Blagojevich Wants to Talk | Obama Taps Rick Warren to Deliver Inaugural Invocation | Iraqi Journalist Abused?

PEEK Newsletter December 18th, 2008 More blogs and video »

Blagojevich Wants to Talk: "To Quote Elvis, 'Hang Loose'" By Staff, Huffington Post Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Wednesday that he "can't wait" to tell his side of the story. Read more »   Signs of Abuse? Iraqi Shoe-Throwing Journalist Kept from Court By Siun, Firedoglake Iraqi officials did not let al-Zaida appear and his family is very worried about what this means Read more »   Obama Taps Science-Hating Homophobe Rick Warren to Deliver Inaugural Invocation By PZ Myers, Pharyngula Meet the new boss, same as the old boss? (Update: Rev. Joseph Lowery, a supporter of same-sex marriage, is giving the benediction). Read more »   Did Dick Cheney Just Confess to a War Crime on National TV? By ZP Heller, Brave New Films The VP and his hubris have finally gone too far. Read more »   Iraq Ambassador Addresses Growing Demand to Free Iraqi Journalist By Staff, CODEPINK Women for Peace: Action Blog CODEPINK takes action to support al-Zaidi and his anti-war sentiment. Read more »   Even the State Department Recommends Dumping Blackwater By Satyam Khanna, Think Progress A panel commissioned by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called for the security firm's contract not to be renewed next year. Read more »   Slimy Newt: How Gingrich Is Hoping to Trick the Public By Taking the 'High Road' By Digby, Hullabaloo Never take Newtie at face value. He's a slime, just as his name suggests. Always has been, always will be. Read more »   Bush's 'Legacy Project' Is Really Rolling: Here's a List of the Latest Lies By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly Prominent administration officials and/or Bush allies push the notion that the war in Iraq really was a great idea, reality notwithstanding. Read more »   It's Vilsack: Obama Picks Pro-GMO and Pro-Biofuels Ag Secretary By Tara Lohan, AlterNet There are ample reasons to be alarmed. Here are a few. Read more »   Proposed Interior Secretary Salazar: Obama's Most Controversial Cabinet Choice? By Roberto Lovato, Of America Questions about Salazar's past may bring more unwanted negative attention to Obama. Read more »   Is Caroline Kennedy Winning Over Skeptics? By Sam Stein, Huffington Post Are Democrats warming up to the idea of Senator Kennedy? Read more »

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