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Indictments: Open Thread

This is the last night we'll be left guessing. I'm heading out to the jail to visit a client for a few hours, here's a space for your Plame related thoughts.

All of TalkLeft's coverage of the leak and investigation from 2003 to the present is available here.

Who is going to be indicted? Who flipped? Who walks? And what does it mean for Bush's legacy?

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Monday Morning Open Thread

I have court this morning. Choose your topic, I'm counting on readers to fill in till noon.

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Sunday Open Thread

An open thread today. Because everyone needs to take a day to regroup before getting ready for battle. It's going to be a long week. Those of us who are no longer 20 and maintain day jobs, need to pace ourselves.

If you're around, and have something to say, be my guest.

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How Much Is Your Blog Worth?

Via Discourse.Net, I found this net blog worth calculator. How much is your blog worth?

TalkLeft is worth $901,570.38. (Yes, I will sell it for $1 million)

That may sound like a lot. But consider:

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About TalkLeft

Welcome to TalkLeft, the on-line source for liberal coverage of crime-related political and injustice news.

TalkLeft was created by Denver-based criminal defense attorney Jeralyn Merritt in 2000 as a companion site to CrimeLynx, the criminal defense practitioner's Guide to the Internet. In June, 2002, TalkLeft was converted into a weblog. Since then, it has received more than 10 million visitors.

TalkLeft is not a neutral site. Our mission is to intelligently and thoroughly examine issues, candidates and legislative initiatives as they pertain to constitutional rights, particularly those of persons accused of crime.

Talkleft is intended for the public, journalists covering crime-based news and politics, policy makers and of course, the criminal defense community.

TalkLeft was a unique voice in the 2000, 2002 and 2004 elections, as it will be in 2006, concentrating on exposing injustices in the criminal justice system and, in particular, those of the current administration.

TalkLeft is written by Jeralyn Merritt, with frequent contributions by T. Christopher Kelly of Madison, WI and occasional contributions by John Wesley Hall, Jr. of Little Rock, AR, who also writes daily at Fourth Amendment.com.

Your suggestions and comments are always welcome.

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Note to Advertisers and Loyal Readers

This week and next are going to be traffic-busters on liberal weblogs. I can't think of a better time to have your message or product get across to the largest number of blog readers ever.

Here's the link to Advertising Liberally, where you can select the blogs on which to advertise in one fell swoop. If it's law blogs you're looking for, check out the non-partisan Law Blog Ad Network (not to be confused with Progressive Law Blogs which does not have advertising.)

And a note to blog readers: Many of us bloggers are not getting much work done this week with PlameGate. Blogging may become full-time over the next several days. I'm sure your favorite bloggers who accept donations would all appreciate a little help this week.

Here is TalkLeft's donation page:

You don't need a paypal account. Even small contributions are most welcome.

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Say Hello: Progressive Law Blogs

Say hello to the brand new Progressive Law Blogs aggregator site. In one place, you can find the latest posts by:

  • Armando
  • Balkinization
  • Discourse.net
  • Is That Legal?
  • Nathan Newman
  • Sentencing Law and Policy
  • Talk Left
  • Vote Law

    We began this effort to keep track of what those in the progressive legal blogosphere, both professors and practitioners, are writing about issues of the day, for example, Supreme Court Nominations, consitutional issues, election law, labor law, criminal sentencing and even PlameGate. We will be growing, both in the number of included blogs and in the topics covered, and I hope you agree this is a worthwhile project.

    Update: We're working on an RSS feed.

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    Tuesday Open Thread

    I suspect Fitzgerald and the RoveGate participants are busy writing plea agreements and making arrangements to surrender to authorities - and that major news won't break until late this afternoon or even later this week. So, I'm heading back to work.

    For major newsbreaks, keep checking Huffington Post and Raw Story. For video replays, head over to Crooks and Liars. For a roundup of opinions on both sides, head to Gabe Rivera's Memeorandum, and congrats to Gabe for this very flattering and true Tech Station article about his site. My favorite line, of course, is this one:

    Gabe Rivera has built a website seamlessly driven by a proprietary algorithm which fuses blogs and MSM stories into a one page intersection of instant commentary lined up with political news and tech news. This is fresh. The algorithm updates every five minutes. It covers opinion: where else can you see TalkLeft and Powerline on the same page. It's a very quick read. And, amazingly, it is largely automatic.

    The New York Times also has a roundup of blogger posts on PlameGate. No need to stick to that topic though, this thread's for you. For an assortment, don't miss Cursor.

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    Sunday Musings: Open Thread

    I just got back home to Denver and three days of e-mails, snail-mail, voicemail and now laundry. Aside from RoveGate news (Huffington Post has an excellent wrap-up of blogger views) there's an op-ed by the former Seattle police chief, Let Those Dopers Be, and news of the terrible murder of defense attorney Daniel Horwitz's wife and the Susan Polk murder trial he is in the midst of trying.

    Until I settle in, I'll just turn it over to the readers for what else I've missed.

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    Thursday Open Thread

    I'll be offline today. In case you're not, here's some space to keep a discussion going.

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    Thursday Open Thread

    It's the lull before the storm. I'm going to take advantage of it and work. Chatter on.

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    Wednesday Open Thread

    We haven't had one of these in a while and I need to get back to work. Have fun.

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