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8/13/05
Smearing Cindy Sheehan | Drive-by looting | Cindy Sheehan's Pitched Battle | Michelle Maglalang's family values (via Atrios) | John Gibson continues the smear on Cindy | Chickenhawks, Away! | Fox's Gibson falsely claimed that O'Reilly did not personally attack Cindy Sheehan | The conservative elite versus Cindy | Bush pressed to meet protester mom by Mass Senators Kennedy & Kerry | Why Michelle Maglalang should put a sock in it about Casey Sheehan | Ralph Nader writes Cindy Sheehan | CBS: Ranks Swelling At Camp Crawford
Why Does Bush's Summer Break Get a Break From The MSM?
TRAITORGATE -- Career Lawyer, not Skull and Bones Pal, to head Plame Case | Judith Miller won't back down -- but boy, does she ever sound like a crybaby | 21 Bush officials in leak inquiry? | Did Rove violate federal false statements statute by lying to Bush? | The Plame scorecard | Traitorgate: How far does it go? | Vanity Fair' Rips Beltway Media Conspiracy in Covering Up Their Role in Plame Scandal | Asking again: What did Bush know, and when did he know it?
WAR AGAINST JUDICIAL EXTREMISTS -- Ok, He's Not Pro-Violence, But Roberts Is Anti-Privacy | Democrats Are Firm In Seeking Roberts's 1989-1993 Memos | NARAL Should Not Have Pulled Ad | In the Roberts fight, a stumble from the left
OPERATION YELLOW ELEPHANT! -- Mission: Philadelphia -- Date: August 16th
CRIMES OF DeLAY -- Lobbyist Abramoff posts $2.25M bond | Figure in DeLay Probe Appears in Court | Abramoff-linked floating casino on its way to Saipan | Busted Flush: Forbes magazine on Abramoff
COINGATE -- Ohio Dem. Governor hopeful tries to force Coingate scandal probe
HOT POLITICS -- Records: Hillary's wannabe rival, DA Jeanine Pirro, took mob ca$h! | District attorney Jeanine Pirro, who's opposing Hillary Clinton in New York, hopes to separate herself from her husband's sleazy business dealings. Good luck | Gröpenführer didn't report $250,000 contribution | Pirro Aide: Bwaaaaah! | Watch this: Katherine Harris shows off that fabulous cleavage -- shake it, girl! | Ky. Governor (R) Subpoenaed Over State Hiring | NJ-Gov: Doug Forrester Faltering as Corruption Claims Catch Up With Him | Reverse Payola in the World of Biceps 'n Butt Cheeks | New GOP congresswoman from Ohio - the crazy one - taking on the blogs | Richardson declares border emergency to free up funds | WaPo Will Drop Sponsorship Of 'Freedom' March… Not! | RNC member, NH GOP chairman "surprised" (yeah, sure) by legal spending
QWAGMIRE -- Watch this: Bush threatens Iran w/ use of force on TV! | Women's rights groups in the Middle East fear that Iraqi women will be the biggest losers in the country's new Constitution | Forget freedom....fraud is on the march | Iraqis say 15 dead after military shooting -- but U.S. denies | Why does Al Neuharth hate America? | General Disobeyed Orders to End Affair, Officials Say -- Looks Like They're Pulling Out the Stops to Smear This Guy | Pres. Bush Vs. Rumsfeld Vs. The Generals: Chaos In Control of White House "Message" | Bush, Pentagon may differ over 'war' | The New McCarthyism Hit Parade | General says Iraq attacks have doubled | Is There a Lesson To Be Learned From the Soviet Experience In Afghanistan? | Nuke proliferator AQ Khan's son-in-law is arrested | No Smoking Gun in U.S. Look at Iran Leader | Why did we invade Iraq? | Blast Near Iraq Mosque Kills 4, 3 Children; U.S. Forces Blamed | When will the troops come home? Your guess is as good as mine | Iraqis thirst for water and power | Roadside bombings in Iraq have doubled in the past year | Ousted Baghdad mayor says gun, not vote, rules Iraq
WIDE WORLD OF TERRORISM -- London bombings: there was no al-Qaeda 'mastermind'
MILITARY TORTURE SCANDAL -- Pentagon Afraid To Release Abuse Images | Pentagon: Muslims will riot if they see what we did at Abu Ghraib
$OCIAL IN$ECURITY (see also TPM) -- A Reminder
MEDIA MONKEYSHINES -- James Wolcott smacks Roger al-Simon | Are Daryn Kagan's Days Numbered At CNN? | Maglalang Crosses Over | Don't Talk About the War: What CNN thinks is important breaking news | Bernard Goldberg: Coastal residents "responsible for the problem" of vulgarity; is he counting himself? | CNN's Anderson Cooper mocks FOX's & MSNBC's "downright ridiculous" Holloway coverage
FOX WATCH -- Special Report hosted author of debunked radiation study to discuss Yucca Mountain
WHAT A RUSH! -- Limbaugh wistful about Brits' ability to expel extremists: "We'd get rid of Michael Moore" and "half the Democratic Party"
HOMELAND HIJINKS -- Terror alert status drops to 'keep the paranoia elevated but not too much' | FBI Counterterror Head to Run New Division | Airline Security Changes Planned | Bob Kerrey Blast from the Past: Military Intel knew about Atta
FAULTY INTELLIGENCE -- 9/11 Commissioners Defend Intel Omission
ELECTION THEFTS -- High Court Puts Gröpenführer's Redistricting Scam Back on the CA Ballot | N.C. House approves new voting machine restrictions; paper now mandatory
$MIRKONOMICS -- Ford fires salaried employees | O'Reilly Econ 101: Those who "fail in this country" are "stupid," "addicted," or have "mental problems" | Gas price begins to affect food price
UNFUNNY BU$INE$$ -- Why Is NewsMax Calling a Scam Artist a "Consumer Activist"?
INJUSTICE SCANDALS -- Jailed ex-Klansman released on bail
EDUCATION IN THE SMIRK AGE -- Kansas Attacks Evolution Again
OH, GOD! -- Indiana Couple Sentenced in Baby's Faith "Healing" Death | Christian-rights group claims school muffled teacher | Cupertino teacher, district officials settle school religion lawsuit | St. Jerry & Jesus the Lawn Jockey
ENERGY SCANDALS -- LAT: California Limits Hybrids in Fast Lanes | Oil prices likely to pass $70/barrel
HEALTH DEBACLES -- Tennessee to slash state health benefits for the needy
WEIRD SCIENCE -- When Meat is Not Murder: Now That's What I Call Tube Steak! | Tony Snow's evolutionary falsehoods | Creatrionism Express Friday

8/12/05
Four Amendments and a Funeral: Matt Taibbi Shows You How Crony Capitalism, Corrupt Republicans and K Street Loot Our Treasury and Undermine Our Rights
Cindy Sheehan's Story Going International | Bush pressed to meet protester mom | Bush to Cindy Sheehan: Oh yeah, sorry | Does Cherie Quartarolo speak for Casey Sheehan? Well, no… | Cindy Sheehan: This is George Bush’s Accountability Moment | I'm not budging says soldier's mother camped at Bush's door | Bush Moved, Not Swayed By GI's Mom | Opposition to Crawford protest grows as camp expands | MSNBC Countdown: Cindy Sheehan rebuts right-wing anti-Sheehan spin | One day after smearing protester Cindy Sheehan, Bill O'Reilly claimed he and Michelle Maglalang were "respectful" to her
Ha-ha! Counter Clinton Library group folds as funding for their lies dries up
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts quietly 'fixed' intelligence, and diverted blame from White House over Iraq | The Timeline
TRAITORGATE -- Preview: Vanity Fair blasts the mainstream media's complicity in the Traitorgate affair -- and their effort to conceal the facts about their culpability | What Exactly Did Rove Tell the President? | Probe Poses Issue of What Rove Told Bush | Wilson details White House 'smear campaign' | Bush indictment? Not yet, but Abramoff may be due | Should Novak get the ax? | On Plame, the dots connect and a picture fades into view
WAR AGAINST JUDICIAL EXTREMISTS -- Is Roberts THE SCOTUS Fight? | Fox News failed to mention right winger Barbara Comstock's ties to pro-Roberts group whose ad was highlighted | Bush 2001 Order on Prez Papers Lets Him Control Roberts' Papers | Boxer threatens to slow Senate activity over court pick | In '81, Roberts Told O'Connor Not to Tip Her Ideological Hand
CRIMES OF DeLAY -- Jack Abramoff Indicted....what's Congressman Ney's involvement? | Josh Marshall: Feds rebuffed offer to flip by Abramoff | Jack Abramoff and Adam Kidan Indicted in Casino Boat Purchase; Fraudster Lobbyist and Fraudmongering Associate Charged With Fraud
HOT POLITICS -- Bill Clinton: idiotic Jeanine Pirro doesn't know jack squat about Hillary's plans | Under pressure, NARAL withdraws ad blasting Roberts rulings | Jeanine Pirro is Speechless | Santorum again baits and bashes ''liberals'' in speech | Bush huddles with defense, foreign policy chiefs
BUDGET MESS -- NY Times misreported Bush's original spending limit on pork-laden transportation bill | Bush Was Against Transportation Earmarks Before He Signed 6,371 of Them!
QWAGMIRE -- The road to golgotha | Iraq Bomb Kills U.S. Soldier; Helicopter Comes Down | The Strategic Class: Know Your Liberal Iraq Hawks | The Insurgents Will Always Be With You: Duncan Hunter Moves the Goalposts | In Iraq, No Clear Finish Line | Death toll among part-time troops in Iraq soars | 'Quick Strike'' causes civilian casualties in western Iraq | Audit: Fraud drained $1 billion from Iraq's defense efforts | White House Behind the Curve on Iraq | Bush: Leaving Iraq Would Be a Bad Signal | Insurgents target Iraqi pipeline | Parent-trap snares recruiters as war-loving parents invoke classism to shield their spoiled brats | How Do You Like It Now, Gentlemen? Part III | And we're fighting in Iraq because? | UN watchdog: Iran must quit nuke bid | UN warns Iran to stop N-operations | South Korea Says North Korea Should Have Right to Peaceful Nuclear | Lowering expectations -- is that possible? -- on Iraq | Acts of Antiwar: Operation Ceasefire Will Bring Music To the Mall | Veterans returning from Iraq with problems too serious for local help | Iraqi official says Saddam could be executed quickly
WIDE WORLD OF TERRORISM -- FBI Warned Police of Possible Terrorist Attacks in LA, NY, Chicago | Alleged Bin Laden Contact in Iraq Gov't
MEDIA MONKEYSHINES -- Who shall assume the Throne of King Peter? | Fake News Abounds, but Vigilance Allegedly on the Rise! | Tabloid's Deal With Woman Shielded Gröpenführer | Powerline: The Light Bulb Flickers | Magalangapalooza | Matt Drudge: The Go-To Guy For Non-Political, Non-Publicity-Seeking People Everywhere | They Write Letters: Why are media companies backing a taxpayer-subsidized propaganda exercise? | Guerillas in our midst (or, Al Qaeda, meet Michelle) | Greenpeace files FCC complaint against Tucker Carlson | Tucker Carlson accused of supporting terrorism on MSNBC | Imus sobers up, calls Donald Rumsfeld a ''bastard'' | Al-Jazeera in talks to sign David Frost
FOX WATCH --
WHAT A RUSH! -- Rush Limbaugh falsely blamed President Clinton administration for "wall" that purportedly prevented intelligence sharing about 9-11 hijackers
PUNDIT PAYOLA SCANDAL --
HOMELAND HIJINKS -- Homeland Security Head: If You Want Security, You've Gotta Give Up Privacy | US ‘geniuses’ going berserk with ‘homeland security’ | Man says he forgot pipe bomb was in luggage; charged with trying to take device on plane, he says it was meant for fun | FDNY Releasing Sept. 11 Papers, Recordings | Grassley Voices Objection to FBI Promotion -- National Security nominee has zero experience | 9/11 Panel Decided to Omit a Reference to Atta | New 911 Revelations: Bush Admin Knew About OBL But Ignored Info | An open letter to the former 9/11 commissioners: Another whitewash won't do | Guilty! Senior judges accuse politicians over terror laws
$MIRKONOMICS -- Frist, et al: In Estate of Denial
UNFUNNY BU$INE$$ -- Judge: Punk landmark CBGB's can't be evicted | Feds Indict Abramoff for Fraud | Texas Republican Switched Vote on CAFTA | Ex-WorldCom CFO Gets 5 Years in Prison | Cronyism: Michael Powell to Join Communications Investment Firm
INJUSTICE SCANDALS -- GOP paying bills for the defense of phone bank fraud conspirators | The 2002 Phone-jamming scandal: What Is the RNC Hiding?
EDUCATION IN THE SMIRK AGE --
OH, GOD! -- Salman Rushdie calls for 'Muslim Reformation' | Liberal religious groups challenge 'Justice Sunday' | If the Democratic Party is to revitalize itself and win, progressive religious leaders need to stay out of electoral politics
RACISM AMERICAN STYLE -- Tyson in Alabama Sued for Maintaining Segregated Work Areas | 'New York'' Magazine: Of Course We Should Do Racial Profiling
ENERGY SCANDALS -- California carpool lanes open to hybrids | Oil Hits $66 a Barrel!! | US drivers should brace for higher pump prices
HEALTH DEBACLES -- Pharmaceutical companies are using free-trade deals like CAFTA to eliminate global competition -- and deny poor patients access to cheaper generic drugs | Louisville Council Bans Smoking In Most Workplaces | Fed up with the FDA, activists to protest against harmful antidepressants
TRASHING NATURE -- Latest study supports global warming

8/11/05
Cindy Sheehan is gaining momentum | Houston moms heading to Crawford to protest war | Cindy Sheehan "changed her story on Bush"? Tracking a lie through the conservative Wurlitzer | Leave Cindy Sheehan Alone | Sheehan on O'Reilly: "His show is an obscenity, it's an obscenity to the truth and it’s an obscenity to humanity" | Right Wingers Step up Attack on Cindy Sheehan: Links | Is Cindy Sheehan "fair game," too? | Bill O'Reilly and racist Michelle Maglalang team up to trash Cindy Sheehan | AUDIO EXCLUSIVE: Cindy Sheehan Responds To Right Wing Smear
More discipline mulled for U.S. general over affair
TRAITORGATE -- For nearly 50 years, Bob Novak badgered and bullied his way to the top of Washington -- and now his disgrace in the Valerie Plame affair has brought him crashing down, with only himself to blame | Side Issue in the Plame Case: Who Sent Her Spouse to Africa? Did State Dept. make up "Plame sent him" for now-notorious Air Force 1 memo? | WaPo is back on the Plame case | Denver Post to Novak: Fess up | Goldberg falsely claimed CNN's Ed Henry cast Novak's outburst as "a ploy" to avoid Plame questioning | Coming clean on Valerie Plame
WAR AGAINST JUDICIAL EXTREMISTS -- Why big business hearts John Roberts | TV stations pressured to pull hard-hitting anti-Roberts ad | Supreme Court Nominee Roberts: What You Don't Know Can't Hurt Me | Chairman Specter Backs White House on Keeping Roberts's Memos | Both parties wary of more Roberts surprises | Right-wing hypocrisy: Conservatives attacked Democrats for daring to demand scrutiny of supremo-wannabe Roberts -- but now demand it following Romer disclosure
DOWNFALL OF THE DUKE -- Duke Cunningham wants to use campaign fund for defense cost
CRIMES OF DeLAY -- Judge Supports Charges Vs. DeLay Colleagues | Tom DeLay, Jack Abramoff & Friends -- Your one-stop cheat sheet for the facts
HOT POLITICS -- Will the GOP stand by Bush? | Texas Now a Majority-Minority "Nonwhite Majority Population" State | Pirro's Senate Campaign Gets Off to Rocky Start | AFL-CIO reaches out to other unions | McCain, Kerry dine; Paper sees ticket | Rep. LaTourette (R-Liar) attributes CAFTA flip-flop to nonexistent tariff | Nuance and Naivete | Rep. LaTourette (R) -- too stupid to remain in Congress? | Good news for the progressive netroots: NPI releases Bowers, Stoller report | Jeb! Bush Says Katherine "Too much makeup" Harris Is "Good Candidate" For Senate | NRA may back Dem against DeWine in '06 | Campaign battlefield may grow as net activists plan to counter the Mighty GOP Wurlitzer | Dems Look to Deal With Public Where Culture Issues Trump Pocketbook
BUDGET MESS -- Road Bill Reflects The Power Of Pork | Bush signs $286 billion pork-filled transportation bill
QWAGMIRE -- Pentagon backtracks on talk of "early" withdrawal from qWagmire | Bush, Under Pressure to Cut Troops, Faces Dilemma in Iraq | Guard facing largest deployment in 50 years | One U.S. soldier, 10 Taliban killed in Afghan clashes | Villagers Say Civilians Killed in U.S. Airstrike in So. Afghanistan | Iraq: There's no end in sight | GI deaths raise antiwar sentiment | Iraqi journalist shot dead by Iraqi soldiers in Fallujah | Political turmoil hits Iraqi town | Iraq war makes US 'unattractive' | Despite armor, more Iraq troops dying in Humvees | Ten doctors are killed in Iraq | Pentagon Conducts Bogus Poll to Distort Iraq Opinion | Myers: Possibility of third Iraq tours for active-duty troops | Military mulls third tour for Iraq GIs | 101st Fighting Keyboarders, Report For Duty! Soldiers are saying bad things about Dear Leader! | "The Constitution is Causing The Violence." Yeah, right… | Iran Removes Seals at Nuclear Site | Is this what Condi means by "quiet political progress"? | Security incidents in Iraq, Aug 10 -- looks like Mosul isn't 'peaceful' anymore
WIDE WORLD OF TERRORISM -- The GOP-engineered Energy Bill's Gift to Terrorists | 9/11 Commission's Staff Ignored Military's Early ID of Chief | American Contact? American tied to Osama works for Iraqi Government | Terrorists Will Likely Strike London's Financial District, Senior Police Official Says | Rush-hour blasts injure 24 in southern Philippines | Poll: Fewer Americans expect bin Laden to be caught
MEDIA MONKEYSHINES -- Will Conservatives Dixie Chick the Rolling Stones? | Cue laugh track: Matt Drudge's latest ineptitude on display | Egomaniacal Rick Kaplan miffed at Keith Olbermann for talking about his bout with a tumor | Lloyd Grove with more details on Olbermann vs. Rick "It's all about ME!!!" Kaplan | Vacationing' Bush Controls News Agenda
FOX WATCH -- Bill O'Reilly Lowers the Bar Again | Margin of spin: Fox News noted margin of error when Bush approval rating fell, but included no caveat when his numbers rose | O'Reilly minimized accessibility problems to defend Georgia's proposed voter ID law | Fox's Rosen falsely implied that 136,000 Iraqi troops could fight
WHAT A RUSH! -- Lies, Damn Lies, and Limbaugh’s Press Release About Progressive Radio
HOMELAND HIJINKS -- No big deal, he's white! Oklahoma man held before boarding plane with bomb | DHL Secures Homeland Security Deal | Chertoff says privacy fears unjustified | We're gonna party like it's ... 9/11?
FAULTY INTELLIGENCE -- Rep. Curt Weldon's Al Qaeda claim: another strange element emerges, raising troubling questions
ELECTION THEFTS -- NH 2002 GOP election theft scam: RNC has continued to pay phone jammer James Tobin's legal bills | More States Demanding Paper Trail For Voting
$MIRKONOMICS -- The Not So Rosy Search for a Job
UNFUNNY BU$INE$$ -- Wal-Mart is obsessed with landing a New York City location
INJUSTICE SCANDALS -- For Saudis, Bush Administration Ignores U.S. Law | To town's dismay, school shooter to be released
OH, GOD! -- Woman dies after iron crucifix collapses
ENERGY SCANDALS -- Airlines Face Growing Fuel Shortage Risk | Foiled Chinese Bid for Unocal Stirs Worry for U.S. Oil | Truckers protest the rising gas prices | Crude touches another record, breaks $65
HEALTH DEBACLES -- Skin cancer triples among young
TRASHING NATURE -- Global Warming Hits 'Tipping Point'
CIVIL UNIONS, UNCIVIL REPUBLICANS -- NCFR tries to justify anti-gay bigotry in secret internal memo

8/10/05
Now hear this! Paul Hackett replies to Rush Limbaugh's cheap-shot insult of our military men and women in Iraqi
Mother protesting at Crawford ranch speaks out | What bothers a vacationing dictat…um, President the most? | 16 Democrats call on Bush to meet mother of fallen soldier
Bill Greider: "What I hear from [Americans] is smoldering anger. ... For the most part, they see nowhere to go with that anger, since neither political party seems alert to what they are experiencing."
TRAITORGATE -- eRiposte interviews Joseph Wilson | How the MSM protected a criminal in the White House | James Carville on Imus-Judy-Novak
WAR AGAINST JUDICIAL EXTREMISTS -- Stephen Breyer says politics a threat to courts' independence | The Roberts Stonewall Continues | Worse than a stonewall: The scrubbing of Roberts' files | Another question for Stealthy John Roberts | Nominee Roberts Is Pressed on End-of-Life Care, Terri Schiavo Circus | Roberts Papers Being Delayed | Pro-family group tells Bush to drop John Roberts because of gay snafu | Abandoning John G. Roberts | Regarding NARAL's criticism of John Roberts, when is the GOP going to repudiate these comments from Karl Rove? | Waaaaaaaah! GOP crybabies whine that NARAL was mean to them | The Right's Word Games on The Right To Privacy | Ad Campaign Says Roberts Backed Violent Protesters Judge's Allies | Does Roberts Believe The Right To Privacy Is "Mythical?"
DOWNFALL OF THE DUKE -- The Duke -- still around, still livin' large
CRIMES OF DeLAY -- Judge Supports Charges Vs. DeLay Colleagues | Montana Democrats Respond to False GOP Assertion About Spot That Ties Burns to Abramoff | How to Create a Children’s Charity, by Tom DeLay
COINGATE -- Ohio Election Activists Say Voters Fed Up | Noe Used Company Credit Card to Charge $10 grand
HOT POLITICS -- Investment firm's payments to Republican fundraiser under scrutiny | Flip-flop: Clinton's Challenger Jeanine Pirro Says She Opposes Late-Term Abortion | Something seems to be missing from Pirro's campaign site… | Dean: Changes in store for 2008 primary | NH GOP chair Henderson issues "Dean Decency Challenge" -- but has nothing to say about indecent smears from his own party aimed at Democrats | Schwarzenegger Redistricting Rejected | New RNC treasurer under investigation | Dean Predicts Changes for 2008 Primaries | Democrats agree to change "controversial" but truthful Burns ad to placate one (GOP-owned?) station | Senate Races heating up | Hillary's opponent? Don't ask, don't tell | Dem blocks Bush nominees for documents | Katherine Harris Launches Her Smarmy, Destined-to-fail Senate Campaign | Inside the Montana Dems' campaign to expose Burns' corruption
QWAGMIRE -- Four More US Soldiers Killed In Iraq | Iran denies sending arms to Iraq | Grasping at straws as Iraq becomes a festering quagmire, Rumsfeld calls insurgents Nazis | We Don't Do Body Counts | 125 things you can't do in the Air Force: a little dark but funny humor from Iraq | Lawrence Korb on saving our military -- and Iraq | Empty gestures of patriotism as our men and women die in Iraq: Pentagon announces insulting Sept. 11 concert | Bush To War Vets: You're Liars And Babies | Four US soldiers killed, 6 wounded in Iraq attack | Baghdad elite flees Iraq and the daily threat of death | Baghdad mayor ousted by Badr militia | Thousands In Ohio Gather To Mourn Fallen Soldiers. Bush? MIA, As Usual… | Nine U.S. troops die in separate incidents in Iraq | All War Planning, All the Time? | Lowry baselessly pinned failures of Iraq postwar plan on faulty U.S. intelligence | US negotiator: Korea nuke deal unsure | Car bomb hits US convoy in Iraq | IAEA holds emergency meeting over Iran nuclear activity | War against terrorism to reach its logical end: Musharraf | String Of Bombings In Iraq; 17 Dead; Bush Plans To Pull Out Troops | Condi: still out of touch | Rumsfeld now claims Iranian weapons found in Iraq. Right, Uncle Don, and Saddam had WMDs, too! | How Do You Like It Now, Gentlemen? Part II | U.S. soldier dies in southern Afghan fight | Reuters: U.S. Soldier Killed in Ramadi
WIDE WORLD OF TERRORISM -- AP, CNN, LA Times ignored Bush's repudiation of the term "global struggle against extremism" | "An unprecedented 57% majority say the war has made the USA more vulnerable to terrorism" | Egyptian Chemist Detained Over Connection in London Bombing Set Free
MILITARY TORTURE SCANDAL -- Torture? Generals are safe. But sex?… | Who's In Charge Of Military? The Privates Or The Generals? | The Moral Vacuum | Lack of Abu Ghraib abuse charges queried
MEDIA MONKEYSHINES -- After Media Matters critique, MRC posted condolence note on Jennings | Clear Channel second-quarter earnings fall 13 percent as revenue | Internet use threatens to overtake TV
FOX WATCH -- News Corp. Switches On Charm Offensive, Tries to Woo the Democrats It Bashes | O'Reilly steamed at Comedy Central
HOMELAND HIJINKS -- Opposite Land - was 9/11 Bush's Fault? | Chertoff Differs With the Military -- No Martial Law via the Pentagon
FAULTY INTELLIGENCE -- CIA asked us to let Pakistani nuclear spy AQ Khan go, according to Dutch ex-PM | 9/11 Commission to Look Into Atta Claim | Congressman: Officials monitored 9/11 hijackers in U.S. a year before 9/11/2001 | NY Times Report: Military Knew 9/11 Hijackers Before Attacks; GOP rushes to blame Clinton
ELECTION THEFTS -- FEC Clears 'Fahrenheit 9/11' | Remember the Electoral College?
$MIRKONOMICS -- All of a sudden, the Bush boy is concerned over energy, health costs | Fed lifts rates 10th time; now at 3.5% | Snow Concedes Economic Surge Is Not Benefiting People Equally
UNFUNNY BU$INE$$ -- Moonie Times quoted analysis of poll on unions without noting that pollster is an antiunion activist | Ex-WorldCom Exec Gets 1 Year and 1 day in Prison
INJUSTICE SCANDALS -- The WSJ’s Anonymous Source on Tort Reform and "Recent Studies" That Contradict Its Position
EDUCATION IN THE SMIRK AGE -- Teachers, Education Official Sue Schwarzenegger | Students ask to be pushed as more real-world prep needed
OH, GOD! -- Falwell's 'Vote Christian' Criticized | God's Own Circus Invades USA TODAY
RACISM AMERICAN STYLE -- The Worst American
MORALITY MORONICS -- Air Force officer allegedly vandalized cars with pro-Bush bumper stickers
ENERGY SCANDALS -- Forecast: oil prices to hit 70$ per barrel border | New York Times ignored -- again -- expert analysis of Bush energy bill | Bush: Foundation set for continued economic growth for the rich
HEALTH DEBACLES -- Plumpy'nut To The Rescue! | A Moral Cesspool: Drug researchers leak secrets to Wall St. | Let Them Eat Rat Poison | Less Choice for Use of Morning-After Pill May Come Soon
WEIRD SCIENCE -- Dobson continued with Nazi comparisons; Hannity defended him
CIVIL UNIONS, UNCIVIL REPUBLICANS -- Vets want apology for anti-gay protest | TAKE ACTION: How do you spell anti-gay bigot? N-C-F-R | James Dobson's Gay-O-Meter

8/9/05
Cindy Sheehan's Texas Standoff and Matt Drudge's Smear | Cindy, Crawford, and the Bush Smear Machine: Sheehan was AGAINST the war before she was AGAINST IT! | Now hear this: Cindy Sheehan interview with Tony Trupiano | Bush tries to dodge a tough critic | Will Sheehan be Arrested? | Drudge Report takes words of antiwar mom Cindy Sheehan out of context | George W. Bush, Poster Boy for Resolute Cowards Everywhere | Whom Will Bush Arrest First: Sheehan or Bin Laden? | Here's the original article
TRAITORGATE -- House Democrats ask that Scooter Libby grant Judith Miller a specific waiver to testify. | US attorney general gives Fitzgerald vote of confidence | CIA Agent Outed For Partisan Purposes? It's Happened Before. When? | Democrats to Scooter Libby: Free Judy Miller | The fate of Patrick Fitzgerald | Carville Was Right: WSJ Was Watching | Singin' Bob: Novak snarls at Roll Call | We know you're sorry, Novak -- now apologize | Josh Marshall spanks the laughable Wall Street Journal "Slop-ed" page | Switchboard call log update | Judy Miller and Scooter Libby | Attack of the Living Dead, Part 2: Novak has risen from the dead in sputtering rages before!
WAR AGAINST JUDICIAL EXTREMISTS -- Roberts vote key in Gitmo case | ABC's Linda Douglass assumed that Democrats "want to demonize" Roberts | Did Roberts Support Groups Who Bombed Abortion Clinics? | John Roberts Speaks Out On Supreme Court And Abortion... | Specter: Rehnquist-era Supreme Court Disrespectful of Congress | Senate's Reid asks rethink on Roberts documents | Chuck Colson coming to Just Us Sunday the Rerun: Hateful preacher makes DeLay look good by comparison | Explaining the questions behind John Roberts' adopted kids
CRIMES OF DeLAY -- Tom DeLay crony Jack Abramoff's Guam money: background | CREW wants answers from Justice | Abramoff: Sen. Burns must uphold higher ethical standards
HOT POLITICS -- Howard Dean Says Democrats Must Take Offensive and Not Be Afraid to Say Who They Are | MT-Sen: Dems strike first… | … and the GOP freaks out | Another Day, Another Really Bad Poll for Bush | As the only serious candidate so far in the 2006 NM governor's race, Bill Richardson can afford to be in-your-face -- and to start planning for 2008 | Old NJ Law May Block Doug Forrester's Plan to Fund His Gov. Bid | Mitt Romney No Closer To Decision On Presidential Run | RI-Sen: Lincoln Chafee hires Bush handlers | NY-Sen: Jeanine Pirro to Challenge Clinton | New GOP Money Laundering Scheme | MA-Gov: Latest poll #s | Hillary Clinton Is Cultivating an Image as a Centrist
BUDGET MESS -- Pork to Alaska! Read about the bridge to nowhere
QWAGMIRE -- Evil 2, Bush 0 | Baghdad mayor says gunmen ousted him from office | Resistance Kills Police as Car Bomb Shakes Central Baghdad | Gunmen Kill Eight Policemen in Baghdad | "Gloom is Deeper in Baghdad Now..." | Poll: Most now believe Iraq made terror worse | Bob Schieffer didn't refute Rep. Hunter's false claim that "nobody" ever offered goal of insurgency-free Iraq | Bombs now biggest killers of U.S. troops | Weak on Defense: Bush Dumps Arms Control Offices | Rice’s Rhetoric “Losing Steam” | U.S. marines find car bomb factory in Iraq | Pentagon Likely to Raise Number of Iraq Troops Before Cutting head Count | Deadly Attacks on Marines Put New Pressure on Bush to Find an Exit | Unit had asked for more Marines before taking major casualties | The price of poor war planning | Iraqi insurgents elude Marines
WIDE WORLD OF TERRORISM -- Four in 9/11 Plot Are Called Tied to Qaeda in '00 | Watch this! CNN: CIA blocks book detailing how US let bin Laden escape in Tora Bora | The White House terror prevention plan: Trust us | Terror tops fears of America's rich | Terrorism 'radiating' from Iraq - German spy chief | UK says Saudi attacks in "final stages" of planning | Educating Against Extremism: U.S. Muslims Reach Out to Youths | Where's Osama? | Bin Laden to enter Iraq during Ramadan, says Iranian report
MILITARY TORTURE SCANDAL -- Guantanamo detainee takes case to Supreme Court
$OCIAL IN$ECURITY (see also TPM) -- Happy 70th anniversary, Social Security
MEDIA MONKEYSHINES -- The odor of the still: Steve Gilliard on Chris Hitchens | Meet the "Dirty Harrys" of the so-called "media critic" right | Ebony, Jet Publisher John H. Johnson Dies | The Poor Man's weekly wingnut wanker review | David Horowitz's attack on Peter Jennings | FCC Hires Far Right Anti- "obscenity" Activist: Infringement Of Free Speech To Follow | MRC's response to news of Peter Jennings's death? Promote its political
HOMELAND HIJINKS -- Be afraid: Pentagon's homeland security role… but doesn't this violate posse comitatus? | White House Ignores 9-11 Group | Lawyers: Parts of Patriot Act are offensive
ELECTION THEFTS -- Did the GOP steal another Ohio Election?
$MIRKONOMICS -- CNN, Fox interviewers left unchallenged Linder and Boortz's misinformation on regressive sales tax proposal
UNFUNNY BU$INE$$ -- Bankruptcy fears at US car parts maker | Wal-Mart asks appeals court to block sex-discrimination lawsuit | Firm ordered abortion, ex-employee says | Religious Broadcaster Salem shares plummet 45% | Insider Trading Probe Sought Over Drugs | WorldCom fraudster faces prison
INJUSTICE SCANDALS -- On Immigration, The Right Loses All Compassion
OH, GOD! -- Separation of Church and State: A Little Surprise for Evangelical Supremacists | Conservative group, teachers union launch faith-in-school effort
RACISM AMERICAN STYLE -- Minutemen and the mainstream
ENERGY SCANDALS -- Bush Misleads on Impact of Energy Bill | Bush signs the Energy Welfare… er, Policy Act of 2005 | Bush signing energy bill as oil hits new high
HEALTH DEBACLES -- U.S. government "reviews" 72,000 vets' cases of severe post-traumatic stress disorder, using specious claims of "misdiagnosis and fraud" to deprive vets of care | White House Sides With N.H. on Abortion | Extremist Conservative Legal Reasoning on Abortion Rights

8/8/05
ABC News Anchor Peter Jennings Dies at 67 | ABC on Peter Jennings
TRAITORGATE -- Judith Miller's Tale Under Scrutiny--At Her Own Paper | WSJ Ideology Page: 'Liberal press pack' owe Bob Novak an apology. Funny, but did John Fund ever apologize to Morgan Pillsbury?… | Arianna's Judith Miller file expands yet again | Held over: Patrick Fitzgerald's boss to be replaced by Bonesman | The NYTimes' hour of decision: will they probe Judy Miller? | Oral Sadist Suffers Self-Inflicted Wound: Bob Novak's Senior Moment
OPERATION YELLOW ELEPHANT! -- For YR eyes only: Christian College Boys Gone Wild!
CRIMES OF DeLAY -- Inquiry Into Abramoff Snuffed by Bush: Demotion Dashes Guam case
HOT POLITICS -- Introducing the Democracy Alliance | Will Harold Ford run for Senate? | Watch This! Sen. Conrad Burns Doesn't Pass the Smell Test | Do they deliver? Anti-Bush pizza ad riles conservatives in New Zealand | Do WaPo -- and the GOP -- miss the big disconnect? | Ambassador Nominee's Company Is Scrutinized
BUDGET MESS -- Andy Rooney on Military Gigapork
QWAGMIRE -- Insurgents May Be Infiltrating Fallujah Again | Ex-POW Jessica Lynch says US used her as Iraq war symbol | Halliburton secretly doing business with key member of Iran's nuclear team | NYTimes calls Cindy Sheehan a "Problem for the President" -- as if 1800 deaths is not a problem for the nation | Iran restarts uranium conversion facility | UN inspectors to oversee Iran nuclear work restart | To quote AmericaBlog, "Pentagon harasses, demotes and otherwise punishes black female whistleblower" | Insurgents in western Iraq town prove an elusive enemy for Marines | Oil-for-food head resigns before explosive report | Condi's delusions | Watch This! Wolf Blitzer and Cindy Sheehan on Late Edition | Former Israeli PM quits over Gaza | Rebels kill 35 in attacks across Iraq | 30 Marines die in one week, so what does Condi say? Insurgents 'losing steam.' Delusional Condi Rice is a threat to our national security | Senators Lugar, Biden speak out on Iraq | U.S. could reduce troops by 30,000
WIDE WORLD OF TERRORISM -- CIA Commander: We Allowed Osama to Slip Away | Wanted: Dead or Alive? Not at Tora Bora | French report warned of al Qaeda attack on Britain | War Plans Drafted To Counter Terror Attacks in U.S. | Isn't that special? Bush wakes up and finally arrests terrorist we let walk away 3 years ago | Pakistani Gov't Trying to Hoodwink US | Angry Outsiders Boosting Al Qaeda's Ranks | Posse Osamatatus? Military drafts plans for 15 possible terror scenarios | Kerry was Right on Tora Bora
MEDIA MONKEYSHINES -- Ultimate Wingnut Challenge: The Blog Stars | Greta Van Susteren Leverages Emotional Blackmail in Aruba for Ratings Boost | Racist Supporters and Michelle Malkin | Confirmed: Post political reporter to join Time by Labor Day | Thank you, Bill O'Reilly
The Buck Stops at Buck Private on Prisoner Abuse
James Wolcott's Sunday Sermonette
ELECTION THEFTS -- Civil Rights Icons Lead March To Urge Renewal of Voting Act\
$MIRKONOMICS -- This is the way the bubble ends: not with a pop, but with a hiss.
UNFUNNY BU$INE$$ -- GOP bigwig gets millions touting investment firm
INJUSTICE SCANDALS -- Sex offenders banned from storm shelters | Stevens Focuses on Death Penalty Flaws
EDUCATION IN THE SMIRK AGE -- Bogus law to combat bogus educational crisis being flogged by right-wing ideologues
RACISM AMERICAN STYLE -- Minutemen: A home for racist extremism | Ken Mehlman: Not only ambiguously hetero, but Black!
ENERGY SCANDALS -- OPEC Pumps Up Output in Bid to Curb Prices
HEALTH DEBACLES -- Successful Vaccine Alone Not Enough to Prevent Avian Flu Epidemic | Anti-choice group sues to stop stem-cell work… | … and Atrios comes up with a novel way to retaliate
WEIRD SCIENCE -- Krauthammer Meets Kung Fu Monkey

8/7/05
"Not a public figure"? No, Bob Novak, you are
Former foreign secretary Robin Cook dies aged 59; resigned from Blair cabinet over Iraq, predicted no WMDs would be found
TRAITORGATE -- The Meeting: Scooter Libby LEAKED to Miller 2 days afted Wilson column | Leak Investigation: An Oversight Issue? | NYT Backs Rove’s Position on Leak Scandal | Newsweek: Patrick Fitzgerald's boss to be replaced by Bonesman
WAR AGAINST JUDICIAL EXTREMISTS -- Stonewall Roberts: WH Won't Turn Over SG Documents
OPERATION YELLOW ELEPHANT! -- Hardball joins the ranks of OYE
HOT POLITICS -- Rich Liberals Vow to Fund Think Tanks | Newsweek Poll: Bush’s Battle -- 61% disapprove on Iraq - up 7 points in a month | Newsweek poll: more bad news for Bush | New poll: Fewer Americans think Bush is honest | GOP Plans to Step Up Bamboozlement of Blacks, Mehlman Says | How low can he go? | $80 million pledged for new wave of liberal advocacy groups... | Republicans miffed as Vanity Fair publishes allegation Denny Hastert accepted bribe from Turkey | Poll: America Hates America | Why Conservatives Can’t Believe Bush Is Unpopular | Markos Moulitsas: I'm not the gatekeeper
QWAGMIRE -- Pentagon: We may bring some troops home from Iraq if things get better (read: five to ten years) | Two U.S. Troops Killed by Bomb in Iraq | Suicide Car Bomber Kills 5 at Tikrit Police Base | Memo: National Guard morale low | Cindy Sheehan has the attention of the White House...and the MSM...finally | West turns blind eye as police put Saddam's torturers back to work | Where Are the War Heroes? | Crawford protestors meet with officials | The Third GWOT Front Opens | NY Post Calls On Bush To Attend Funerals | Recruitment Is Down; Reenlistment Up. Why? | Halliburton Sold Iranian Company Key Nuclear Parts, Sources | Mother of slain soldier protests in Crawford | Iraq'd: Joe Hoeffel says Condi, Tenet lied to him about Iraq | Showdown on Defense Looming -- GOP vs Bush | Ex-Employees Faulted Halliburton Role in Iraq | Iraq Sunnis reject federal proposal
WIDE WORLD OF TERRORISM -- CIA Commander: We Let bin Laden Slip Away | Mosque leader warned police about bomber | Saudis warned UK about attacks | Alleged letter to Zarqawi suggests dissent in Iraq Al Qaeda ranks
MILITARY TORTURE SCANDAL -- Lovely
PENTAGON SPY SCANDAL -- Can You Say Irony? Lobbyists Indicted for Leaking Info to Media and Foreign Powers
MEDIA MONKEYSHINES -- Missing Woman's Case Spurs Discussion of News Coverage | O'Reilly vs McCain via The Daily Show | The lack of process stories on Bush's unpopularity
HOMELAND HIJINKS -- Bioterrorism Response Hampered by Problem of Profit | 9/11 Group Says White House Has Not Provided Files
FAULTY INTELLIGENCE -- Ashcroft refused questiong Re: Sibel Edwards for 2 years
$MIRKONOMICS -- Bush says tax cuts aid 'growing economy'
UNFUNNY BU$INE$$ -- Halliburton whistleblower may lose job | The Campaign Against Wal-Mart | FCC ruling gives telecoms power over Internet access
INJUSTICE SCANDALS -- Supreme Court Justice Strongly Criticizes Capital Punishment System
ENERGY SCANDALS -- Soaring gas prices 'fuel a rebellion'
WEIRD SCIENCE -- Neocons 'shocked' at Bush evolution stance

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