U2’s frontman Bono was on the Hill last week “to solicit ideas for publicizing the successes of U.S. government programs and his own charitable initiatives in combating poverty, AIDS and other ills in Africa.” Bono met with members of the House and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
A few days before Bono was in Philly to […]
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Think Progress has a great piece on the new book by Boston Globe reporter Charlie Savage: Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy.
In Takeover, Savage “reveals that Cheney has been on a thirty-year quest to implement his views of unfettered executive power.”
For example, when it was revealed in […]
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What is up with the holier than thou sect of the conservatives and their getting caught at all sorts of sexual deviancy? The latest minister gone wild story out of the bible belt, via The Smoking Gun, is a doozy:
An Alabama minister who died in June of “accidental mechanical asphyxia” was found hogtied and wearing […]
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The Supreme Court won’t hear the case of Khaled el-Masri who is another victim of this Administrations “war on terror”. As reported:
“Mr. Masri contended in his suit that he was seized by local law enforcement officials while vacationing in Macedonia on New Year’s Eve 2003. At the time, he was 41 years old and an […]
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Next time you venture out to an anti-war rally or any sort of political event, beware of the roving robo-spies that are turning up at events in Washington D.C. and New York city.
Vanessa Alarcon saw them while working at an antiwar rally in Lafayette Square last month.
“I heard someone say, ‘Oh my god, look at […]
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Detroit Free Press reports that Obama, Edwards, Richardson, Biden have all opted out of the January 15 Michigan presidential primary:
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards both earlier today filed paperwork to have their names withdrawn with the Michigan Secretary of State’s office.
Delaware Sen. Joe Biden also removed his name from the Michigan […]
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The latest Gallup Poll shows that Bush’s approval rating has dipped once again:
According to a new Gallup Poll, conducted Oct. 4-7, 2007, President George W. Bush’s job approval rating from the American public is an anemic 32%. That is slightly below his previous reading of 36% from mid-September, but is identical to his average approval score […]
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Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced yesterday that “Britain will cut its forces in Iraq by half in the spring.” Thus further “shrinking the commitment of America’s leading coalition partner to just 2,500 troops.” The remaining troops will be “engaged mainly in “training and mentoring” of Iraqi forces.” Troops from the UK “have been based solely […]
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Howdy Doody was a kids’ show that those of a certain age will remember. It set the template for kids’ shows, in many ways during its run from 1947 to 1960. The pre-1952 Clarabelle the Clown (who never spoke) later became Captain Kangaroo. During that period after World War II, America got into a […]
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Is the religious right disintegrating? Or is there a “a new generation of evangelical leaders,” who are ”tired of the rancid partisanship,” and they are now “breaking away from the culture wars”?
The reach of this new evangelical politics will be tested with the release tomorrow of a statement under the very biblical title “Come Let Us […]
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There was more wingnuttery in the blogosphere on Monday as Malkin’s Screechers set to knocking on doors to pursue smearing a 12-year old Maryland boy named Graeme Frost, who delivered the Democratic radio address two weeks ago. Think Progress reports:
Graeme told his story of being involved in a severe car accident three years ago, and having received access to medical care […]
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