July



This section of Right Web profiles the many individuals who have played a key role in shaping, promoting, and/or implementing the Bush administration's weapons programs, foreign policies, and interventionist strategies.	People for the American way	CBS 60 Minutes: Interviews former treasury secretary Paul O'Neill
	The Bush family fortunes	Video: Bob Woodward: 60 Minutes Interview. Windows Media Player
July 2007

Rumsfeld to appear before Congress tomorrow. 7-31

White House Misses Noon Deadline For Gonzales Testimony 7-31

FBI raids Sen. Stevens’ house. 7-31

Former FBI translator and whistleblower Sibel Edmonds is the most gagged woman in US history. 7-31

Veterans Affairs Secretary James Nicholson thinks it's Friday, resigns 7-31

A prominent Republican lawyer wants to Redistrict California, a change Democrats say would rig the election. 7-31

Pro-war propagandists enjoying unfettered access to mainstream news outlets 7-31

Pentagon scraps $1.8 billion worth of gear after declaring it 'surplus.' That's good. Pentagon then has to spend $330 million buying stuff back after realizing they needed it for parts. 7-31

Executive Privilege Used to Expand Government Secrecy 7-31

Paulson asks Congress to raise debt ceiling again in October 7-31

Cheney Says He Is A ‘Unique Creature,’ Refuses To Say He Is Part Of Executive Branch 7-31

“I’m a big fan of Al’s,” Vice President Cheney said 7-31

Harvey Wasserman & Bob Fitrakis: What Will YOU Do When the GOP Cancels the 2008 Election? 7-31

CREW: Senator Stevens must give up seat on committee responsible for budget of the FBI, which is investigating him 7-31

Almost twice as many young Americans are following the race for the White House in 2008 as were following the race at this point four years ago. 7-31

Former Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr's law firm has donated more money to Hillary's campaign than all of the major GOP contenders combined 7-31

House Democrats Introducing Bill To Investigate Impeachment Of Alberto Gonzales 7-30

Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is so afraid of war protestors that he wouldn't even leave his own house because they were outside. 7-30

Bush administration set to offer $20 billion arms deal to Saudi Arabia. 7-30

1994: CIA set out to undermine human rights supporter by spreading rumors in Washington that she was a lesbian. 7-30

Surgeon general's report in 2006 concerning global health problems has been suppressed by Bush political appointee without any background in medicine or public health, because it did not promote the administration 7-29

Whitehouse stonewalling California's effort to set state air quality standards stricter than national rules. 7-30

2008 GOP presidential field offers Americans a unified theory of Islamic terrorism which dangerously conflates all enemies, real or imagined. 7-30

The Attorney General covered up Bush's DUI in the 90's. 7-30

Senator Feingold: 'Gonzales Lied to Congress' 7-30

White House Convenes Right-Wing Blogger Propaganda Conference Call 7-28

U.S. Set to Offer Huge Arms Deal to Saudi Arabia 7-28

Fighting Back: DailyKos goes after O'Reilly's advertisers--Lowe's pulls their ads 7-28

CNN: TSA knew 'dry run' terror alerts were bogus 7-28

Florida's Republican governor ignores Republicans upset about his environmentally conscious energy plan 7-28

The GOP could lose the support of Christians because of their stance on poverty, human rights, and climate change 7-28

Al Gonzales, having exhausted the "Everyone else is lying" and "I was talking about something else" excuses, now falls back on the reliable "It's too secret for you" 7-28

New Evidence Clearly Indicates Pat Tillman Was Executed: Tillman was shot three times in the head from just 10 yards away, no evidence of "friendly fire" damage at scene 7-27

Obama says Hillary is "Bush-Cheney Lite." 7-27

Bush Administration serves Michael Moore with a subpoena while in the green room of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 7-27

Senate OKs package tied to 9/11 panel recommendations 7-27

Dems & Repubs compromise on border security bill with enough votes to override the veto crayon 7-27

Republicans not thrilled by prospect of answering questions from actual people, may skip YouTube debate entirely. NAACP unavailable for comment 7-27

ACLU: US Constitution in Grave Danger 7-27

Bush can finally focus on more pressing matters now that a strict dress code for tourists is posted on the walls throughout the White House 7-27

Republican fundraiser features a chance to shoot assault weapons. "It's a fun day, it's a family day. It's quite exciting" Git r done. 7-27

FCC has no intention of re-instituting the Fairness Doctrine. Having 90% of talk radio stations blaming the nations problems on "liberals" works just fine for them. 7-27

Bush won't be walking around holding the Saudi King's hand again any time soon 7-27

Senator Arlen Specter said he saw no signs that Mr. Gonzales would be forced to resign. Mr. Specter attributed Mr. Gonzales’s job security to Mr. Bush’s “personal loyalty” to him. 7-27

Mike Gravel speaks the truth about campaign finance 7-27

25% of Americans still think Bush is doing a heck of a job. 7-27

Mueller Contradicts Gonzales Testimony, Confirms NSA Program Was Subject Of Hospital Visit 7-26

Karl Rove subpoenaed. 7-26

AP Reveals New Document Demonstrating ‘Clear Case’ Of Gonzales Perjury On Spying Program 7-26

Democrats call for special prosecutor to determine whether Gonzalez committed perjury 7-26

Judiciary committee sends contempt charges against Bolton and Miers to the House of Reps; White House says that Justice Department will not enforce. 7-26

House Democrats proposed legislation that would make it harder for overseas companies to use tax havens to avoid taxes on U.S. profits, drawing immediate opposition from the Bush administration. 7-26

Bush's disapproval rating at 65%. Nixon's highest disapproval rating was 66%. In a poll taken 4 days before he resigned 7-26

Rep. Don Young (R-AK) is now a target of an expanding federal criminal investigation involving an Alaska oil company 7-26

Thanks to then Governor George W. Bush's 1995 law emphasizing abstinence only sex education, Texas has the nation's highest birth rate among teenagers ages 15 to 19 7-26

President Bush won't allow politicians to shape war strategy in Iraq. But he will allow a DC think tank to formulate strategy over the objections of the Pentagon and U.S. Central Command 7-26

House of Representatives votes to prohibit the establishment of permanent bases in Iraq and to cede oil revenues to the Iraqi people 7-26

Tom DeLay (R-Fundie) admits that he supports Israel because it's the easiest way to end the world and see Jesus again - with video 7-26

Dictatorship Transition Complete (with very attractive graphic). God bless the land of the formerly free, and yesterday’s home of the brave. 7-26

Ohio Republicans try to out-Rove Rove 7-26

Yoo advocated against Executive privilege, then Yoo advocated for it. What's up with Yoo? 7-26

After first saying he wouldn't be acting on Wounded Warriors report, Bush changes his mind and does something - poses for a photo-op with a couple of amputees 7-26

More rats deserting the USS McCain 7-26

The Governator wants an amendment to the Constitution so he can be Fuhrer.... err... President 7-26

Politicians charged on Tuesday that peer-to-peer networks can pose a "national security threat" because they enable federal employees to share sensitive or classified documents accidentally from their computers. 7-26

So if "the Republican Party cannot survive without another terrorist attack before the next election", it would be convenient if the White House could trigger a Hezbollah attack in the US, right? 7-26

Upcoming North American Union meeting in Quebec at the Montebello hotel to be guarded by US troops, so much for the right to protest 7-26

Americans now trust Democrats more than Republicans on every single issue, including national security and taxes 7-26

Scandal-plagued Vitter to ‘rebrand’ conservatives. His colleagues held the applause. 7-26

Leahy Explains Cheney’s F-Bomb Incident, Says Hayes’ ‘Puff Piece’ Got It Wrong 7-26

Thanks to then Governor George W. Bush's 1995 law emphasizing abstinence only sex education, Texas has the nation's highest birth rate among teenagers ages 15 to 19 7-26

FBI To Recruit Thousands Of Covert Informants Within US 7-25

House bans permanent bases in Iraq. 7-25

Illegal spying program that Alberto Gonzales tried to get Ashcroft to sign off on was a completely different illegal spying program from the one that he told Congress presented no problems. That's comforting 7-25

Gonzales testified the reason he met with Ashcroft in his hospital room was because congressional leaders urged him to continue spying on Americans. Three of those leaders say he's lying 7-25

Gonzo can't answer why he signed a memo giving Cheney input on clemency decisions before Libby's pardon 7-25

Giuliani, unclear on the whole "balance of powers" thing, says judges hurt democracy. 7-25

Bolton, Miers to face contempt citations. Bush to issue pardons 7-25

Another batch of Bush cronies preparing to stonewall Congress, this time about the friendly fire killing of Pat Tillman 7-25

Bush to veto health care for kids 7-25

Brig General: "Our Losses Will Preclude Us From Doing Individual Memorial Ceremonies" 7-25

New POAC video: Republican Sexcapades 7-24

Bachmann On Her Trip To Iraq: It’s Like Visiting The ‘Mall Of America’ 7-25

Why Germans Supported Hitler 7-25

Edwards returns donations from lobbyists 7-25

The GOP respond well to hearing "9/11, on September the 11th, during the terrorist attacks, 9/11, when our nation was struck". 7-25

House Probes White House Role in Endangered Species Act 7-25

With military backdrop and speaking before a canned audience, Bush warns anew of impending event to give himself dictatorial powers 7-24

House Judiciary Committee To Vote Tomorrow On Charging Miers & Bolten With Contempt 7-24

And so it begins: Lt. Col. Robert "Buzz" Patterson claims anti-war groups gave material support to terrorists 7-24

Gonzales Contradicts Prior Statements, Confirms Existence Of Other Spying Programs 7-24

Cheney's energy task force participants leaked to press 7-18

Senate Republicans scuttled Democratic proposal ordering troop withdrawals from Iraq. 7-18

Today's politicization of a non-partisan government agency brought to by the Office of National Drug Control Policy and Karl Rove. 7-18

Conyers Threatens Contempt Proceedings against RNC Chair 7-18

Two Wars, Six Years, Hundreds Of Billions Spent US Faces Same Threat 7-18

Two House committees to probe abstinence-based AIDS prevention program 7-18

How to Create an Angry American 7-18

Harriet Miers rejects subpoena. Again. House Judiciary Committee drafts strongly worded letter. Again 7-18

"...what isn't funny is the secretary's disdain not only for workers at the Department of Labor but for all American workers." 7-18

Bush aides admit failure of bin Laden strategy: Grim report on a strengthening al-Qaida may lead to more aggressive tactics in Pakistan 7-18

Rep. Rick Renzi, whose family business was raided by the FBI last April, running low on campaign cash 7-18

Former Republican congressman J.D. Hayworth says he's sent documents to the Justice Department in response to its investigation of disgraced fund-raiser Jack Abramoff. 7-18

Obama: Universal Health Care in Four Years 7-18

Hillary Clinton would end federal raids on medical-marijuana patients and dispensaries if elected president in 2008. 7-18

Edwards agrees to smaller three-way debate: Democratic candidate accepts invitation to face Clinton, Kucinich on MSNBC 7-18

Man wins against the IRS. Bigtime 7-18

Americans At An Increasing Risk Of Buying Tainted Food: Rep. Henry Waxman says "and it's easy to see that the food and drug administration is not doing enough. 7-18

Kerry to Mitt: Who's flip-flopping now? 7-18

ThinkProgress is at the Capitol building, live-blogging the all-night conservative filibuster of Iraq withdrawal legislation. 7-17

President Bush unveiled a new executive order that allows the administration to block bank accounts and any other financial assets belonging to people, companies or groups that he deems are working to threaten stability in Iraq. 7-17

Reagan official: Impeach now or face dictatorship in the US by next year 7-17

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) has asked Sara Taylor, the former top aide to Karl Rove in the White House, to return to Capitol Hill for a deposition next week. 7-17

Pentagon to enlist "conservative" bloggers for domestic propaganda purposes. 7-17

Justice Department has refused to allow the chief of the Civil Rights Division's voting rights section to testify before the House Judiciary Committee. 7-17

House Panel Issues New Subpoenas for RNC E-Mails 7-17

Bush opposes military pay raise. 7-17

Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson, who oversaw the degeneration of conditions at the Walter Reed military hospital has resigned. 7-17

New Terrorism National Intelligence Estimate Released 7-17

Over half of all donations from members of the military are going to (anti-Iraq occupation) Ron Paul 7-17

Ending Neo-Slavery on Tom DeLay's Island 7-17

Democrats push all-night debate on Iraq 7-17

Neocons on a Cruise: What Conservatives Say When They Think We Aren't Listening 7-17

U.S. Democrats far ahead in fund raising 7-17

And the leading Republican presidential candidate is ... none of the above. 7-17

Mark Foley uses 1/2 million dollars of campaign funds to pay attorney fees, Returns $1600 to supporters 7-17

Remember those old-school Republicans? The Teddy Roosevelt types who demanded that business pay their fair share? One still lives 7-17

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney who criticized another candidate's $400 haircut, spends $300 for "makeup consulting" 7-17

Obama Lists People Who Buy Paraphernalia As Donors 7-17

Disgraced Senator Caught In DC Madam Scandal Speaks Out - Plays The Victim Card And Refuses To Resign 7-17

CREW files FEC complaint against Minnesota GOP 7-17

Joe Wilson Endorses Hillary 7-17

Bush Administration Classified Over 20 Million Documents 7-17

House Dems want Rumsfeld, generals to testify in Tillman case 7-17

FEMA melts through $12.5 million 7-17

Harry Reid to force Senate republicans to choose between party loyalty and loyalty to their country and the soldiers who they serve 7-16

Over half of all donations from members of the military are going to (anti-Iraq occupation) Ron Paul 7-17

Bush preparing to veto children's health insurance bill 7-16

Wouldn't it be great if there were a law telling you exactly where the ingredients in your food came from? There has been for 5 years but congressional Republicans kept delaying its implementation 7-16

Eight year old shows up on no-fly list. 7-16

You know those stories about Americans being excluded from events where the President is speaking? Yeah, it turns out the White House has an actual policy manual on how to do that 7-16

Some Democratic Senators Still Not On Board To Restore Habeas Corpus 7-16

“An internal investigation that the House Intelligence Committee has refused to make public portrays the panel as embarrassingly entangled in the Randy ‘Duke’ Cunningham bribery scandal.” 7-16

PNAC/Energy Industry rep pushes Bush to consider military action in Iran 7-16

Bush preparing to veto children's health insurance bill 7-16

Senate GOP leaders have privately mapped out a retaliatory plan that involves blocking passage of Democratic legislation from now until the August recess if they don't get to stack another circuit court. 7-16

Bush intelligence oversight board silent for 5 1/2 yrs. 7-16

Some Democratic Senators Still Not On Board To Restore Habeas Corpus 7-16

Bush has vetoed or threatened to veto 60% of the bills this Congress is working on 7-16

Florida's Republican governor is best Democrat the state has seen in ages 7-16

Lindsey Graham (R-SC) narrowly avoids the surge of Jim Webb's (D-VA) foot up his arse. 7-16

How We Pick Vice Presidents 7-16

Candidates @ Google: Informative hour long interviews with the presidential hopefuls 7-16

Ralph Nader considering working for the republicans again 7-16

Pennsylvania Democrats want Nader to pay for Bush's election 7-16

President Bush has mentioned Gen. David Petraeus “at least 150 times this year in his speeches, interviews and news conferences.” But some in the military worry that “the general is being set up by the Bush administration as a scapegoat 7-16

Ray McGovern: Remembering an: Ill-Starred Day Four Years Ago 7-16

Some Democratic Senators Still Not On Board To Restore Habeas Corpus 7-16

A calm and rational discussion of impeachment 7-14

“THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN PRESIDENT: GEORGE W. BUSH, PART 2: THE CONSTITUTION" 7-14

Presidential candidate Tom Tancredo wins NAACP sponsored debate, also comes in last 7-14

Two top Republicans cast aside President Bush's pleas for patience on Iraq Friday and proposed legislation demanding a new strategy 7-14

Senator Boxer says the Bush administration is the "closest we have ever come to a dictatorship" and impeachment "should be on the table" 7-13

House panel threatens to hold Miers in contempt for failure to appear. 7-13

Justice Department has concluded that President Bush’s former top lawyer, and possibly other senior White House officials, can ignore subpoenas from Congress to testify about the firings of U.S. attorneys. 7-13

President Bush invokes executive privilege to block Congress investigation into propaganda surrounding Army Ranger Pat Tilman's death 7-13

House passes bill to begin troop withdrawals from Iraq. 7-13

Republicans and their wacky sex antics chapter 213,525: Republican Rep. Exposed Himself to Female Employee, Chased Her Screaming, "Suck It". Bonus: was the vice chairman of the House committee on children, youth and families. 7-13

Appropriations Committee has restored Darth Cheney's funding 7-13

Al-Qaida is stepping up its efforts to sneak terror operatives into the United States and has acquired most of the capabilities it needs to strike here, according to a new U.S. intelligence assessment 7-13

Appropriations Committee has restored Darth Cheney's funding 7-13

Bush Opposes Military Pay Increase 7-13

Florida Rep. Bob Allen says his men's room sex arrest is just a BIG misunderstanding and he's not resigning (with video) 7-13

Report: The increase in government secrecy during the Bush administration has been “unprecedented” 7-13

Gravel responds to being snubbed from the debate on gay issues 7-13

Rumsfeld setting up service foundation 7-13

Waxman to introduce ‘Surgeon General Independence Act.’ 7-13

Tony Snow says Iraq Withdrawal Would Bring Terrorists ‘To A Shopping Mall Near You’ 7-13

Chertoff's fear mongering proves effective in rural America 7-13

After saying he would discuss CIA leak details once the investigation concluded, Bush conveniently flip-flops to say he won't talk about old news which has "run its course." 7-13

Firefighters: Giuliani Ditched 9/11 Body Recovery 24 Hours After Securing $230 Million In Buried Gold 7-13

Arresting Officer's Report on Florida Republican Representative Bob Allen 7-13

GOP pundit the next John outed in the DC madam scandal 7-12

Florida State Rep. Bob Allen adding to the Florida treasury. The hard way. Twenty dollars at a time. 7-12

FBI sends fake emergency letters to phone companies to get them to turn over letters complete with false claims that proper papers had been filed with U.S. attorneys. 7-12

US and UK shut down inspection agency that proved them wrong in the run-up to the Iraq war 7-12

No one should look forward to terrorism 7-12

Massachusetts Governor rips Chertoff's fear mongering. 7-12

Republicans blocked proposal to give our troops in Iraq more rest between battle 7-12

Al Qaeda now as strong as before we went over there, and poised to attack us. In other news, the troop surge is working 7-12

Congress threatens holding Harriet Miers in "inherent contempt" of Congress--Meaning we may be treated to the sight of our first Bush Administration frog march 7-12

Actual headline: "'DC madam' lawyer: Cheney isn't not on phone records. 7-12

Congressional investigators set up a bogus company and obtained a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in March that would have allowed them to buy the radioactive materials needed for a so-called dirty bomb. 7-12

Sara Taylor in Congress: "I took an oath to the President". 7-12

Congressman Jerry Lewis (R-CA) generously earmarks money for D.C. park renovations... he lives 3 blocks away and it will increase his property value 7-12

"Dozens" of FBI agents given two weeks to check out 700 terrorism leads. 7-12

Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee shows that he'll stand up for big Pharma, derides Michael Moore for being fat 7-12

Some conservatives are rallying behind an amendment offered by Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) to implement the Iraq Study Group recommendations, rather than set a deadline for withdrawal. 7-12

Obama alludes to merit pay at an NEA convention, and it goes over as well as you'd expect 7-12

New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine has stopped using e-mail entirely after Republicans filed a lawsuit asking a judge to make public e-mails he exchanged with a state worker union leader who's also a former girlfriend. 7-12

Senator Vitter rumored to have had a diaper fetish at the brothel 7-12

Senator Vitter (R-Huggies) thought Clinton should've been impeached for being "morally unfit to govern." 7-12

The Vitter story is about more than just sex: Think David Duke and Jack Abramoff 7-12

Nixon Library Tapes Reveal Raw Remarks about Jews, Blacks 7-12

Nixon library's changes start with Watergate: visitors learned that Watergate, which provoked a constitutional crisis and became an enduring byword for abuses of executive power, was really a "coup" engineered by Nixon enemies. The exhibit accused Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein — without evidence — of "offering bribes" to further their famous coverage. 7-12

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) reportedly is complaining about his aides forcing him to wear “gay sweaters”. 7-12

Senate conservatives rush to Cheney’s defense 7-12

House OKs cuts to student loan rates, bank subsidies 7-12

Refresher: Bush wants student loans cut 7-12

Refresher: Bush Signs Bills Cutting Student Loans, Medicare 7-12

Busted: McCain Raises Ethics Flag With Fundraising Call From Senate Cloakroom 7-12

Republican Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani gets blasted by fire fighter union 7-12

Here's the video 7-12

Video compilation of Sara Taylor's 'I don't know' moments. 7-12

American Public Health Association announced its opposition to the nomination of Dr. James Holsinger to become the next Surgeon General. 7-12

We have video clips of Sarah Taylor's testimony available here. 7-11

Second madam comes forward to 'defend' GOP senator, saying he paid call girls $300/hour 7-11

An investigating officer has recommended dismissing murder charges against a Marine accused in the slayings of three Iraqi men in a squad action that killed 24 civilians in Haditha 7-11

Michael Chertoff has "a gut feeling" that circumstances may soon arise that allow Bush to declare himself dictator. Funny, me too. 7-11

DC Madam's phone list now searchable by number. 7-11

TIME’S UP ON ESCALATION: What they said 6 months ago 7-11

Stevens Gives Earmarks To Developers Who Made Him A Millionaire 7-11

Bush again links Iraq to 9/11, claiming insurgents currently in Iraq are the "same people that attacked us on September 11th." 7-11

Pennsylvania Republicans insisted breastfeeding is a "freedom" not a "right" and held up bill legalizing public breastfeeding over language. 7-11

"There's nobody there who can tell him, 'Mr. President, you've got to do this. You're wrong on this.' There's no adult supervision. It's like he's oblivious. Maybe that's a defense mechanism.'" 7-11

Bush threatens to veto bill cutting subsidies for student loan lenders 7-11

Webb: ‘I Don’t Know Where Lieberman Gets His Opinions About How Well We’re Doing 7-11

Bush visits Cleveland Clinic, does another photo-op normally reserved for vice presidents 7-11

The Pros and Cons of Ron Paul: Pro: Against the war in Iraq & for personal liberties. Con: Everything else 7-11

Democratic Candidates To Hold First-Ever Debate On Gay Issues 7-11

Neo-cons try to rally, bully Republicans 7-11

Senate Panel cuts off funding for Cheney's office 7-10

The first U.S. surgeon general appointed by President George W. Bush accused the administration on Tuesday of political interference and muzzling him on key issues like embryonic stem cell research. 7-10

Gonzales Was Given Reports Of Patriot Act Abuses Before Telling Senate He Knew Of None 7-10

President Bush directed former aides to defy congressional subpoenas on Monday, prodding lawmakers closer to their first contempt citations against administration officials since Reagan. 7-10

Senator Vitter In DC Sex Scandal ALSO the Southern Regional Chair for Giuliani's Campaign 7-10

In 2000 Vitter's wife was asked whether she could forgive her husband if she learned he'd had an extramarital affair: "I'm a lot more like Lorena Bobbitt than Hillary. If he does something like that, I'm walking away with one thing, and it's not alimony, trust me." 7-10

Vitter Flashback: Clinton should resign. 7-10

Refresher: Giuliani's South Carolina Campaign Chairman Indicted on Cocaine Charges 7-10

Refresher: He was also a big ol' racist 7-10

More than half of the CIA workforce has been outsourced to private companies. What could go wrong? 7-10

McCain's top two aides quit his 2008 campaign 7-10

Karl Rove predicts that Iraq won't be a big deal in the '08 election. 7-10

Republican Senator Olympia Snowe (ME) says "the tide has turned," it's time to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq 7-10

Real 9/11 Heroes Expose How Giuliani Short-Changed and Endangered the City 7-10

Congressperson Thelma Drake (R-VA-02) takes her time to speak to a constituent over a tax issue, but when an IraqSummer participant asks if she’ll stand with fellow Virginian John Warner on Iraq, look at how fast she moves to her car. 7-10

Clinton, Obama To Skip Senate Iraq Debate For Campaign Appearances 7-10

Cindy Sheehan says if Nancy Pelosi (D-Spineless) doesn't start impeachment proceedings against Bush, she will run for office against her 7-10

Rove still setting Bush's Iraq policy 7-10

Al Franken leads Incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman in fundraising 7-10

President Bush must make his first report to Congress on progress in Iraq in less than one week 7-10

Rumors abound that Dick Cheney's phone number is on the DC madam's list and the GOP spin machine is at risk of throwing the Earth off its axis 7-10

National Hurricane Center director resigns. 7-10

Republican party of morality and decency strikes again: Louisiana Senator In DC Sex Scandal ALSO the Southern Regional Chair for Giuliani's Campaign 7-10

Bush invokes his executive privilege to be given candid advice on his decisions to prevent testimony on decisions he claims to have had nothing to do with 7-9

Senators Say They Will Call On Patrick Fitzgerald To Testify 7-9

NAACP chairman criticizes Bush policies as civil rights group's annual meeting opens. Kanye West unavailable for comment. 7-9

Leadership Vacant At Homeland Security 7-9

Adviser: Bush Made Libby Decision To Avoid Pissing Off His Boss 7-9

Al Gore, Not the Rightwing, Is the Economic Conservative on Global Warming 7-9

Postcards from irrelevance: Former GOP senator Rick Santorum criticizes GOP revolt over Iraq. 7-9

Watch the following interviews to learn about Mike Gravel's stances on the issues 7-9

Obama's campaign office in Davenport, IA burgled. 7-8

Colin Powell tried to talk Bush out of war, lack of integrity won over, so he talked the US and UN into war instead 7-8

Whitehouse orders Rove aide not to comply with Congressional subpoena 7-7

U.S. Aborted Raid on Qaeda Chiefs in Pakistan in ’05 7-8

US troops in Afghanistan under threat from Taliban bases in Pakistan -- our ally in the Global War On Terror 7-8

Selling failure as success: U.S. launches Operation "Move the Goalposts" as the Iraqi government is set to meet exactly ZERO of our political and security goals. 7-8

Half of Americans support dual impeachment proceedings 7-7

Republican lawmakers up for re-election distancing themselves from Bush's Iraq policy, wiping blood from hands 7-7

White House denies some Republicans disagree with Bush on Iraq, blames liberal media conspiracy 7-7

Rep. John Doolittle (R-Abramoff) calls for pullback in Iraq 7-7

Thompson said to have lobbied for abortion-rights group. Thompson pulls an Alberto Gonzales and claims not to remember. 7-7

Cost of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan up more than a third higher than last year, to an average of $12 billion per month. Total Could Top $1.4 Trillion 7-7

PNAC founder wants us all to stop worrying and just be happy 7-7

Snow Falsely Claims ‘There Was Not Much Investigation’ Of Clinton’s Pardons. Which is untrue, resulted in safeguards being put in place at the DOJ, resulting in Bush by-passing the DOJ to commute Libby's sentence. 7-7

Lieberman Recycles Iraq Talking Points To Justify War With Iran 7-7

Barack Obama lied when he said that none of his campaign contributions came from PACs. Turns out that over 0.01% of the money comes from PACs. Oh the humanity! 7-7

Whistle Blower Who Challenged Cheney Seeks Federal Aid: Once a top intelligence officer at the Pentagon who helped uncover Pakistan's efforts to acquire nuclear weapons, Barlow insisted on telling the truth, and it led to his undoing. 7-7

Impeaching Dick Cheney: The Tide is Turning [VIDEO] 7-7

A letter to GOP Sen. Norm Coleman from a former college friend asking why he supports brutal drug laws when he was an avid pot smoker as a young man. 7-7

Lindsey Graham, McCain, and Lieberman: Surge is working. 7-7

Rep. Dingell Floats 'Carbon Tax' Plan 7-7

Republican 'environmentalist' group tied to corrupt Interior official suddenly dissolves when the investigations start 7-6

Fresh from calling former US Attorney David Iglesias to accuse some Democrats of vote fraud, Sen. Pete Domenici would like to distance himself from the deaths of 3591 U.S. soldiers 7-6

President Bush's commutation of Lewis "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence highlights some interesting connections between Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, a former fugitive from justice, an ex-president and two leading 2008 White House hopefuls. 7-6

Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Fla., plans to introduce a resolution that would censure President Bush 7-6

White House uses the 'ol b-b-but Clinton to misdirect comparisons of commuting the sentence of a traitor and cover-ups to Clinton's pardons. 7-6

Judge lifts injunction on DC madam phone records 7-6

An international law expert who worked under the first Bush Administration as a bioweapons advisor in the 1980s, has said that he is convinced the 2001 anthrax attacks were perpetrated and covered up by criminal elements of the U.S. government. Held Over

"Scooter" Libby has paid his fine already. 7-6

Republicans urge Democrats to stop issuing subpoenas and start passing bills, and by "start passing bills" they mean "give us more opportunities to block cloture votes" 7-6

Kucinich gets rousing support from a steelworkers union 7-6

GOP Senators Who Voted For Clinton Impeachment Silent On Libby 7-6

About half of the staff of the National Hurricane Center have signed a petition calling for the ouster of the center's director, saying its "effective functioning" is at stake 7-6

Giuliani Sacrifices Principles On Executive Clemency; Contradicts Past Statements 7-6

Specter Pushes Bill to Rein In Presidential Signing Statements 7-6

Pelosi: Iraq Pullout Vote Set for July 7-6

Fred Thompson's true role in the Watergate investigation revealed. Turns out he was a mole for Nixon who tried his best to derail the investigation 7-6

Managing to mention it three times in the first ten seconds of his stump speech, Giuliani might just possibly be overplaying the 9/11 card 7-6

Bush lobbied court to uphold 30-month sentence for perjury, obstruction. In 2006. For a sick Marine. With 25 years of service. And 35 medals. The same crime as Scooter Libby. 7-6

A man convicted for his role in Watergate tells us why wiccans can't be trusted with elected office 7-6

Whitehouse spokesperson just comes out and admits it: I don’t know what you mean by “equal justice under the law.” 7-6

Bush lobbied court to uphold 30-month sentence for perjury, obstruction. In 2006. For a sick Marine. With 25 years of service. And 35 medals. The same crime as Scooter Libby. 7-5

Pelosi: Iraq Pullout Vote Set for July 7-5

Fred Thompson's true role in the Watergate investigation revealed. Turns out he was a mole for Nixon who tried his best to derail the investigation 7-5

Managing to mention it three times in the first ten seconds of his stump speech, Giuliani might just possibly be overplaying the 9/11 card 7-5

Specter Pushes Bill to Rein In Presidential Signing Statements 7-5

What did we get for the $592 million we paid Halliburton (KBR) for an Iraqi Embassy? A toxic deathtrap that is unsafe to occupy 7-5

DOJ manual on Commutations (emphasis added) 7-5

Is The United States Already A Police State? 7-5

President Bush uses the 4th of July to compare U.S. soldiers in Iraq to those of the Revolutionary War 7-4

Five obscure facts about the Declaration of Independence. 7-4

The fates of the signers of the Declaration of Independence 7-4

'08 Democrats Outraise GOP By 20 Million In Second Quarter 7-4

All that talk about fighting global warming the Governator's been doing? Just talk. 7-4

Mitt Romney, who wouldn't pardon an Iraq War veteran - twice - for shooting someone with a BB gun when he was 13, calls Libby pardon 'reasonable' 7-4

Judge that sentenced Scooter Libby to jail was appointed by Bush to be tough on crime 7-4

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers is “expected to move swiftly to conduct hearings on the commutation". 7-3

A few sentences the President has inexplicably neglected to commute. 7-4

Fitzgerald to continue with appeals process for Libby. 7-3

Giuliani: Bush Was Right To Let Libby Walk 7-3

Fred Thompson, who serves on Scooter Libby’s Legal Defense Fund, today said he is “happy” by President Bush’s decision to commute Libby’s sentence 7-3

Refresher: On June 5, White House spokesperson Dana Perino said that the President was “not going to intervene.” 7-3

Refresher: Bush I Calls Leakers “Most Insidious of Traitors” 7-3

Biden: "Flood The White House With Phone Calls" 7-3

Make Your Voice Ignored: White House internal telephone directory 7-3

Joe Wilson and Patrick Fitzgerald respond to the Scooter Libby Disgrace 7-3

Anybody remember the name of Bush's campaign jet in 2000? "Accountability One" 7-3

Snow on Libby: "In Washington, things get leaked all the time." 7-3

For years, the public calendars of two top federal drug safety officials were largely blank - devoid of the required detail about their contacts with the industry they regulated. 7-3

Fitzgerald Eyed Perjury Early for Libby 7-3

The executive branch of the US government has grown too powerful, and someone needs to take their asses to court 7-3

Napolitano signs immigrant bill targeting employers 7-3

Presidential candidate former Sen. Mike Gravel (D-AK) tells the story of how he released the secret Pentagon Papers into the public record 7-3

New lobbying rules putting a cramp on birthday parties for Congressional aide's kids 7-3

San Francisco becomes first major US city to offer universal healthcare. 7-3

Massachusetts Begins Universal Health Care 7-3

Bush Wages Orwellian War on Words and Wins, on Iraq and Loses 7-3

The Freedom of Information Act requires federal agencies to respond to requests for information within 20 days. Some requests have been waiting 20 years 7-3

Giuliani: Bush Was Right To Let Libby Walk 7-3

McCain fires more than 50 staffers, and perhaps as many as 80 to 100. 7-2

Scooter Libby (R-28301-016), unless pardoned, will go to jail within weeks, have nickname of "Liberace". 7-2

Conyers: Now that the White House can no longer argue that there is a pending criminal investigation, I expect them to be fully forthcoming with the American people about the circumstances that led to this leak and the President's decision today ." 7-3

Corrected for inflation, Americans are now paying higher energy bills than at any time in the last 20 years. 7-2

Only Iraqis, not U.S., can win - or so says the cut & run defeatocrat liberals known as the Army Times 7-2

Secret Document: U.S. Fears Terror 'Spectacular' Planned 7-2

In a clear sign of impending attack, 'We are safe,' Homeland Security chief says 7-2

Of course we are safe. Chertoff is pursuing the Hank Hill directive for public safety 7-2

Taking a stance on Global Warming, Alabama Gov. Bob Riley on Thursday issued a proclamation calling for a week of prayer for rain. 7-2

A clueless President grasping for answers 7-2

As Powell recalled it after the meeting he and Bush were reviewing events and comparing notes and seemingly they disagreed. At one point Bush looked at his Secretary of State and said (with a suitable Texas twang) “Powell, I looked into Putin’s eyes and I saw his soul” to which Powell replied: “Mr. President, I looked into President Putin’s eyes and I saw the KGB”. 7-2

Four years ago today President Bush tells terrorists to "bring it on". Since that swaggering schoolboy taunt, 3,372 U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq. 7-2

Wolfowitz starts his new job as a “visiting scholar” at the American Enterprise Institute. 7-2

AS Fred Thompson's political career rose, a lobbyist family was born. 7-2

Giuliani Camp Hits Back At NYC Firefighters For 9/11 Criticism 7-2

...Ever closer to a constitutional showdown over executive power and Congress' right to oversight. 7-1

Reid: "Republican Obstruction Has Gotten So Bad That Now They're Blocking Bills That They Actually Support" 7-1

Republican Immigration Policies Are Devastating Hispanic Membership In Party 7-1

President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet for two days at the Bush family home in Kennebunkport, ME., a first for any foreign leader. 7-1

This week's winner in the Friday resignation game...Rachel Brand, the assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Policy 6-29

Congress to Bush: You have until July 9th to provide specific information explaining why you are claiming privilege for each and every document requested, or be held in contempt of Congress. 6-29

Nowhere does the Constitution mention the term or the concept of executive privilege. The belief that it does, the late legal historian Raoul Berger once said, is one of the greatest "constitutional myths." 6-29

Cheney gets to keep his budget by 217-209 vote. 6-29

House passes Pence amendment to block reinstatement of "Fairness Doctrine" 6-29

Dick Cheney admits that the Constitution might apply to him. 6-29

Avoid Bush’s Executive Privilege Claim By Investigating NSA Program As A Crime 6-29

While Dick Cheney was running America, George Bush fulfilled the duties of Vice President... seriously 6-29

Powell Tells Of Dysfunctional White House, ‘We Weren’t Aware Of The Advice Cheney Was Giving’ 6-29

Despite a rise in desertions from the Army as the Iraq war drags on into a fifth year, the U.S. military does almost nothing to find those who flee and rarely prosecutes those it gets its hands on. 6-29

If you are presently serving in the military or in the Delayed Enlistment Program and beginning to rethink your participation, here are resources to help you. 6-29

Hillary Clinton is raising about $300,000 a day, every single day. In other news, quit sending her your money and participate in our summer fund drive. 6-29

Under the Bush Administration America's Museum, The Smithsonian Institute, has been bilked out of millions of dollars and used to restore a wealthy administrator's antiques 6-29

With $30 million, Obama beats Clinton in raising campaign cash 6-29

FEAR: Giuliani's running mate 6-29

Giuliani’s Attacks On Clinton Reveal Basic Lack Of Counterterrorism Knowledge 6-29

FEAR: Fred Thompson’s running mate 6-29

Senate CIO claims a "modest increase in call volume" over the immigration bill shut down the switchboard 6-29

Obama opposes chimpeachment 6-29

Democratic Presidential candidates denounce Supreme Court's ruling on desegregation. 6-29

Clinton eyes Obama fundraising threat: Her campaign raised $27million this quarter, but says her Illinois rival for the Democratic presidential nomination may top that. 6-29

U.S. House Passes Bill Affirming Global Warming Exists. Welcome to ten years ago, Congress 6-29

Bush says that Israel is a good model for Iraq. 6-29

Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman sentenced to more than seven years in prison for bribery and mail fraud 6-29

Scooter Libby Becomes Inmate No. 28301-016 6-29

US claims UN squandered millions in North Korea, provides evidence. However... money amounts, vendor names and transaction dates don't match a single UN document. Codes don't even match the document coding system in use at the time 6-29

Is the Administration’s new policy benefiting our enemies in the war on terrorism? 6-29

President Bush has repeatedly attacked Congress for its earmarks and pork barrel projects. Yet a new House Appropriations Committee report accompanying legislation funding the Department of the Interior “shows that Bush requested 93 of the 321 earmarks in the bill. 6-29

Immigration Bill Supporters Reconcile Themselves to Defeat 6-28

Bush administration invokes executive privilege against turning over subpoenaed documents. 6-28

Al Gore has canceled all speaking engagements for the next six months leading to speculation that he really is going to run for president. 6-28

Guess which presidential candidate strapped their family dog to the roof of their moving car during a family vacation. Bill Frist unavailable for comment. 6-28

Bush EPA chief says she quit after Cheney rewrote coal power plant rules 6-28

The case for impeaching President Cheney: Reagan's Dept AG, who held posts at the Heritage Foundation ,the American Enterprise Institute and the Moonie Times says Cheney is "Running amok and should be Impeached." 6-28

The criminal case against former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay now hinges on two money laundering charges after Texas' highest criminal court refused Wednesday to bring back a conspiracy charge. 6-28

Cheney "I'm am not part of the Executive Branch." Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) "So I guess you don't need this $4 million-plus appropriation?" Cheney: "I am part of the Executive Branch." 6-28

Sen. Leahy demands an investigation concerning the apparently false testimony to Congress by Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a former White House lawyer, about his role in forming the Bush administration’s detainee policy. 6-28

Criminal Corruption Investigation Opened Over Arms Dealer 6-28

Congressman introduces bill to stop resurrection of the Fairness Doctrine. 6-28

Despite record-low approval ratings, House lawmakers Wednesday voted to accept an approximately $4,400 pay raise 6-28

The U.S. taxpayers spent $19 billion to train and arm the Iraqi Army. The Pentagon "cannot report in detail how many of the 346,500 Iraqi military and police personnel that the coalition trained are operational today," 6-28

Giuliani speaks at Pat Robertson's Regent University in aim to get evangelical support for his run at the Oval Office. Speech goes something like this: "9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, Jesus." 6-28

The Bush Administration refuses to put up the money for a recall of 450,000 defective tires 6-28

How did the Bush administration use its secret eavesdropping powers? 6-28

New Post-Katrina Investigations Reveal More Federal Waste And Incompetence 6-28

Thompson's ABC Radio commentaries riddled with misinformation 6-28

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