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Ed Brayton is a journalist, commentator and speaker. He is the co-founder and president of Michigan Citizens for Science and co-founder of The Panda's Thumb. He has written for such publications as The Bard, Skeptic and Reports of the National Center for Science Education, spoken in front of many organizations and conferences, and appeared on nationally syndicated radio shows and on C-SPAN. Ed is also a Fellow with the Center for Independent Media and the host of Declaring Independence, a one hour weekly political talk show on WPRR in Grand Rapids, Michigan.(static)
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April 30, 2009
I didn't watch the press conference last night, but I read the transcript. And President Obama's answer to a question about the state secrets privilege was appallingly dishonest. Michael Scherer of Time magazine asked this question: Question: Thank you, Mr....
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:30 AM • 24 Comments •
After reading this article, it turns out that Chris Buttars may not be the loopiest Utah Republican after all. Don Larsen may have him beat. Utah County Republicans defeated a resolution opposing well-heeled groups that a delegate claims are pushing...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 29 Comments •
This week's Idiot of the Month is Rep. Joe Barton of Texas. This world class dumbass got to question energy secretary Steven Chu, a Nobel prize winner, and he decided to ask him something that's always stumped him. He asked...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 22 Comments •
Glenn Greenwald has an important post about the role that Democrats have played in the Bush torture regime in the past and their continued role in blocking all attempts at prosecution for that regime now. This has been something Greenwald...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 12 Comments •
I am always amused by things like this: An Iowa woman is organizing a statewide prayer service against gay marriage on Monday, the first day of legalized same-sex unions... Gloria Villanueva, of Bonaparte (BON'-ah-pahrt), says she is opposed to last...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 33 Comments •
April 29, 2009
Larry Klayman and the Worldnutdaily are a perfect match. If Michelle Bachmann is the prom queen at Wingnuttia High School, Klayman is her king. His latest bit of lunacy is in claiming that the outbreak of swine flu is an...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:30 AM • 30 Comments •
Balko found this one: "War crimes will be prosecuted, war criminals will be punished and it will be no defense to say, 'I was just following orders.'" Who said it? George W. Bush. While announcing the invasion of Iraq in...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 7 Comments •
In a very important ruling, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the invocation of the state secrets privilege (SSP) by both the Bush and Obama administrations. Both administrations argued that once the state secrets privilege is invoked, the...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 12 Comments •
Andrew Sullivan puts together three quotes from John McCain that speak volumes about what an empty shell of a man he is. He once showed moral courage with his unyielding stand against torture, but now he argues against prosecuting Bush...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 23 Comments •
The Washington Post quotes friends of Judge Jay Bybee, one of the authors of various memos narrowly defining torture and justifying its use while working at the Office of Legal Counsel, saying that he has privately expressed regret over those...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 8 Comments •
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