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Wrapped in a Flag of Deceptions: So These are the Democrats?
Hillary Clinton wants to be president so badly that she is now wrapping herself in the flag. It was reported this week that she will now be co-sponsoring a bill in the Senate with Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah), who is one of the very worst right-wing reactionary folks in Congress. The bill would make it a crime to desecrate the flag. Hillary is doing this to try to win conservative voters to her side. The move shows just how much contempt she has for people. Does Hillary think that conservatives ...
Posted: Fri, Dec 9, 2005 10:28pm PST
The DeLay Scheme: Blatantly Buying Our Government
The big corporate interests that pumped money into Tom DeLay's scheme to control the Texas legislature and break precedent by rewriting an established congressional redistricting plan in mid-decade, knew full well what they bought in Texas. They bought our government....
Posted: Sun, Dec 4, 2005 9:02am PST
One earthquake could leave two-thirds of Californians without drinking water
On November 1, 2005 California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) issued a report stating that a simple 6.5-magnitude earthquake in Northern California’s Delta region could produce more than 30 levee breaches on 16 Delta islands. This would flood tens of thousands of homes and a massive area of productive farmland, causing around $30 billion in damages. However, the most alarming news, by far, was the realization that such an event could render unusable the drinking water supply of two-thi...
Posted: Wed, Nov 30, 2005 6:35am PST
The Abramoff affair: Corruption scandal threatens Republican control of US Congress
Michael Scanlon, a Republican political operative, publicist and former press spokesman for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, pled guilty November 21 to conspiring with lobbyist Jack Abramoff to bribe a Republican congressman and cheat several American Indian tribes out of tens of millions of dollars....
Posted: Tue, Nov 29, 2005 4:01pm PST
Lawsuit Charging White House with Unlawful Removal During Bush "Town-Hall-Style" Event
Two Denver residents filed a federal lawsuit last week after being forcibly removed in March 2005 from an event with President Bush for their perceived political views. We speak with Alex Young and Leslie Weise about the details of the case....
Posted: Tue, Nov 29, 2005 1:01pm PST
The Independent Media, the GAO report and "Invisible Ballots"
The mainstream media has virtually ignored the release of the recent GAO report critical of the electronic voting machines, despite a bi-partisan Congressional press conference (novel in itself these days). The combination of Democratic paralysis, the silent press and the hammering by the Republicans of any dissenters have created a blackout which keeps the public ignorant about the now validated concerns regarding the new voting technology. "Invisible Ballots" examines the perils...
Posted: Mon, Nov 21, 2005 5:38pm PST
This week on Media Matters: Mark Crispin Miller
Nov 20, 2005 Program from WILL-AM Champaign-Urbana...
Posted: Mon, Nov 21, 2005 3:52am PST
Sorry, George, I'm In the Majority ...from Michael Moore
I would like to extend my hand and invite you to join us, the mainstream American majority. We, the people -- that's the majority of the people -- share these majority opinions:...
Posted: Sun, Nov 20, 2005 10:42pm PST
Government Accounting Office takes a big bite out of the Bush clique’s pretense of legitim
How much will it take before people rise up and force the Repugs in Congress to impeach this dangerous thief? Secret CIA torture gulags, now secret Shiite torture chambers in Iraq. At least two stolen US elections. It boggles the mind....
Posted: Wed, Nov 16, 2005 12:03pm PST
BTL:Progressive Groups Fear Radical Right Supreme Court Shift if Alito Confirmed
Interview with Marjorie Cohn, professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Mon, Nov 14, 2005 5:44am PST
First the Lying, Then the Pardons
Fitzgerald Should Counter Any Pre-trial Talk of a Pardon for Libby with an Obstruction of Justice Charge...
Posted: Fri, Nov 11, 2005 9:37pm PST
Arianna Huffington on the Retirement of Judith Miller and Schwarzenegger’s Ballot Defeat
We speak with columnist and author Arianna Huffington about the resignation of New York Times reporter Judith Miller and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ballot defeat. Huffington says of Miller: “How can you be so cavalier as a journalist about reporting that is so fundamentally wrong, not about any matter, but matters of life and death, war and peace?”...
Posted: Fri, Nov 11, 2005 7:32am PST
Malik Rahim: Community organizer eyes New Orleans’ top officee
Riding out Hurricane Katrina and observing the aftermath of the biggest catastrophe in American history has convinced community organizer and activist Malik Rahim that the city should be cleaned from top to bottom....
Posted: Fri, Nov 11, 2005 7:04am PST
Oppose Alito – it’s a life-and-death issue
In nominating Samuel Alito to fill the new vacancy on the Supreme Court, the Bush administration has at once mended fences with its conservative base and taken a major step to tip the balance of power on our nation’s highest court to the extreme right.
Sound ominous? It should....
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2005 10:37pm PST
Ron Wyden on Oil Prices and the Senate Investigation into Prewar Intelligence
Senator Ron Wyden (D - OR) joins to talk about Wednesday's joint Senate committee hearing on oil company price gouging and why oil executives weren't made to swear to tell the truth. Wyden also discusses why he voted against the invasion of Iraq, how the Energy bill increases U.S. dependence on foreign oil and the Senate Intelligence Committee's investigation into prewar intelligence....
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2005 8:30am PST
NOW Members Lobby Senate on Supreme Court Nominee
Grassroots leaders from around the country will join national NOW leaders in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Nov. 10 to urge their senators to vote "No" on Samuel Alito....
Posted: Wed, Nov 9, 2005 10:25pm PST
Why US big business is pleased with Alito’s nomination to the Supreme Court
President Bush’s nomination of Samuel Alito to fill Sandra Day O’Connor’s seat as an associate justice meets the demands of the corporate elite for another vote on the Supreme Court to slash government regulation of business operations. Alito has, at the same time, expressed sufficiently reactionary views on “hot button” issues such as abortion to placate the religious extremists who torpedoed last month’s nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers....
Posted: Wed, Nov 9, 2005 6:29am PST
Bush sinks in opinion polls, but Democrats offer no alternative
A series of opinion polls published this week demonstrate that the American people decisively oppose the Bush administration and its policies. A Washington Post-ABC News poll found only 39 percent approval for the Bush presidency, with 60 percent opposed. A separate Associated Press-Ipsos poll found Bush’s support even lower, at 37 percent, with 59 percent disapproving....
Posted: Mon, Nov 7, 2005 7:16am PST
Scrap the "Secret" Ballot - Return to Open Voting
Secrecy rarely does anyone any good. And secrecy in voting is particularly senseless. It has produced a series of disastrous, if not unintended consequences. Due to its anonymity and non-transparency, the secret ballot has made vote fraud easier not harder, particularly for those in a position of power, such as election officials and voting machine technicians....
Posted: Fri, Nov 4, 2005 9:11am PST