abramoff graphic

* wapo has a triffic graphic showing where abramoff's baksheesh ended up

* " A foreign diplomat who declined to be identified was startled when Secretary of State Rice warned him not to lay bad news on the president. 'Don't upset him,' she said."" (link)

* " less than half (iraqis), 44 percent, say their country is better off now than it was before the war, according to an ABC News poll conducted with Time magazine and other media partners." (link)

* the texas redistricting case is going back before SCOTUS in March - hopefully that would mean that the chages get undone before november. (link)

* driftglass has his sunday-mornin-come-down up - if you like that sort of thing

* hunter interviewed mary mapes. its long and i havent read it all - but go read it if you like that story.

* btw - hunter's time on the frontpage at kos is over - and the lovely and brilliant georgia10 has been given one of the slots there. i heart georgia10.