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October 2007

The White House will share details on the immunity of telecommunications companies sued for cooperating with warrantless wiretaps, but only with those who agree with the administration 10-23

State Dept Doesn't Know "Specifically" What It Got For $1.2 Billion Private Security Contract. Party of fiscal responsibility strikes again. 10-23

Bush lobbies Congress to have the funds saved from his veto of children's health care to be spent in Iraq and Afghanistan. The $45.9-billion emergency request would push the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over $600 billion. 10-23

Paul offers what the mainstream of the two parties won't: a plain analysis of what the "War on Terror" frame has allowed Bush to get away with. 10-23

Petraeus May Renege On Withdrawal Plans 10-23

75% of the 9 trillion US debt was accrued under three Republican presidents. 10-23

Yawn, the Bush administration ignores another law 10-23

Edwards: "If You Actually Say Something They Call You Left Wing" 10-23

Students protest ban of campus concealed carry. You know who you don't want carrying a concealed weapon? The kind of jackass who thinks he needs a gun for intro to sociology. That's who. 10-23

Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee: "Most of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were clergymen." Reality: 1 out of 56, 10-23

“For the President’s amusement...” 10-23

Entire GOP town council in NJ will switch parties to become Democrats. 10-23

Clinton Finds Way to Play Along With Drudge 10-23

Hot twin sisters each take command of a Stryker Fighting Vehicle heading to Iraq. Which is odd since women are not allowed to serve in the Infantry or Cavalry. There's no PR like U.S. Army PR 10-23

Ron Paul is booed by Republican audiences when he points out that the American people want the war in Iraq to end and troops to come home safely 10-23

Oklahoma lawmaker refuses to receive the Koran as a gift 10-23

CIA's Terrorist Buster Logo. 10-23

The Constitution is being trampled and nothing less than American democracy itself is endangered -- a presidential coup is taking place. Where is Congress? 10-23

In 2004, then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld became angry that the Pentagon was losing control over reconstruction efforts in Iraq. In return, he refused to provide military security for diplomats 10-22

The man named by the Giuliani campaign to a law enforcement outreach campaign post in Minnesota was forced to resign a government job in 2004 when proof surfaced that he'd admitted to repeatedly dropping the "N" bomb. 10-22

Nancy Pelosi has in fact admitted to having knowledge of the Bush-Cheney program of illegal warrantless eavesdropping initiated by Bush immediately after assuming office. She apparently learned of this soon after Bush initiated it. She therefore has quite possibly known about it since before 9/11. 10-22

CBS confirms 2006 Raw Story report that Valerie Plame was outed by Administration while she was trying to prevent Iran from getting the bomb 10-22

See clips of the interview here 10-22

Ron Paul introduces bill to roll back the power of the federal govt., repeal the Military Commissions Act of 2006, prohibit “extraordinary rendition,” and prohibit the use of secret evidence 10-22

Rep. Charles Rangel Apparently Refers to Giuliani as a 'Cheating Goddamn Husband' 10-22

Bill Richardson proposes linking congressional and presidential pay raises to deficit reduction 10-22

While Cheney makes draws up agreements for clear cutting the Pacific Northwest, the public is presented with a dancing monkey and a spotted owl 10-22

Hillary Clinton, who leads the Democratic primary by 15 points or so and has concentrated her campaign on the general election for months, denies that she's some sort of "front runner" 10-22

After trying to get Bill Clinton removed from office for getting a hummer, Ken Starr is trying to keep a millionaire money manager who pled guilty to having sex with underage girl from having to register as a sex offender 10-22

GOPers Who Ducked Black Debate Took Money From Firms Accused Of Racism 10-22

And this week's Republican Friday Resignation is ... Mel Martinez, Chairman of the Republican National Committee 10-20

U.S. magistrate on Friday rejected arguments by the Bush administration and urged a federal judge to order the White House to preserve copies of all its e-mails as they are required to by law 10-20

Biden joins Dodd's formerly one-man filibuster against Telcom immunity 10-20

Senator Jay Rockefeller is selling your civil liberties and paving the way for a police state in exchange for political contributions from the Telcom community 10-20

Harry Reid's on the take as well. 10-20

Majority Leader Harry Reid -- in violation of all Senate customs and rules -- intends to ignore the "hold" placed on the FISA bill by Chris Dodd 10-20

Ron Wyden (D-OR) gets a poison pill into the FISA compromise 10-20

State Department Inspector General Howard Krongard, who reportedly threatened whistleblowers’ “jobs and careers” to protect the State Department and White House from political embarrassment, is being investigated by the FBI. 10-20

Hillary and Obama in a nutshell: He leads candidates in donations from military personnel; she leads in donations from private defense companies 10-20

The US arms industry is backing Hillary Clinton for President and has all but abandoned its traditional allies in the Republican party. Mrs Clinton has also emerged as Wall Street's favourite. 10-20

Bush's mystery money man becomes Hillary's 10-20

Who Will Rule Us After the Next 9/11? The reality of NSPD-51 is almost as bad as the paranoia. 10-20

Negroponte Casts Resurgence Of Al Qaeda In ‘Afghanistan And Other Areas’ As ‘Good News’ 10-20

Barack Obama demands firing of DOJ voting rights chief 10-20

Nancy Pelosi rebukes fellow Democrat for saying Republicans are sending troops to Iraq to "get their heads blown off for the president's amusement." Even though it's true 10-20

Fred Thompson approvingly cites white supremecist who supported concentration camps 10-20

Gravel out of next Democratic presidential debate 10-20

Polling suggests that a quarter of women registered as Republican would vote for Hillary Clinton in '08 10-20

White House says crude oil price too high: "We have no plans to make any changes." 10-20

Republican White House hopefuls address the economy, healthcare, education, and diplomacy. Just kidding. It's all about the threats of non-Christians, gays, and abortions. Booga booga! 10-20

Bobby Jindal is poised to become the Louisiana's first nonwhite governor in a state that 16 years ago famously saw a former Ku Klux Klan leader, David Duke, in a runoff for governor. 10-20

Pictures: Values Voter Summit 10-20

Mukasey: Bush Can Ignore Surveillance Law 10-20

Ron Paul Introduces Legislation to Restore Habeas Corpus, Prohibit Torture 10-20

Bush Administration Carries Out Politically-Motivated Immigration Raid: Critic of Bush immigration policy has federal officers entered her home in the middle of the night and forcibly arrested her family even though they have been in regular communication with immigration officials for almost 20 years. 10-19

Senator Dodd: The Military Commissions Act. Warrantless wiretapping. Shredding of Habeas Corpus. Torture. Extraordinary Rendition. Secret Prisons. No more. 10-19

My Congressman demonstrates how Republicans have to lie to justify their actions. 10-19

Romney and McCain both vow to disband the UN 10-19

Lawmakers condemn appointment of anti-contraception nutcase to head the office of family planning. 10-19

Who gets blamed for those nuclear warheads that were accidentally shipped to Louisiana? The guys lowest on the totem pole of course 10-19

Leahy Rips Reported Compromise On FISA: Intel Committee Is ‘Caving’ To White House Pressure 10-19

Clinton to hold "Rural Americans for Hillary" lunch and campaign briefing at lobbyist offices of agribusiness giant Monsanto 10-19

Obama Comes Out Against Telecom Immunity Bill 10-19

Parts of Arizona border fence made in China, recall expected shortly 10-19

Today's installment of "Satire or Serious?" is brought to you by Draft Katherine Harris. 10-19

Republicans block money earmarked for museum dedicated to the pinnacle of the peace movement. 10-19

Is it any surprise that Cheney's state is ranked last in the nation for its campaign finance laws and practices? 10-19

Democratic Leadership Counsel arguing to keep a “military presence in Iraq for the foreseeable future to guard our strategic interests in the region". 10-19

Rev. Fred Phelps’ Flock Says Fred Thompson “Sees Eye To Eye” With Them On Gays 10-19

Airport Screeners At LAX Missed 75 Percent Of Fake Bombs. They would have found them if we'd just give up our civil liberties 10-19

Thompson Raises Next To Nothing In Iowa And New Hampshire -- But $140K From DC 10-19

Former CIA director drives a hybrid with a bumpersticker that reads: "Bin Laden Hates This Car.” 10-19

Bush appoints to head the family planning office a woman who said having health insurance pay for contraceptives would make everyone "collaborators with the culture of death". That's contraception she's talking about. Not abortion. 10-18

Bush setting the stage to start WWIII while claiming to be preventing it. 10-18

Senate fails, grants legal immunity to telecoms who took part in domestic spying program 10-18

Just days after going against the Bush Administration by stating the War in Iraq has made us less safe at home, Dir. of National Counterterrorism Center resigns for 'health reasons' and to 'spend more time with his grandchildren' 10-18

Reporter: "Vladimir Putin said next year, when he has to step down, he may become prime minister; keeping power and dashing any hopes for a genuine democratic transition" Bush: "I've been planning that myself" 10-18

Sen. Sam Brownback to Drop Out of Presidential Race 10-18

NBC News: "Mr President, what is your opinion on the 1981 Israeli attack on the Iraqi nuclear plant?" Bush: claims not to remember all the way back to 1981, the year his children were born 10-18

Who says the U S of A is not a producer nation? America controls 42% of the global arms market. 10-18

Hookers provided to Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham on a Hawaiian vacation testify in trial of man accused of bribing him. Bonus: They were all female and of legal age 10-18

Dennis Hastert to announce resignation from Congress 10-18

Former CIA officer Valerie Plame's book is to be out early next week. Bush not looking forward to having it read to him 10-18

GOP Maneuver Succeeds: House Dem Leaders Postpone FISA Vote Until Next Week 10-18

The Pentagon has misled Congress and the US public by conniving with the FBI to obtain hundreds of financial, telephone and Internet records without court approval. 10-16

Conyers wants answers on pre-9/11 NSA program: House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) requested “an immediate briefing on the facts” of the program as well as all documents relating to the “pre-9/11 activities and the legal basis for conducting them.” 10-16

Gen. John Abizaid (Ret.): ‘We’ve Treated The Arab World As A Collection Of Big Gas Stations’ 10-16

Bush has has found a way to have the DoJ and Homeland security run by guys who bypassed Senate confirmation. 10-16

Your brownshirt GOP in action: Rep. Joe Knollenberg’s Chief of Staff Goes Nuts On Constituent Activist 10-16

From the political body that brought you the 'Bridge to Nowhere': the boats congress forced the Navy buy even though they didn't need or want them. 10-16

Mitt And Rudy Spending More Than They Are Raising. Party of fiscal responsibility 10-16

Republicans keep jumping ship as Kay Bailey Hutchinson announces she may leave the senate in 2009 10-16

Ron Paul Attacks Multiply as Success Builds 10-16

Bush raps Democrats on spending 10-16

14 percent: The drop in federal corruption prosecutions since President Bush took office 10-16

The Real Rudy: no-bid contract endangers FDNY on 9/11. 10-16

Condoleezza Rice is sticking up for Rumsfeld in a battle with students and professors at Stanford University. 10-16

Tab For '08 Political Ads Expected To Reach $3 Billion 10-16

Giuliani is cozying up to Bush's big oil billionaires to fund his race for the Republican nomination. 10-16

Reps. Kucinich and Waxman Request Information on Hunt Oil Deal 10-16

Brown County GOP chair charged with child enticement, contributing to delinquency of a child 10-15

Condoleezza Rice is concerned about the growing concentration of power in the Presidency and questions the independence of the media and judiciary... in Russia 10-15

Pelosi: I Would Not Give Congress High Marks On Ending The War. POAC: I would give Nancy Pelosi high marks on understating. 10-15

Republicans 13 - Democrats 2. Retirements from Congress, that is 10-15

Even the ultra-rich are abandoning the GOP 10-15

Former White House political director who was heavily involved in the U.S. attorney scandal, has been hired to be a partner with a leading Republican propaganda firm. 10-15

Sen. Larry Craig says he will file an appeal Monday over a judge's refusal to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea stemming from his arrest in an airport bathroom sex sting. 10-15

Despite Showing Up in Person Mitt Romney loses NV Straw Poll to Ron Paul 10-15

Lindsey Graham throws Lt. Gen. Sanchez under the Bus: “…his criticism is a bit astounding to me given his role in the war itself.” 10-15

With 462 days left in his term, President Bush “has left whole agencies of the executive branch to be run largely by acting or interim appointees — jobs that would normally be filled by people whose nominations would have been reviewed and confirmed by the Senate.” 10-15

Government creates PSA reminding parents that if their kids don't wait until marriage to have sex they will grow up to be drug addled crack whores or something. 10-15

This is the same website that tells kids being gay is bad, and single parents are doomed. 10-15

Getting Around Rules on Lobbying: Despite New Law, Firms Find Ways To Ply Politicians 10-15

Mitt Romney tells reporters in state with highest unemployment rate in the nation that the US needs to issue more visas to foreign workers 10-15

Republican former House Majority leader Dick Armey: ” this guy is the most chronic malcontent I‘ve ever seen..” 10-15

City of New York must pay a multi-millionaire MTV executive $22K a year in tuition reimbursement to put his learning disabled son in private school 10-15

Gen Ricardo Sanchez: US leaders "incompetent" and "corrupted". Calls Iraq "a nightmare with no end in sight". Rush Limbaugh unavailable for comment 10-13

From the Oh you gotta be freakin' kiddin' me dept: US taxpayer-funded mercenaries hold US taxpayer-funded soldiers at gunpoint with US taxpayer-funded guns. If these pricks will pull guns on US troops do you really think they'll have any problem firing on American citizens? 10-13

Bush appointed CIA head is investigating CIA Inspector General for investigating CIA 10-13

The ethics watchdog CREW asked a federal judge yesterday to order the White House to preserve tapes used to back up its e-mail system as they are required by law to do. 10-13

New Orleans unveils scaled-back rebuilding plan 10-13

E-mail Reveals That McConnell Staffer Propagated Smear Campaign Against Graeme Frost 10-13

Plenty more charges coming down the pike for Giuliani crony Bernie Kerik 10-13

How insane is Giuliani's Mid East advisor? 10-13

Bush asks GOP debate host whether she was at the debate. 10-13

Since Larry Craig won't resign, an effort by the Republican party to use ethics investigation to force him out may backfire on them and keep Sen. Wide Stance in the news far longer than they'd like 10-13

Catholics United will launch a radio advertising campaign targeting ten members of Congress whose opposition to the State Children's Health Insurance Program 10-13

This week's retiring GOP congressman is Rep. Ralph Regula of Ohio 10-13

Always a class act, Senator John McCain congratulates his former Senate colleague. No, not really. 10-13

"I've called Al Gore and urged him to run for president so many times," Carter said. "He finally told me the last time, 'President Carter, please do not call me any more.' " 10-13

Suicidal Tennessee State legislator flees rehab. Then things get weird 10-13

Conservatives win battle to get "God" placed on certificates that mark flags flown over the Capitol. Still no solutions for the Iraq war, immigration and federal spending that defies logic 10-13

White House Embraces Right-Wing Blog That Called For ‘Destroying’ Graeme Frost 10-13

The 10 Dumbest Votes in the U.S. House. Complete with Goats and Viagra 10-13

Reps. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and John Tierney (D-MA) introduced a resolution Friday chastising the State Dept. for “withholding from Congress and the American people information about the extent of corruption in the Maliki government.” 10-13

87 members of the House “have now added their names to a letter to the President pledging not to vote for any more funding for the war and only to vote for supplementals that fully fund withdrawal.” 10-11

Clinton calls for national broadband internet to benefit "underserved areas" and help the economy. 10-11

Clinton proposes retirement savings plan: The government would match contributions to savings accounts resembling 401(k) plans. 10-11

Waxman Discredits Right-Wing Diaper Filling Over Rumored Congressional Investigation Of Talk Radio 10-11

In Tuesday's debate, Ron Paul blasted Romney, saying "This idea of going and talking to attorneys totally baffles me. Why don't we just open up the Constitution and read it?" 10-11

NorthCom Operations Chief violating the Hatch act 10-11

Federal investigators are hinting that a fresh wave of campaign-related theft and corruption investigations of Members of Congress are moving through the pipeline, signaling that indictments may be on the horizon. 10-11

Florida's new Republican governor doing positive things for the environment and now the black community. Yes, I said republican. 10-11

The Republican Council Member of New York completely loses it when interviewed by a Norwegian comedian. Not safe for work language. 10-11

When is Genocide not Genocide? When it was committed by an ally to the US in the War against Terror. Sorry Armenia, you can't have a measure declaring your 1.5 million dead a genocide. 10-11

In 2000, Candidate Bush Called Armenian Massacre A ‘Genocidal Campaign’ 10-11

Rudy Giuliani claims he added 12,000 cops to New York City while in office. The real figure was 3,660 and he has Clinton to thank for them 10-11

During the Yankee game on Monday night Rudy Giuliani was resoundingly booed by New Yorkers 10-11

18% of army recruits have to get special waivers due to past criminal behavior 10-11

Ron Paul: "I am also the prime sponsor of HR 300, which would negate the effect of Roe v Wade 10-11

Was A McConnell Staffer Behind The Campaign To Smear The 12-Yr Old SCHIP Recipient? 10-11

Kucinich remains on Michigan ballot after trying to withdraw 10-11

Fed letter demands 8 pages of tribe's letters to Abramoff, others 10-11

Admin's Leak Of Osama Video "Ruined" Al Qaida Spying Efforts: It's as if they are more concerned about using the threat of terrorism for political gain than they are about protecting the country. 10-10

The Gulfstream II jet that crashed in Mexico with 3.7 tons of cocaine? It has CIA operations written all over it. 10-10

Talk about well connected: Blackwater's president interned in congressman's Capitol Hill office. 10-9

Those nukes that were flown across the country a few weeks ago? Yeah, they're now at the Air Force base used for launching Middle East operations 10-9

The U.S. Army needs 3-4 years to re-equip and re-train after being misused by the current administration for their own personal gain 10-9

Bush Administration Launches National Ad Campaign Promoting Abstinence 10-9

James Sensenbrenner is so bad that a Democrat and Republican are teaming up to send him back to the private sector 10-9

Thompson's New Top Advisors: Elizabeth Cheney, George Allen 10-9

Right wing media struggling to tie Hillary with Sandy Berger even though he has no role in her campaign 10-9

The Dems like to point out that they are the Big Tent party with an African American, woman and Hispanic running for President. But the GOP has a Hispanic candidate as well. Meet Mexican-American Mitt Romney 10-9

Petraeus adviser: Petraeus’ testimony ‘potentially misleading.’ 10-9

Neocons converge around Giuliani, creating a perfect storm of Mid East hawks, a tendency to group all radical Islamist groups together as a common enemy, strong support for Israel and an aggressive posture toward Iran 10-9

AFL-CIO and MoveOn.org, rolled out a nearly $1 million television ad campaign and is targeting about 20 Republicans to vote to override the president's SCHIP veto 10-9

In 1993, MLB owners voted 27-1 to realign the divisions and create a new wildcard system. Since then, revenue has quadrupled and ticket sales have increased by the millions. Which owner cast the single dissenting vote? 10-9

GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson will participate in his first debate tonight on CNBC. 10-9

Ron Paul: Foreign policy should follow Founding Fathers' ideals 10-9

Rep. Harman Claims She Was Not ‘Fully Briefed’ On Secret Torture Memos 10-9

State Dept. ignored diplomats’ concerns on Blackwater. 10-8

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has taken the lead in criticizing Blackwater and other private security firms in Iraq. 10-8

Edwards Notes Clinton's Blackwater Ties 10-8

Conyers Seeks Confirmation That Justice Dept. Is Limiting White House Interference 10-8

No matter what the question is, Rudy says 9/11 10-8

Ron Paul draws big Nashville crowd 10-8

2008 GOP logo is pretty wide in stance and may be pre-dressed in prison stripes 10-8

New right-wing group to have $17 million budget. 10-8

President Bush's incessant "history will vindicate me" argument takes a serious hit 10-8

Limbaugh is vindicated: Phony soldier wheeled out by the liberal media to highlight veterans' issues isn't really a veteran at all and just another left wing puppet 10-6

Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee: “I find it unfathomable that the committee tasked with oversight of the C.I.A.’s detention and interrogation program would be provided more information by The New York Times than by the Department of Justice.” 10-6

“This is a very clear message from Congress: Don’t touch white-collar criminals.” 10-6

Ted Haggard's Escort Mike Jones Claims Encounter With Senator Larry Craig 10-6

Another GOP hypocrite gets caught wide stancin' in a public john 10-6

House voted 389-30 to “make all private contractors working in Iraq and other combat zones subject to prosecution by U.S. courts. 10-5

Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM), who made “unprecedented” — and possibly illegal — phone calls to U.S. attorney David Iglesias pressuring him to prosecute Democrats before the Nov. 2006 elections is seeking to replace Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM), who also made “unprecedented” — and possibly illegal — phone calls to U.S. attorney David Iglesias pressuring him to prosecute Democrats before the Nov. 2006 elections 10-5

Of all the gays who infiltrated the republican party to help bring them down, Larry Craig is the most awesome. He's stayin' on. 10-5

FBI investigating HUD secretary over Katrina contracts. 10-5

Rep. John Mica (R-FL). Hearing about how Radhi Hamza al-Radhi's investigators have been tortured and murdered by militias affiliated with Iraqi political parties -- implies Clinton was just as bad 10-5

Barak explains refusal to wear flag lapel pin, calling it "a substitute for I think true patriotism, which is speaking out on issues that are of importance to our national security.". 10-5

The House votes 418-1 to condemn the persecution of labor rights advocates in Iran. The only one voting no was Ron Paul 10-5

Bill Clinton: Hillary wants me to restore image of US 10-5

State Dept Backs Down: Blackwater Won't Guard FBI Agents In Iraq Investigating Blackwater 10-5

McCain: "I Don't Know" If Mormons Are Christians 10-5

GOP Unveils Awesome 2008 Convention Logo: A Democratic blue, wide stance elephant on ecstasy humping the numbers 2008 10-5

Karl Rove’s Deputy J. Scott Jennings Resigns 10-5

MIKE GRAVEL: I love my country, and I love the human race. And I want to see a change made in the leadership of our country so we can do more to protect the human race....With respect to my country going to war when there's no reason to go to war, killing human beings, I'm ashamed of this. 10-5

Ron Paul: "If the mafia attacks someone in this country, we dont bomb Italy." 10-5

Atlantic City's corrupt mayor is missing amid reports that he was under federal investigation for falsifying his military record. 10-5

Giuliani Attacks Clinton As McGovern-esque -- But Rudy Voted For McGovern 10-5

Clinton tackles 'The Cackle' 10-5

I swear I'm not making this up: Larry Craig’s favorite recipe is... A Super Tuber. A baked potato with a hot dog crammed inside. 10-5

Stanford Students, Faculty Protest Rumsfeld’s Appointment To On-Campus Think Tank 10-5

Rep. Issa makes a fool of himself during Blackwater hearing: Don't call Blackwater a Republican company. Chairman Waxman: You're the only one doing that. 10-5

Bush says U.S. "stands with Muslims", fails to add "...for 18 hours at a time with electrodes attached to their fingers and genitals." 10-5

Hillary Clinton vows to end the limits on stem cell research, calling them an "assault on science". 10-5

GOP group runs ad supporting presidential candidate. Bonus: Ad produced by Log Cabin Republicans highlighting Romney's record 10-5

Fred Thompson is looking more like Reagan every day 10-5

Gonzales Secretly Authorized CIA Torture 10-4

White House says bill to regulate Private Military Contractors in Iraq would have 'intolerable' effects 10-4

Government watchdogs would gain more autonomy and protection from political retribution under legislation the House passed Wednesday. Bush threatened a veto, of course 10-4

Republican Senator who tried to pressure a U.S. Attorney to launch corruption probes against Democrats to sway the 2006 elections decides to retire. 10-4

Bush declares "Child Health Day" the same day he vetoes children's health insurance bill 10-4

The nation is preparing for its biggest terrorism exercise ever next week when three fictional "dirty bombs" go off and cripple transportation arteries in two major U.S. cities and Guam 10-4

Congress' top Democrats demanded quick action on the subprime mortgage crisis, saying President Bush has been slow to address a situation that could cost millions of people their homes. 10-4

Members of the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to the Justice Department seeking answers about White House participation in “phone jamming” and voter suppression tactics in past elections. 10-4

The FCC gives lobbyist groups advance warning of what issues they will be discussing at meetings, while consumer groups find out with the rest of us 10-4

Nassau County officials say they were misled into participating in federal immigration raids across Long Island, thinking they were only targeting gang members. 10-4

President Bush has now vetoed four bills. Each of these has been in direct defiance of the will of the America 10-4

Bush appears to be trying to direct all responsibility for republican policy decisions toward himself and away from the GOP 10-4

Congressman John Dingell's (D-troit) proposed "painful" taxes to fight climate change were actually intended to sour opinion on meaningful legislation and protect the automotive industry. Democrat trifecta! 10-4

The State Department has refined their propaganda catapult: They've started a blog 10-4

1. Hire congressman's former chief of staff for lobbyist. 2. Give congressman lots of campaign contributions. 3. Have congressman insert lots of taxpayer-funded earmarks into bills for lobbyist's clients. 4. Profit Bonus: It's a democrat 10-4

If you're a state rep. giving a presentation to high school students, it's best not to include your porn. Today's a twofer! Another democrat! 10-4

Republicans in Congress love Blackwater so much that it's a wonder we still have a volunteer public military 10-4

Marines arriving home on military charter from Iraq barred from entering passenger terminal at Oakland Int'l to greet family and friends because of security concerns 10-4

Trophy wife Jeri Thompson: "I'm no trophy wife" (w/ trophy-wife-pic) 10-4

Ron Paul matched John McCain's fundraising in 3Q 10-4

9/11 is over, the United States is falling apart. "Fly from Zurich’s ultramodern airport to La Guardia’s dump. It is like flying from the Jetsons to the Flintstones." 10-4

Rudy Giuliani backed failed attempt to steal 2008 election: A Democratic group in California has filed complaints with the U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Election Commission alleging that the Rudy campaign has engaged in money laundering and violating campaign finance laws surrounding the now-dead California ballot initiative. 10-4

California Group Trying To Put Al Gore On State’s Primary Ballot 10-4

Former Bush administration lawyer Jack Goldsmith “said that parts of the President Bush’s controversial eavesdropping program were illegal” and that “the White House has forbidden him from saying anything about the legal analysis underpinning the program.” 10-3

Bush to veto children's healthcare on the down-low 10-3

Following last weeks crashed CIA plane full of cocaine, Whitehouse announces disrupted Mexican cocaine supply 10-3

The GAO reports federal employees wasted over $140M in unauthorized travel expenses. 10-3

Obama endorses a plan for ridding the world's nukes. RNC blasts it as pandering to "fringe elements of his party." Plan was endorsed by Reagan's State Secretary and Kissinger. 10-3

In a rare act of bipartisanship, US House passes legislation 377-46 demanding regular reports on Iraq and a timely withdrawl plan 10-3

8 states sue Bush Administration for cuts to Children Insurance Programs 10-2

FBI sending investigators to Iraq to probe Blackwater. 10-2

State Dept. covered up incidents involving Blackwater in Iraq 10-2

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Monday defended the construction of a fence along the southwest border, saying it's actually better for the environment 10-2

Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.): Brings a Resolution Defending Rush Limbaugh and Attacking Media Matters 10-2

Harkin: ‘Maybe Limbaugh was high on drugs again.’ 10-2

"People like to think of America as the land of opportunities. The irony is that our country actually has less social mobility and more inequality than most developed countries.” 10-2

Judge rules Bush can’t block presidential records 10-2

Several Jewish organizations criticized Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for stating that he would prefer a Christian president 10-2

Media Blackout: 161 Federal Tax Charges, 0 Convictions 10-2

Unable to attack the message, White House spokesmodel attacks the messenger 10-2

Think Giuliani taking a call from his wife during an NRA speech was an unusual event? Think again. He's been interrupted by cell phone calls in the middle of a speech 40 times 10-2

Obama raises $19 million in quarter 10-2

Dwindling Funds Force Romney To Dig Deeper Into Personal Fortune 10-2

GAO Faults Smithsonian Upkeep and Security: Leaks and Vandalism Threaten Collections 10-2

Tom Tancredo: the reason we have so much immigration is because we aborted all of our workers. 10-2

GOP Hemorrhaging Core Business Base 10-2

Showing the Iraqis that we support killing their civilians: Pentagon Issues Blackwater New $92 Million Contract 10-1

The ‘Restore Patriotism to University Campuses Act’: The name of Rep. Duncan Hunter’s (R-CA) bill to cut off all federal funds to Columbia University because of the Ahmadinejad speech. 10-1

Chairman of the RNC possibly resigning 10-1

British MPs visiting the Pentagon to discuss America's stance on Iran and Iraq were shocked to be told by one of President Bush's senior women officials: "I hate all Iranians." With nazi-esque super-villain costume photo fun 10-1

Why is it that every time there is a republican in office that a CIA plane gets busted moving tons of cocaine? 10-1

Kucinich "seriously thinking" about forcing vote on Cheney impeachment 10-1

The Mega-Lie Called the "War on Terror": A Masterpiece of Propaganda 10-1

Christian Conservatives Threaten To Back Third-Party Candidate To Derail Giuliani Nomination 10-1

Giuliani Skipped Black Voter Debate To Campaign With Bo Derek 10-1

GOP To Larry Craig: Resign Or Face Public Ethics Hearings On Bathroom Scandal 10-1

Clinton And Obama Reportedly Tied In Third Quarter Money Race 10-1

Romney’s Ties To Venezuela and Iran 10-1

"It is the official, considered position of the state of Texas that President Bush is a constitutionally ignorant power-grabber" 10-1

Rudy Giuliani has a new strategy: He's not Hillary. Oh, and 9/11 10-1

Bush's sudden interest in being seen as a "fiscal conservative" is not only seen as giving ammunition to Democrats by his threat to veto insurance for kids, it doesn't impress actual fiscal conservatives either 10-1

October 2006

Nevada's race for governor was barely a contest at all until it took a scandalous turn a few weeks ago, when a cocktail waitress accused Rep. Jim Gibbons of trying to sexually assault her in a parking garage after a night of drinking just off the Las Vegas Strip. 11-1

Critic of the "no-fly list" finds out the hard way what happens when you're a critic of said list 10-31

How do you know the Administration is preparing for Democratic control of the House and Senate? See Dick shred. Shred Dick, shred. 10-31

Investigation: At Least 2 Dozen Federal Judicial Candidates Donated Money To Bush, Key Republicans 10-31

With midterm election predictions dire, Bush trying to fire up his party over gay marriage 10-31

Democrat Jim Webb is slightly ahead of Republican incumbent Sen. George Macaca 10-31

President Bush says Dem approach in Iraq is 'terrorists win and America loses' 10-31

While the GOP runs ads starring Osama bin Laden, Dick Cheney claims terrorists are trying to sway the U.S. election 10-31

Republican nominee for Governor explains that marriage is a “sacred” relationship – “like I had, before I got divorced.” 10-31

CONGRESSMAN CALL ME 10-31

You remember how completely and thoroughly ineffective that whole abstinence-only thing was for teens? Well, the U.S. government is now expanding it to include 20-somethings 10-31

Remember the 1994 "Contract With America"? Well, apparently neither do the vast majority of politicians who signed it 10-31

Pentagon May Increase Number Of US Troops In Iraq By 10% 10-31

Abramoff Friend: Sen. Burns And His Staff Would Have “Starved To Death” Without Abramoff 10-31

GOP Rep.'s Alleged Assault On Waitress Under Investigation Again 10-31

Exposed: RNC Takes Donations From Gay Porn King 10-31

Foley Is a Sexual Harasser, Not a Child Molester 10-31

The father of "Modern Conservatism" says vote Dem 10-30

The republicans are using fear to sway the public into voting republican by saying that a vote for democrats would be a vote for those who use fear to sway the public. 10-30

Bush's former foreign policy speechwriter goes on rant and tells non-Republicans "I hate your lying guts." 10-30

That book George Allen's attacking Jim Webb for writing? Required reading for Marine corporals, sergeants and 2nd lieutenants 10-29

Sen. George Allen is attacking Jim Webb for characters in Webb's fictional novels, yet Allen refuses to say why warrants were issued for his arrest in 1974 10-29

Three Arizona GOP mayors have been asked to step down for failure to walk in lock step 10-28

House Investigators: Hastert's Office Hindered Corruption Probe 10-28

Rove: "U.S. can't leave one of the world's largest oil reserves(Iraq) in terrorist hands". Not that the invasion/liberation of Iraq had anything to do with oil. In other news "Terrorist" now means "non-U.S. controlled entity". And that goes for you, too. 10-28

Rove explains his calm over the upcoming elections by claiming that he is 'allowed' to see polling data that nobody else can." These must be the GOP "which elections do we have rigged" polls. 10-28

Guess which republican said: "I trust Hamas more than I trust my own government." 10-28

Cheney was not referring to “water boarding” when he said dunking suspects in water during questioning was a “no-brainer.” Maybe he was actually talking about just drowning them. 10-28

GOP Ad These are the stakes 10-28

The other version: The Stakes - Vote Nov 7th 10-28

Rumsfeld: Terrorists use media to manipulate American people. Which is funny since the GOP is using Al-qaeda media messages as their campaign material to manipulate American people. 10-27

In yet another egregious executive-power grab, President Bush asserted his right last week via signing statement to ignore a Congressional mandate that the next FEMA Director have at least five years of disaster response experience. 10-27

Disgusted with the leadership of the Iraq war, two retired generals say the GOP must go. Plus: More than 100 current military personnel join a campaign to get the U.S. out of Iraq -- now. 10-27

Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald took on the first witness in the Plame leak case Thursday, dissecting an "memory expert" for Libby's defense until she acknowledged errors and misstatements in her research. 10-27

FBI investigation into the AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying organization, now includes new evidence on influencing the affairs of Congress. 10-27

Forgetting that he works for the people, Rumsfeld tells war critics to 'back off'. 10-27

Republican claims that his opponent wants to taser 7 year old girls 10-27

RNC claims bad attack ads coming from RNC-funded guerilla groups the RNC has no control over, you know, other than that they could, I don't know, stop giving them money 10-27

Roll Call Provides Scandal Scorecard 10-27

Democrats Run Viral Ad -- Stay the Course? 10-27

Bush authorizes 700-mile border fence, conveniently lacking provision to pay for it. 10-27

Ohio GOP Smears Al Franken In Press Release With Doctored Photo, Fabricated Quote 10-27

GOP runs ad claiming Democratic candidate used taxpayer funds to call phone sex lines. Turns out an aide dialed number by accident and quickly hung up. Total cost to taxpayers: $1.25. 10-27

How members of the Bush family have made money off the Bush Presidency 10-27

Bush family is profiting from the No Child Left Behind Act 10-27

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) calls AARP a "radical organization" during debate. >From a radical's perspective, it's everyone else who has the radical perspective. 10-27

Advocacy group files appeal to force release of Abramoff papers. 10-26

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is paying for Joe Lieberman's campaign ads 10-26

What is happening in Vegas is not staying in Vegas: Las Vegas woman who first accused gubernatorial candidate Jim Gibbons of assaulting her holds press conference 10-26

"Bush unsatisfied with Iraq war progress". Doesn't he know that criticizing the war effort means he doesn't support the troops? 10-26

Tennessee Republicans pull infamously negative campaign ad, replace it with one that says Democratic challenger "wants to give the abortion pill to our schoolchildren" and is in the pay of porn executives 10-26

Ad says Democrats push ’homosexual agenda’: Embattled Indiana congressman launches new campaign ad 10-26

Foley Checked In To $30,000 Per Month Arizona Rehab Spa Specializing In Alcohol, Sexual Abuse. No word on if they treat or offer Alcohol, Sexual Abuse. 10-26

21 Year-Old Fmr Katherine Harris Staffer Says He's Slept With GOP’s Candidate For Florida Governor 10-26

Here's the DNC's new ad on Bush and Iraq. 10-26

Attempting to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic, Republicans begin to call for the resignation of Rummy and for changing the course in Iraq. 10-26

Cheney Confirms Detainees Were Subjected To Controversial Water-Boarding. 10-26

If you needed any more evidence that the immigration debate has nothing to do with real life, and everything to do with politics... 10-26

Republican Congressional candidate tells crowd that "wives should be submissive to their husbands" 10-25

Now that there is a unilateral ceasefire between Turkey and the Kurds, Bush administration sends Lockheed Martin director, involved with $13 million aerospace contracts with Turkey, down to chat 10-25

VIDEO: Nevada GOP Candidate Accused Of Hiding Illegal Alien Housekeeper In The Basement 10-25

Bush schedules news conference today to reveal exciting new wartime slogan 10-25

Democratic campaign flier with a business coupon attached has sent local Republicans to a slew of governmental agencies saying the Democrats committed bribery 10-25

Funniest attack ad you'll see all day. 10-25

GOP Blasted for Terrorist Tactics, Airs Al Qaeda Ad 10-25

Wyoming representative Barbara Cubin tells her opponent "If you weren't sitting in that chair I'd slap you." Opponent is disabled with multiple sclerosis 10-24

Hillary's opponent admits he may have called her a lesbian 10-24

Nevada State Representative hands the race for Governor to his opponent after drunken party in a public place 10-24

Family Research Council and Focus on the Family give Rep. Don Sherwood an 85% on their "Voter Scorecard." Beating your mistress apparently gets you high marks with the religious right 10-24

2005: Dennis Hastert accused of taking narco-bribes 10-23

The specific, multiple, separate claims of bribery against Dennis Hastert 10-23

New polls suggest Democrats closing in on taking the Senate, assuming Diebold lets them, of course. 10-24

Republican congressman testifying today: "I told Hastert about Foley last spring." 10-24

Like "Stay the course" the phrase, "No timetable" was just a product of your imagination 10-24

You know that senior U.S. diplomat that said U.S. policy in Iraq displayed "arrogance" and "stupidity"? Well, he meant "swell" and "nifty" and would like to keep his job. 10-23

Gov Romney:" I did not meet with Mormon Church about my Run for president" E-Mail: "Governor , great to meet with you last week, we think your campaign is great Idea"." 10-23

Former aide to Republican Congressman Jon Porter says Porter made dozens of illegal fund-raising calls last spring from his congressional and district offices. 10-23

As congressman, Beauprez voted to strengthen national crime database security. As gubernatorial candidate, Beauprez breached national crime database for attack ad on opponent 10-23

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez said last week he had never heard of a federal crime database, but last year he co-sponsored of a bill that set requirements for reporting crimes to that same database. 10-23

Bush family is profiting from the No Child Left Behind Act 10-23

According to latest Newsweek poll, 51% of Americans support impeaching Bush, 44% oppose 10-23

Why Bush is so confident the House and Senate are in the bag 10-23

Bus's new strategy regarding the war in Iraq is to not talk about the war in Iraq, polish different turd. 10-23

The CIA/SWIFT Affair: Banks Broke Laws on Data Sharing. “The [Swiss] banks claim that they were unable to inform their customers about CIA access to their bank transaction records.” 10-23

Dean has brought 50-state credibility to the Democratic pary 10-23

Bush: We've never been "stay the course". 10-22

Bush: I won't change strategy in Iraq 10-22

Soon-to-be-former director of public diplomacy in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the US State Department says the US has shown “arrogance” and “stupidity” in Iraq 10-22

FBI and Justice Dept: Did a Democratic member of Congress enlist the support of a major pro-Israel lobbying group to try to win a top committee assignment? 10-22

Obama Says He Is `Thinking About' Seeking Presidency in 2008 10-22

Imagine if the republicans hadn't allowed Bin Laden to get away and their policies weren't making the terrorist threat worse. Then they wouldn't be able to run this ad and they'd have to campaign on their accomplish... Oh wait. I get it now. 10-21

Rep. Weldon abused his position to financially benefit his daughter, he has threatened to misuse his position to punish those who support his political opponent. 10-21

Lieberman's Joementum Leading Lamont By 17 Points In CT Senate Race. 10-21

Rep. Jerry Lewis lied about the firing of 60 investigators looking into fraud and corruption in Congress 10-21

Ever hear of Swedish multimillionaire Anders Ebbeson? He's the husband of Katherine Harris. So what's all this crap about her recent sacrifices to fund her campaign? 10-21

Probability of Al Queda attacking Montana? None. But Homeland Security is spending close to $17 bucks a person for protection there. Contrast that to less than $9 in NYC and other high-profile targets. 10-21

1994: GOP congressmen propose abolishing Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. 2006: GOP Congressmen allow ATF to spend $30,000 on a conference table in their brand new $138 million HQ 10-21

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis (R-CA) has “fired 60 investigators who had worked for his committee rooting out fraud, waste and abuse, effective immediately". Why? Because they were investigating him. 10-20

President says increase in violence of Iraqi civil war is an effort to affect our mid-term elections and everything will be just fine if you continue to continue allowing republicans to rule. 10-20

Cheney to release log of all visitors to his office and home. 10-20

"For a law enforcement officer to break the law and be congratulated by a congressman is something all Coloradans should be disgusted by". Republican congressman disagrees 10-21

Republicans to air ad featuring man that they have failed to capture for five years to scare people into voting Republican. 10-20

Pentagon investigates itself and finds that it acted legally when it hired a contractor to pay Iraqi news organizations to run pro-American stories. 10-20

Limo company that shuttled hookers to the Watergate Hotel for GOP congressmen gets extended contract from Department of Homeland Security 10-20

More sworn testimony that Hastert knew what Foley was up to long ago 10-20

Republican Ad... oh you just gotta read this. 10-20

A casino cocktail waitress told police a drunken U.S. Rep. Jim Gibbons grabbed her, shoved her against a wall and threatened her in a Las Vegas parking garage after she rebuffed his advances at a restaurant Friday night. 10-20

Robert Steele was the second-ranking civilian (GS-14) in U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence from 1988-1992. Steele is a former clandestine services case officer Central Intelligence Agency. He is the founder and CEO of OSS.Net. Robert Steele also says that 9/11 was at a minimum allowed to happen and that there is sufficient evidence to indict Dick Cheney, Karl Rove and others of a neo-conservative neo-Nazi coup d’etat 10-20

White House carries out preemptive strike against bipartisan commission's report on US options in Iraq 10-20

Fmr Top GOP Aide: GOP “Members Are Not Homophobic..." They're just pandering to those who are. 10-20

"As the hobbits are going up Mount Doom, the Eye of Mordor is being drawn somewhere else..." Tolkien book reading? Nope, that's Rick Santorum seriously discussing the Iraq war. 10-20

Here's a funny question... Why might the president and his family need a 100-acre ranch in Paraguay protected by a semi-secret U.S. military base manned by American troops who have been exempted from war-crimes prosecution by the Paraguyan government? 10-19

Senator Conrad Burns (R-I'm not tellin') claims administration has secret plan to win the war in Iraq. 10-19

The Worst Congress Ever: How our national legislature has become a stable of thieves and perverts -- in five easy steps 10-19

They don't know if we're winning. They don't know how to define winning. But Bush's plan is to win 10-19

Republican approval rating at all-time low 10-19

Christopher Shays (R-warpig): "In my judgment we should have gone in sooner but not for weapons of mass destruction." 10-19

FBI joining probe on how Colorado Republican Gubernatorial candidate got confidential police information used in an attack ad 10-19

"We now face what our ancestors faced, at other times of exaggerated crisis and melodramatic fear-mongering. A government more dangerous to our liberty, than is the enemy it claims to protect us from." 10-19

GUILTY GOP CONGRESSMAN NEY STILL WORKING, GETTING PAID 10-19

Acting on direct orders from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the US has filed a discrimination complaint with the Israeli Embassy in Washington. 10-19

Five years after Arab terrorists attacked the United States, only 33 FBI agents have even a limited proficiency in Arabic, and none of them work in the sections of the bureau that coordinate investigations of international terrorism, according to new FBI statistics. 10-18

Who's been indicted, named as a co-conspirator or convicted? 10-18

Bush officially declares this week "National Character Counts Week". Seriously. 10-18

Ken Blackwell(R-Banana republican), currently 25 points behind in polls, is deciding whether or not to disqualify his opponent 10-18

Your corrupt GOP at work: House Intelligence Committee Aided and Abetted Former Representative Randy "Duke" Cunningham to help steer more than $70 million in classified federal business to favored military contractors, who in turn paid him millions in bribes 10-18

Congressman Weldon (R- party of personal responsibility) blames vast left wing conspiracy for his taking Russian bribes. 10-18

Why must NY Times readers learn from the op-ed page that top intel officials don't know the difference between Sunnis and Shiites? 10-18

Virulently anti-homosexual Senator Larry Craig has reportedly been living in his own private gay Idaho all these years 10-18

Elections could leave Bush lame duck: Advisers bracing for possible shift in balance of power 10-18

Carter: 1994 Korea Peace Effort 'In the Wastebasket' 10-18

Gary Hart: "It should come as no surprise if the Bush administration undertakes a pre-emptive war against Iran sometime before the November election." 10-18

Congressman who defended accused rapist smears opponent for protecting sexual predators by being member of ACLU 10-18

Republicans still accusing anyone who doesn’t agree with them of aiding the terrorists: Hastert: "Democrats pamper those who are terrorists." 10-18

The war that was sold as a way to make the world safe from terror has, it seems, made Iraq safe for terrorists 10-18

Video: Republican Michelle Bachmann and her thoughts on gays. 10-18

Ken Lay's Conviction Erased. 10-18

The bellwether state of Ohio appears to have become hostile terrain for Republicans this year, with voters there overwhelmingly saying Democrats are more likely to help create jobs and concluding by a wide margin that Republicans in the state are more prone to political corruption than are Democrats 10-18

Senate committee implicates Grover Norquist (K street Project founder) in Abramoff scams. 10-13

in-depth tool from the University of Washington allows you to track where Congress and the media's attention has been for the past 60 years; also lets you see how much we're spending in different areas 10-16

Fmr. FDA Chief: Charged With Lying About Stocks 10-17

Rep. Wheldon finds the timing of the raid on his daughter's house in conspiracy investigation "very troubling." We find your corruption troubling, cry us a river, Curt. 10-17

Colorado GOP candidate for governor used illegally-obtained crime database info for attack ad 10-17

Harry Reid disarms smear campaign, exceeds ethical requirements 10-17

How powerful are your Congressmen? Find out here 10-17

Our generation's 18-24 year olds are the most Democratic leaning group of voters in a century. (with remarkable graphic) 10-17

New target of disgust from offended religious conservatives: Condoleeza Rice 10-17

President Bush promises he will pursue the same failed policies that got us into this mess 10-17

Snow on Iraq: ‘I Don’t Know’ If We Are Winning 10-17

Tom Noe, once a go-to guy for the Republican Party, has pleaded not guilty to theft, money laundering, forgery and corrupt activity charges. He is accused of stealing more than $2 million and spending it on his business and renovating his home in the Florida Keys. He faces up to 10 years in prison on the corrupt activity charge. 10-17

Remember that bridge to Nowhere, Alaska? The one that cost $250M and was useful to all of 50 people? Yeah, it's still on. Bonus: Another one's on the way. 10-17

Missouri governor Matt Blunt, at the behest of two of his largest campaign contributors, he tried to do a backdoor sale of Missouri student loan assets. When one of the board members blew the whistle, he went backdoor again to get the board member fired. 10-16

2 GOP senators urge new Iraq strategy 10-16

President Bush to buy almost 100,000 acres of land in Paraguay 10-16

Bush White House reportedly worked in support of sexual slavery in Asia as favor to Jack Abramoff 10-16

Apt quotes from some of the most eloquent Bush critics in our era 10-16

More on Bush's North Korea follies 10-16

Mitt Romney now under Federal investigation 10-15

Rep. Jefferson (D-90kinthefreezer) Loses Party Endorsement. 10-15

Bush keeps revising war justification, polishing turd 10-15

White House upbeat about GOP prospects; Bush, Rove 'almost inexplicably upbeat' 10-15

Charlie Cook says the current political situation is "the worst for the GOP since Watergate" 10-15

Some useful, nonpartisan facts to know for the midterm elections 10-15

Bush signs port security bill with stealth internet gambling bill attached. Uses modified "mission accomplished" banner. 10-14

Bob Ney, (R-guilty) plead guilty to charges of corruption in connection to lobbyist Jack Abramoff. House leadership vowed Friday to expel Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) if he does not resign from Congress 10-14

Congressman Christopher Shays claims that abuses at Abu Ghraib were part of a "sex ring," but not torture, leaving us all wondering what the hell his sex life must be like 10-14

Curt Weldon (R-Corrupt) under investigation by the Justice Department for trading his political influence lobbying and consulting contracts for his daughter. In other news, Dennis Hastert's son is a lobbyist. 10-14

Colorado Group: God, Moses Oppose State Minimum Wage Increase, favors screwing the poor 10-14

Feds Probe GOP Rep. Kolbe’s Camping Trip With House Pages 10-14

Republicans spent over $9M on negative ads yesterday 10-14

GOP's Sure Bets in Florida Now Appear in Question 10-14

Age of soldiers in the fight on terror is lowered… to six. 10-14

At least 135 federal employees, including a White House staff member and National Security Agency employees, bought bogus online college degrees from a diploma mill. 10-13

Condoleezza Rice: "Does anyone really believe I'd ignore terror warnings?" 10-13

Rep. Bob Ney pleads guilty in congressional bribery scandal 10-13

Senate committee implicates Grover Norquist (K street Project founder) in Abramoff scams. 10-13

Our slide towards fascism: A glimpse into how the "war on terror" is becoming a war on non-conservative Americans 10-13

McCain's version of history regarding President Clinton and North Korea goes beyond "revisionism" to outright falsification. It is the exact opposite of what really happened. Let's take a look at the plain facts 10-13

Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., chairman of the House Page Board, is scheduled to appear at midday Friday before the House ethics committee, says he kept the two other House members overseeing the pages in the dark as he confronted Foley last fall. Shimkus, 10-13

Opposition to Iraq War Growing in the U.S. South 10-13

Talk Is Not Appeasement 10-13

U.S. Neo-Cons Call For Japanese Nukes, Regime Change 10-13

GOP redirects money from unwinable races to save endangered incumbents. 10-13

It Usually Starts With John Ashcroft: The Pre-9/11 Timeline Has Never Made Less Sense Now with working link 10-12

Meet the "Whack Iran" Lobby: News: Exiles peddling shaky intelligence, advocacy groups pressing for regime change, neocons bent on remaking the Middle East. Sound familiar? 10-13

Libertarians so disillusioned with Republican overspending, social intolerance, civil liberties infringements, and the floundering war in Iraq that they've become the new swing voters. 10-13

State of Denial: All You Need to Know is Contained in the First 13 Pages 10-12

At a debate in 2004, President Bush explained that his policy against bilateral talks with North Korea would be effective in preventing them from becoming a nuclear power. 10-12

In an effort some view even more inappropriate, republicans try to marginalize Foley's use of the Congressional pages as a stud farm by pointing to Ted Kennedy and saying "but..but.. He KILLED somebody!". 10-12

Bush: Iraqis are willing to "tolerate" this "level of violence" 10-12

58 per cent of respondents think the federal government purposely misled the public about evidence that Iraq had banned weapons in order to build support for war. 10-12

Mesa Republican sends article from a White separatist group and a link to that group's Web site to back up his anti-immigrant stance. 10-12

At the same moment a 3rd child died from injuries, Republican lawmaker demands to know if they are illegal immigrants based on their last names. They weren't. 10-12

5 Scandals that Could Put Republicans in Jail: If the Democrats succeed in retaking Congress this fall, here are five investigations they should get started on right away. 10-12

Americans have lost more under Bush's policies than they have gained through tax cuts 10-12

A special Media Matters for America report: debunking the Foley myth machine 10-12

RNC erroneously e-mailed a list that contained the names, races, and Social Security numbers of dozens of top Republican donors — and that identified two of the contributors as Muslim to the media 10-12

A veteran GOP consultant was sentenced today to 5 to 10 years in prison for luring two male college students into his home on separate occasions, holding them captive in his spartan apartment and threatening them with Mafia retaliation if they contacted their friends or family. 10-12

Congressmen in Duane "The Dog" Chapman's home state not asked to sign letter of support for the bounty hunter sent by US Representatives because they were Democrats 10-12

'If You Harbor Terrorists, You Are a Terrorist' But the US harbors terrorists, says William Marina. 10-12

Richard Pombo, R-Tracy, says he never worked with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff in his 14 years in Congress, but billing records suggest 10-12

Sen. Allen's Advisors Tell Him To “Shut Up” For Rest Of The Campaign. 10-12

McCain (R-party of personal responsibility) Blames Clinton Admin. For North Korea Nuclear Threats. What a maverick he is! 10-11

HOW GEORGE BUSH GAVE KRAZY KIM THE BOMB. You didn’t know that? Of course not, you read the NY Times 10-11

Ex-page to testify that Foley tried to enter his dorm room drunk. 10-11

Is a purge of Capitol Hill gays starting? 10-11

Ken Blackwell campaigns with alleged white supremacist, Larry Pratt 10-11

The Navy lawyer who led a successful Supreme Court challenge of the Bush administration's military tribunals for detainees at Guantanamo Bay has been passed over for promotion and will have to leave the military 10-11

Republican candidate for Wisconsin Sec of State admits she was a Packers groupie in the 60's and banged several team members 10-11

Sen. George Allen is in deep macaca after failing to disclose over a million dollars in stock options from a company that directly and blatantly benefited from his senate seat 10-11

Santorum: “I Don't Care If We Offend Our Allies In The Middle East” 10-11

Hastert says he will dismiss anyone who had previous knowledge of page incident. Just like when Bush promised to fire those behind the Plame leak 10-11

US Military Officers Blast Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld 10-11

How the "Cons" Are Screwing Middle Class Children, Parents and Our Nation's Future by Destroying Public Education 10-11

Three years after Bush introduced the ‘axis’, North Korea, Iran—and Iraq—are more dangerous than ever. 10-11

Rice Offered to Resign Following Bush's 2004 Re-Election 10-03

Calls For Hastert To Resign. 10-03

Why Capitol Pages Fear Retaliation 10-03

Rumsfeld thinks that Venezuela is a military threat. 10-03

"More people in poverty, more uninsured in 2004"

The Health Costs of Wealth Inequality 10-03

Libertarian candidate for Washington state senatorship donates $1 million to his campaign in order to qualify for televised debate 10-03

They knew about Foley for 5 years: GOP Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) let Foley spend "a lot of time" with pages, including private dinner with one, after GOP knew Foley was a problem. GOP House staff warned the page class of 2001-2002 to stay away from ex-Rep. Mark Foley. 10-02

Denny Hastert (who failed to report Foley) website: "Keep kids safe in hyperspace" 10-02

Hastert calls for full investigation into the Foley matter. No, not the congressional coverup part--the leaking of the matter to the press part. 10-02

White House opposes independent investigation of Foley, prefers to have nice compliant House members conduct it 10-02

Woodward: Bush Says He Will Not Withdraw From Iraq Even If Laura And Barney The Dog Are The Only Ones Supporting Him. 10-02

Rep. John Murtha: "The reputation of Congress under the Republican leadership is lower than used car salesmen." 10-02

Kissinger Admits He Is Frequent Bush Admin. Adviser 10-02

Woodward: Bush Denied Blair Access To Key Intelligence 10-02

State Of Denial: Tenet Warned Rice Of Imminent Al Qaeda Attack In July 2001: 9/11 Panel Members Weren’t Told of Meeting 10-02

Colin “I hereby resign” Powell reveals in his new book that he didn't resign, he was fired. 10-02

Shocked constituents in Mark Foley's district blame Democrats for scandal 10-02

Murtha's opponents attempt to 'Swift Boat' him. Murtha, ever the Marine rolled out some heavy political ground support of his own to take them on 10-02

Conspiracy of Silence - Pedophiles in Washington D.C. (documentary) 10-02

Mark Foley: Protecting our Children 10-02

How the Republicans are going to keep control of Congress this year, and why you didn't see it coming 10-02

Rumsfeld says he won't resign 10-02

Hastert: "liberals want to take 'the 130 most treacherous people, probably in the world and release them out in the public eventually.'" 10-02 In other news, the 130 most treacherous people reside in the GOP

Doublethink: White House hoping that lies about lies (regarding Iraq) become truth. 10-02

The Betrayal Of Our Military By The Bush Administration: Testimony Of Major General John R.S. Batiste (Ret.) 9-28

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