First Fred Thompson was on, set to announce a run for the President on the 4th of July. Then - maybe not. Now another positive sign, Arkansas Interim US Attorney Tim Griffin is stepping down on June 1st.

“The U.S. Justice Department has notified Arkansas’s congressional delegation that Interim Eastern District U.S. Attorney Tim Griffin is resigning effective Friday, June 1. Jane Duke will become acting U.S. attorney. (This is the assistant in the office who the Justice Department once had said had to be passed over as an interim appointee because of her pregnancy. Since it’s illegal to discriminate on account of pregnancy, Justice had to back off this statement.)

Still no word from the White House on selection of a nominee to put through the Senate confirmation process from a slate sent up by Rep. John Boozman.

“This is long overdue and a positive development,” said Michael Teague, a spokesman for U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor. “Credibility is being restored to the leadership postion at the U.S. attorney’s office. We have confidence Jane Duke will do a good job.”

Yah, whatever.

The fact is that Tim who is a Iraq War vet and highly decorated hero has been rumored to be joining the Thompson campaign for some time. Don’t let the lefty blogs like this one scare anyone that Tim would be unnecessary baggage. The so-called AG scandal is a dead issue as far as national conscious is concerned.

In any case something to keep your eyes on.

Via Jim Geraghty:

“No July 4 Announcement For Fred Thompson

Just talked to a Thompson source I’ll call “TA3″ (Thompson Associate 3). Much more coming shortly, but the first word was, there will not be a presidential announcement from Fred Thompson on July 4.

(The Politico got it wrong, it appears.)

TA3: “There will be no July 4 announcement… There was some discussion of a June 4 beginning of fundraising; that’s the date checks will be collected. I suspect that’s where there was some confusion.”

Hi All,

Andrea Shea King here. Tonight on my BlogTalkRadio program we’ll be talking with William Gheen of ALIPAC (Americans for Legal Immigration PAC), an engaging and passionate crusader against the proposed Senate Amnesty Bill. Join me at 9 p.m. ET at Blog Talk Radio.

Gheen says the New Media, which is a fusion of Talk Radio and Internet websites, is leading the charge against the Senate “Scamnesty” Bill S. 1348 as millions of Americans abandon print media and biased TV news that has abandoned their readers and viewers.

“This week, Senator Trent Lott tried to explain away the tens of thousands of calls Senate offices are receiving, which are over 20 to 1 against Scamnesty Bill S. 1348. He told the Christian Science Monitor that a lot of the talk is misinformation (from) talk radio and the blogs.
“These Pro Amnesty Senators are ignoring the will of the vast majority of their constituents who support enforcement of our existing immigration laws, as opposed to their appeasement of Big Business and illegal aliens. These facts are represented in numerous online and scientific polls and in the call ratios against S. 1348.”

Gheen says the old media is squandering what little credibility it has by excluding pro-enforcement voices and siding with pro-amnesty voices in this debate. Most TV news shows and newspapers engaging in this unethical behavior are at odds with the views of over 3 out of 4 Americans that oppose Amnesty and favor enforcement of our existing laws.

“There is almost a complete blackout in the liberal corporate print media for those of us representing the majority view in this debate. Most of the major leaders in our movement are NOT being quoted by the Associated Press and newspapers, while those that support Amnesty and S. 1348 are in print everyday across the nation.

Is it any wonder that newspaper circulations are diving to historic lows?

“I’ve been interviewed by over 30 talk radio show hosts and bloggers in the last two weeks and only one newspaper. Our opposition is making statements in the papers each day. Other leaders on our side are experiencing the same blackout.

CBS, ABC, and NBC nightly news casts are almost completely devoid of any balanced and accurate information about America’s illegal immigration crisis. When stories do run, they are usually so biased that most viewers realize they are watching propaganda instead of news.

“While TV viewers can get some accurate information from Lou Dobbs and occasionally Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity on immigration issues, most Americans are turning to talk radio and the Internet for the truth while major news services and newspapers play their fiddles.

Americans have to turn to the Internet and Talk Radio to have any idea of what is really happening in the country today…

… Internet based organizations such as ALIPAC, NumbersUSA, FAIR, MCDC, American Patrol, and many other organizations and Bloggers collect and distribute articles, videos, and podcasts, often blocked by the Associated press from wide distribution. Many of these organizations have e-mail support lists that reach allied media and citizen activists.

The old media censorship, bias, and blackouts on illegal immigration issues have created an information black market for us. Their failure to provide the public with accurate and balanced information about this crisis has created a lot of growth for what we do.

For all American Citizens who are so pre-occupied with daily trials and tribulations that you failed to notice that at this very moment? You and your children’s future, your heritage and your country are being pulled from beneath your feet by people you voted for and trusted to act in good faith on your behalf.

While many of us Americans have been sleeping, we’re being screwed by our elected officials in the Senate. And as we’ve been in oblivious slumber, your Senators and President, who you trust to represent your interests, are screwing you over and over.

That noise you’re hearing? It’s your alarm clock. Time to wake up and take action. Tune in tonight at nine.

*****
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Chavenezuela, my latest article, is up at Pajamas Media, with videos.

Miguel Octavio will be P.V. Radio’s podcast guest tonight at 9PM EDT. Don’t miss it.

Please also listen to my Blog Talk Radio podcast with guests Thor Halvorssen, President and CEO of the Human Rights Foundation, award-winning bloggers Daniel Duquenal of Venezuela News and Views and Miguel Octavio of The Devil’s Excrement, and oil industry expert Gustavo Coronel, and please also visit their blogs and websites.

The protesting Venezuelan students have a website (in Spanish) Resistencia Estudiantil Por La Libertad with live radio feed.

I’ll update this post at my blog with the latest developments througout the day.