Bangladesh Operative: hey, so the government just turned the internet and cell phones back on after like two days!
Alex: hahahahahaha wow
Op: nobody’s covering the internet being off, you could be the first to break the story….
Alex: haha ok
why did they turn the internet off??
ppl wasting too much time on youtube?
Op: because there’s rioting like everywhere!!
people are pissed!!!
Alex: you guys ok? no cars overturned on you or anything?
Op: no, we went and checked it out yesterday and like all the windows of the shops on our streets were broken, and there was a bonfire going in the road
so we went back inside
Alex: wow MORE »

As a Republican, I could never back Mr. Gore’s election as President. But as a Nixonite, I see some uncanny parallels in the careers of the two former Vice Presidents. In fact, if Mr. Gore looks at Nixon’s strategy in 1968, he could end up in the White House after all.
-Roger Stone

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Still at the office? Perfect! Print up all 104 pages of the famous Mark Foley Maf54 instant messenger transcripts and read them aloud at your holiday party! MORE »

Representative Roscoe Bartlett writes a very important post on The Hill Blog: MORE »

AIMFight uses a complex mathematical algorithm (or something) to determine which of two AOL Instant Messenger users is on the most buddy lists of people on the most buddy lists (get it?). We pit disgraced former Congressman Mark Foley against the most AIM-connected person we could think of, Internet Mogul/”Closet Drinker” Nick Denton. As you can see, Mr. Foley’s got a posse. MORE »

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David Roth, Mark Foley’s attorney, is having a bad day. MORE »

Mark Foley, in the middle of a House vote on HR 1559, Emergency War Time supplemental appropriations. MORE »

In the wake of FoleyGate, news organizations across the country are racing to score an exclusive interview with the disgraced former Congressman. Wonkette Operative Anthony Easton was almost the first, as this AIM transcript reveals:

operative (6:57:19 AM): hello
“maf54″ signed off at 6:57:28 AM.
operative (6:57:19 AM): hello
“maf54″ signed off at 6:57:28 AM.
operative (7:03:03 AM): hello
operative (7:04:38 AM): is this Rep. Foley?
operative (7:05:33 AM): im not a journalist, dont work for anyone
who would get you in trouble, im just curious to what happened
“maf54″ signed off at 7:05:49 AM.

The rest of the conversation is after the jump.

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BRIAN ROSS IS READING THE IM’S OUT LOUD RIGHT NOW OMG THIS IS HILARIOUS. VIDEO TK.

Update: Here’s the video. Couple AIM transcripts after the jump.

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