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  • McGreevey resigns

    Governor McGreevey (D-NJ) resigned this afternoon after a former male aide apparently tried to extort money from McGreevey in return for not revealing their affair. McGreevey’s resignation is online through the CBS affiliate in New York.

  • Daily Herald on the Napkin Sweat salesman

    Today’s Daily Herald includes a little info on the person behind the Keyes napkin sweat auction on eBay, Jerry McGlothlin.

  • JoinCross.tv

    Anyone visiting this site in a browser may have seen that the ad for Tom Cross’s office changed over the weekend. What was a simple ad about how the GOP isn’t the devil (talk about a message!) is now something much more intriguing: a web-based documentary about Tom Cross’s efforts at winning back the Illinois…

  • Eau de Keyes

    Want to “own a part of American history”? This may not be what you had in mind, but how many people can really claim to own an Alan Keyes sweat-soaked napkin? (On second thought, I’d really prefer not to know the answer to that question.) Update: Mat just pointed out that the item is in…

  • TiVo can innovate

    While it’s good news that the FCC has given TiVo permission to offer their TiVoToGo service it still raises serious questions about why any company should need to ask for permission to offer an innovative service? It sets a bad precedent for the entire industry. [Techdirt] I wrote about this a couple weeks ago, when…

  • And then there were two…

    Looks like the Illinois GOP has narrowed it down to two choices to face Barack Obama: Alan Keyes or former Deputy Drug Cczar Dr. Andrea Grubb-Barthwell. They’ll announce tomorrow. So-Called Austin Mayor had a great suggestion, but it looks like the GOP will pass. Update: Josh Marshall has some thoughts on the two choices.

  • Visual Google News

    This is seriously cool: Visual Google News. (Link from Nate knows nada.) It’s a visual overlay to Google News. Probably won’t be around very long. But it’s a great example of how textual information can be presented visually.

  • You know what they say…

    If you missed last night’s Daily Show, try and catch the rerun. (Or look for it in a few days online.) Jon Stewart lit into Henry Bonilla (R-TX), who was on to talk about his experience as part of the Republican rapid response team last week in Boston. It’s a pretty dramatic take down, and…

  • Trippi’s book – quick review

    Since Kos weighed in a couple weeks ago, and Cory just posted his review, I figured it was high time I get my own review together. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised is a terrific read. You’ll get through it in a day or two – because once you get into it, you want to…

  • All politics is local, all politics is RSS

    Over the weekend, I did a soft launch of the new website for the Naperville Democrats, the local Democratic Party (of which I’m the current chair). The site is built using CivicSpace, the Drupal-based grassroots organizing tool that grew out of DeanSpace. (Regarding the Naperville Democrats site: look & feel still have a bit of…