Tortured into False Confessions, innocent Maher Arar will get no US apology

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"Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian, was detained in New York in September 2002 and soon after deported by U.S. authorities, winding up in a grave-like Damascus cell where he was tortured into giving false confessions."

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Webb accuses administration of 'incompetence' in Iraq

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"The only remedy to a series of Iraq policy failures by President Bush is a Democratic takeover of Congress in Nov., Virginia Senate candidate Jim Webb said Saturday. The former Republican, who was Reagan's Navy secretary, said in the Democrats' weekly radio address that Bush's "incompetence" in Iraq had undercut the the fight against terror.""

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I.R.S. Giving Katrina Victims a Break - Until After the Election

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"The New York Times is reporting that I.R.S. commissioner, Mark W. Everson, has ordered the agency to delay collecting back taxes from Katrina victims until after the mid-term elections."

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The Euro is Killing Half of Europe

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"What we see in Eastern and Southern Europe today are the consequences of the EU?s transformation from a union of democratic countries into a sort of supra-national financial empire in which the most important decisions affecting EU citizens are no longer subject to democratic control."

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Powerful Katie Couric Interview with Michael J. Fox

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"This one is going to shift some votes. Despite the fact that Katie Couric tilts the CBS Evening News to the right, this was a compelling interview that will move any person who saw it. Thank you Rush Limbaugh for making this an issue."

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GOP blames Mich. governor for murders

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"A campaign mailing from the Michigan Republican Party blames Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm and the state corrections director for a crime spree that resulted in the deaths of three people."

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Chuck Norris: Evolution Is ‘Not Real. It Is Not The Way We Got Here’

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"Now, the right-wing website World Net Daily has given Chuck Norris a regular weekly column. In his first column, he takes on an ?alleged? Chuck Norris fact:"

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...And so the Election Fraud begins!

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"U.S. Senate Democratic candidate James Webb's last name has been cut off on part of the electronic ballot used by voters in Alexandria, Falls Church and Charlottesville because of "a computer glitch". Error Cannot Be Fixed by Nov. 7."

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Fox News Let Press Secretary Snow Peddle False Stock Market Stats

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"Fox News' Neil Cavuto did not challenge Tony Snow's false claim that "since the president cut taxes in 2003, the Dow Jones is up 60 percent. The Nasdaq is up 80 percent." But even under the most favorable criteria, Snow's statistics are plainly wrong."

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US emails troops on How to vote for GOP's Foley stand-in

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"A State Department email to troops, provided soldiers from Florida's 16th district with instructions for how to vote for the Republican replacement for Congressman Mark Foley, but omitted other candidates."

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Washington Post: Rush Limbaugh accuses Michael J. Fox of faking Parkinson's

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"Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh today attacked actor Michael J. Fox for faking Parkinson's Disease in an attempt to garner support for stem cell research. "He is exaggerating the effects of the disease," Limbaugh told listeners today. "He's moving all around and shaking and it's purely an act.""

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Barack Obama: 'I Inhaled — That Was The Point'

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"That was what Illinois Senator Barack Obama, currently on a book tour that may or may not segue into a run for the 2008 presidency, said to New Yorker editor David Remnick, after he asked Obama whether or not his admission of drug use in the book would become problematic if he does run."

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Olbermann's Special Comment on GOP Fearmongering

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"Keith issued arguably his most powerful Special Comment yet tonight. This time he takes on the GOP's newest fearmongering ad which quotes Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri superimposed over pictures of explosions with the sound of a ticking bomb in the background."

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State Department official: I misspoke on Iraq policy

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""A senior State Department diplomat apologized Sunday for having told the Arab satellite network Al-Jazeera on Saturday that there is a strong possibility history will show the United States displayed "arrogance" and "stupidity" in its handling of the Iraq war." - CNN. I think he forgot to use "truthiness"."

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Sen. Obama mulls bid for White House in 2008

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"U.S. Sen. Barack Obama on Sunday said he has thought about running for president in 2008 and will give it more serious consideration after the mid-term congressional elections on November 7. Obama was on the cover a recent Time magazine issue with the headline "Why Barack Obama Could Be the Next President"."

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Bartlett:

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"Video of White House counselor Dan Bartlett on CBS this morning saying the administration has "never" had a "stay the course strategy" in Iraq + Video of President Bush and Tony Snow repeatidly describing their Iraq strategy as "stay the course.""

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Sen. Barack Obama Says He's Weighing 2008 Run : 1st Black President?

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"Sen. Barack Obama acknowledged Sunday he was considering a run for president in 2008, backing off previous statements that he would not do so."

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Jon Stewart on Bush's Moral Hypocrisy

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"Jon Stewart's Daily Show does one of the best news reports in the last 6 years.It is very sad when the only commercial broadcast channel that will do the hard news is the Comedy Channel. So much for the liberal bias in the media. That is long gone."

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34 Scandals From Bush's First Year of Presidency

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"Remember scandal fatigue? It was an affliction supposedly either turning voters against Democrats or, alternatively, a weariness in the body politic preventing Republicans from pursuing even more grievances against Clinton. After four years of Bush's presidency, the entire nation should be suffering from utter scandal exhaustion."

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Bush:

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"President George W. Bush tries to rewrite history on ABC's This Week. Bush told George Stephanopoulos, "We?ve never been stay the course, George!" Actually, he's used that phrase to describe his policy for years."

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RUMSFELD caught in a LIES by 27 year CIA VET!!!! MUST SEE!!!

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"27 Year Vet of CIA asks Rumsfeld about WMD's in IRAQ and he LIES!!! Click on the Link! Also shows how Main Stream Media won't ask any real questions!! It is Funny, BUT NOT!!! And at the end of the clip, Rumsfeld refers to a piece of 9/11 as "Wonderful" as if he enjoys what had happened. Love to read your comments? DIGG IT UP...MUST BE SEEN!!"

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Blue-collar Democrats return to their roots

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"The cornerstone of Republican success is crumbling after it was built up by Reagan"

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Cheney: G.O.P. will maintain control of both the House and Senate

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"I'm optimistic that we're going to hold both the House and the Senate. One of the things I do talk about on the campaign trail is the importance of what we've been able to do with tax policy. If Charlie Rangel were to be Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, he would put at risk ? because of his beliefs; he just fundamentally disagrees"

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Uh Oh....More Diebold Voting Machine Fears: They mailed the code to who?.

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"Disks containing what appears to be software code used in Maryland's touchscreen voting machines in 2004 were delivered anonymously to a former state legislator, raising fresh concerns about the reliability of the voting system. An anonymous note said the disks had been "accidentally picked up" in the state election board offices....."

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The Ugly Truth

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"It's often said that the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. But there maybe nothing that goes against President Bush's nature more than doing just that..."

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FBI Officials Probing Possible Theft of Voting Software in Md.

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"The FBI is investigating the possible theft of software developed by the nation's leading maker of electronic voting equipment, said a former Maryland legislator who this week received three computer disks that apparently contain key portions of programs created by Diebold Election Systems."

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Congress to investigate economy in WoW and Second Life.

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"The Joint Economic Committee (JEC) of the US Congress has announced it is investigating the amount of commerce taking place in virtual game worlds."

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Court Told It Lacks Power in Detainee Cases

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"Moving quickly to implement the bill signed by President Bush this week that authorizes military trials of enemy combatants, the administration has formally notified the U.S. District Court here that it no longer has jurisdiction to consider hundreds of habeas corpus petitions filed by inmates at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba."

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Judge Orders Cheney Visitor Logs Opened

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"A federal judge has ordered the Bush administration to release information about who visited Vice President Dick Cheney's office and personal residence, an order that could spark a late election season debate over lobbyists' White House access."

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NBC CBS Downplay Detainee Bill that Eliminates Our Rights

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"In her report on President Bush's signing of the controversial detainee bill, ABC's Martha Raddatz noted Sen. Russ Feingold's general opposition to the bill but gave no indication of Feingold's specific criticism -- that the bill "allows the government to seize individuals on American soil and detain them indefinitely with no opportunity""

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U.S. Soldiers Are Sick of It

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"American soldiers also are beginning to suffer injuries from a silent and pernicious weapon material of U.S. origin?depleted uranium"

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'We Are a Dangerous Country'

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"Diane Sawyer spoke briefly with Ambassador Li Gun, deputy director general of the North Korean Ministry for Foreign Affairs. This is a transcript of the interview."Why would the United States want to hurt Korea? The United States is a very big country," I said.She answered, "Because you're afraid of us, of North Korea.""

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Sen. Burns: Bush has Iraq plan, not telling 'everyone in the world'

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"Sen. Conrad Burns said at a debate Tuesday night that President Bush does have a plan for winning the war in Iraq, but he isn?t about to share it with the world. Many in the crowd, which was dominated by Tester supporters, openly laughed at Burns? claim that Bush has a plan."

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A Question Bush Can't Answer

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"There are a lot of questions -- about a lot of things -- that President Bush can't seem to answer."

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This Guy Delivers One Hell Of a Commentary on the State of the Union

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"If you liked Keith Olbermann's, then I think you will appreciate this "Average Joe's" take on the current state of affairs our fine nation."

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Rumsfeld quips,

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""You've got a situation where it's not possible to lose militarily," Rumsfeld said. (Didn't some Government Officials say that about Viet Nam?)"

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ANOTHER Anti-Gay Republican Senator Outed as Homosexual

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"Mike Rogers, the famous (or infamous) gay activist who outs closeted Republican homosexuals, is reporting that Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho is homosexual. Says he is prepared for 'legal' consequences. Rogers has reported on Drier, Shrock, and Foley, never been proven wrong. See also http://www.blogactive.com"

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Some Calif. latinos receive letter warning them not to vote

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""The state attorney general's office is investigating a letter received by some Southern California Hispanics that says it is a crime for immigrants to vote and tells them they could be jailed or deported if they go to the polls next month...""

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Bush declares National 'Character Counts' Week

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""Now, Therefore, I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 15 through October 21, 2006, as National Character Counts Week." (Full presidential proclamation included)"

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Agents raid homes of GOP Rep. Curt Weldon’s daughter, close friend

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"Federal agents raided the home of the daughter of U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon (R., Pa.) and his longtime friend Charlie Sexton this morning. The raids came three days after news broke that the FBI is investigating whether the Delaware County congressman used his influence to help his daughter, a registered lobbyist win consulting contracts."

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9/11 Widows Ask for Declassification of July 10, 2001 Meeting

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""We demand [....] release of all transcripts and documents relating to the July 10, 2001 meeting [....] between former CIA Director George Tenet and then National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice. [....] made public in Bob Woodward?s newly released book, ?State of Denial?, it is unacceptable to continue to keep these documents hidden [...]""

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Paramount Hires Path to 9/11 Writer For Movie On ‘The Hunt For Bin Laden'

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"Cyrus Nowresteh, who wrote ABC's controversial docudrama "Path to 9/11," has been hired by Paramount to write the script for a movie about the Hunt for Osama Bin Laden. The book Nowresteh is using as the basis for the script, like Path to 9/11, blames Clinton and praises President Bush."

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A chilling video of the war on the ground in Iraq

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"I just don't know what else to say. But please watch this. I'm sipping a glass of wine watching my 61 inch plasma, I just can't imagine what our troops are going through."

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Video of Iraqis trying to attack Civilian contractors

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"Amazing video of what is happening on the ground"

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A Revolt of the Generals?

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"Surviving the slippery slopes of power may be hard for generals, and of course it is right that they respect civilian control by not wading into political debates. But with lives are at stake, Dannatt felt compelled to speak: "Honesty is what it is all about. The truth will out. We have got to speak the truth.""

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The head of the Whitehouse page program finally admits that we screwed up!

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"Shimkus Says GOP Mishandled Page Scandal.Shimkus told reporters afterward that, in retrospect, he wishes he had handled the episode differently. "Having 20/20 hindsight, a lot of things would have been done differently," he said."

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Gotcha! YouTube Videos Sink unwary US candidates

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"One clip showed the 71- year-old senator appearing to fall asleep during a meeting on farm policy. Entitled ?Conrad Burns?s Naptime?, the one-minute clip was watched more than 75,000 times on YouTube and was shown by several television networks."

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Bush has Squandered the Nation's Moral Authority: Says Kerry

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"Sen. John Kerry, a potential WH candidate in 2008, said on Friday the Iraq war had worsened terrorism & that the Bush administration had squandered the nation's moral authority. "They tell us we're making progress in Iraq and that there is no civil war. That is a lie. There is a civil war and it is costing American & Iraqi lives every single day ""

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Scientific Poll: 84% Reject Official 9/11 Story

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"A monumental new scientific opinion poll has emerged which declares that only 16% of people in America now believe the official government explanation of the September 11th 2001 terror attacks."

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Rep. Curt Weldon Probed Over Contracts for His Daughter

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"The Justice Department is investigating whether Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) traded his political influence for lucrative lobbying and consulting contracts for his daughter, according to sources with direct knowledge of the inquiry. At issue are Weldon's efforts to aid two Russian companies and two Serbian brothers with ties to Slobodan Milosevic."

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Politicians Try Out MySpace

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""He has some funny quotes and talks about himself" in the Web postings, says Mr. Lowe, a 24-year-old from Little Rock. "I felt like I could understand him on a personal basis. It played into the decision of me not only voting, but giving money, too.""

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Arrest Warrant for Senator George Allen (R - VA)

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"I trudged down to the Albemarle County Courthouse the other day to do a little digging. What I found there buried in the shelves of the historical records was baffling. Why was there a warrant for George Allen's arrest in 1974? Why did he need to attend a criminal hearing on February 15th, 1973?"

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GOP Redirects Funds From Faltering Races

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"Faced with a deteriorating political climate, Republican Party officials are hoping to keep control of the House and Senate with a strategy aimed at shoring up enough endangered incumbents to preserve their majorities, while scaling back planned spending on races that now appear unwinnable"

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Finding a way to get Bush off the hook

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"Baker has been there many times before for the Bush family -- to pull their chestnuts out of the fire. This time it appears he is being called to help President Bush finesse his way out of the Iraqi debacle and save face"

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

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"Weeks after George Allen 's mouth got him into serious trouble, the senator's advisers have apparently decided that he should shut up. At least when it comes to talking directly to the media, that is. With less than a month before Election Day, Allen (R-Va.) has become virtually impossible to interview directly."

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5 Scandals that Could Put Republicans in Jail

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"The Foley cover-up is just the tip of the iceberg. If the Democrats succeed in retaking Congress this fall, here are five investigations they should get started on right away."

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YouTube Limits Acces to Video Mocking Clinton Administration

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"YouTube has limited access to a professionally made political ad that mocks the Clinton administration's policy on North Korea, but contains no profanity, nudity or other factors generally thought objectionable. YouTube has a history of dismembering conservative and politically incorrect speech."

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The Truth Behind Military Inaction in North Korea

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"Implications of making threats, drawing red lines and then blinking."

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Middle Class Needs to Fight Back

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""I don't know about you, but I can't take seriously anyone who takes either the Republican Party or Democratic Party seriously -- in part because neither party takes you and me seriously; in part because both are bought and paid for by corporate America and special interests. And neither party gives a damn about the middle class.""

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Bush's Downward Slide

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"President Bush's approval ratings appear to be dropping to their lowest levels ever -- and this time, to the enormous apprehension of the White House, there's something voters can do about it. Underlying grim news at the polls for Republicans generally is a dismal report card for the..............."

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79% think GOP Leaders Put Political Interests Ahead Of Pages Safety

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"Americans say that Republican Congressional leaders put their political interests ahead of protecting the safety of teenage pages, and that House leaders knew of Mark Foley?s sexually charged messages to pages well before he was forced to quit Congress, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll."

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Rumsfeld helped sell reactors to N. Korea

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"...Given the Republican outcry over the reactor deal, Rumsfeld's public silence is nearly deafening. "Almost any Republican was complaining about it," says Winston Lord, President Clinton's assistant secretary of state for East Asian/Pacific Affairs. Lord can't remember Rumsfeld speaking out. Nor can Frank Gaffney Jr., ... Our DOD Chief."

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A New Nuclear World--The Implications

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"North Korea's nuclear weapons test creates serious problems for the U.S. and its allies in trying to rein in the rogue state?and opens a dangerous new chapter in nuclear proliferation"

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Know Your Neo-Cons... What the North Korean Test Could be Useds To Start

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"A neoconservative clique seeks to ensnare our country in a series of wars that are not in America?s interest."

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Secret Iraq Meeting Included Journalists

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"On Nov. 29, 2001, a dozen policy makers, Middle East experts and members of influential policy research organizations gathered in Virginia to produce a report for Bush and his cabinet outlining a strategy for dealing with Afghanistan and the Middle East in the aftermath of 9/11. What was unusual was the presence of journalists at the meeting."

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Republican Congressman Kolbe saw Foley messages in 2000

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"Another Republican congressman knew of disgraced former representative Mark Foley's inappropriate Internet exchanges as far back as 2000 and personally confronted Foley about his communications. A former page showed the congressman Internet messages that had made the youth feel uncomfortable with the direction Foley was taking their e-mail."

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Lower standards help Army meet recruiting goal

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"The U.S. Army recruited more than 2,600 soldiers under new lower aptitude standards this year, helping the service beat its goal of 80,000 recruits in the throes of an unpopular war and mounting casualties. According to statistics obtained by The Associated Press, 3.8% of the first-time recruits scored below certain aptitude levels."

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American Prison Camps Are on the Way

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"Kellogg Brown & Root, a Halliburton subsidiary, is constructing a huge facility at an undisclosed location to hold tens of thousands of Bush's "unlawful enemy combatants." Americans are certain to be among them."

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Bill Clinton:

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"During one of the lighter moments of Bill Clinton's keynote speech at Javits Center on Friday was the former president's recounting of a recent trip with Senator Hillary Clinton to the New York State fair. "[It's the one place where] I'm an asset to her," Clinton said. "I'm her token redneck at the state fair.""

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Baker Commission : Split Iraq into Three

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"The Baker commission has grown increasingly interested in the idea of splitting the Shi?ite, Sunni and Kurdish regions of Iraq as the only alternative to what Baker calls ?cutting and running? or ?staying the course?."

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Security moms desert Republicans over sex scandal

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"The sleaze surrounding Mark Foley, a Florida congressman and campaigner against internet paedophilia and child exploitation, has narrowed the ?God gap? in politics between Republicans and Democrats"

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Neocons spam Youtube with Fox News Propaganda

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"Under the usernames "intelsum" and "TerrorFreeOil", neocons have spammed Youtube with over 800 propaganda clips from Fox News including every clip of Michelle Malkin and Ann Coulter you could ever want. "intelsum" has 175 subscribers including some "masochistic Islamonazis" that are flagging videos and leaving negative comments and poor ratings."

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Michelle Malkin calls YouTube's management Islamic terrorist jihadists.

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"Conservative blogger Michelle Malkin is pissed off that her video about Muslim terrorists and protesters got deleted for being "inappropriate.""

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The American Scandal Factory Journalism

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"Can we pause for a moment here, a week into the Foley sex story, to note how much the world of scandal journalism has changed in the last few decades? By William Powers of National Journal."

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Karl Rove Aide Resigns in Fallout from Abramoff Report

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"Last week's report by the U.S. House of Representatives Government Reform Committee said Rove aide Susan Ralston had passed inside White House information to superlobbyist Abramoff while she was also accepting his tickets to nine sports and entertainment events. Abramoff and several associates have pleaded guilty to conspiracy and fraud ....."

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Generals oppose enhanced status for National Guard

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"Army and Air National Guard provide nearly half of the combat forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, most of the peacekeepers in the Balkans, and provide troops for other missions. With the Guard providing so much some in Congress think they deserve a 4 star general and a seat at the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Two senior generals disagree enough to speak out."

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Big Government Gets Bigger

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"Researcher Paul Light shines a beacon on the governments "hidden workforce." The number of civil servants may have only risen by 54,000 since 2002, but they have added about 2.5 million contractors that politicians tend to gloss over. He estimates the true size of the Federal workforce to be 14.6 million employees."

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photomosaic of George W Bush from pictures of soldiers killed in Iraq..

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"a photomosaic of George W Bush made from pictures of soldiers killed in the Iraq War."

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King George says he can edit security reports

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"President Bush, again defying Congress via a signing statement, says he has the power to edit the Homeland Security Department's reports about whether it obeys privacy rules while handling background checks, ID cards and watchlists."

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GOP's Hold on Evangelicals Weakening

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"A nationwide poll of 1,500 registered voters released yesterday by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center found that 57 percent of white evangelicals are inclined to vote for Republican congressional candidates in the midterm elections, a 21-point drop in support among this critical part of the GOP base"

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The Ghost of the Oval Office.

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"As unlikely as it seems considering how for apart their ideals are Henry Kissinger is one of the outsiders consulted most by the Bush White House. James Mann explains why it makes more sense than you'd think."

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A GOP Congressmen's Drunken Night on the Town

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"21-year-old Georgetown University junior Michelle Mezoe Yesterday accused Republican House member Mike Ferguson, a 32-year-old married father of three representing New Jersey's 7th District, of grabbing her in the wee hours Wednesday morning. Ferguson claims he was just "having a couple of beers with my staff when she approached us.""

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61% Believe Republicans Covered Up Foley; Only 21% Believe Otherwise

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""Sixty-one percent of American adults believe that Republican leaders have been 'protecting [Mark] Foley for several years.' A Rasmussen Reports national opinion survey conducted Tuesday and Wednesday nights shows that only 21% believe that the leadership 'just learn[ed] about Foley?s problems last week.'""

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Limbaugh Blames Pages For Foley's Misconduct

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"Today on his radio program, Rush Limbaugh blamed Congressional pages for Mark Foley's misconduct. He said that the communications reported by ABC were example of "young kids" who like to "make fun of gay people." Rushâ??s evidence? As a child, he used to order refrigerators over the phone for adults he thought were "odd or weird" as a prank."

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Bye, Bye Bill of Rights

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"'It is shocking that sixty percent of the members of Congress, by voting in favor of the Military Commissions Act of 2006, would hand to the president of the United States the right to interpret, without Congressional oversight, the Geneva Conventions, to waive the right of habeas corpus, to authorize the use of information gathered through torture"

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U.S. Government Caught Red-Handed Releasing Staged Al-Qaeda Videos

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"Revelations that the US government had been in possession of footage released on Sunday depicting alleged Al-Qaeda hijackers and Osama Bin Laden since 2001 and evidence that the footage itself was filmed by security agencies, went unquestioned by the media - who blindly towed the official line that the tape was released by Al-Qaeda."

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Court Says Warrantless Wiretap Program Can Continue

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"The government can continue to use its warrantless domestic wiretap program pending the Justice Department's appeal of a federal judge's ruling outlawing the program, an Appeals Court in Cincinnati ruled on Wednesday."

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Al Qaeda Letter Says Prolonging The Iraq War 'Is In Our Interest'

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"A newly translated letter from al-Qaeda's leadership to their Iraq organization shows the Bush administration's "stay the course" Iraq strategy is exactly what al Qaeda wants."

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Foley Admits : He is Gay

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"By finally acknowledging after years of evasion that he is gay, Mark Foley has altered the debate among conservatives and gays over his overtures to male pages in Congress."

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Fox News AGAIN misrepresents Foley

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"Reid: Did DEMS ignore Foley e-mails to preserve seat?"

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Aide Says He Warned Hastert Of Foley 2 Years Ago

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"A senior congressional aide said Wednesday that he alerted the House Speaker Dennis Hastert's office in 2004 about worrisome conduct by former Rep. Mark Foley with teenage pages -- the earliest known alert to the GOP leadership."

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Mark Foley in 1998 paper on Clinton sex scandal:

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"Here's the full article from the September 12, 1998 St. Petersburg Times, Mark Foley on the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky sex scandal: "It's vile," said Rep. Mark Foley, R-West Palm Beach. "It's more sad than anything else, to see someone with such potential throw it all down the drain because of a sexual addiction." He's quoted again farther down"

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US Schools Given Power To Strip Search Students

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"Adopt a policy for searching students or lose federal funding. That?s the ultimatum associated with the Student and Teacher Safety Act, which was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Sept. 19."

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Lawmakers seek probe of Homeland Security data-mining project

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"Congressional appropriators have directed the Homeland Security Department's inspector general to investigate the $40 million ADVISE data-mining project, saying it appears to lack clear guidelines and oversight. Critics fear that ADVISE might intrude on the privacy rights of U.S. citizens, especially by trolling their e-mails and blogs."

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In Bill’s Fine Print, $20 Million to Celebrate Victory in the War

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"Tucked away in fine print in the military spending bill for this past year was a lump sum of $20 million to pay for a celebration in the nation?s capital ?for commemoration of success? in Iraq and Afghanistan. Not surprisingly, the money was not spent."

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McCain: Anti-Bush

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"Watch out for this fellow, John McCain. He manages to be both the anti-Bush within the Republican Party and also Bush's enabler. This schizophrenic role, which his bipartisan fans somehow miss, happens to position McCain perfectly for 2008 â?? as the guy untarnished by all the bad stuff Bush brought us but who continues the same regime"

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Why Statutory Implications Of E-Mails Are Murky

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""As a general proposition, mere knowledge of the fact somebody has committed a crime . . . doesn't expose you to criminal liability," said David Schertler, a former assistant U.S. attorney for the District who is now in private practice."

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The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008

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"This book begins in the rain¿a cold, pelting, dismal rain that at times fell so hard it nearly obscured a remarkable moment in American politics. Up on the stage, huddled beneath umbrellas, were a father and son, the forty-First and the forty-third presidents of the United States."

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Bill O'Reilly labels Rep. Foley a Democrat

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"Blatant attempt to confuse Florida voters and try and push off the blame. Even if this was a "mistake" it still proves why the Faux News Channel cannot be trusted. They can't even get a Representatives Party correct."

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Capitol Hill Sex Scandals? Foley joins a long list..........

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"The resignation of former Rep. Mark Foley has shocked Washington, but it is not the first accusation of impropriety with underage congressional pages to make headlines. The investigation of Mr. Foley's misconduct adds to a long history of Capitol Hill sex scandals. One congressional historian said House members have proven more prone to such ....."

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C.A.I.R. shuts down free speech

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"This group is going too far, They continually muscle anyone who says something they don't like. It's time they were made accountable for their own hate speech."

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Rush to GOP: Must Take Gloves Off

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""It's time for the Republicans to fight back and, led by Hastert, point out how the Democrats continue to avoid the real issues of importance . . . and are trying to distract the American people from what essentially is a non-existent agenda on the part of the Democrats to deal with things that really, really matter."

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Lawyer: Foley Was Molested As A Teenager By Clergyman And Is Gay

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"The lawyer representing former Congressman Mark Foley announced that Foley was molested between the ages of 13 and 15 by a clergyman. Attorney David Roth refused to name the offender or affiliate the individual with a particular religion."

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Arrest over Cheney Barb Triggers Lawsuit

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"A Denver-area man filed a lawsuit today against a member of the Secret Service for causing him to be arrested after he approached Vice President Dick Cheney in Beaver Creek this summer and criticized him for his policies concerning Iraq."

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US House Speaker Hastert requests criminal probe of Foley

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"As Speaker of the House, I hereby request that the Department of Justice conduct an investigation of Mr. Foley's conduct with current and former House pages to determine to what extent any of his actions violated federal law," Hastert, R-Ill., wrote in a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales"

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Colin Powell claims he was fired by President Bush

Colin Powell claims he was fired by the Bush Administration, according to his official biographyJohn Harwood of the Wall Street Journal provides analysis of Powell's admission in the following MSNBC video report.

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GOP Staff Warned Pages About Foley in 2001

A Republican staff member warned Congressional pages five years ago to "watch out" for Congressman Mark Foley, according to a former page.

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Intercepted Al-Qaeda Letter Says They're Weak, Losing

The letter, found in the headquarters of Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi...[says] that Al Qaeda is weak both in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region and in Iraq. Perhaps the anti-terrorism policies of the US is working after all...

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Bill Clinton Loves Ubuntu!

Bill Clinton has embraced the concept of Ubuntu, the concept of "I am because you are". The ancient african concept which is known by most as an open source OS.

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New York Post, right-wingers, ridicule terrorist attack on Keith Olbermann

Apparently, Rupert Murdoch, Michelle Malkin, Hugh Hewitt?s producer, as well as other right-wingers are happy that a liberal who criticizes George Bush has been the victim of a terrorist attack and are enjoying ridiculing the victim for taking it seriously. Let?s not forget that people died in an earlier round of anthrax letters. Here's a list.

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Republican candidate for NY Attorney General under federal investigation

Jeanine Pirro, speaking at a Manhattan news conference, said she was under federal investigation for plotting to secretly record her husband to find out whether he was having another affair. She also said that any probe into her troubled marriage was "highly improper" but she had no intention of quitting her campaign.

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Giuliani defends Clinton on 9/11 efforts

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani defendedBill Clinton on Wednesday over the former president's counterterrorism efforts, saying recent criticism on preventing the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is wrong.

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Bush's Imaginary Foes

President Bush's angry nonanswers to two straightforward questions yesterday were among the best illustrations yet of his intense aversion to responding to his critics' actual arguments.

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Olbermann Reveals What Little the Bush Administration Did Before 9/11

Keith Olbermann responds to Bush?s non-response to Bill Clinton. He goes over his first months in office leading up to 9/11. It?s not a pretty picture.

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Tony Snow:

In today?s briefing, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow challenged a reporter who said the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) concluded that we?re not safer. Snow retorted, ?Look for, ?We?re not winning.? Please show me. Well, the President says we?re winning

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MySpace Launches Voter-Registration Plan

The youth-heavy online hangout MySpace.com is launching a voter-registration drive to engage its members in civics. In partnership with the nonpartisan group Declare Yourself, MySpace is running ads on its highly trafficked Web site and giving members tools such as a "I Registered To Vote On MySpace" badge to place on their personal profile pages.

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Musgrave: Gay Marriage Is "The Most Important Issue That We Face Today"

ThinkProgress has the video of this congresswoman. She warned that the ?future is grim? if gay marriage is not banned.

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Bush's Terror-Fighting Takes a Bruising

Former President Clinton has revived charges that Bush didn't take the threat of terrorism seriously enough before Sept. 11.

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House aide resigns over fake blog posts

A top aide to U.S. Rep. Charles Bass resigned Tuesday after disclosures that he posed as a supporter of the Republican's opponent in blog messages intended to convince people that the race was not competitive. Tad Furtado, Bass' policy director, posted messages to two liberal blogs who traced the postings to the House of Representatives server.

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WAKE UP AMERICA!

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill this month that would allow, but not require, the administration to submit its warrantless wiretapping program to a secret national security court for constitutional review.

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New law to create online budget database

WASHINGTON - President Bush said Tuesday that Americans will now be able to "Google their tax dollars," as he signed a law to create an online database for tracking about $1 trillion in government spending on grants and contracts. The law is aimed preventing wasteful spending by opening the federal budget to greater scrutiny.

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Former Governor Jesse Ventura Questions Official 9/11 Story

Former Governor Jesse Ventura Questions Official 9/11 StoryGoes further than ever before, cites Northwoods, Gulf of Tonkin, NORAD stand down, staged war provocationsFormer Minnesota Governor, actor and wrestling star Jesse Ventura has publicly questioned the official version of events behind 9/11 and gone further than ever before in citing Op

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Bush's Response to Clinton, 9/11

A woman asks Bush at a recent press conference if Clinton's allegation is true that Bush had no meetings about dealing with Bin Laden and the Al Qaeda threat for nine months after Clinton left office, and left Al Qaeda intel for Bush. Bush's response? "No comment."

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Democrats Bury John Bolton's Confirmation

That meeting has been cancelled -- and with it even the dimmest chance of John Bolton being confirmed as US Ambassador to the United Nations.

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Retired military officers criticize Rumsfeld at Democratic hearing

Retired military officers on Monday bluntly accused Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of bungling the war in Iraq, saying U.S. troops were sent to fight without the best equipment and that critical facts were hidden from the public.

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Colo. Judge finds voting machines flawed - approves them for use anyway

The judge chastised state officials for botching efforts to ensure that electronic voting machines are tamper-proof and added that the office had done an "abysmal" job documenting which tests were performed on the machines -- but he cleared them for use in the November election, saying it is too late now to change course.

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42% Americans: Bush Administration Manipulated Gas Prices

Almost half of all Americans believe the November elections have more influence than market forces. For them, the plunge at the pump is about politics, not economics

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Bush Has Met Privately With 1, 149 Relatives Of Dead Service Members...

Title says it all...Lets see how fast this gets buried by the leftist wing of this website.

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U.S. rejects visa for Muslim scholar critical of Bush's Middle East policie

The American Civil Liberties Union said the U.S. government notified Ramadan he was being excluded because he donated $765 to French and Swiss organizations that provide humanitarian aid to Palestinians.

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Olbermann's Special Comment: Are YOURS the actions of a true American?

Another Monday, another brilliant delivery from Keith Olbermann, who is quickly becoming the voice of reason on television. Tonight's topic: Clinton versus Faux News.

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Americans want universal health care

So what do Americans want when it comes to health care? Two things, according to a citizens group created by Congress: protection for all from high medical expenses and guaranteed coverage for specific checkups and treatments. The group's call for universal health benefits will be delivered to President Bush on Monday.

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NSA Cases Face Secret Tribunal

A sprawling array of cases challenging the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance of American's domestic and international communications may be moved to an obscure secret court in Washington, if a pending bill to alter the nation's surveillance law is voted on before the upcoming recess.

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Army Warns Rumsfeld It's Billions Short

The Army's top officer withheld a required 2008 budget plan from Pentagon leaders last month after protesting to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld that the service could not maintain its current level of activity in Iraq plus its other global commitments without billions in additional funding.

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Teammates: George Allen used "N-word" in college

Three former college football teammates of Sen. George Allen say that the Virginia Republican repeatedly used an inflammatory racial epithet and demonstrated racist attitudes toward blacks during the early 1970s.

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Pre 9/11: Powell and Rice Say Iraq NOT a Threat

Uh huh.

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The Big Gamble on Electronic Voting

HANGING chads made it difficult to read voter intentions in 2000. Hotel minibar keys may do the same for the elections in November.

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Woman Arrested For Refusing To Play Along With Eminent Domain

You do not own ?your? property. It belongs to the state. And whenever the state decides it wants to, it can take ?your? property from you, and give it to whomever it wishes, for whatever reason, or no reason at all. A friend of mine, Lauren Canario, was just arrested for failing to scede her home to the government.

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Political Ad Claims Democrats Started Ku Klux Klan

A national black Republican group is running a radio advertisement accusing Democrats of starting the Ku Klux Klan and saying the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican, a claim challenged by civil-rights researchers.

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Europe Breaks With Bush Over Iran

France, Britain and Germany would be willing to begin talks with Iran even if it has not suspended its nuclear enrichment programme. It is likely Russia and China will join them. Bush's Iran strategy has failed. Unless he plans to attack Iran unilaterally, which will be very costly.

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VIDEO: SNL 9/11 TRUTH!?

An unexpected reference to insider trading and other suspicious stock market activities prior to 9/11 featured in SNL skit. WTF!?

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Bush "People are poor because they are lazy."

When called to discuss how the Depression affected people, Bush answered: "Look. People are poor because they are lazy." A professor said Bush "came across as totally lacking compassion, with no sense of history, completely devoid of social responsibility and unconcerned with the welfare of others." Diggers please read.

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FDA Told U.S. Drug System Is Broken

The federal system for approving and regulating drugs is in serious disrepair, and a host of dramatic changes are needed to fix the problem, a blue-ribbon panel of government advisers concluded yesterday in a long-awaited report. The 15 experts drawn from academic and professional organizations were unanimous in endorsing the recommendations.

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Audit: Bush reading program beset by favoritism, mismanagement

A scorching internal review of the Bush administration's reading program says the Education Department ignored the law and ethical standards to steer money how it wanted.

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ID Program Will Cost States $11 Billion, Report Says

In a report released by the National Governors Association, the National Conference of State Legislatures and the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, state motor vehicle officials estimated it would cost more than $11 billion over five years to implement the technology required by the Real ID Act.

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Fitzgerald given way out of Libby CIA leak case

The judge in the CIA leak case ruled Thursday that if Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald feels that admitting certain classified documents at the upcoming trial of I Lewis "Scooter" Libby can jeopardize national security, Fitzgerald can then move to dismiss the perjury charges against Libby.

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Diebold Whistleblower: 5000 Machines Hacked in '02 Georgia Election

"There was a universal key to unlock the machines, and it's easy to get access. The machines in the warehouses were unlocked. We had control of everything. The state gave us the keys to the castle, so to speak, and they stayed out of our way."

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Innovator Devises Way Around Electoral College

Now, a 63-year-old eminence among computer scientists who teaches genetic programming at Stanford, Dr. Koza has decided to top off things with an end run on the Constitution. He has concocted a plan for states to skirt the Electoral College system legally to insure the election of whichever presidential candidate receives the most votes nationwide.

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BBC Reveals 'Direct Link' Between Big Tabacco And Global Warming Deniers

Video of a segment on Newsnight yesterday, the BBC revealed a ?direct link between the tobacco companies and the claim that climate change isn?t happening.?

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Wiretap Case: 'Drop It,' Say Feds

The Bush administration asked an appeals court Thursday to step in immediately and dismiss a lawsuit over the government's warrantless eavesdropping program, calling a lower judge's ruling dangerous and wrong.

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Hillary presidential bid taboo subject at home, says Bill Clinton

Former president Bill Clinton praised wife Hillary's prospects to be elected the next US leader, but said her possible White House run is a taboo topic at home. "I'm superstitious about it," Clinton told NBC television in an interview, saying that, for the moment, his wife's sole focus is her bid for reelection to the US Senate in November.

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Bush : "Democrats will Raise Your Taxes

If they get control of the House of Representatives, they'll raise your taxes. It'll hurt our economy. And that's why we're not going to let them get control of the House of Representatives," Bush said.

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Major Voting Rights Lawsuit to Be Filed Against Ohio Officials

Voting rights groups, including the National Voting Rights Institute, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Project Vote, Demos, and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), will announce the filing of a federal lawsuit charging that Ohio has violated federal voter registration laws despite repeated ...

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Why Bush's War Can't Be Won

America tends to treat Middle East diplomacy as a win/lose or zero-sum game in which "terrorist" gains are by definition US losses. If, like Bush, you insist that Muslims choose between their own Islamic regimes, or Israel, the US, and UK, they will pick their own side every time. Bush's "clash of civilizations" approach means endless war.

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US Voting Bill: Bring Your Passport To The Polls

The House passed today the Federal Election Integrity Act of 2006 which would require anyone wanting to vote in a federal election to present polling place officials with a government-issued photo ID. So under the legislation a lot of people may wind up needing to take their U.S. passports with them to vote on future election days...

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Top Republican Says Ney Should Resign

A member of the Republican leadership added his name to the list of GOP lawmakers calling for Rep. Bob Ney to resign. When reporters asked some GOP leaders Wednesday whether Ney should resign, House Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier, R-Calif., responded, "Absolutely."

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Congressman Blocking Crackdown on Predatory Lenders Targeting U.S. Troops

Predatory lenders are seriously harming the U.S. military, and one member of Congress is fighting to keep it that way.

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Bush at the U.N.: Another Political Masterstroke?

Democrats and some observers have argued that the old strategy ? that making the election about national security, a traditional G.O.P. strength ? wouldn't work this time because voters have gotten wise to it and are generally fed up. But this morning's Gallup Poll suggest otherwise.

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