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LIBERAL DEMOCRATS SUE WHITE HOUSE: From the AP: “The House Judiciary Committee filed suit Monday to force former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten to provide information about the firing of U.S. attorneys.” Ha ha, they’re still harping about that thing, and those people! George W. Bush will claim executive privilege over this gay law suit, and America will be saved. [AP/Google]

HOUSE REPUBLICANS STOMP OUT OF CONGRESS, NOBODY CARES: Hey, a whole bunch of GOP representatives angrily walked out of the House this afternoon because they’re so angry about how Josh Bolten and Harriet Miers were finally held in contempt of Congress for all their many crimes against America, God and Nature. Happy angry Valentine’s Day, children! [CNN]

Remember that horrific U.S. attorney firing scandal? You know, the one that was extraordinarily illegal and should be guaranteeing Democrats electoral dominance for the next 50 years, if they weren’t so bad at exploiting it? Well, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved contempt resolutions this morning against Karl Rove and White House chief of staff Josh Bolten for ignoring it. So… does this mean we get to put Alberto Gonzales in the pokey any time soon? MORE »

“The sergeant at arms could stick Harriet Miers in the basement, lock her up and wait until she’s ready to talk.” [Politico]

Well, looks like Harriet Miers and Josh Bolten are now officially in contempt of Congress, thanks to the 22-17 vote of the House panel, pictured at left. Miers and Bolten were arrested and sent to Abu Ghraib to await their show trial in 2012. MORE »

Harriet Miers and White House chief of staff Josh Bolten will be charged with contempt this week by the House Judiciary Committee, beginning what will hopefully be an 18-month-long process of charges, arrests, impeachments, imprisonments and live, boring cable-news coverage that will ultimately end with Dick Cheney convicted of doing 9/11 and getting beheaded on live teevee. MORE »

This week, Joe and Hadassah Lieberman, Henry Rollins, Ian Svenonius, Paul Begala, Harriet Miers, Ralph Nader, Conrad Burns and Scooter Libby were all spotted being various degrees of famous at various places by our spies and operatives. Voyeuristic fun, as always, is after the jump.

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As ordered by her former boss, the president, Harriet Miers totally ignored her subpoena and didn’t show up on the Hill today. Representatives on the House Judiciary Subcommittee responded by yelling at the empty chair where she was supposed to sit. MORE »