First off, I want to point out that I'm a longtime devourer of TPM. I have an enormous amount of respect for this website and what it does. 

That said, I agree with EK, and I have sent this on to the TPM email address to tell them so. Why all the focus on media malpractice? Gee, you mean the GOP and the mainstream media will spread misrepresentations and counterfactuals about Obama's defense policy? No way!! 

This is news? Why are you focusing on this? 

I'm angry that Obama's plan is being mischaracterized, sure. But I'm furious that the discussion is being framed, even among the lefty blogs, as if cutting military spending is a bad thing. 

And I'm Glenn-Greenwald-gibbering mad that  TPM, ThinkProgress, DailyKos, and the rest of the blogs that played the faithful opposition during the excesses of the Bush years have been totally silent about this state secrets stuff that's coming out of the Jewel case. This stuff should be a screaming headline on the top of every progressive blog. He not only affirmed Bush's arguments with regard to state secrets, executive privilege, and sovereign immunity, he actually extended and expanded them. Forget his flip-flop on FISA. The left should be crucifying Obama right now for being actually, quantifiably worse than Bush when it comes to warrantless wiretapping. 

To put this into perspective, here was what the EFF had to say: 

In other words, Obama is not only reiterating the Bush administration's defense of warrantless wiretapping under state secrets, he's expanding its definition of sovereign immunity to say that the government can never be sued for illegal wiretapping. 

I have two questions. First, what the fuck Obama? And second, why the hell aren't we on the left outraged about this all over our much vaunted independent alternative opposition media?