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Hot Headlines, August 2006

August 18-20

Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE): The Republican Party has lost its way
Frank Rich: "Genuine nightmares may well usurp the last gasps of Rovian fear-based politics"
Neck-deep in the "macaca": GOP ex-senator George Felix Allen Jr's lead shrinks six points after racist slur
WaPo: It's a civil war in Iraq
Cindy Sheehan and antiwar supporters ambush Karl Rove
Democratic primary shakeup: It's a lock!
AK's Gov. Frank Murkowski, a widely-loathed GOP incumbent, may not survive Tuesday's primary
Fear-mongering leads to anti-Arab hysteria on airplanes
Federal court finds warrantless eavesdropping unconstitutional, enjoins the program
Glenn Greenwald: Breaking the law has consequences

August 17

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION -- Dirty Politics: The Creation of the So-Called "Vets for Freedom" | Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA) defends earmarks | Charged with Spousal Abuse, OH Dem Quits Race for Congress | Former Ney Aide Continues to Cooperate | GA Governor's 2 million dollar Florida land deal questioned | Crooks of K Street scramble to hire Democrats as GOP looks doomed in November
HOT POLITICS -- Yes, John, Dems ARE getting ready to play hardball with Lieberman! | Green (like cash) Party candidate: "This Is America, Money Is Like Air" | PA-Sen: Green Signatures Questioned, Casey Lead Shrinks | House candidate Scott Kleeb (D-NE) wants pay cut for Congress | Sen. Allen's sister: "My brother is a bully" | Enron Lobbyist Pushing For Lieberman | TX-23: Front-Running DeLay Replacement Spars with Local GOP | PA-Gov: Lynn Swann Gains No Ground in Race | ID-01: Why Is the GOP So Worried? | The UK "Terror" Plot: What's going on? | GOP Plays Defense in Statehouse Races | Ex-New York Mayor Giuliani Visits S.C. | UK Deputy PM: Bush Admin Is Crap | C'mon, Harry Reid -- do the right thing! | George Allen: Spanking the Alpha Monkey | Why Senate Democrats Must Strip Lieberman's Seniority
QWAGMIRE -- National Review Editor: Iraq May Be Turning Into Bush's Vietnam | Mistakes were made (no kidding!): Secret Pentagon studies examine 'mistakes' in Iraq, Afghanistan | Snow: "There Is Not A Civil War Going On" In Iraq...Just "A Number Of Sectarian Violence Operations" | Senior administration officials are considering alternatives other than democracy for Iraq | Israel's debacle, courtesy of George W. Bush | Israel threatens to stop withdrawal | 67% say Iraq civil war unstoppable | US in 'recruiting war' with Al Qaeda in Iraq | Israel: It May Take "Months" For Our Troops To Leave Lebanon | President Bush miffed that Iraqis aren't thanking him enough | Michael Gerson lays the groundwork for war with Iran | Tony Snow Offers Defiant Clarification: No, Trust me, Bush Is Not Frustrated Over Iraq | Bombings kill at least 19 in Baghdad | 3-day sweep secures Baghdad neighborhood | Iraq troops fight militias | Israel begin handing over positions to UN | Khamenei praises Hezbollah; cites war as 'Holy War' | Iraqi Insurgent Bombs Increasingly Target US Troops
WIDE WORLD OF TERRORISM -- D.C.-bound flight diverts after 'altercation' | Secret Service Arrest Former NBA Player After Shots Fired Close To White House | White House denies bin Laden hunt downgraded after CIA closes unit dedicated to 9/11 mastermind | Al Qaeda building political arm in Iraq: General | Attorney General Gonzales' Scare Tactics: Terrorists are in our neighborhoods | That's not what they meant by "explosive hooters!" Authorities Warning Women Not to Wear Gel Bras | Panic! Seattle port terminal evacuated over possible bomb | Mich. prosecutor dropping terror case
BORDER BUNGLES -- Lawsuit Filed Over Immigrant Crackdown
DIPLOMATIC MALPRACTICE -- Iran won't freeze uranium work
MEDIA CORRUPTION -- Time-Warner's NYC News Channel Refuses To Host Debate Between Clinton And Anti-War Challenger Tasini | Experts: PBS Viewers Deserved Whole Story on Politico/Pundit | PBS Ombud Says Show Made "Big Mistake" Keeping Quiet on Pundit's Admin Post | GOP strategists christen "Democrat [sic] Party" -- and the media comply | Alleged Use Of "Fake News" By 77 TV Channels Draws FCC Inquiry | Watch this! Ned Lamont on Hardball | Lamont's Victory -- A Media Defeat
FOX WATCH -- Watch this! FOX News Guest Claims 'It's Time To Have A Muslims Check-Point Line In American Airports' | FOX commentator David Bass makes a basshole of himself
UNFUNNY BU$INE$$ -- 2 unions acting to unite AZ workers | Warrant issued for CEO who failed to show up for trial | With Eye on Election, Democrats Run as Wal-Mart Foe | Rudy Giuliani opens his own bank
HOMELAND HIJINKS -- New Behavior Detection Officers Target Airport Passengers With "Evil Intent"
GUNS! GUNS!! GUNS!!! -- Judge refuses New Orleans' request to dismiss NRA lawsuit | Loose Gun Laws Cost Lives in Nashville
RACISM IN THE USA -- George Felix Allen Jr.'s campaign dips him deeper in the macaca! | Watch this! Jon Stewart says George Allen wants to make one thing perfectly clear: Macaca! | From The New Republic(an): A detailed look at Neoconfederate GOP Senator George Allen's race problem
MORALITY MORONICS -- Longtime leader of the Oregon Christian Coalition admits "touching" minors
ENERGY SCANDALS -- Consumer watchdog: energy bigs hiking gas prices
HEALTH DEBACLES -- Anti-abortion "crisis pregnancy centers" unplugged | NYC Mayor Bloomberg takes on world in tobacco fight
TRASHING NATURE -- Despite uproar over Alaska spill, US to open land to drilling

August 16

George Felix Allen Jr's White Power Word
More on the racial slur George Allen (R-VA) used | Watch this! Jon Stewart on GOP Senator George Allen's racist eruption | Stepping in "macaca" | Racist George Felix Allen Jr's lame response about his use of the word "Macaca" | More fall-out from GOP Senator George Allen's use of racist slur against Indian-American | Keep Talking, George Felix Allen Junior! Please! | Nothing like a little racism to get Allen's base pumped up: The Situation Room covers "Macacagate"
CULTURE OF CORRUPTION -- Dems: Santorum Staffers Faked Signatures | Book: Karl Rove, Jack Abramoff "Used Each Other" | New Jersey attorney general resigns | Netswarm! Groups Appeal for Netizens' Help to Bust Earmarkers
TRAITORGATE -- Plame lawyer plans to force Cheney, Rove testimony | Plame, Wilson Replace Lawyers, Hire a New CREW | Cheney Lawyers Up -- With Clinton Impeachment Counsel! | Precedent bites right wing in the butt: Paula Jones case could force Cheney, Scooter and Karl to testify in Plame case
BIG-BROTHER-GATE -- Leading Media Outlets "Have Tied Themselves Up In Knots" On A "Blatant Threat" To Freedom Of The Press | GOP using tyrants' tactic
HOT POLITICS -- Lamont campaign may add staff as more general election strategy to attract moderate voters is adopted | Tide appears to be growing against GOP | Powerful role for CBC if Dems win | Tide appears to be growing against GOP | Bill burns Bush: Clinton blasts George' national security ineptitude | Texas Republican Infighting: Front-Running DeLay Replacement Spars with Local GOP | Gallup: Democrats Maintain Advantage in Fall Elections | A group of Senate Democrats is growing increasingly angry about Lieberman's campaign tactics | Joe Lieberman is getting campaign help from the Smear Boat Liars | A Democratic ad... on national security? Yes! | CT-Sen: Senators Supporting Lamont | Jimmy Carter's Son Wins Nevada Primary | Ned Menace! Hilariously Regressive Rag Suggests Lamont Is A Communist | NY-29: Key Endorsement for Eric Massa | McCain mulls presidential run | Raw Story: Michael Schiavo has emerged as a new "political weapon" for Democrats | CT-SEN: Schlesinger Takes Beating on Hardball | House GOP Plans $40M Ad Campaign of Fear | When GOP Greens intervene: Poll Shows PA Senate Race Tightening | Raw Story teases NY Times story: Lamont preparing to shake up his staff | Despite polls showing otherwise, media continue to assert U.K. terror arrests help Bush's approval ratings | Stephanie Studebaker is dropping out of the contest for Ohio's 3rd Congressional District | NJ-Sen: Dumber Than A Bag of Hammers | Pickles campaigns for controversial conservative running against double-amputee Iraq war veteran | Bill Clinton slams Joe Lieberman | Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency has begun working with Israel | NY Sen: GOP attack ad pairs Hillary Clinton, Osama bin Laden | Election Innovation: Voters Can Pick Dead Candidate In Tuesday's NV Primary | They Have Flipped Because The Policy Has Flopped | Chuck Hagel’s family wary of possible prez run | GOP-Sponsored PA Green Candidate Polls at Five Percent | Evangelical leaders are launching a massive registration drive | Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) on himself | Watch this! Bill Clinton Calls Lieberman's Iraq Stance The 'Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld-Position'
QWAGMIRE -- The Pentagon has quietly started a broad war strategy reassessment with a goal of identifying mistakes made in Iraq and Afghanistan | Bush Boy Said to Be Frustrated by Collapsing Public Support for His Iraq Debacle | Baghdad bomb blast kills seven | Neocons Never Die and Never Learn | Hezbollah Refusing Cease-Fire Conditions | Shafted By Rumsfeld | UN Scrambles For Mideast Peacekeeping Troops | Bush Rejects Idea of Partitioned Iraq | Defense spending has increased an average of 11.1 percent each year since 2001 | 3,400+ Iraq civilians were killed in July | Bush calls for sealing of Syria's borders | Fierce gun battles erupt in Iraq after raid in Karbala | Larry Johnson: "Perhaps Israel will want to consider electing Forrest Gump to replace Ehud Olmert" | Cleric: Iran missiles ready to hit Israel
WAR CRIMES -- US soldier who blew whistle on Abu Ghraib has no regrets | Our bad! 9/11 detainee released after 5 years, no charges | DHS Chief Odd Choice to Call for Long-Term Detentions
WIDE WORLD OF TERRORISM -- Mystery of the Microbe Letters | Josh Marshall uses his Bush Secret Decoder Ring | Actual Bush Quote! "The United States Of America Is Engaged In A War Against An Extremist Group Of Folks" | Crossdressing Al Qaeda suspect killed in raid | 750,000 Known Terrorists in the U.S. -- Yes, 750,000 -- and We're Worrying About the Middle East?
MEDIA CORRUPTION -- CNN's Chuck Roberts Apologizes To Lamont For Calling Him The "al Qaeda" Candidate | Admin Told PBS: Stay Mum on Pundit's Post | Lamont's Victory -- A Media Defeat | Eric Boehlert on Little Green Bigots, Staged War Photos, and the Story the Press Won't Tell | Kinky! Media Matters 'spanks' Jeff Gannon | Joe Scarborough started his program last night asking the question, "is Bush an idiot?" | July deadliest month in Iraq, tallies show | Katie Couric seeks one hour evening news broadcast
FOX WATCH -- Watch this! Sean Hannity Suggests Israel Should Drop A Nuclear Bomb To 'Obliterate' Hezbollah
UNFUNNY BU$INE$$ -- Wal-Mart tries shouting down reality-based Democratic critics | Former Sen. Edwards Urges Continental Tire To Respect Its Workers | Illinois Lt. Governor Wants Statewide Big Box Living Wage | Dell, the GOP's Favorite Computer Maker, Recalling Millions Of Notebook Batteries Because They Could Erupt In Flames
DISASTROUS RESPONSE -- Insurers get break on Katrina floods
HOMELAND HIJINKS -- Bush and GOP Congress underfunded Transportation Security Agency
ELECTION THEFTS -- Salon exposes voter suppression schemes in six states: OH, FL, AZ, IN, CA, MO | PA Sued Over Electronic Voting Machines | We Told You So! Ohio Voting Problems Deemed Severe
RACISM IN THE USA -- "Let's have a Muslim-only line"
ENERGY SCANDALS -- Suspiciously Timed California Refinery Shutdowns Spike Gas Prices | 1/4 of crude oil price may be due to fear
HEALTH DEBACLES -- NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg Donates $125M To Anti-Smoking Efforts
TRASHING NATURE -- California Establishes Network of Marine Reserves | CEI Expert: 'The Best Policy Regarding Global Warming Is To Neglect It'
GAY IN AMERICA -- Wisconsin anti-gay crowd goes too far in anti-marriage amendment

August 15

George Allen's racist outburst caught on videotape! | VA Republican George Allen: idiot racist, out-of-control moron, or both? | "Welcome to America," says Allen to dark-skinned American | Allen used the racial slur "Macaca" -- here's what it means | Why won't Allen apologize to Sidarth?
CULTURE OF CORRUPTION -- His lips are moving department: Ken Mehlman Falsely Claims Conservatives Aren't Advocating 'Stay The Course' In Iraq | Watch this! Keith Olbermann on terror alerts and politics | Pennsylvania Petitioner's Outrage Not So Pure | GOP-Sponsored PA Green Party Candidate Admits It's About Money, Not Environmental Issues | Corrupt conflict of interest: Bush appointee moonlights as conservative pundit | Rep. Bob Ney Withdraws, Triggering Special Primary | When Smearboaters sue: Murtha libel suit looks DOA
BIG-BROTHER-GATE -- Bush wants conspiracy to be a war crime
HOT POLITICS -- Why the GOP is panicking: Democrats refuse to let Republicans own the security issue this year -- and will not let voters forget Iraq | The "IC" Factor: Via Scoobie, a must-read from the New Yorker | Department of conservative hypocrisy: Why is the right wing attacking the Commander-in-Chief during a time of war? | Lieberman Viciously Attacks Bernie Sanders; GOP Rewards Him With Cash | Another GOP loss in the courts: Colorado Redistricting Lawsuit Dismissed | WaPo's Froomkin lays into Cheney | Politicians endure fake MySpace profiles | Bush's Approval Ratings Stuck At 36% Low -- Terror Frenzy Won't Even Budge Mediocre F-score! | What do Porter Goss, Katherine Harris have in common?
QWAGMIRE -- Sy Hersh: Cheney and Bush gave Israel green light on Lebanon incursion in early summer | Iran Said to Support Shiite Militias in Iraq | 15 killed in bombing, gun battle in Iraq | Israeli Leaders Blame Bush for Faulty War | Strengthened Hezbollah Celebrates Swell of Support | Iraqi Kurdish party office bombed | Notorious Baghdad area walled in by US and Iraq security forces | Military Recruiters Resort To "Overly Aggressive Tactics [And] Criminal Activity" To Get More Troops, Says Govt. Investigation | Army Orders 300 Soldiers Back To Iraq | Rosy assessments on Iraq "not related to reality" -- what a shock (not!) | Hezbollah Leader: We Achieved A "Strategic, Historic Victory"... | Israel PM Olmert: There Were "Deficiencies" In The Way The War Was Conducted | Two FOX News Employees Abducted in Gaza | Fallujah police officers avoid work after threats; only 100 Out of 2000 Remain | US general contradicts Neocons, talk radio reactionaries, says no evidence Iran active in Iraq
WIDE WORLD OF TERRORISM -- Darn! Administration miffed as no terror ties reported in cell phone arrests | Right Wing Wants It Both Ways, Politicizes London Plot While Calling For "National Unity" On Terrorism | Saudi Arabia spanks the Bush Boy for his cheap-shot bigoted rhetoric, rejects calling Muslims "fascists" | So this is Amtrak transportation "security"
BORDER BUNGLES -- Once-legal immigrants constitute 45% of illegals
FAULTY INTELLIGENCE -- Pentagon feuds over Iraq intel collection
DIPLOMATIC MALPRACTICE -- John Bolton Grants Interview to Anti-Muslim Hate Site | Bush, faced with increasingly chaotic overseas scenarios, scrambles to consult his "brainless trust" while on vacation
MEDIA CORRUPTION -- Yes, Media Matters, the press IS stumping for the GOP | The most telling "defeatism" and "attacks on the Commander-in-Chief during a time of war" are coming from the right | Media Matters to CNN: Will anchor Roberts be disciplined for suggesting Lamont is "the Al Qaeda candidate"? | The Bush administration's chosen journalists -- Sean Hannity and Pam "Atlas" | No News On Kidnapped Fox Cameraman And Reporter; Fox Remains Tight-Lipped | Well, I guess that makes Glenn Beck "Julius friggin' Streicher" | Did Imus just threaten to ban all Democrats from his show if they don't support Lieberman? | White House Press Corps Moved Out Of White House | Aide to Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) accidentally gives reporter obscene, profanity-laced earful | Do the AP and WaPo have some kind of problem printing the word "warrantless"? | Michael Wolff: NY Times "Is One Of The Few Organizations That The Weakened Bush People Are Strong Enough To Go After" | Given Michael Smerconish's history of intolerant, inflammatory comments, Media Matters asks: Why is MSNBC allowing him to host one of its programs? | Manufacturing Amalekites: Pam "Atlas", Unhinged At Last | The Lapdog Press Rolls Over, Again | Gore's Current TV is succeeding
FOX WATCH -- Watch this! FOX News Guest: Muslims Pray To Someone Who Wants To Kill You | In other words, Bill Kristol says that George Bush emboldened Al Qaeda and terrorists around the world by losing the Iraq war | Imams At London Mosque Claim Fox News Priest "Tricked" Them Into Talking On Air
UNFUNNY BU$INE$$ -- We are not pleased: Amazon mulls sharing user personal info
DISASTROUS RESPONSE -- Houston Blames Rise In Crime On Large Number Of Katrina Evacuees | More FEMA Foolishness: Same Key Could Open Many Trailers
HOMELAND HIJINKS -- X-ray machines not capable of detecting explosives in shoes | Industry push leaves air cargo unscreened | Choice snark at dailykos.com: "This War on Liquids is the stuff of Frenchified namby-pambyism"
GUNS! GUNS!! GUNS!!! -- PA R State Senator Regola's son frequently kept death gun in his room (WARNING: Scaife fishwrap link)
RACISM IN THE USA -- Neo-Nazis and other white supremacists still plague the US armed forces
ENERGY SCANDALS -- Topping $3 per gallon, gas prices hit record high | Plasma TVs sap energy supplies
HEALTH DEBACLES -- Science geek bashes Texas bully preppie: Bill and Melinda Gates blast Bush HIV policy

August 14

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION -- George W. Bush, Caught Lying Yet Again, Claims Terror Plot Included "New" Explosive Threat | Desire among rank-and-file, mainstream Democrats: George W. Bush should be impeached | GOP Rep. avoided taxes on land sale
BIG-BROTHER-GATE -- Chertoff wants even more police powers
HOT POLITICS -- The Republican National Committee will not support CT GOP candidate | He has a spine: Ned Lamont hits back and hits hard, blasts Cheney and Lieberman for terrorist scare talk, suggest orchestrated smear campaign | Watch this! Feingold on Lieberman: "Joe is showing with that regrettable statement that he doesn't get it. He doesn't get it" | Smear Boat Liars Set Sights on Rep. John Murtha | CNN declares "Fear fear fear terror terror terror Monday" | A Rural Revolt in the West? Yes, indeed... | Bwaaah! Temper tantrums at Big Money’s Democratic Party embassy, the DLC | Watch this! On Face the Nation, Ned Lamont debunks Scott Pelley’s right-wing talking points | Lamont: Lieberman Sounded Like Cheney | Howard Dean: Lieberman should drop out | Bad gets worse for GOP in Northeast | Watch this! Howard Dean Defends Lamont, Slams Lieberman on Press the Meat | MD GOP guv candidate Steele: everything is just going great in Iraq! | Watch this! Does Ken Mehlman secretly want Joe Lieberman to win Connecticut's Senate seat in the upcoming election? | Ted Kennedy: Cheney Demeans democracy, Paints Lamont Victory As Helping Terrorists | Tom Ridge (!) says Cheney is wrong about Lamont victory | Chertoff: Terror terror terror fear fear fear | NY Gov. Pataki Criticizes GOP for Abandoning Basics
QWAGMIRE -- Sy Hersh: U.S. helped Israel plan war | Israel-Hezbollah Cease-fire Begins After a Day of Fierce Attacks | Gen. Pace admits we are stuck in Iraq without enough troops | 62 die in Iraq rocket attacks |Bush's belief in a worldwide Islamist conspiracy is foolish and dangerous | The U.S. effort to train Iraqi forces -- and bring our troops home -- is mired in bureaucratic mismanagement, inept recruits and astonishing shortages of equipment | Fallujah's police force disappears | Afghan police kill 11 Taliban; 4 NATO soldiers wounded | Chances dim for peace in Baghdad |Is Al-Sadr losing grip on Shiite militia? | As weeks wore on, Bush Administration began to doubt Israel could win an outright military victory in Lebanon | At least 47 die in Baghdad blasts | Hezbollah Fires 250 Rockets Into Israel; Israel Pummels Beirut | Is depleted uranium sickening troops? | Israel Bombs Beirut, Attempts To Damage Hezbollah In Final Hours Before Cease-fire
WIDE WORLD OF TERRORISM -- All Missing Egyptian Students in Custody | Which Travelers Have "Hostile Intent"? Biometric Device May Have the Answer | Terrorism experts cast doubt on al-Qaeda tie to arrests | Pakistan bomb plotter confirms al Qaeda link | US relaxes carry-on rules for air travel | "Terra, terra, terra!" but "where's the beef?"
MEDIA CORRUPTION -- NY Times pulls Bush official quote about Administration beginning to doubt Israel could win outright military victory | Toronto Star Describes Tucker Carlson, Becomes First Mainstream Newspaper To Break The "Douchebag" Barrier | Watch Arianna call out Howie Kurtz, CNN over Chuck Roberts’ Lamont "Al Qaeda" cheap-shot | CNN Anchorman Chuck Roberts Should Be Held Accountable For Calling Lamont The "Al Qaeda Candidate" | Your supine press: David Gregory, George Stephanopoulos ignored, downplayed NBC report that U.S. officials rushed UK to make terror arrests | Ann Coulter: tired slurs, twisted logic, zero integrity | ABC’s Martha Raddatz flogs GOP narrative, says Democrats can’t support Iraq withdrawal and "support the troops" | Lieberman Free Sunday | What liberal media? NY Times pulled its punches in order not to hurt Bush before the 2004 election
FOX WATCH -- Watch this! Billy Kristol: Cheney's Claim That Lamont Win Helps "Al-Qaeda Types" Is "Indisputably Correct"
$MIRKONOMICS -- America’s Great Lakes Region Crippled by Manufacturing Job Losses
JUSTICE WATCH -- Florida's privatized, punitive "boot camps" under fire as teenager dies after expedition
EDUCATION IN THE SMIRK AGE -- Right-wing pro-censorship row hits U.S. campuses
OH, GOD! -- Media obsessed with "Rapture Index" during Lebanon war
TRASHING NATURE -- Local Officials Bypass Washington To Legislate Global Warming

August 13

New York Times’ considered running wiretap story eve of 2004 election
CULTURE OF CORRUPTION -- KY Gov. Ernie Fletcher may be haunted by ruling | Santorum Calls Intel Leakers "Traitors" | Held over: NY Times slams "failure of imagination"� at Homeland Security | Bush Administration Knew About Liquid Explosive Threat, Yet Bush Still Calls It "New" | Rep. Vito Fossella (R-NY) has a new explanation for why his photos with constituents were improperly used in congressional mailings
TRAITORGATE -- FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds: Brewster Jennings was investigating nukes in 4 countries
HOT POLITICS -- Radioactive: Some GOP incumbents walking, others running from Bush | Fear-mongering, of course, is Chapter 1 in the GOP campaign manual | Annual RNC Fundraiser Brings in 38% of Last Year’s Take | The new NEWSWEEK Poll finds a lot for Democrats to cheer as the midterm elections approach | Polls Shows More Americans Favor Democratic Candidate for Congress | Panicky Lieberman Looking Outside CT for Help | Howard Dean urges door-to-door Democrats | Santorum Ad Uses Name Calling To Try And Belittle Opponent Bob Casey | Wes Clark and Bill Richardson to Joe Lieberman: end your harmful do-over run | GOP desperately pushes their only hope for 2006: protect the marriage of Iraq and terror | GOP gnashes teeth at their November nightmare: Speaker Nancy Pelosi! | 12 Candidates To Challenge LA Rep. Jefferson
QWAGMIRE -- Israel Surges Into Lebanon, Despite Vote | Five years of policies by George W. Bush and the Republicans who control Congress have made the country no more secure and its people no more safe. It is time for a change | 3 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan | U.S. troops among nearly 50 dead in Iraq | Explosions Rock Hezbollah Stronghold | Israeli cabinet approves cease-fire plan as battle rages on | Floridians think war has been handled badly | U.S. Patrol Hit in Afghanistan | US forces arrest 60 in Baghdad | Hezbollah sets conditions for agreement | Bomb kills 2 U.S. soldiers in Baghdad | Israel Nearly Triples Ground Forces; UN Races To Enforce Cease-Fire Deal | Report: Israel to end war 7AM (local time) Monday | Rep. Jo Ann Davis (R-VA): Rumsfeld must resign | Lebanon approves UN resolution
WIDE WORLD OF TERRORISM -- U.S. Rushed Brits to Bust Terror Plot, Says Source | John Kerry blasts Bush failure to actually fight terrorist murderers; Mitt has snit over Kerry’s refusal to support Bush’s Iraq idiocy | The Bush Administration has its priorities (clue: NOT protecting citizens against homicidal terrorists) | Fact check: After September 11, we did get hit again | Experts: US at risk for lack of imagination! | FBI says flights to Boston not specifically part of plot | BBC: Bush links Hezbollah and "plot" | Fear fear fear terror terror terror: US warns citizens in India of terror threat | 3 Texas Men With Hundreds of Cellular Trac-Fone "Burner" Phones Arraigned on Terror Charges | Why didn&146;t Bush address the "liquid bomb" threat 6 six years ago, since we knew about it ten years ago? Oh that’s right, he’s been busy invading Iraq | Where is "central front in the war on terror"? Hint: it isn’t Iraq... | Deep inside NYC city jails, top cops keep a watchful eye out for terror | "It’s just as easy as ever to fly a plane into the White House or the capital"
MEDIA CORRUPTION -- CT-SEN: Media Ignores Lamont Demand For 'Hack' Charge Apology | Watch this! How it’s done: David Sirota humiliates Ann Coulter on CNBC | Increasingly, Bush Evades Media Unless It Is to His Advantage | Watch this! Tony Snow tells Bill O’Reilly that (cue laugh track) Bush never uses terror to scare but doesn’t speak for Cheney
UNFUNNY BU$INE$$ -- Prosecutors Want Jeffrey Skilling To Pay Ken Lay’s Share
DISASTROUS RESPONSE -- A year of incompetence, corruption and sheer stupidity: Katrina recovery remains slow
HOMELAND HIJINKS -- Airports' banned items turned into eBay cash
ELECTION THEFTS --
JUSTICE WATCH -- Panel suggests using inmates in drug trials | Former Illinois Governor to be Deposed About Death Row Pardons
OH, GOD! -- Religious right wants activist judges to help it cheat in marriage debate | Tales of financial flaws follow pastor to West Palm Beach megachurch
RACISM IN THE USA -- Radical Right’s Dobson: I Support Mel Gibson, Passion Is "One Of The Finest Films Of This Era" | Oregon GOP resolution called racist, ignorant | Co-chair of Katherine Harris’s Senate bid says she staffer told her to ask McBride a racially loaded question
HEALTH DEBACLES -- White House’s Planned Medicaid Cuts Cause Rift With States