Yesterday we showed you the video of Democracy Now! (airs on KPFK 90.7 FM) host Amy Goodman being arrested by police at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN. When she was arrested, she was trying to find out what happened to the producers of the show who were arrested earlier that afternoon. Here's what’s happening in this video: producer Nicole Salazar, who is reportedly wearing the full official press pass information around......

The Republican National Convention opens today in New York City (after a welcome from hundreds of thousands of anti-Bush protestors), and LAist thought that our readers, being from one of the Bluest of Blue States, would appreciate a primer of what we can expect to hear from the Red Staters of the GOP. [Ed note: You can check out Joshuah Bearman's RNC coverage at LA Weekly.com for daily reports.] What you will hear: •......

LA writer Joshuah Bearman is blogging from the Republican National Convention in New York City for the LA Weekly. Apparently, he's just obtained his first scoop. He says, "I went to the Republican Platform Committee meetings at the Javits center, where I saw the poor schmucks who call themselves Republican moderates get railroaded. They were trying to get more inclusive language on gay rights and abortion on the platform and failed." You can read......