Monday Links

• Despite a cartoonishly bad performance in front of the Senate last Thursday by Alberto Gonzalez, in which he lost even more support from Congressional Republicans, Bush continues to express "full confidence" in the Attorney General, his fellow Texas Troglodyte. However, the mainstream media is starting to note that the "signs point to the White House"and, at least in some degree, to the president's political adviser, Karl Rove in this scandal. David Iglesias, the former New Mexico U.S. attorney and one of the eight fired last year, said, "If I were Congress, I would say, `If the attorney general doesn't have answers, then who would?' There's enough evidence to indicate that Karl Rove was involved up to his eyeballs."

• Democratic Governor Eliot Spitzer will introduce a bill in the coming weeks to legalize same-sex marriage in New York.

• Mike Adkinson, a colorful developer, hopes to build a brand new city from scratch in Mississippi for thousands of Katrina refugees.

• A secret hold has been placed on a bill, S. 223, that would mandate that Senators file their campaign finance reports electronically. This process would not only make these reports more readily available to the public but would also save money and resources. The Sunlight Foundation is working to find out which senator has placed the hold on the bill. Oh, and surprise surprise, the senator in question is from...you guessed it, the GOP! Who else would object to ordinary citizens knowing where their dirty money comes from? You can help the Sunlight Foundation out this loser here.

• The Washington state legislature passed a landmark five-week paid family leave bill.