Check out Think Progress for a reality check on DeLay's friendship with Jack Abramoff. DeLay continues to try to distance himself, but his own words give him away again and again.

NY Times has breaking news:

Jack Abramoff will plead guilty to three felony counts in Washington on Wednesday as part of a settlement with federal prosecutors, ending an intense, months-long negotiation over whether the Republican lobbyist would testify against his former colleagues, people involved with the case said.

Here's the scope:

$35,000, apparently.

I agree with Josh's take on this Sun-Sentinel story regarding Adam Kidan's guilty plea-to-be. Kidan was Abramoff's business partner in a shady and fraudulent deal to buy Sun Cruz casino liners, which led to the gangland-style murder of the previous owner.

Here's the headline:

CNMI: Fitial Will Cooperate With Feds In DeLay Probe

We noticed this a few days ago, and have been so busy with other stuff we didn't post. But here's a good blog entry on WalMart's "We don't care if he's indicted" $5,000 contribution... Maybe they get clothing from the Northern Marianas Islands.

The lure of the green might be too much for most Republicans to handle, according to a recent article by Michael Crowley for Slate.com. With all of the talk of money in politics and lobbyist-funded luxury getaways these days, you might think I'm talking about money. But no, in this case it is the lure of the golf course.

Ten days ago, we sent a letter (with other groups) to Ethics Chairman Doc Hastings (R-WA) and ranking member Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) demanding that they appoint an outside counsel in the Tom DeLay investigation.

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, stepped up his rhetoric against NBC yesterday in an on-going feud over the use of his name in primetime television shows.

In Wednesday's season finale of Law & Order, a police officer searching for a suspect in a murder of a federal judge suggested looking for "somebody in a Tom DeLay T-shirt."

ThinkProgress.com is asking the Free Enterprise Fund: Why Aren't Sex Slaves Featured in Your Ads?

"The Free Enterprise Fund (a right-wing group directed by CNBC's Larry Kudlow and supply-side hack Jack Kemp) has purchased 'well over $100,000' in television ads to defend Tom Delay. They say the ads will target the 'liberal media and government' who 'have been attacking free market principles and DeLay,' a great supporter of those principles.