Dennis Rehberg! Now he can say he supported CHIP, while voting against it on technicalities, and, by the way, it's extremist ideology! A little...

Weekend Watchdog Wrap-Up

Shock of shocks, Karl Rove was able to disgrace three Sunday shows without being asked any question from the Weekend Watchdog. Most amateurishly, no one bothered to question Rove's stated reason for resigning, even though it is clear scandal pressures were rising....

Weekend Watchdog

Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....

Don't Call It An Accident

Three lives are lost and counting in the Crandall Canyon mine in Utah. The flamboyant, camera-hogging mine owner, Bob Murray, has called this a "once in a lifetime" accident, like a car crushed by a boulder suddenly dislodged. These horrors happen. Yes, but when we...

How I Spent My August Recess: Rep. Fossella Edition

Rep. Vito Fossella, R-N.Y., appears smarter than some of his fellow congressional conservatives. He may have voted against children's health insurance. But he's not going out of his way -- writing op-eds or sending blast emails -- to let his constituents know about...

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