Stories not to miss today:
John Arivosis of AmericaBlog on the developing story of two tanks which just happened to show up at an anti-war rally in Los Angeles. (Note: Eric says their not tanks, but Bradley Fighting Vehicle, which are actually more "appropriate force for the circumstance", i.e., a "MOUT", or military operations in urban terrain. Tanks kill tanks, Bradleys kill people.)
Jeanne at Body and Soul eloquently discusses the new media meme on "Internet-fueled conspiracy theories".
I received an email a few days back from SEIU president Andy Stern, asking me (and thousands of others, I imagine) to join with him to revamp Labor. What does that mean? Nathan Newman, at his home-away-from-home, Labor Blog, decifers that message.
The one bright light in last week's election was the success at the state level by Democrats in Colorado. Local blogger Colorado Luis has much to say on the subject, including an appropriate slap-down of left-leaning pundits placing Colorado firmly in the Red/Former Slave State side of the developing political landscape. But read everything else on the page as well.
While I believe that discourse on any issue is important, as I mentioned earlier this week, I'm moving backing into "Action" mode. So, while there are any number of very good post on the Alberto Gonzales nomination, Steve Soto of The Left Coaster provides the names of the current Judiciary Committee Democrats, who you can contact to make sure they thoroughly investigate Gonzales in confirmation hearings.