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7/2/04
PLAMEGATE BOMBSHELL -- Larry O'Donnell on McLaughlin Group: "When Matt Cooper's e-mails within TIME Magazine are handed over to the grand jury is the ultimate revelation -- probably within the week -- of who his source is. And I know I'm going to get pulled into the grand jury for saying this, but the source for Matt Cooper was Karl Rove, and that will be revealed in this document dump that TIME Magazine is going to do with the grand jury." | Reporters Ask Judge for Home Detention; Journalists in Contempt for Not Discussing Sources Also Specify Prisons | DU, APJ beat Drudge to Traitorgate Bombshell by two hours -- suck on THAT, Matt-Bob! | Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Rove | Hey! What's That Up There in the Road? A Head? | Josh Marshall reminds us of Rocco Martino, a key figure in Traitorgate, and a continuing mystery | More: TIME Magazine to turn over reporter's notes | Why Plame, Cooper, and Miller Matter
WAR AGAINST THE JUDICIARY -- It's on! Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announces retirement, effective before October session | What you can do RIGHT NOW! | Robert ''Sore Loserman'' Bork, arch-fascist Supremo reject, bad-mouths O'Connor on CNN | Harry Reid on O'Connor retirement | Religious loon Tony Perkins slams O'Connor | Howard Dean on the Retirement of O'Connor | Senate Republicans want to get the mess caused by O'Connor retirement dealt with as quickly as possible | After O'Connor | Nomination fight could rupture GOP; some even in conservative camp want evangelicals to put a sock in it | The departure of Sandra Day O'Connor sets the stage for a nasty judicial confirmation battle -- and maybe an even more conservative Supreme Court | Chimp wants ''dignified'' process -- a good first step would be his resignation -- well, maybe his impeachment will be dignified! | Americans want a justice who would uphold Roe | Right-wing woman haters, taliban Xtians seek to make abolition of reproductive choice a litmus test for next Supremo | Radical right is demanding Chimp appoint one of their own to the court | Democrats Warn Chimp on Choosing Successor to O'Connor | Will Chimp name a woman to the court? | After a Brief Shock, Advocates on All Sides Quickly Mobilize | MoveOn runs 'Schiavo' ad | This appointment represents the giant balloon payment at the end of the mortgage the GOP signed with the Cultural Right at least 25 years ago | Flashback: How President Clinton Treated Sen. Hatch | Chimp and Reid eye the battle | What Consultation Looks Like | CNN's "strategy session" featured endorsement of Scalia for chief justice -- from an ersatz "liberal" panelist | Fox "Supreme Court Analyst" tells true believers it's "our job" to characteize any Democratic criticism of Bush nominee as "vilifi[cation] by the left" | Initial coverage of O'Connor retirement on CNN & Fox ''News'' [sic] offered no commentary from Democrats | Fox' 'News'' [sic] "Supreme Court Analyst" C. Boyden Gray is not a neutral party, founder of group pressuring Senate to confirm Bush nominees | David Brock to Fox: Drop Gray as Supreme Court analyst | Clueless Gary Bauer: America doesn't want another moderate (He doesn't want to read poll numbers that say otherwise) | Chimp Gets First Chance for Court Nominee | Interest Groups Mobilize for Court Push | 5-4 Decisions Show What’s At Stake | SCOTUS: The Problem With Casey | The real conservative agenda: use the courts to abolish workers' protections and business regulations | Republican Lawmakers Fire Back at Judges, Gimn Up ''Growing Discontent'' (Even Though It's Really With Scalia and Thomas, Not ''Judicial Activists'') | Potential candidates for Supreme Court
DOWNFALL OF THE DUKE -- FBI searches Rep. Randy 'Duke' Cunningham's San Diego-area home | Documents Shredded in the Duke Cunningham Case | Feds raid Cunningham home, bust lock on front door to get in; Duke's mouthpiece cries foul | Roger Ailes' must-read snark (we can't reveal the punchline -- too funny!) | Duke, Negroponte, and MZM -- Josh Marshall on the nexus of two news stories | Agents Swarm MZM Headquarters, Duke Cunningham’s Rented Boat
DOWNING STREET MEMO -- John C onyers wants Downing Street documents | Meet George Galloway, the Scotsman who humiliated Norm Coleman on the matter of the Downing Street Memos | Fixing the Facts and Intelligence Around the Policy… How?
BUH-BYE BOLTON? -- Bolton Update
COINGATE -- Ohio Democrats victims of break-in at party headquarters in Columbus
WHAT NEXT? -- Calif. Misses Budget Deadline | Villaraigosa Sworn in As L.A. Mayor
QWAGMIRE -- 'The sacrifice in Iraq has been worth it'' (via Skippy | Families Mourn as Names of Afghanistan Crash Victims Emerge | Suicide bomber kills 20 at Iraqi ministry | U.S. planes bomb 'Taliban' compound | The U.S. may have lost 30-50 soldiers in one shot in Afghanistan | Army suddenly says its desertion numbers were wrong | Pentagon Is Asked to Justify Parts of Base-Closing Plan | Elite military unit missing in Afghanistan | Iraqi Journalist escapes life bid in southern Iraq | Saddam's novel a bestseller despite ban | Hagel: Even More Powerful Than We Thought! | U.S. 'misled the UK' on incendiary bomb use | Al-Zarqawi purportedly releases propaganda video | U.S. troops missing in Afghanistan, Taliban claims to hold one | Iraq UN ambassador says U.S. Marines killed cousin | Official claims U.S. Embassy in Iraq Refuses to Negotiate With Insurgents | Senate Keeps 'Bunker-Buster' Program Alive | Chimp lied to the nation: U.S. is negotiating with terrorists -- in Iraq! | Authorative Sunni leader calls for Iraqi truce | Marines Defuse 9 Roadside Bombs in Iraq | Irreverent Iraqi television anchorman shot dead in Mosul | Iranian VP was voice of the 1979 hostage-takers | Aide to Iraqi cleric al-Sistani killed outside mosque | China, Russia Warn of World Domination | Kissinger “regrets” abusing Indian and Indira Gandhi in talks with Nixon | Blast at Afghanistan school kills two students
MILITARY TORTURE SCANDAL -- Guantanamo fuels hatred, boosts al Qaeda - (OSCE) report
$OCIAL IN$ECURITY (see also TPM) -- Democratic Group Plans Quirky Campaigns to Protect Social Security -- How About an Outright Campaign to Finally Kill the Chimp's Faux ''Reform''? | Bill Clinton Poses Social Security Remedy
MEDIA MONKEYSHINES -- Daniel Okrent clone: MoDo's fill-in at NYT whines about getting negative e-mail after making an obnoxious comment about secular humanists | Instawaffle! Flip Flopping Hack Glenn Reynolds | Sen. Hagel response to Media Matters letter | CPB Liberal Bias Study Flawed, Critics Say
FAULTY INTELLIGENCE -- Negroponte to Review Intelligence Changes in Light of Cunningham/MZM Scandal
ELECTION THEFTS -- Whitewash: J ustice Clears Ohio in Voting Booth Bias
$MIRKONOMICS -- Housing may sting more than dot.com bust | States Move Forward on Internet Sales Tax
UNFUNNY BU$INE$$ -- OxyContin maker plans more than 800 layoffs | IBM wins $850m Microsoft settlement | Gas theft mushrooms as prices go up
INJUSTICE SCANDALS -- Car searches more likely for minorities | Jeb Bush's Schiavo probe order annoys voters | GOP lawyer Ben ''Leering Pervert'' Ginsberg condemns attack politics -- of course, he was one of the attack dogs leading the media lynching of Bill Clinton | Man Who Spent 35 Years in Prison for Stealing TV Finds Freedom Frustrating | Army Overturns Black Chaplain's Dishonorable Discharge More Than | Teen Charged With NYC Hate Crime
MORALITY MORONICS -- Heritage Foundation VP assaults ballet dancer in traffic -- no, we're not making this up
HEALTH DEBACLES -- Drug Lobby Got a Victory in Trade Pact Vote | Sweeping Medicaid cuts hit Missourians
TRASHING NATURE -- More lying from Chimp and Co. on Global Warming | U.S. accepts Earth is warming in bid to avert clash (The Guardian)

7/1/05
PlameGate breakthrough: TIME Decides to Hand Over Matt Cooper's Notes to Grand Jury | ''Liberal'' press thinks Chalabi's stenographer Judith Miller should be pardoned | Something disturbing about the Valerie Plame investigation | NY Times expressed disappointment with Time's decision on Plame case | Bob Novak Laments Threat to Jail 2 Reporters
CHIMPANZEE SPEAKS! -- Rhetoric in lieu of facts; Criticism of Chimp's Iraq speech continues unabated | FactCheck.org savages Chimp over his Iraq PR stunt speech | No Bounce from Speech Debacle
Zogby Poll Finds Suprising Support For Impeachment | Olbermann on Zogby poll | Support for Impeachment higher now than it was in December 1998 | Veterans Group Issues ''Declaration Of Impeachment''
Scandal brewing around Jeff Gannon's favorite Senator, John Thune | Senator Thune Named ''Porker of the Month'' by CAGW | Get the Argus on the Thune beat
Woodward's 'Throat' book leaked | Mark Felt Denied Being 'Deep Throat' to Jury
Duke Cunningham Investigators Focus On Buck Knife Sales
3 North Korean Firms With Links to Sun Myung Moon Targeted as WMD Proliferators
DOWNING STREET MEMO -- 52 House members file FOIA request seeking documents related to Downing Street minutes | Secret Air Campaign Against Iraq?
CRIMES OF DeLAY -- Panel clears way for DeLay investigation
BUH-BYE BOLTON? -- Withdraw the Bolton nomination! The world's too dangerous a place to put in the hands of this incompetent, force-addicted ideologue
COINGATE -- Noe sold Corvette 3 days before his assets were frozen
WHAT NEXT? -- Karl Röve knows exactly what he's doing -- so did Goebbels | Poppy Bush and the Big Dog: What next for the Odd Couple? | Minn. Gov't Shuts Down | G.O.P. Backs Blacks to Run to Bamboozle Votes | VA-Gov: latest SUSA poll | Gov. Jeb! Bush Criticized for Schiavo Probe | I Don’t Want To Ever Hear Again About The Chimp Administration Not Being Guided By Polls | Katherine Harris offers to return questioned donations
QWAGMIRE -- Choose: Mercenaries or our soldiers | Breathtaking arrogance: a mercenary in Iraq goes whining to Roger Ailes | In 2002, Rumsfeld changed Iraq policy to begin airstrikes months before war | Baghdad Fire Leaves Millions Without Water | More than 17 dead in Afghanistan helo crash? Turns out a team of U.S. GIs is missing | Why has the media now forgotten how only 2 weeks ago Chimp stupidly helped get the new hardline Irani leader elected? | Iraq critics blamed for recruiting shortfall | Spelling out the Misadministration's Iraq incompetence | Army to Use Fewer Reservists in Iraq Rotation | GOP Senators cast blame for recruitment woes | Top general: Let your kids join the military | 20-20 hindsight: Neo-cons continue to bad-mouth the significance of what the US and Europe achieved in Kosovo | US and allies risk letting terrorists back into Afghanistan: US watchdog | Chimp Asks House for Almost $1B for Vets | There is going to be a draft | 'Doonesbury'' supports the troops | Baghdad mayor threatens to resign over lack of funds | Echoing Cheney, National Security Advisor Says Taliban Making Its ''Last Stand'' | Echoes of Vietnam | Pentagon: 16 dead in Afghan crash | Remembering bin Laden | Pentagon was wrong on military cuts, Southern states argue | Most Iraq Suicide Bombs by Foreigners | Iraqi Knight Ridder correspondent shot dead | Violence Continues in Iraq | Iraq: 8,000 killed in last six months | Sun will contest Saddam lawsuit | U.S. freezes assets of two Syrian officials | More on the Saddam-9/11 link -- or not
MILITARY TORTURE SCANDAL -- US ambassador summoned by Berlusconi over alleged CIA kidnapping
$OCIAL IN$ECURITY (see also TPM) -- Alpo Accounts: Just because Chimp screwed the pooch doesn't mean the | RNC chieftan Ken Mehlman spams the faithful: phone Congress and demand Social Security phase-out this year! | A Moment of Clarity In Social Security Debate | Who supports the new GOP Soc. Sec. Flim-flam?
MEDIA MONKEYSHINES -- When will liberals express a key point—that we live in a world run by hoaxers? | Al-Jazeera plans to enter U.S. market | Attacks on liberal online activist Andy Stepheson, recovering from cancer, coordinated by Free Republic, shadowy ''Scamdy.com'' site | Beltweay journo ''values'': WaPo reporters gave administration source anonymity to "more freely" spout Chimp talking points | Wesley Pruden's Washington Times: Apologists for crimes of Southern racist murderers | Your Liberal Media: Silence as Karl Röve slanders Democrats | Letter from David Brock to Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel | Why does the L.A. Times continue publishing AEI's John Lott? | Media Matters asks for results of CPB polling and studies on bias in public broadcasting | Bozell, Thomas repeated spin that Rove slandered liberals, not Democrats
HOMELAND HIJINKS -- Chimp Took His Eye Off a Continuing Threat | National Security Whistleblowers Coalition Demands Congressional Action; Congressman Henry Waxman Pledges Support for National Security Whistleblowers | How airport security money is really spent
FAULTY INTELLIGENCE -- White House consolidates Negroponte power | Did Chimp just take the first step towards setting up a ''secret police''?
$MIRKONOMICS -- Number of rich paying no tax is rising | Fed raises interest rates a quarter point to 3.25%
UNFUNNY BU$INE$$ -- Judge casts wide net: Kenny Boy Lay, Jeff Skilling trawl for material about pressure from prosecutors | Bernie Ebbers Agrees to Forfeit Virtually All His Wealth | Fired Officer Is Suing Wal-Mart | Senator Biden Has Switched His Home State | Oops! Taiwan Stock Trader mistakenly spends $251 million | For G.M. Retirees, a Growing Sense of Unease
INJUSTICE SCANDALS -- Stopping eminent domain -- think globally, act locally | House Votes To Undercut 5-4 Property Ruling | Souter plan draws smirks, smiles in Weare
EDUCATION IN THE SMIRK AGE -- Students lagging in American history
OH, GOD! -- Scientology's war on psychiatry | No booze? No handshake? No meeting! | War of the Words: Brooke Shields eviscerates Alientology cult member Tom Cruz | Lincoln Memorial Video under attack by Christian Clown Brigade | Speech Debacle: When All Else Fails, Blame the Advance Staff
ENERGY SCANDALS -- Opec suspends talks on increasing output -- are they tapped out? | Dealing with the Unocal deal
HEALTH DEBACLES -- FDA Was Told Viagra-Blindness Link Months Ago | Judge blocks state anti-abortion law | Raw Story Acquires Letter Complainant Received From Tenn. Health Dept. Concerning Bill Frist's ''Diagnosis'' of Terri Schiavo
TRASHING NATURE -- Chimp: Kyoto Treaty Would Have Hurt Economy

6/30/05
CHIMPANZEE SPEAKS! -- Oops! The Chimp Admitted Treason in Fort Bragg Speech | Empty words: Trying to revive his political credibility, the Chimp succeeded only in reminding us how clueless and reckless he has been as commander in chief | President Urges Patience on War... but it's LBJ, and it's 1965 | Claim: Post 'lied' on Chimp war poll | Chimp Words Reflect Public Propaganda Strategy | Troops' Silence at Fort Bragg Starts a Debate All Its Own | Chimp: Lame Duck And Lame Commander In Chief | Chimp's Iraq speech draws career-low TV audience... | Matthews' panel problem: Conservatives saturated MSNBC's coverage of Chimp's desperate ''stay the qWagmire'' speech | NBC noted Chimp speech's references to 9-11, didn't mention that Bush previously admitted Saddam wasn't involved | CNN cited meaningless poll, failed to note heavy Republican slant | How The Bubble Hurts The Right | CNN, MSNBC failed to note that applause at Chimp speech was prompted by Bush staffers | GOP vice chair of House Subcommittee on Terrorism outright lies about Saddam/Al Qaeda link to CNN | Chimp and Rove: All 9/11, All the time. | Supporting the troops? | War In Iraq Was Supposed To Prevent It From Becoming a Training Ground | White House on 9/11 defensive | As War Shifts, So Does the Message | An opportunity missed
Senator Reid eviscerates Santorum on Senate floor
The hunting of the liberals: hatred from the hard right
DOWNING STREET MEMO -- Blair 'Astonished' (read: miffed) by Coverage of Memos | AP Drops the Ball In Interview With Blair On Downing Street Minutes
CRIMES OF DeLAY -- DeLay ethics inquiry set to move; GOP ethics chairman backs down
BUH-BYE BOLTON? -- It's time for Bolton to withdraw his name | It's Time for Bolton to Step Aside
WAR AGAINST THE JUDICIARY -- Harry Reid's short list | Reid's SCOTUS recommendations
WHAT NEXT? -- Escape From The Giant Robots | Oliver Willis: Bill Cosby Is Right | Minn. Gov't Shutdown Could Affect 16,000 | D.C. contractor's Pentagon deal ended as Duke Cunningham scandal mushrooms | Is White House covering up Cheney's poor health? | FL-Sen: Sputtering Katherine Harris makes Ben Nelson look good | Katherine Harris camp feels 'a stab in the back' | House approves $1.17 billion for Amtrak | Another GOP governor in trouble, now in KY | New Democratic Party Website | In 1963, Bobby Kennedy urged lift of Cuba travel ban | House Panel Seeks to Curb Some Fundraising | Nixon Son-In-Law Eyes Possible Senate Bid | Senator Cornyn (R-TX) feeling heat on Lynching too | Senator Kyl criticized over lynching resolution | Clinton's online odds for president: 5-1 | Just 37% would vote for Schwarzenegger
QWAGMIRE -- Stupid and sick: Chimp, Garner, joke about invading Cuba | Recruiting: a disaster | Secular Shiites in Iraq Seek Autonomy in Oil-Rich South | Ex-Hostages Say Iran Leader Was a Captor | Iraq War takes toll on Army marriages | The Gates Of Bushomon | State Department Doctors Bono Quote | Rationales For the Iraq War | Iraqi Forms Political Front for Insurgents Who Want U.S. Pullout | Reporter shot to death in Iraq | State Dept.: Iraq Is a Risky Place for Americans to Be | Rumsfeld, Myers answer questions from soldiers, staffers, do the ''stay the course'' shuffle | House Votes to Cut Chimp's Democracy Plan | 12 more die in Iraq, Chimp says US troops will stay | All 17 troops believed killed in Afghan crash | Taliban linked to U.S. Chinook helicopter crash in Afghan mountains | The other war: Afghanistan suddenly souring | Sunnis will nab Zarqawi when 'ready' | Saudi ambassador resigns, BBC says | Report: Iraqi rebels posing as police | Reporters Without Borders queries fate of three journalists in Iraq | White House to Endorse WMD Panel's Changes
MILITARY TORTURE SCANDAL -- Children said held at Gitmo, prisons | Ex-Gitmo inmate acquitted of charges | UN to investigate US prison ship rumors
$OCIAL IN$ECURITY (see also TPM) -- GOP members of Congress float watered-down Social Security plan sans piratization in an attempt to save the party's domestic agenda -- but Dems aren't playing! | House may vote in July on Social Security plan
MEDIA MONKEYSHINES -- Scoobie Davis on Peggy Noonan's latest delusional outburst | Don't call them blogs anymore: Atrios, John A mock Carol Dorr | ABC Drops Racist Show After Complaints by Civil Rights Groups | Chris Matthews: Al-Qaeda operative | Public Broadcasting and Political Balance: A New Twist
FOX WATCH -- O'Reilly labeled guest ''fascist'' for echoing views of four Supreme
HOMELAND HIJINKS -- 'Unka Karl! Unka Dick! Save me!'' Chimp fled in horror after airspace alert (okay, so we exaggerate…) | Chimp to Create New Unit in F.B.I. for Intelligence, Headed by John ''Death Squad'' negroponte | Audit Details High Costs of TSA Contractor | FBI: No Specific Terror Threat for July 4 | Town uses Patriot Act to harass homeless man | Man suing Homeland Security over Detentions
FAULTY INTELLIGENCE -- CIA abduction in Italy shows U.S. bungling | WH Moves to Give ''Iran-Contra'' Negroponte Authority Over Intelligence
ELECTION THEFTS -- Rep. Cynthia McKinney witnesses successful hack -- Diebold freaks out | Jury Convicts Five in Federal Vote Fraud
$MIRKONOMICS -- 6,000 more job cuts | Ignoring facts, WSJ claimed new oil reserves will solve high prices | Economy's Growth Is Better Than Expected
UNFUNNY BU$INE$$ -- Bank of America Agrees to Buy MBNA for $35 Billion | GOP to revoke MLB tax exemption if Soros wins bid for Nationals | Investors sue Bank One over tax shelters
INJUSTICE SCANDALS -- Activists attempt to use eminent domain to seize Supremo Souter's home
PLAMEGATE: COUNTDOWN TO JUSTICE -- Time magazine considers capitulation | Why is Novak off the hook? Inquiring minds do want to know | Judge Gives Two Reporters One Week to Reveal Sources or Face Slammer | TIME may reveal source of Valerie Plame leak | Matt Cooper is declining to testify
EDUCATION IN THE SMIRK AGE --
OH, GOD! -- The religion from outer space; Salon takes on L. Ron Hubbard's bizarre cult and their war against the press | United Church of Christ backs gays | Peggy ''The Loon!'' Noonan attacked Bill and Hillary Clinton for appearing at Billy Graham NY revival | Judge Roy ''Kitsch Monument'' Moore falsely claimed Supreme Court ignored ''textual definition'' of First Amendment in Ten Commandments case
ENERGY SCANDALS -- Iraq awards Kirkuk oil tender to Exxon, Total, Respol, Tupras
HEALTH DEBACLES -- Big Pharma drug ad blitzes questioned | GOP Busted Trying to Screw Health Care for Vets | DuPont hit over Teflon cancer risk
WEIRD SCIENCE -- Pro-lifers' support pesticide testing on fetuses | Chimp pressured on embryonic stem cell funding
TRASHING NATURE -- Global warming: Hotter than thought? | Democratic senators seek retraction of climate change report written by former oil lobbyist
CIVIL UNIONS, UNCIVIL REPUBLICANS -- Cal. Supreme Court rejects challenge to domestic partner law

6/29/05
CHIMPANZEE SPEAKS! -- Chimp's Iraq speech was a miserable failure | Chimp invoked 9/11 five times last night, Osama twice | Harry Reid: 9/11? Sockinit, Monkey Boy! | Rep. Charles Rangel rips Monkey Boy as Sean Hannity Whines in Anger | Gen. Wesley Clark Blasts Chimp Speech | David Corn: Little George's No-News Iraq Speech | WaPo editorial: Chimp ''missed an opportunity to fully level with Americans' | WaPo assoc. editor: speech is nothing new, Chimp and Rummy clueless on exit strategy | Congress Reacts to Chimpy's Say-nothing Speech | Chimp to errant flock: 9/11, 9/11, 9/11 | Chimp Claims Bloodshed in Iraq Is Worth It | Chimp Speech: Piffle, No Policy | Morphing Saddam into tairists: Chimp's deception breathtaking | Chimp Iraq Speech: By The Numbers | ABC: White House advance team FAKED the applause | Chimp Recycles Old Ideas As New | Nods of Agreement From Enlisted for Chimp… But What Else Could They Do? | ''It is worth it'' for other families, not mine | Chimp Misleads About Nature of Insurgency | 'Lessons'' of Sept. 11 Again Take Center Stage as Chimp Tries to Hoodwink Public | Critics say Chimp speech lacked specifics (as if it's much different than his other speeches) | Poor Man Exclusive!!!! Must credit The Poor Man!!!! (Snark alert -- hilarious!!) | Chimp Repeatedly Exploits Troops | All 9/11, all the time | What would Kerry do? | Zarqawi: Chimp vs. Reality-based World | Newsview: Troops a Favorite Chimp Audience | In 1999, Chimp Demanded A Timetable
THE LIES ABOUT HILLARY -- Why do conservatives wear Gucci loafers? | Edward Klein vs. his own book: Author backed off claim about Hillary pregnancy, contradicted his only source for rape claim | Scarborough retracted Klein invitation, called accusations in Klein's book "inflammatory" and "thinly sourced" | Klein, defenders complain he’s being kept off the air -- but Klein himself canceled one scheduled appearance! | Media Matters to Vanity Fair: Correct Klein excerpt, explain fact-checking process
BUH-BYE BOLTON? -- Two reasons the Chimp should not opt for a recess appointment of John Bolton | John Bolton Is NOT on Bill Frist's Laundry List of Nominations to Consider This Week
WAR AGAINST THE JUDICIARY -- Dem leader eyes GOP senators for high court | Bill Frist, Harry Reid Talk Potential Court Nominees
COINGATE -- On to Ohio: The GOP, Coin-gate, and prospects for Democrats
Democrats move Downing Street speeches to Thursday
WHAT NEXT? -- Mo Money, Mo Money, Mo Money | Veterans ask Rep. Baird to oppose Chimp | Ben Nelson tops Katherine Harris in Florida Senate showdown, poll shows | Bookkeeper takes blame for Fla. Democratic Partys tax woes | Trent ''Has-been Segregationist'' Lott eyes a comeback | Osama bin Laden, Bush Campaign ''Ranger'': Terrorists hoped for Chimp re-election | House May Let Chimp Down on Democracy Funds | Congressman Duke Cunningham (R-Love Boat) Gets U.S. Document Subpoena | FBI Whistle-Blower Coleen Rowley to Run for Congress | Ralph, How Could You Let This Happen? Nader Campaign Coordinator Pleads Guilty to Election Fraud | South Park Republicans Is an Oxymoron | So, the White House DID lie about Cheney's heart condition last week | Karl Rove reportedly grooming Giuliani for VP spot in 2008
QWAGMIRE -- Dividing Russia: It's about the oil | As the Iraq nightmare deepens, FOX News and its cable competitors wallow in shark attacks and Natalee Holloway | Marines unite around the need for military women in a war zone | Syria, Iraq Discuss Restoring Relations | Words to remember: The GOP on Kosovo -- compare to, say, Iraq… | U.S. millionaire linked to Iraq looting | U.S. military: We can win the nuclear war with Kim Jong-Il! | Republicans Begin to Question War In Iraq | Troops Struggle With Flagging U.S. Opinion | Just how many US soldiers died today in Afghanistan helo crash? | Musharraf seeks clues to Bin Laden hideouts (Hmmm… has he asked Porter Goss yet?) | 'India Won't Play Second Fiddle to U.S.'' | Natl Guard said spying on dead GIs moms | Afghan Copter Crash Kills 15-20 US Troops | Senate GOP Plans Spending Boost for Vets | On Day of Iraq Speech, House Conservatives Gouge Vets | Condi Spinning on the Today Show
MILITARY TORTURE SCANDAL -- Newsweek was right! Ex-Gitmo inmate alleges Quran abuse | Chimps Empty Words On Torture | Russian Says Gitmo Guards Defiled Quran
$OCIAL IN$ECURITY (see also TPM) -- Sen. Grassley Says Senators Dodging Soc. Sec.
MEDIA MONKEYSHINES -- Jonathan S. Adelstein, FCC Commissioner, Needs Your Help In the Fight Against Media Consolidation | High School reporter sues idiot cop who arrested him at GOP convention | Freeway blogger announces The Summer of Truth | CNNs Bill ''The Shill'' Schneider cropped Chuck Hagel quote to dilute criticism of Chimp administration | GOP consultant monitored NPR shows for so-called ''bias'' | The whole Internet crashes in Pakistan | Defending My Honor | What a shock (not): Radio listeners are most polarized | The Only News That Matters Is Good News | The Press Gets Facts About Atrios Wrong… Again! | Are There Any Real Grassroots Conservative Blogs?
FOX WATCH -- Only on FOX: Chris Wallace failed to challenge Rumsfeld's false claims about troop levels in Iraq, which Brit ''Snit'' Hume later echoed
HOMELAND HIJINKS -- Terror suspect's office was bugged for years | Wrong CIA analysis triggered major 2003 terror alert
FAULTY INTELLIGENCE -- CIA blundered on so-called al-Jazeera ''terror messages'' | SAS On Alert for Osama Swoop
ELECTION THEFTS -- Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) Discusses Voting Machine Hack as Diebold Flips Out
$MIRKONOMICS -- U.S. Blocked Release of CAFTA Reports | Oops! Chimp Proposal Prompted Surge in Illegal Immigrants -- and Krazy Larry Klayman's Miffed!
UNFUNNY BU$INE$$ -- Buying kickbacks: Big contributors to GOP reap big post-election rewards | In Scrushy Trial, Jurors Bought Defense Team's ''Religious'' Portrait of Scam Artist | Prosecutors Want Ebbers in Prison for Life | George Soros bid for Nationals gets political; GOP is against free markets, free enterprise if you're a rich progressive
INJUSTICE SCANDALS -- HealthSouth founder Scruchy not guilty of fraud | SCOTUS To Hear Abortion Clinics Protest Case
PLAMEGATE: COUNTDOWN TO JUSTICE -- Judith Miller won't talk… but Time may hand over documents to grand jury
OH, GOD! -- Scoobie's Cool Scientology Links -- plus what to say if they offer you their ''stress test'' | Dianetics; Worst religious book ever! | Church Leader Endorses Gay Marriage | Conservative writer Cal Thomas takes on fundies
ENERGY SCANDALS -- A little-discussed section of the Bush energy bill will drive public utilities out of business, letting oil giants like Halliburton control your electricity | Chimps Energy Policy? Freeze The Poor
HEALTH DEBACLES -- Veterans Affairs coping with $1 bil shortfall as demand for services explodes

6/28/05
The Speech the President Should Give | Delussional Chimp to Claim He Sees 'Clear Path to Victory'
The Unofficial War: US led massive air campaign before Iraq War
Right Continues To Pimp Lies About Hillary | Klein nailed on falsehoods in Al Franken Show grilling
Can we expect an apology from Karl Rove for spreading a lie?
DOWNING STREET MEMO -- From Memos, Insights Into Ally's Doubts On Iraq War | Britain's Deep Throat
BUH-BYE BOLTON? -- Spy Reports an Issue in Bolton Nomination
COINGATE -- Ohio GOP scandals continue to grow | Taft faces a widening scandal, Multiple investigations affect more
WHAT NEXT? -- New Poll: America hates Bush | Two ways to address the war: yes, Democreats must frame the issue, and yes, they can win on it | Norquist vs. GOP "moderates" | If I only were a cat, Rick Santorum wouldn't hate me | Former Political Foes Take Maine Boat Ride | Whiny Spokane Mayor Appeals Ruling on Recall | Watchdog Group Files Complaint Vs. Frist | When Repubs Attack -- Each Other | Proof that McCain is running in 2008? | Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison Announces Bid for Third Term After | CREW files FEC complaint against Bill Frist | Some in GOP Call on Bush to Focus on Governing | Korea Stops Funding for Neocon Think Tank
QWAGMIRE -- Press-Gang, Anyone? The Draft Looks to Be Coming Back | Suicide bomber kills 3 people in Iraqi hospital (wearing IP uniform) | US soldier killed by Iraq suicide bomber | Car Bomb Kills Shiite Legislator in Iraq | Majority of Americans believe Bush administration misled public on qWagmire | Bush Tries to Ease Doubts Over Iraq War | Rumsfeld: The Village Idiot? | Rumsfeld Shows Incompetence On Iraq (Again) | Rumsfeld admits defeat! | Military: $1.4b in Halliburton contract abuse | Gold Star Mothers to Admit Non - Citizens | 900 Iraqis dead in 6 weeks | When Will George Bush Stop Graverobbing The Dead of 9-11? | Kerry, Byrd push for more Veteran's funds | The Right’s Iraq Panic | Shifting Rationales For the Iraqi Insurgency | When GOP chickenhawks attack Republicans who tell the truth | Iraq reports corruption epidemic | With Media’s Help, Old Iraq Rhetoric is New Again | US military raises Fallujah death toll | During Vietnam, Rumsfeld Criticized Administration For “Credibility Gap” | Two Helicopter Pilots Killed in Crash North of Baghdad | UN nuclear inspectors back, Iran reassures worried world
MILITARY TORTURE SCANDAL -- UN Wants Absolute Ban On Sending People To Be Tortured | Senators ask for Gitmo treatment rules | US psychiatrists decry Gitmo torture | Contract that spawned Guantanamo prisons awarded to Halliburton during Cheney's tenure as CEO
MEDIA MONKEYSHINES -- CNN's Chief Jon Klein: We're Not Trying! | The TV networks shouldn't broadcast Bush's propaganda speech | Are Roger L. Simon and Glenn Reynolds Endorsing Violence Against Journalists?
WHAT A RUSH! -- Limbaugh defended his use of term "feminazi" as "right" and "accurate"
HOMELAND HIJINKS -- When in Doubt, Roll 9/11 Out | Nunn: Terrorists winning the race to acquire nuclear weapon
FAULTY INTELLIGENCE -- White House Said to Reject Panel's Call for Greater Pentagon Role in Covert Ops
$MIRKONOMICS -- China Economy Rising at Pace to Rival US
UNFUNNY BU$INE$$ -- Pentagon Ends New Work On DC Firm's Contract; MZM to Name New CEO as Relationship With Congressman Is Under Investigation | Agency funding raises 'red flag' | Cox Looking To Cash In On SEC Job | Contractor in probe gave to Katherine Harris | Republicans threaten MLB | GOP threatens Major League Baseball: you'd better not sell Nationals | GOP opposes free market -- if George Soros wants to buy baseball team
INJUSTICE SCANDALS -- Right wingers wail, gnash teeth as Rehnquist fails to announce retirement | Rehnquist confounds speculation over resignation | Supreme Court burns religious right | Property to be seized for private marina | Only on Fox: FNC website declared "Court Rules Against Ten Commandments" | Court: Some Ten Commandments Displays OK -- But Only in Secular Context | Unbelievable: Supreme Court undermines restraining orders
PLAMEGATE: COUNTDOWN TO JUSTICE -- 2 reporters face jail for not disclosing sources | Miller/Cooper Case Returns To Federal Judge (Valerie Plame case) | Exploring the Plame Investigation
OH, GOD! -- Christian Groups Plan More Monuments
HEALTH DEBACLES -- States Asked to Cover Drugs Excluded from Medicare
WEIRD SCIENCE -- A GOP Abuse of Science--And of Power
CIVIL UNIONS, UNCIVIL REPUBLICANS -- Anti-gay group to picket soldier funerals

6/26-27/05: On vacation

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