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BTL:Indictment of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Adds to...
...Growing Cloud of Corruption Charges Hanging Over GOP ~ Interview with Alex Knott, of the Center for Public Integrity, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Thu, Oct 6, 2005 6:32am PDT
Thanks to Bush, Now Miitary Vets Moving into Politics
It seems like a good thing, for Iraq war vets to run for office because they want to get the US out of Iraq, but these are from the same pool of people in which a majority of women are sexually abused or raped, and who are often not liberal at all, but follow orders. When DN was interviewing Paul Hackett he backed down from several of the questions, such as whether he thought the war was wrong, etc., and is essentially your typical war mongering D or R who got cold feet after seeing some du...
Posted: Tue, Oct 4, 2005 7:59am PDT
News reports suggest ethical questions about Miers, but fail to place them in context
Several news reports about President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement have noted Miers's lack of judicial experience and her role as chairwoman of the scandal-plagued Texas Lottery Commission during Bush's time as Texas governor. Some have also reported her involvement in the Bush National Guard controversy....
Posted: Mon, Oct 3, 2005 10:06pm PDT
Bush Nominates Longtime Friend and Attorney Harriet Miers for Supreme Court
President Bush has selected White House counsel Harriet Miers to replace retiring Suprem Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. If confirmed, Miers - who has never served as a judge - would become the third woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Last year, Legal Times reported that Miers "has long been one of the most discreet, most private, and most protective members of George W. Bush's inner circle."...
Posted: Mon, Oct 3, 2005 7:04am PDT
SEC Opens Formal Investigation of Senate Majority Leader Frist
The SEC has given subpoena power to investigators looking into potential insider trading by Senate Majority leader Dr. Bill Frist (R - TN) of shares of his family's corporation - the Hospital Corporation of America. We speak with independent journalist Doug Ireland. [includes rush transcript] DeLay's indictment is the latest in a recent spate if ethical high-raking Republicans or Bush administration officials. Last week, it was disclosed that Senate Majority leader, Dr. Bill Frist, was under ...
Posted: Fri, Sep 30, 2005 7:08am PDT
Roberts Confirmation Makes the Next Nominee Critical to Preserving Court Balance
"With a Chief Justice who's been given a stamp of approval by the
extreme right-wing, it's critical that the next Justice preserve a fair
and balanced court," said Human Rights Campaign President Joe
Solmonese....
Posted: Thu, Sep 29, 2005 9:45am PDT
DeLay Hammered by Campaign Finance Indictment, Steps Down as GOP Majority Leader
A Texas grand jury on Wednesday indicted House Majority leader Tom DeLay (R - Texas) and two political associates, charging them with a conspiracy to violate Texas campaign finance laws. House Republicans gathered within hours of the indictment becoming public and chose Rep. Roy Blunt (R - MO) to replace DeLay as majority leader who was forced to step down because of House rules. We speak with the executive editor of The Texas Observer and independent journalist Doug Ireland....
Posted: Thu, Sep 29, 2005 7:10am PDT
Lott's Bad Bet: Fomer Senate Majority Leader Blocked Moves to Protect Mississippi Coast
Backed by the gambling industry, Republican Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi outmuscled army officials who tried to impose a moratorium on casino projects along the coast. We speak with Washington Post reporter Michael Grunwald....
Posted: Thu, Sep 29, 2005 6:49am PDT
Chertoff, Not Brown, Was Responsible For Federal Response To Huricane Katrina
We speak Knight Ridder reporter Alison Young about the Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff's responsibilities and the shift of blame to former FEMA head Michael Brown....
Posted: Thu, Sep 29, 2005 6:48am PDT
Great News! Bad news for repugs grows as Tom Delay indicted
The exterminator just might get exterminated....
Posted: Wed, Sep 28, 2005 9:45am PDT
BTL:Evasive Responses in Senate Hearing Alarm Opponents of...
...Supreme Court Chief Justice Nominee John Roberts ~ Interview with Elliot Minceberg, vice president and legal director of People for the American Way, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Sat, Sep 24, 2005 5:28am PDT
Big, Easy Iraqi-Style Contracts Flood New Orleans
As Katrina's flood waters recede, government contractors are flowing into the Gulf Coast and reaping billions of dollars in pre-bid, limited bid, and sometimes no-bid contracts. We speak with Pratap Chatterjee, managing editor of CorpWatch.org, about his latest article titled "Big, Easy Iraqi-Style Contracts Flood New Orleans."...
Posted: Fri, Sep 23, 2005 7:07am PDT
Fresh From Iraq, Private Security Forces Roam the Streets of an American City With Impunit
In this week's cover story in The Nation, Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill reports on how mercenaries from private security firms like Blackwater USA and BATS are patrolling the streets in New Orleans....
Posted: Fri, Sep 23, 2005 7:05am PDT
Disaster Profiteering: Purging the Poor in the New New Orleans
We speak with writer and author Naomi Klein about what some are calling the real looting of New Orleans. In this week's cover story in The Nation magazine, Klein reports on how the city's poorest evacuees are being kept out of thousands of perfectly livable empty homes....
Posted: Fri, Sep 23, 2005 7:02am PDT
Democrats cave on reactionary chief justice: Senate panel rubberstamps Roberts nomination
By a vote of 13-5, the Senate Judiciary Committee ratified the nomination of right-wing jurist John Roberts to be the next chief justice of the US Supreme Court. Three of the eight Democrats on the panel—Patrick Leahy of Vermont, and Russ Feingold and Herbert Kohl, both of Wisconsin—joined with a unanimous Republican majority to endorse Roberts, whose confirmation by the full Senate is now effectively assured....
Posted: Fri, Sep 23, 2005 6:34am PDT
Blair and Murdoch defend Bush over Hurricane Katrina
Rupert Murdoch inadvertently performed a public service when he cited an attack by Prime Minister Tony Blair on the BBC’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina in which Blair described the network’s reporting as “full of hate” for America....
Posted: Fri, Sep 23, 2005 6:31am PDT
The Truth About the Green Party
What happened to the Green Party? Where is the alternative to the Republican/Democrat duopoly? The answer is complicated. This article goes a long way to explaining What Happened, What Is, and What Could Be.
Read this:...
Posted: Thu, Sep 22, 2005 5:21pm PDT
Our work together, after Katrina
Hurricane Katrina exposed the deep poverty and racism that remains in our country.
It showed that the President failed to deliver on his central promise—to keep us
safe. But more broadly, Hurricane Katrina demonstrated that a right-wing "sink or
swim" ideology is a disaster for America....
Posted: Thu, Sep 22, 2005 10:16am PDT
Mubarak wins Egypt’s stage-managed presidential election
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak won another six-year term in office September 7, with 88.6 percent of the total vote. The lop-sided result reflected the carefully orchestrated nature of the campaign, which Mubarak instigated in order to give his dictatorial regime a “democratic” gloss. Despite evidence of large-scale electoral fraud and intimidation, the Bush administration welcomed the vote as a positive step towards democracy....
Posted: Mon, Sep 19, 2005 4:57am PDT
9/16 - 9/18 :: live stream from Chiapas :: "The Other Campaign" (audio/x-mpegurl 0.0KB)
This weekend, Indymedia Chiapas is producing a radio stream from the last meeting in the series that the EZLN has been holding with civil society over the past month....
Posted: Fri, Sep 16, 2005 5:00pm PDT