Some members of the City Council were predictably outraged to learn this week—on the front page of The New York Times, no less—that their names had turned up on the list of people who had been monitored by the NYPD in the run-up to the 2004 Republican National Convention.
“This is Big Brother time,” Councilman Read More
On the still-hot topic of the NYPD’s undercover surveillance leading up to the Republican National Convention in 2004, I’ got a couple of starkly different reactions from members of the City Council.
Charles Barron, who was one of three current or former Council members named in the police report, was outraged to Read More
Charles Barron, one of three lawmakers cited in NYPD intelligence reports leading up to the Republican National Convention, has a suggestion for Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.
– Azi Paybarah
Former state Attorney General and current City Councilman Oliver Koppell, for one, doesn’t think there was anything wrong with the widespread police surveillance conducted in the run-up to the Republican National Convention. The police surveillance reports, news of which has provoked a strong reaction on liberal blogs, included the names of Read More
The New York County Republican Organization last night elected Jennifer Saul Yaffa, a GOP national committee member, as county chair, a Manhattan Republican insider confirmed.
Yaffa succeeds James Ortenzio, who helped organize the Republican National Convention. They’re both considered close to Pataki, which seems to be a quality in rare abundance Read More
What exactly is wrong with the Republicans?
Today, that question applies not to their rigidly right-wing ideology, nor to their routine betrayal of their rigidly right-wing ideology, nor even to their weird sexual hang-ups and hypocrisy, fascinating as all of those topics may be. Instead, on the day after Election Day, what is at issue Read More
What exactly is wrong with the Republicans?
Today, that question applies not to their rigidly right-wing ideology, nor to their routine betrayal of their rigidly right-wing ideology, nor even to their weird sexual hang-ups and hypocrisy, fascinating as all of those topics may be. Instead, on the day after Election Day, what is at Read More
Here, Howard Dean explains why he won’t appear on television alongside the RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman, basically using the argument Jon Stewart used to deconstruct Crossfire.
– Azi Paybarah
I haven’t seen this picked up anywhere yet, but it’s kind of amazing.
In preparation for a fund-raiser on Friday, the Republican National Committee sent personal information about donors – including their race – to the Secret Service and, accidentally, to a New York Sun reporter.
Two of the people on the list Read More
Sex-filled emails from Mark Foley. A damaging book about the Iraq War from Bob Woodward. And a nuclear North Korea. What a perfect time to get invited to a political briefing at the White House.
This one is taking place tomorrow, paid for by the Republican National Committee. Read More
