As I meet more and more people in the blogosphere, and introduce more people I've known for years to it (and excellent interactive sites like DKos), I realize that we all come here through diverse paths, and we shouldn't assume that the diamonds and gems are known to everyone around here.
So, with that in mind, I want to make sure everyone knows about Cursor, which, in my humble opinion, is the best progressive center for news and links on the Internet.
Nearly every day (weekends often off), Cursor gives an excellent stream of leads and links referring to the previous day's progressive news, blogs, magazines, etc. If you have the time to review only one site other than DKos, you could do no wrong by choosing Cursor, and you would not miss a progressive beat.
Here's a sample from today's update (no links):
As NSA eavesdropping's "most forceful defender" and "a favorite on the Hill" faces new questioning from holders of 'The Easiest Job in the World,' CQPolitics asks its Board of Advisors, 'Could NSA Database Be a Boost for Bush?'
'Congress briefed, then gagged,' on NSA/telecom spying, USA Today editorializes, while it's speculated that "it's not a question of giving or taking the data ... so much as giving the NSA access to the switches."
The AP reports that Rep. James Sensenbrenner "said it was the White House that had requested two controversial felony provisions in the bill the House passed last winter." And, see who was missing from a CNN "roundtable discussion" following Bush's speech on immigration.
The House ethics committee has reportedly launched ethics investigations -- after striking a deal to end a 16-month "hiatus" during which the committee "sat on the sidelines."
As Josh Marshall observes that "Today there's just one item on the agenda: preventing the Democrats from taking control of either house of Congress. And the key issue is subpoena power," former Clinton aide Lanny Davis reportedly said, "digging up whether Bush lied or not, or whether they manipulated evidence or not. That's just playing gotcha."
Truthout stands by its Rove indictment story, Wayne Madsen predicts a Friday announcement, and Jason Leopold expresses amazement that not a single mainstream reporter "would actually do any real investigative work and get to the bottom of this story."
U.S. troops "killed innocent civilians in cold blood" in Haditha, according to Rep. John Murtha, as the war in Iraq is said to have produced its own My Lai, and Glenn Greenwald "can't think of a single prominent Democratic political figure (perhaps other than Joe Lieberman) who hasn't been routinely accused of being a traitor."
Halliburton moves its annual meeting from Houston to Duncan, Oklahoma, "like the royals going off to Versailles," and Ken Silverstein reintroduces 'Dick Cheney, Dove.'
In an interview with AlterNet, Judith Miller claimed that she was warned of a large scale attack before 9/11, but that "in Washington, if you don't have a sense of immediacy about something, and if you sense that there is bureaucratic resistance to a story, you tend to focus on areas of less resistance."
News that Rep. Cynthia McKinney is a co-sponsor of a resolution commending Capitol Police is called "the latest about-face for the Georgia lawmaker," despite the fact that McKinney announced her support for the resolution on April 6.
As Fox's Bill O'Reilly defends "the white Christians who hold power" against far-left thinkers, White House press secretary Tony Snow refers to ABC as a "competing network" during a press gaggle, after declining to "hug the tar baby" and launching a Snowstorm.