Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. April 21, 2009. Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) yesterday wrote to the President and asked him to keep the door open to prosecutions.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. January 7, 2009. While Feinstein has broken with her party in the past, her double shot this week seems to have caught Democratic leaders off guard.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. May 8, 2008. The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will help ex-soldiers to register and vote, yet it won't allow registration drives on VA facilities.
Cliff Schecter, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. November 25, 2007. 34,000 Democrats signed the petition calling for censure. That is grassroots organizing for you (hat tip to The Courage Campaign and Moveon.org). The days of answering only to the elite are over.
Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny! AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 16, 2007. Howie Klein: Bush's main Democratic ally on the Senate Judiciary Committee, grudgingly voted for a bill that doesn't allow for retroactive immunity.
Max Follmer, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. November 15, 2007. Max Follmer: "I'm concerned that party employees don't want to hear from party members," says Rick Jacobs of the Courage Campaign.
Max Follmer, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. November 13, 2007. Max Follmer: A coalition of progressive Democrats upset with Feinstein's controversial votes will ask the California Democratic Party to censure her.
Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny! AlterNet: PEEK. November 9, 2007. Howie Klein: This was engineered by Senators Schumer and Feinstein. Whatever Mukasey does wrong should be lain on their doorsteps.