| GSA
administrator Lurita Doan claims she can’t remember the details of the
partisan Rove PowerPoint session that was given to her employees because
she was busy using her Blackberry. Documentation Ms. Doan provided
concerning her private e-mail account says otherwise. 5-29 |
| President
Bush has chosen (PNAC member) Robert Zoellick to succeed (PNAC member)
Paul Wolfowitz as head of World Bank 5-29 |
| Waxman:
‘You Must Do The Oversight If We’re Going To Keep People Honest’
5-29 |
| Republican
Speaker of the House for Texas state legislature declares himself dictator
and employs armed guards to forcefully prevent coup attempt Held
Over |
| President
Bush pays tribute to fallen U.S. troops, reminds nation that we are in
Iraq because they attacked us. Wait... huh? 5-29 |
| The
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff dramatically underestimated the
number of deaths of US Armed Service-members in the Iraq War in Memorial
Day media appearance. 5-29 |
| Patrick
Fitzgerald: Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has
shown no remorse for corrupting the legal system and deserves to spend 2
1/2 to three years in prison 5-29 |
| Senior
Rove Aide Leaves White House 5-29 |
| Gonzales
Loses Hispanic Support: "He's Done The Bidding Of The White
House" 5-29 |
| New
Poll: Obama Tops All '08 Candidates 5-29 |
| Bill
Frist has withdrawn his name from consideration for World Bank president
5-29 |
| Aides:
Vilsack In Rehearsals To Be Clinton Running Mate 5-29 |
| Ron
Paul explains why Rudy Guiliani is an ignorant authoritarian 5-29 |
| Obama
offers universal health care plan 5-29 |
| Republican
Speaker of the House for Texas state legislature declares himself dictator
and employs armed guards to forcefully prevent coup attempt 5-28 |
| Special
counsel finds GSA chief violated Hatch Act 5-24 |
| Deputy
Attorney General Paul McNulty denies lying to Senate Judiciary Committee
5-24 |
| Monica
Goodling: "All I ever wanted to do was serve this president and this
administration and this department." American people, Constitution,
not so much 5-24 |
| Goodling
Admits Her Partisan Hirings Were ‘Illegal’ 5-24 |
| Goodling
Dismisses Illegal Voter Suppression Tactic Of ‘Caging’ As Just ‘A
Direct-Mail Term’. As research director at the Republican National
Committee, U.S. attorney Tim Griffin was involved in a plan to suppress
Florida votes — primarily those of African-American service members —
in the 2004 election. 5-24 |
| Both
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and his former chief of staff Kyle
Sampson approved a plan to bypass the Senate and install Karl Rove-protege
Tim Griffin as U.S. attorney in Arkansas. 5-24 |
| Emails
released late Monday by the US Justice Department show the White House
hired a well-known Republican operative to handle damage control in the
aftermath of the US attorney scandal. 5-24 |
| Florida
bans touch-screen voting machines 5-24 |
| Not
so subtle: San Diego county hires former Diebold employee and former
executive director of Ohio's Cuyahoga County election board, where two
elections workers were convicted of rigging a 2004 presidential election
recount as the county's top two elections officials. 5-24 |
| David
Iglesias: “What has become clear already is that the "loyalty uber
alles" mentality has infected a wide swath of the Bush
administration. Simple notions like right and wrong are, in their eyes,
matters of allegiance, not conscience.” 5-24 |
| GRAPHIC:
Thumbnails of the original 8 purged prosecutors 5-24 |
| Feds
subpoena governor's campaign fund record: Blagojevich camp mum on U.S.
probe of aides, advisers 5-24 |
| If
the Democrats don’t use their power, when they’re in the majority in
both houses, they're going to start owning this war 5-24 |
| Ron
Paul speaks on the floor of the House about the erosion of liberty, the
perpetual warfare state, and the root cause of terrorism 5-24 |
| Following
Bush's decision to declassify intel for political purposes, Lott Claims
Bush Would Never Declassify Intel ‘Just For Political Purposes’ 5-24 |
| VIDEO
MONTAGE: Conservatives Hold Hour-Long Falwell Memorial On House Floor 5-24 |
| Refresher:
150 grads of Pat Robertson’s Regent Law School are in the Bush
Administration. 5-24 |
| Rep.
John Murtha’s (D-PA) admittedly rash statement to Rep. Mike Rogers
(R-MI) that “you will not get any earmarks now and forever.”: It’s
an empty threat. Murtha has no control over Roger’s earmarks. 5-24 |
| Ex-Justice
liaison to White House, Goodling says deputy attorney general `not candid'
on firings 5-23 |
| Goodling
Dismisses Voter Suppression Tactic Of ‘Caging’ As Just ‘A
Direct-Mail Term’ 5-23 |
| Goodling
Hints Attorney Firings Came From ‘White House Judicial Selection
Committee’ 5-23 |
| Former
Justice Dept. spokesman Mark Corallo defended the partisan and potentially
illegal hiring practices of Monica Goodling, claiming she “was trying to
bring balance to the department” by purging "liberals". 5-23 |
| In
a 306-114 vote, the House yesterday passed legislation “that would curb
President Bush’s power to appoint prosecutors indefinitely,” limiting
interim U.S. attorneys’ terms to 120 days. The Senate has already
approved the bill 5-23 |
| Former
Rove Aide Seeks Immunity For Information About Bush Admin Ties To
Abramoff, Waxman says 'Nice try'. 5-23 |
| Former
Rove aide pleads the Fifth on White House contacts with convicted lobbyist
Abramoff 5-23 |
| Former
lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his associate Michael Scanlon have bought
themselves more time as they cooperate with prosecutors 5-23 |
| Alberto
Gonzales tries distracting everyone from his incompetence by introducing
legislation to jail P2P users and seize their assets. 5-23 |
| Lobbyist-turned-Bush
nominee withdraws: “President Bush’s pick to head the Consumer Product
Safety Commission withdrew his nomination Wednesday amid strong opposition
from some Senate Democrats.” 5-23 |
| Bush
domestic policy czar: "I am never going to hire another woman because
they just get pregnant and leave." 5-23 |
| Bush
Authorizes Covert Effort To Destabilize Iran: includes a coordinated
campaign of propaganda, disinformation and manipulation of Iran's currency
and international financial transactions. 5-23 |
| Dems
Split As New Spending Package Abandons Iraq Pull-Out Plan 5-23 |
| Neocons
meeting in the Bahamas, figuring out how to turn Iran into the next Iraq,
Afghanistan, increase profits 5-23 |
| Tony
Snow said of Al Gore’s new book: “I don’t know if they’re going to
do a reprinting of the book to try to get the facts straight. The
fact-checkers may have to take a look at it.” Gore responded on a
blogger conference call: “This book, unlike the President’s State of
the Union Address, has been fact-checked.” 5-23 |
| Bush
decides its time to threaten the public with scary Bin Laden story from
2005, direct from the "Department of things we pulled outta our
arse." 5-23 |
| House
approves bill that would let the U.S. sue OPEC countries over "price
fixing" oil 5-23 |
| House
Democrats rejected a Republican bid Tuesday to reprimand Rep. John Murtha
for threatening legislative reprisals against a GOP member who had crossed
him. 5-23 |
| Kentucky
Republicans choose to not hold the whole indictment thing against their
corrupt governor 5-23 |
| The
next President will select two or three new Supreme Court justices in his
or her first term. All three will come from the Court’s liberal wing.
5-23 |
| Right-Wing
Solution To Undocumented Immigration: ‘Make America A More Inhospitable
Place’ 5-23 |
| Wolfowitz
loses his job…and his girlfriend. 5-23 |
| Presidential
hopeful Rudy Giuliani has figured out a way to avoid every Republican
candidate's Iraq war problem. Blame Bill Clinton. 5-23 |
| OK,
so you knew Duke Cunningham was dirty, but you didn't know that he was
this dirty. 5-23 |
| Guess
who gets to be dictator if another 9/11 happens 5-22 |
| Rove
Given "One Last" Chance To Testify Before Subpoena 5-22 |
| New
Documents Confirm Gonzales Lied To Senator About Plan To Install Rove
Protege As U.S. Attorney 5-22 |
| Glen
Greenwald discusses deliberate misstatements made by the administration
regarding FISA 5-22 |
| Master
of the photo-op and sloganism accuses Democrats of "pure political
theater" in Gonzales no-confidence vote. Mission accomplished banner
unavailable for comment 5-22 |
| Democratic
Congress blinks, removes all troop withdrawal deadlines. 5-22 |
| Remember
the American Center for Voting Rights - a conservative front group that
was conveniently invited to give expert testimony in Congress about voter
fraud just days after they were founded? Well, they've now conveniently
disappeared. 5-22 |
| The
United States is continuing to make large payments of roughly $1 billion a
year to Pakistan for what it calls reimbursements to the country's
military for conducting counterterrorism efforts along the border with
Afghanistan, even though Pakistan's president decided eight months ago to
slash patrols through the area where Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters are
most active. 5-22 |
| Giuliani's
9/11 Stories Contradicted By His Emergency Management Chief 5-22 |
| Former
Official Says Smithsonian Altered Global Warming Exhibit For Fear Of
Angering Bush Admin 5-22 |
| Fired
US Attorney John McKay believes the Justice Department is covering up the
real reason for his ouster. 5-22 |
| Carter:
Anti-Bush remarks 'careless or misinterpreted' 5-22 |
| Sen.
Joe Lieberman (I-CT) discussed the possibility of switching parties,
adding, “I hope the moment doesn’t come that I feel so separated.”
5-22 |
| NJ
considering whether to give pet owners the right to sue for emotional
suffering if their dog or cat gets sick or dies from eating contaminated
pet food 5-22 |
| Texas
lawmakers vote multiple times (with video) 5-22 |
| "Whenever
power is unchecked and unaccountable, it almost inevitably leads to
mistakes and abuses. In the absence of rigorous accountability,
incompetence flourishes." 5-22 |
| New
Justice Dept. document dump. Dig in and let us know what you find 5-22 |
| Comey
considered ‘interven[ing] physically’ during the hospital meeting with
Gonzales and Card 5-22 |
| Nancy
Reagan: Reagan would be ‘worried’ about Iraq and the state of the
country today. 5-22 |
| We're
Number 1! America Leads the World in War Profits. The United States is a
proud nation of firsts -- among them: weapon sales, military expenditure,
oil consumption, CO2 emissions, external debt, private military personnel
and more. 5-22 |
| Funding
them there so we don't have to fund them here: Cash From Iraq Funding Al
Qaida In Pakistan. 5-21 |
| The
'terrorists' who were supposed to attack Fort Dix actually called the cops
to turn in the FBI mole as a terrorist. 5-21 |
| Kansas
school board member who supports intelligent design might be next leader
of national education association. 5-21 |
| U.S.
diplomat shipped off to Iraq after publishing article critical of Bush's
ambassadorial appointments 5-21 |
| Poisoned
and cancerous Chinese food products regularly exported to US while FDA
looks other way. 5-21 |
| Problem:
When the Senate goes on summer recess, Bush appoints cronies without
Senate confirmation. Solution: Don't go on recess. 5-21 |
| Pollsters
Censoring Ron Paul from the States He Would Do Well In; Statistical
Analysis 5-21 |
| Former
South Dakota state representative has been charged with rape, sexual
exploitation of a minor, sexual contact with a child younger than 16 and
witness tampering. To be fair, he isn't another hypocritical GOP
"moral highgrounder", he actually ran on that platform. Just
kiddin' about that last part. 5-21 |
| Continuing
to restore dignity to the office, White House Calls A Former President
“Increasingly Irrelevant” 5-21 |
| Crooked
cop's ex girlfriend threatens to spill the beans on Rudy Giuliani's
criminal activities 5-21 |
| Ever
since he lost his house to Hurricane Katrina, Trent Lott has been
convinced that the insurance industry - which he has supported his entire
career - is now in need of reform 5-21 |
| Right
wing mag: College Republicans organization disbanded after 'White males
only' scholarship 5-21 |
| Congressman
Tim Ryan thanks bully for stealing his lunch. Bonus: He's doing that 2
week, 20 dollar challenge to see what it's like to live off of food
stamps. 5-21 |
| Week
in Republican Corruption Review 5-21 |
| Gingrich
addresses Falwell's Liberty University graduates and tells them they must
fight the secular oppression of Christians rampant in the U.S. today. 5-21 |
| Dept
Of Defense Rejected Intelligence Predictions Of Sectarian Violence In Iraq
As "Too Negative" 5-21 |
| George
W. Bush Snubs his Methodist Church 5-21 |
| A
cash crunch is fast approaching for the government trust fund that pays to
build and repair highways and bridges. 5-21 |
| A
military jury recommended that a Navy lawyer spend six months in prison
and be dismissed from the service for sending a human rights attorney the
names of 550 Guantanamo Bay detainees in an unmarked Valentine's Day card.
5-21 |
| Husband
of army wife gets email from army on new army strategy in Iraq: Capitalize
the word Families 5-21 |
| US
Army Recruiting Mentally Sick: Army Recruiters Caught on Hidden Camera
5-21 |
| Fired
U.S. Attorney David Iglesias held a three-hour meeting this week with the
staff of the Office of Special Counsel 5-19 |
| Prosecutors
: Alberto R. Gonzales faced sharp criticism from many of his own U.S.
attorneys at a private meeting in San Antonio 5-19 |
| Gonzales
no-confidence vote proposed in House 5-19 |
| Congressman
Doolittle is on the brink of being sent to prison, blames corruption probe
on partisan democrats at Bush justice department 5-19 |
| Much
like John Bolton, Paul Wolfowitz, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, and
Alberto Gonzalez; U.S. Attorney Rachel Paulose is so disliked by her
peers, they resign 5-19 |
| Rumsfeld
To Create Research Foundation To Teach About ‘U.S. Engagement In World
Affairs’ 5-19 |
| McCain
Drops F-Bomb On Senator When Confronted With Recent Absences 5-19 |
| Christine
Todd Whitman abruptly reversed herself Friday and agreed to testify before
Congress on her agency’s response to the environmental fallout of the
Sept. 11, 2001 attacks 5-19 |
| Bush
administration looks to appoint manufacturers' lobbyist to lead Consumer
Product Safety Commission 5-19 |
| A
partial list of Bushco cronyism 5-19 |
| Rep.
John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) threatened to deny any further spending projects to
a Republican who challenged him over an earmark last week, the GOP is
charging — a potential violation of House rules 5-19 |
| Cheney's
lawyer claims VP is immune from any and all prosecution. 5-18 |
| Was
Gonzales’ emergency hospital visit illegal? “Executive branch rules
require sensitive classified information to be discussed in specialized
facilities that are designed to guard against the possibility that
officials are being targeted for surveillance outside of the workplace.”
A Senate investigator says the Judiciary Committee is weighing whether to
investigate the matter formally. 5-18 |
| Gonzales
Allows Karl Rove-Protege To Remain As U.S. Attorney, Even Though His Term
Has Expired 5-18 |
| Dems
Seek No-Confidence Vote on Gonzales 5-18 |
| Neocons
cheer their corrupt heroes: crowd of 300 delivered “a standing
ovation” for Libby, “who was in attendance while awaiting sentencing
on his felony convictions.” 5-18 |
| 50
State AG's Asked DOJ For Oil Investigation. Gonzales Refused. 5-18 |
| The
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is spending up to $4
million to publicize a 200th anniversary celebration while the agency has
cut $700,000 from hurricane research 5-18 |
| McCain
Misses 42nd Straight Vote ... and Counting 5-18 |
| The
chairman of the Michigan Republican Party said Wednesday that he will try
to bar Ron Paul from future GOP presidential debates 5-18 |
| Giuliani,
Edwards Have Sudan Investments Even Though They've Spoken Out About Darfur
Genocide 5-18 |
| Withheld
Documents Contradict Gonzales Testimony 5-18 |
| Bipartisan
immigration deal that would grant legal status to millions of people in
the country unlawfully is drawing criticism from across the political
spectrum. 5-18 |
| Liberal
Hero Ron Paul: Blacks Commit Crimes, Zionists Silence The Opposition 5-18 |
| Hillary:
The Corporate Candidate? 5-18 |
| Democrats
Move to Expand Probe of Gonzales, Justice Department 5-17 |
| Former
counsel to Alberto Gonzales and Justice Department liaison to the White
House Monica Goodling will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on
May 23 5-17 |
| Jack
Abramoff's white house liason and personal assistant on loan to Karl Rove,
Susan Ralston asking congress for a grant of immunity to testify. 5-17 |
| Gonzogate:
Justice weighed firing 26 attorneys, according to sources familiar with
documents withheld from the public. 5-17 |
| Justice
Dept To Congress: Ask Rove For Missing E-mails 5-17 |
| Sen.
Chuck Hagel on Wednesday became the latest Republican to call for Alberto
Gonzales' resignation 5-17 |
| Paul
Wolfowitz willing to resign from the World Bank if only they'd take some
responsibility for his nepotism 5-17 |
| Wolfowitz's
lawyer says the board will have to vote to sack him if it wants to get rid
of him. 5-17 |
| Michael
Baroody, a senior lobbyist at the National Association of Manufacturers
nominated by President Bush to lead the Consumer Product Safety
Commission, “will receive a $150,000 departing payment from the
association when he takes his new government job, which involves enforcing
consumer laws against members of the association.” 5-17 |
| Lawyers
Representing Bush In 2000 Election Case Signed Off On Wolfowitz’s
Compensation Package 5-17 |
| Lieberman,
just collecting his check, giving the Whitehouse a pass 5-17 |
| House
passes flag bill Bush opposed: “Governors could order federal facilities
to lower their flags to honor fallen military troops under legislation
passed by the House Tuesday.” 5-17 |
| FEMA
head: "air those trailers out" 5-17 |
| Ron
Paul on CNN talking about the debate 5-16-07 |
| Anti-illegal
immigrant Mayor Lou Barletta of Hazelton, PA wins Republican mayoral
primary and Democratic primary as a write-in candidate. 5-17 |
| According
to Gov. Mike Huckabee, the Islamic Jihadists are Pro-Choice 5-17 |
| Six
months after Sen. Jay Rockefeller, Rep. Alan Mollohan and Gov. Joe Manchin
had a photo-op at the West Virginia Veterans Nursing Facility in
Clarksburg, veterans still can't get treated there 5-17 |
| U.S.
F-16s unleash "shock and awe" on South Jersey: 19 square miles
burned, 2,000 homes evacuated. 5-17 |
| Property
owners in southern Oregon will not be coming to the rescue of the
shuttered public library system in Jackson County, voting down a tax that
would revive what's considered the largest library closure in the nation.
5-17 |
| In
order to put an end to school shootings, South Carolina is considering
making concealed weapons legal on campus. Because only the most sane and
stable among us will feel the need to pack heat in class 5-17 |
| Video
of shocking testimony from former Deputy Attorney General James Comey
about a late-night, hospital room standoff over the President's
warrantless wiretapping program. 5-17 |
| Aide:
Sick Ashcroft pressed to approve domestic spying. White House pressured
Ashcroft on wiretaps while he was in ICU. "I thought I had just
witnessed an effort to take advantage of a very sick man who did not have
the powers of the attorney general" 5-16 |
| Snow:
Ashcroft Wasn’t That Ill, It Wasn’t Like ‘His Brain Didn’t Work’
5-16 |
| The
Washington Post calls former Justice official James Comey’s testimony
yesterday “an account of Bush administration lawlessness so shocking it
would have been unbelievable coming from a less reputable source.” 5-16 |
| The
White House has picked General Lute to serve as commander-in-chief/Scape
Czar in charge of the war. Bonus: From his bio the guy has never commanded
anything larger than a regiment. 5-16 |
| Alberto
Gonzales points finger at his own #2 man regarding firings 5-16 |
| Keep
Out the Vote: What’s the real motive for knocking off those eight, now
nine, maybe more U.S. attorneys—Republican appointees all—apparently
replaced for insufficient fealty to the Bushie party line? 5-16 |
| Gonzales
misses deadline to submit Rove emails. 5-16 |
| Rep.
Patrick McHenry (R-NC), indicted on charges of voter fraud, Attacks
Prosecutor Who Supported His Campaign As ‘Politically Motivated’ 5-16 |
| GOP
Debate II: Romney - “Double Guantanamo” 5-16 |
| Audience
Applauds As Giuliani, Tancredo Endorse Waterboarding Torture 5-16 |
| Appeals
court hears challenge to Guantanamo 'enemy combatant' status 5-16 |
| Americans
get the poorest health care and yet pay the most compared to five other
rich countries, according to the Commonwealth Fund report. 5-16 |
| Watch
as a heckler shouts for AG Alberto Gonzales to resign for bringing
"dishonor" to the Constitution. 5-16 |
| Ron
Paul vs. Giuliani on the Root Causes of Terrorism 5-16 |
| Sen.
Carl Levin seeks crackdown on credit card charges 5-16 |
| Richardson
Holds $250,000+ In Stock From Oil Refinery Firm 5-16 |
| Major
Security Breach at Palisades Nuclear Plant 5-16 |
| The
U.S. government and Boston University are facing protests and lawsuits for
building a laboratory to research potential biological weapons in a
neighborhood whose residents are mostly African-American and Latinos. 5-16 |
| Is
it Friday already? Justice Department's No. 2 Official Resigning 5-15 |
| Gonzales
proposes new crime: "Attempted" copyright infringement 5-15 |
| Claims
of racial discrimination reported by employees of the Department of
Justice civil rights division 5-15 |
| Democrat
Lanny Davis Resigns From President's Civil Liberties Board Over Lack Of
'Independence' 5-15 |
| Tenet
To Testify Before Congress On Pre-War Claim Of Iraq-Niger Uranium Trade
5-15 |
| House
Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) yesterday defended the decision to
place scandal-plagued Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) on the Appropriations
Committee. 5-15 |
| President
Bush, prodded by a Supreme Court ruling, Orders the EPA to start enforcing
the law of the land... 6 years later: said Monday his administration will
decide how to regulate pollution from new motor vehicles by the time he
leaves office. 5-15 |
| Hookers,
sex, and entrapment. Just another day at the CIA 5-15 |
| THREE
CHEERS: RON PAUL & MIKE GRAVEL 5-15 |
| The
Republican Party has been "hijacked" and led away from its core
values: Chuck Hagel, 5-15 |
| "Rove
fingered five US Attorneys for dismissal" 5-14 |
| Public
interest groups and anonymous whistleblowers are charging that Scott
Bloch, head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), has irreconcilable
conflicts of interest in his much-trumpeted investigations of Karl Rove's
missing emails 5-14 |
| Citizens
spying on each other... Soviet Union? East Germany? No, USA. Optional
headline: FBI calls on paranoid xenophobes to report all Muslim activity
5-14 |
| The
Republican Minority leader in the Senate says the U.S. would leave if
asked by the Iraqi Parliament 5-14 |
| The
National Guard, because of Iraq, are down to 56% of their required
equipment, and it will cost $22 billion over 5 years to get them back to
76%. 5-14 |
| Bush
responds to Supreme Court environmental ruling by settling on regulatory
changes that don't need congressional approval. 5-14 |
| Newt
Gingrich "seriously thinking" about running for president. 5-14 |
| Graham
Says Reid Called Troops Losers, Boxer Smacks Him Down 5-14 |
| Henry
Waxman has just launched an intriguing new investigation: why, exactly,
are American executives pulling in such stratospheric paychecks? CEOs and
CFOs in the U.S. make 400 times what the average worker earns. 5-14 |
| Republicans
call Henry Waxman "the scariest guy in Washington" 5-14 |
| PNAC
founder: Republican 11 Can Be “Beaten Back” 5-14 |
| Only
one presidential candidate (Obama) releases tax returns 5-14 |
| Giuliani
parlayed 9/11 fame into riches 5-14 |
| House
Conservatives: ‘There Is No Liberal- Conservative Divide On Iraq’ 5-14 |
| Tommy
Thompson cited a dead hearing aid and an urgent need to use the bathroom
in explaining on Saturday why he said at a GOP presidential debate that an
employer should be allowed to fire a gay worker 5-13 |
| Politician
who was busted with a prostitute, tried to flee from police, lied about it
and is still under investigation for other matters, gets appointed to the
House Appropriations committee. 5-13 |
| More
on Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) 5-13 |
| Another
fired Attorney: A former West Virginia federal prosecutor said Friday the
White House fired him in 2005 in the middle of a corruption and
vote-buying investigation but never told him why.” 5-13 |
| More
on Wilkerson’s Impeachment Call: As Colin Powell's right-hand-man during
Bush's first term, Colonel Wilkerson is in a position to know intimate
details of the "high crimes" he speaks of. 5-13 |
| Dick
Cheney goes to the border of Iran, and yells threateningly over it. 5-13 |
| Presidential
Candidates Not Releasing Their Income Tax Information: Since Watergate,
Only Clinton Refused to Release Income Information 5-13 |
| Ret.
General John Batiste: "The flip side of civilian control is [for the
military] to speak truth to it—not impertinently, not with disdain, but
you have an obligation" 5-13 |
| Atlanta
Journal-Constitution columnist Cynthia Tucker revealed that sources within
the military are warning of “a revolt from active-duty generals if
September rolls around and the president is sticking with the surge into
‘08.” 5-13 |
| Katrina
Aid Program Is $2.9 Billion Short. To date, only 16,000 of 130,000
applicants have received money. 5-13 |
| Have
a culture of corruption in your party and you don't know what to do? It's
easy, just stack the justice department: Justice officials detail
Goodling’s partisan witchhunt. 5-12 |
| New
charges have been filed alleging that the CIA's former No. 3 official used
his influence in that role to support a proposed $100 million government
contract for his best friend, a defense contractor 5-12 |
| Rep.
John Doolittle (R-Calif.) was forced to give up his seat on the powerful
committee after the FBI raided his home as part of the Abramoff scandal.
To replace him, the GOP leadership tapped Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), who
was himself recently named one of Congress’ most corrupt lawmakers. 5-12 |
| Citizens
for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: Mel Martinez committed
multiple egregious violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act in
order to win election 5-12 |
| An
illustrated guide to Republican scandals 5-12 |
| Conservatives
‘Declare War’ on House GOP Over Appointment of Scandal-Plagued Calvert
5-12 |
| Georgia
Gov. Sonny Perdue to Republicans who have been criticizing President Bush
on the Iraq war on the radio show of former Education Secretary Bill
Bennett (R-PNAC): “Until you’ve got a better idea, keep your mouth
shut.” He added, “The president did not choose war. The president
chose to protect the United States of America, and he did.” 5-12 |
| Another
day, another scandal. The Bush administration has withheld a series of
e-mails from Congress documenting the role of Karl Rove in installing
Timothy Griffin as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas 5-11 |
| “Only
weeks before last year’s pivotal midterm elections, the White House
urged the Justice Department to pursue voter-fraud allegations against
Democrats in three battleground states, a high-ranking Justice official
has told congressional investigators.” 5-11 |
| Former
Powell aide says Bush, Cheney guilty of 'high crimes' 5-11 |
| US
lawmakers Thursday voted to fund Iraq combat in installments of just a few
months, defying President George W. Bush’s veto vow. Pelosi: "This
legislation ends the blank check for the president’s war without
end." 5-11 |
| Bush
Now Open To Benchmarks For Iraq 5-11 |
| Gonzales
Refuses To Say Whether More U.S. Attorneys Have Been Fired 5-11 |
| Gonzales
in trouble for politicizing partisan investigations and indictments. So
Sensenbrenner begins pushing for a partisan indictment, right there, in
front of everyone during the hearing, proving that they just don't 'get
it'. 5-11 |
| Boehner
speaking on House floor: All House Members ‘Except One Voted To Send Our
Troops Into Iraq’. Truth: 133 members of the House voted against the
Iraq war authorization. 5-11 |
| Cheney
reiterates endless war theory. Halliburton reiterates endless war
profiteering theory 5-11 |
| Iraq
for Sale video banned from Congress by republicans 5-11 |
| House
Republican Steering Committee Replace Scandal-Plagued Doolittle With
Scandal-Plagued Calvert 5-11 |
| Iglesias
has spoken with many U.S. attorneys and assistant U.S. attorneys around
the country. ‘To a person, they’re sickened by this. Some are actively
looking for work,’ he said. ‘Morale is terrible across the
country.’” 5-11 |
| Tom
Delay to headline an ethics seminar in D.C. 5-11 |
| DeLay
Calls Liberals Nazis, Then Claims ‘Only’ Liberals Make Nazi References
5-11 |
| Bush
thugs lashed out at a pair of uppity House Republicans 5-11 |
| U.S.
labels 2003 leaked memo 'sensitive'. Lawyers who handle national security
cases said they could not recall an instance when the classification of
"sensitive security information" was formally applied to a
document made public years earlier. 5-11 |
| European
Leaders: White House "Battle To Save Wolfowitz Cannot Be Won"
5-11 |
| US
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' testimony given to the Senate Judiciary
Committee with regard to the writ of Habeas Corpus 5-11 |
| FBI
Director Robert Mueller said yesterday he is confident no one in the
Justice Department exerted political influence on any of the high-profile
public corruption cases. Mueller would not comment on behind-the-scenes
complaints that the department was slow to approve the prosecution of
targets in the corruption case of former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham
5-11 |
| How
Romney will convince us to elect him president based on his special
ability to protect us from France. 5-11 |
| John
McCain believes Bush's low approval ratings are hurting the GOP but won't
hurt them during the election. 5-11 |
| Tony
Blair is waving goodbye to Downing Street - and hello to a staggering £40million
from book deals and lecture tours. 5-11 |
| GOP
front runner in Georgia's special election says that Hugo Chavez is
teaching terrorists to act Mexican and that leftists are registering
terrorists to vote 5-11 |
| An
odd-looking Canadian coin with a bright red flower was the culprit behind
the U.S. Defence Department's false espionage warning earlier this
year, 5-11 |
| New
Whistleblower Surfaces At Chemical Weapon Depot Worker Safety,
Environmental Violations and Data Falsification at Kentucky Facility 5-11 |
| "Iraq
for Sale" director Robert Greenwald explains to Congress that the
billions that defense contractors and war profiteers are making out of the
Iraq war is a madhouse run amuck. 5-11 |
| Bush
Officials Mocked Sen. Pryor’s Concerns About Gender Discrimination At
DoJ 5-11 |
| From the boys who brought us
Iran-Contra... The
Bush administration has withheld e-mails from Congress showing that senior
White House and Justice Department officials worked together to conceal
the role of Karl Rove in the U.S. Attorney scandal 5-10 |
| There
Were Nine Fired US Attorneys. Gonzales,
Top Justice Officials Testified Only Eight Were Fired 5-10 |
| Congresswoman
Maxine Waters to Alberto Gonzales: "What DO you know?"
5-10 |
| From the boys who brought us
Iran-Contra... U.S.
intelligence recently undertook a ’significant’ covert action without
notifying Congress, as required by law, the House Intelligence Committee
disclosed in a new report 5-10 |
| Karl
Rove at the center of a scheme to disenfranchise black US soldiers by
sending them voting notices when they knew the soldiers were overseas,
then taking them off voting rolls 5-10 |
| Two
former U.S. attorneys say they believe ongoing investigations into the
dismissals last year of eight federal prosecutors could result in criminal
charges against senior Justice Department officials. 5-10 |
| Florida
primary may not count for Democrats. Kinda like the general elections 5-10 |
| Top
Interior Department officials manipulated or ignored science when planning
for wildlife under the Endangered Species Act, harming species and the
program's integrity in favor of industry, former officials and
environmentalists testified Wednesday 5-10 |
| Following
his choice to make Iraq the central front on the "war on
Terror", Cheney says terrorists have made Iraq the "central
front" in the war on terror 5-10 |
| Bush
Tours Tornado Devastation: "He Briefly Grabbed A Chain Saw, Ripping
It Into Action For The Cameras..." 5-10 |
| GOP
moderates tell Dubya he's destroying his own party with the war in Iraq.
5-10 |
| Retired
generals, Iraq veterans launch anti-war ads 5-10 ...See
one here 5-10 |
| The
Pentagon has placed unprecedented restrictions on who can testify before
Congress, reserving the right to bar lower-ranking officers, enlisted
soldiers, and career bureaucrats from appearing before oversight
committees or having their remarks transcribed. 5-10 |
| Remember
that temporary troop surge in Iraq? Yeah, well it is being extended into
next year 5-10 |
| Bush
vows second Iraq veto 5-10 |
| Cheney
caught saying 'kick the press out' at Iraq briefing 5-10 |
| Saxby
Chamblis (R-GA) reports that the progress in Iraq is "amazing,"
5-10 |
| Bush's
nominee to head USAID: Black assembly-line workers would rather sell
drugs, Hispanic's are lazy, white's resent having to work with machines,
and Asians, while very productive, are likely to move on to management
5-10 |
| U.S.
Rep. Ted Poe under fire for quoting KKK leader during Iraq speech on House
floor 5-10 |
| “The
former U.S. attorney in Kansas City, MO, Todd P. Graves, said yesterday
that he was asked to step down from his job by a senior Justice Department
official in January 2006, months before eight other federal prosecutors
would be fired by the Bush administration.” 5-10 |
| Giuliani
To Now Say He Supports Abortion Rights 5-10 |
| Ann
Romney Gave To Planned Parenthood During Mitt's Pro-Choice Years 5-10 |
| Sharpton
Under Fire For Romney Religion Remarks: "As For The One Mormon
Running For Office, Those Who Really Believe In God Will Defeat Him"
5-10 |
| Pentagon
to States: No, you can't command your state's National Guard for disaster
relief. 5-10 |
| In
a January address announcing his escalation plan, President Bush unveiled
a broad new plan to recruit U.S. government officials to move to Iraq to
aid in reconstruction efforts: 0.1 Percent Of Commerce Department Answers
Bush’s Plea To Move To Iraq 5-10 |
| A
side of Rice in the oil-for-food scandal? 5-10 |
| Flak
Vests And Helmets For All US Embassy Employees In Iraq. Risk of getting
poked by the thorns of the roses they are showering us with as we are
greeted as liberators cited as cause. 5-10 |
| "To
say that it's finally "game time" more than four years into the
war is a pretty startling statement." 5-10 |
| Cheney
heads to Saudi Arabia to reaffirm alliances 5-9 |
| Cheney
makes a surprise visit to Baghdad to check his business venture 5-9 |
| Yet
another Bush appointee resigning amid allegations of corruption: Teresa
Shaw, Chief Operations Officer of the Federal Financial Aide office quits
her post amid allegations of wrongdoing in federal/corporate lending
practices. 5-9 |
| House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is threatening to take President Bush to
court if he issues a signing statement as a way of sidestepping a
carefully crafted compromise Iraq war spending bill. 5-9 |
| John
Boehner, 2 days ago: We want results by September. John Boehner, 105 days
ago: We want results in 90 days. 5-9 |
| Former
Alaskan Senate President Ben Stevens, son of Ted Stevens, accused of
taking bribes from oil companies. Actual quote: "a caveman could have
figured it out" 5-9 |
| Democrats
attack Big Oil over $3 gas prices: Hearings planned in the House; Senate
Leader Reid wants to cut gas demand, hike economy of cars and trucks. 5-9 |
| White
House tells World Bank they'll be just fine with their corrupt PNAC guy at
it's helm 5-9 |
| Katrina
Redux: Bush Admin. Thinks Kansas Governor is the "Commander
Guy". 5-9 |
| Obama
pulls a Bush during his speech stating that 10,000 had died during the
Kansas tornado 5-9 |
| McCain
asks to be told what to think about contraception. Maverick! 5-9 |
| Impeachment
polls surprisingly well 5-9 |
| 60
Percent Of Americans Want Timetable To Get Troops Out 5-9 |
| Top
US Commander: "The Surge Needs To Go Through The Beginning Of Next
Year For Sure" 5-9 |
| Majority
Of Iraqi Parliament Calls For Timetable For U.S. Withdrawal 5-9 |
| Bush
would veto emerging House Iraq bill - spokesman 5-9 |
| FLA
Dems' primary may not count 5-9 |
| Victory
for the pharmaceutical industry: Drug import effort blocked, could have
saved consumers billions of dollars. White House had threatened a veto.
5-8 |
| Corrupt
Alaska lawmakers are finally reaping what they sow...jail time 5-8 |
| Congressional
investigators are looking into new allegations a top official at the
Justice Department illegally hired career lawyers based on their political
affiliations. 5-8 |
| Tenet
Receives Millions From Corporations Profiting Off Iraq 5-8 |
| GOP
flings mud, sees if it sticks: Criticizes Pelosi's Water Project 5-8 |
| Rep.
Poe Quotes Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard On |
