The Wake-Up Call

Health Care
Today’s must-read is the New York Times’ front-page expose on the impotence of the Occupation and Safety Health Administration when it comes to protecting Americans at all types of workplaces, from popcorn factories to construction sites.

Iraq War
A comparison of the president’s emergency supplemental wish list and the congressional conference’s version.

It costs $12 million to build each of those walls surrounding certain neighborhoods in Baghdad.

Scandal Sheet
That infamous golf vacation in Scotland led by Jack Abramoff? It actually cost the disgraced lobbyist $20,000 per person, not the $5,000 claimed by Congressman Tom Feeney in his travel report.

Spy vs. Spy
The ultimate conspiracy: Remember last year’s seizure of 5.5 tons of cocaine in Mexico? Turns out that the CIA, “Dusty” Foggo, the Bin Laden family, fired U.S. Attorney Carol Lam, and Republican Senator Mel Martinez all may have had a role in that saga.

Beltway Blotter
Republicans get hip to the Internet by launching the Majority Accountability Project, a news service that intends to take aim at the House majority by conducting “investigative stories not being done by the mainstream media, or the liberal-dominated Internet news services.”

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