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Compare and Contrast: The Prosecutions of Don Siegelman (D) and Ted Stevens (R)
The BRAD BLOG —
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Guest Blogged by Rebecca M. Abrahams Two weeks ago Washington Post reported that U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan named federal prosecutor Henry Schuelke to investigate whether gross prosecutorial misconduct tainted the governments case against now-former Republican Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska. At issue, ...3 hours ago -
The Other Nobel Controversy
Foreign Policy —
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What the recent uproar over the Nobel Committee chairmans lucrative new post says about Norways peace prize complex.1 day ago -
The $2 Trillion Man
Foreign Policy —
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How Obama saved Brand America.1 day ago -
Real ID Implementation Deadline for States: December 31 2009
The SideTrack —
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Taking a second (third, fourth, one-hundre-and-ninety-eleventh) seat to the health care reform debate is this nasty little bit of Orwellian Bush legacy... The official deadline for states to comply with the Department of Homeland Securitys (DHS) final Real ID rule is December 31, 2009, and an estimated 36 ...2 days ago -
Real Fiscal Responsibility & Deficit Politics: Democrats
2parse —
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This is part 3 of a 4-part series of posts. Part 1 provided an introduction and description of the groups that benefit from the government spending status quo : the elderly, the military, the poor, and big corporations in that order. The overall societal status quo clearly favors all these groups except the ...3 days ago -
Bush and his AIDS project in Africa
Rants From The Rookery —
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That everyone touts as a wonderful thing, just remember this: Under President George W. Bush , the United States withdrew from its decades-long role as a global leader in supporting family planning, driven by a conservative ideology that favored abstinence and shied away from providing contraceptive devices ...3 days ago -
Obama’s Afghan policy speech, designed to confound domestic opponents, is confusing Pakistan
Shadow Government —
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By Peter Feaver A story out of Pakistan today shows that the rhetorical/policy trimming that marredPresident Obamas Afghan escalation speech has done some damage to theprospects for the policy. The bottom line: the Pakistanis are not doingwhat we need them to do because they interpreted the ...3 days ago -
Missing Bush White House Emails Found
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
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The AP reports computer technicians "have found 22 million missing White House e-mails from the administration of President George W. Bush, according to two groups that are settling lawsuits they filed over the failure by the Bush White House to install an electronic record keeping system."4 days ago -
Friends like these (II): Neocons embracing Obama
The Best Defense —
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William Kristol -- yes, that Bush Doctrine-supporting,America-excepting, neocon warmonger -- is just smoochingall over President Obamas Nobel speech: There was a fair amount for Bush Doctrine-supporters, American-exceptionalist patriots, and neocon warmongers to like in Obamas Oslo speech. He sounded hardheaded ...4 days ago -
Obama’s Big Sellout
Nevada Thunder —
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side note: Another great article from Matt Taibbi…read this over lunch, and even though I knew some this stuff, it was filled with tidbits that blew my mind. This has been my biggest issue with President Obama. He either doesn’t understand economics, which I don’t think is correct…..or, after a few years in ...1 week ago -
Obama DoJ Called An International Disgrace For Advising Dismissal of Suit Against Torture Enabler
The BRAD BLOG —
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Via RAW STORY... The Obama administration has asked the Department of Justice to dismiss a lawsuit brought by convicted terrorist Jose Padilla against torture memo author John Yoo, asserting that Yoo cannot be sued for legal opinions he offered in the course of advising then-President Bush on national security ...1 week ago -
Kucinich to Introduce Resolution to Stop Criminal Enterprise in Afghanistan
The BRAD BLOG —
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Guest blogged by Ernest A. Canning "We cannot afford these wars. We cannot afford the loss of lives. We cannot afford the cost to taxpayers. We cannot afford to fail to exercise our constitutional right to end the wars." So said Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) in an email on Wednesday, announcing his intention to ...1 week ago -
Alberto Opens His Mouth And Removes All Doubt
1115.org —
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(1) Ever since Alberto “Buttercheeks” Gonzales started to disgrace the office of the Attorney General of the United States — preening himself every time someone called him General Gonzales — there has been active speculation exactly how stupid the man really is. Buttercheeks, it seems, finally tired of ...1 week ago -
John Gibson & FOX "News" Acknowledge Swift Boat Lies
Greenlee Gazette —
Authority: 142
Image from source, Raw Story Its amazing how many things in politics are so obviously true, but continuously denied. Anyone could tell that the "Swift Boat" campaign against John Kerry in 2004 was trumped up. The fact that much of it came from FOX "News" was your first clue. Now, FOX has come clean, in a manner ...1 week ago -
How To Write Books For Morons And Make Millions
unbrainwashed —
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President Obama, who won the last presidential election with not only a majority of electoral votes, but winning the popular vote as well, is perceived by many to be a liberal, or, if you will, a "progressive", even by those who voted for him. That must mean that by logical extension, a majority of Americans view ...1 week ago -
An Open Letter From Jesus to Christian America
The BRAD BLOG —
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Guest blogged by Frank Schaeffer Woe to you American Christians! You say Im the "son of God" and yet you bully the defenseless in my name. Do you understand the parable of the Good Samaritan? Let me refresh your memory... One day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question: ...1 week ago -
Gonzales Regrets Getting Caught
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
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In an interview with the Esquire , former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales reflects on the Bush years. Said Gonzales: "We should have abandoned the idea of removing the U.S. attorneys once the Democrats took the Senate. Because at that point we could really not count on Republicans to cut off investigations or help ...1 week ago -
Real Fiscal Responsibility & Deficit Politics: Republicans
2parse —
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See Part 1: An Introduction here . Parts 3 and 4 discussing the Democratic approach and then lessons from this moment of “welfare scleroris/imperial overstretch” coming tomorrow and Friday. Republicans have called themselves, and are once again trying to position themselves, as the party of fiscal ...1 week ago -
Beyond Afghanistan
The BRAD BLOG —
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Guest essay by Ernest A. Canning "Somehow this madness must cease." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "Beyond Vietnam" April 4, 1967. On Jan. 18, 2010 our nation will observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day , commemorating the extraordinary life of an intellectual and moral giant. The corporate media will fill ...1 week ago -
Sen. Hatch’s Solution For The Economy: Put The Country ‘Back Into Conservative Republican Hands’
Think Progress —
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Today, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) appeared on Fox Business and unleashed an angry tirade against the Democratic majority in Congress. As Fox host Alexis Glick fawned over the senior Republican senator — praising his characterization of Democrats’ policy ideas as “ doggone stupid ” — Hatch agreed that Democrats ...1 week ago
