by Lucas O'Connor [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

by Robert in Monterey [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Crossposted from the Courage Campaign blog. I do some work for the Courage Campaign.

Earlier this week the mood was grim as most observers expected House Democrats would fold, not stand, on telecom immunity, the protection of rights, the rule of law, and the Constitution. But today they chose to do the right thing and, by a vote of 213-197-1, the House rejected telecom immunity and warrantless surveillance. Many of the Blue Dogs who had earlier signed a letter insisting on immunity instead voted to strip it from the bill. The bill will now return to the US Senate, which must decide whether to continue to carry water for the Bush Administration, or join the House in rejecting immunity and embracing the Constitution.

Glenn Greenwald wrote that this could be a major turning point:

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Glenn Greenwald has it on good authority that my Representative, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, is planning on letting the Republicans pwn the Constitution: (h/t FDL)

As has been expected for a week now, the House Democratic leadership has prepared and is now currently circulating (while trying very hard to keep it confidential) their so-called "compromise" FISA bill. Their soon-to-be-unveiled bill, unsurprisingly, is designed to give the White House exactly what it has demanded, with only the smallest and most inconsequential changes.

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by Sheri Divers [courtesy of Blog for America]

1)       County Council candidates weigh in on liquor license, bellinghamherald.com

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/elections/story/202442.html 

2)       Municipal Devolution in MoCo? Don't Go There, maryland-politics.blogspot.com

http://maryland-politics.blogspot.com/2007/10/municipal-devolution-in-moco-dont-go.html

3)       Bush Democrats, pushingrope.blogspot.com

http://pushingrope.blogspot.com/2007/10/bush-democrats.html 

4)      DINOs Beware: Your Primary Opponents are Drawing National Money, blueinthebluegrass.blogspot.com

http://blueinthebluegrass.blogspot.com/2007/10/dinos-beware-your-primary-opponents-are.html

by neutron [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Hi everybody, been a long time since i've written here, but here goes.

Markos mentioned this in an open thread on dailykos today

#  CA-Sen: Damn this state for being so expensive, because I could go for a primary challenge to Dianne Feinstein.

Which is in response to Glenn Greenwald's column showing how much of a blockade DiFi has been of late.

here is the relevant part of that column:

by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Today is Constitution Day.  Calitics and the ACLU Southern California are partnering on a Campaign for Our Constitution.  Today we'll hear from Glenn Greenwald and Cenk Ugyur of the radio program "The Young Turks" talking about the need to restore our Constitutional freedoms in the age of Bush.  The details are here.  You need to sign up for the call at OurConstitution.net.

Thanks.