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• Who Knew...er..Who Didnt Know That The Spirit Of The US Chamber Of Commerce Overwhelmingly Uplifts The Spirits Of Republican Candidates?

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 145
  More from ThinkProgress ~ Source: Center for American Progress Action Fund, from Federal Election Commission data compiled by the LittleSis project of the Public Accountability Initiative. ~*~
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• Gates Invokes New Authority to Block Release of Detainee Abuse Photos

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 683
  By GottaLaff ( via ) My dear friend Jason Leopold has an exclusive (which has since made its way into the media) that is making my blood boil: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has blocked the release of photographs depicting US soldiers abusing detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan, using authority just granted ...
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• HillBuzz Masthead. Fixed.

  
  Rumproast — Authority: 577
  The Palin-lovin’ PUMA loons who run the asylum that is HillBuzz have been getting a lot of love from the wingnutosphere this week for their magnificently fucktarded post “Thank you former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush.” Not only do they heap lavish praise and tear-drenched ...
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• You say “thinking” like it’s a bad thing…

  
  Rumproast — Authority: 577
  The usual suspects at National Review’s The Corner are irked as hell at Obama for taking his time with a decision on Afghanistan: What Is [Kathryn Jean Lopez] Obama thinking? Obama is still close to announcing his revamped war strategy — most likely shortly after he returns from a trip to Asia that ends ...
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• On FOX News Coverage Of ACORN Missteps But Not Blackwater Bribery And Murder Cover Up

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 145
  Media Matters often points out the obvious. Too bad someone has to do it... (via Facebook) After aggressively promoting ACORN videos, Fox News ignores reports of Blackwater bribes On the evening of November 11, Fox News personalities did not discuss reports from the previous evening that officials at Xe ...
  3 days ago

• Robert Gates: George W. Bush Was No Ronald Reagan

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 768
  Here’s Gates, talking about Reagan and the military. You don’t even have to read between the lines . President Reagan was circumspect about putting or keeping America’s troops and America’s credibility at risk without a clear mission or strong odds of success . Unlike Commander McFlightsuit. He ...
  4 days ago

• VIDEO: America attacked as George W. Bush and Dick Cheney dithered

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 683
  By GottaLaff My pal Greg Skilling wrote up a piece at The Examiner on this and passed it along to me. Wow. Id missed 60 Minutes last night so I didnt see this. Double wow: Watch CBS News Videos Online Unnerving much? While the administration of former President George W. Bush and his erstwhile partner ...
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• New Docs: Pentagon Ignored FBI’s Warnings on Abusive Interrogations

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 683
  By GottaLaff After reading The Dark Side by Jane Mayer, this isnt all that new. But thats a book, and these are declassified Department of Justice-released documents : Sadly, they reveal that the FBI knew perfectly well — and repeatedly warned Defense Department officials, as well as Justice Department ...
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• Italian court convicts 23 Americans of kidnapping in CIA rendition case

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 683
  By GottaLaff Meaningless/meaningful, depending on how you look at it: Twenty three Americans have been convicted in absentia, after an Italian court found them guilty of kidnapping in the CIA rendition of a Muslim cleric, the Associated Press reports . Three other Americans were acquitted. [...] The ...
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• MUST SEE VIDEO- Justice Denied: Voices from Gitmo- "Its a place where people lose their mind"

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 683
  By GottaLaff "People were sodomized... with broomsticks..." The men in this video were held at Guantánamo for years without charge and denied any meaningful opportunity to challenge the legality of their detention. But now they are finally free. This is their story. Produced for the ACLU by Joel P. ...
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• Welcome to America

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 683
  By GottaLaff Crime: Being Not White and Muslim. Punishment: Unlawful imprisonment, abuse, humiliation. Era: Bush Crime Family: The U.S. government will pay $1.26 million to five Muslim men detained for months without charges after the September 11 attacks who sued for unlawful imprisonment and abuse , their ...
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• Bush’s interrogators used slaps to ‘instill fear and despair’

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 683
  By GottaLaff My friend Larisa Alexandrovna has a piece up at Raw Story that you should go read. Heres a sample: Recently declassified documents on the Bush administration interrogation program describe several techniques used on detainees in US custody, some of which may have violated the United Nations ...
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• Are We All Clear Now? Wall Street Fueled The Housing Bubble Deliberately, Bet The Market Would Fail, Sold The AAA Risky Bits Off And Got PAID To Boot

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 145
  Beat the Press comment rescue ~ (via Atrios) So. Is Wall Street populated by incompetents who missed the $8 trillion housing bubble, or by crooks who knew full well what was going on and fueled the bubble deliberately? I suspect the answer is yes. Posted by: Aatos Its worse than that Aatos. From ...
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• McClatchy: Credit Ratings Firms Role In How Investors Were Duped Into Buying Toxic Assets Was That Of A "High-Class Escort Service"

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 145
  When Michael Greenberger came to Delaware in September, he explained the rating agencies tier system of splintering AAAs off of layers of ever-worsening risks. [ What Really Happened to our Economy: The Consequences of Not Knowing ] Too bad no one ever told the investors about it. McClatchy gives us ...
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• Lingering Stench In Tim Geithners Financial Industry Reform; DEM Senator Calls For His Job

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 145
  Washington Senator Maria Cantwell calls for Geithners job ~ Appearing on MSNBCs Morning Meeting with Dylan Ratigan, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)said that Geithners plans left banks the same loopholes and encouraged the same risks that led to last years economic meltdown. ...
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• Runoff Canceled—Karzai Wins!

  
  Rumproast — Authority: 577
  This can’t be good. Juan Cole is not optimistic here and here . Whether or not backing Karzai ever made sense as an improvised strategic make-do, you have to admit the US has never had a gift for craftily installing credible puppet governments. And anyone who doesn’t see this as a toxic legacy of the Bush ...
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• VIDEOS: Jason Leopold interviews Valerie Plame about CIA leak case

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 683
  By GottaLaff My pal Jason Leopold is not only the go-to guy for all things Plame/Rove/Cheney , he also conducts interviews with newsmakers. Heres a Q and A from 2007 that he had with Valerie Plame Wilson herself that deserves more attention, especially in light of the newest revelations about what a big fat liar ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Question Of Why Stephan Friedman (Ex-Chair NY FED/Goldman Sachs) Isnt In Jail Is Laid At The White House Door By Matt Taibbi

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 145
  Matt Taibbis TrueSlant blog reports ~ Forget Galleon: What about Goldman’s ex-boss? Matt lays out the case (my apologies for chopping up his marvelous post): ...more than $14 billion that over 18 months was handed to Goldman Sachs, whose former chairman, Stephen Friedman, was chairman of the ...
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• Obama Ditches Another Bush Rule

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 683
  By GottaLaff Scrubbing out another Bush stain. GObama! The latest rule to get the boot was finalized in December 2008 and upped the number of hours truckers could stay behind the wheel , despite safety concerns about driver fatigue . [...] They issued the same rule three times [3] , even though the ...
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