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Sidney Blumenthal: Colin Powell accepted policies on Iraq that he believed were calamitous. He is diminished as a result. 1/8
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U.S. soldiers turn down $10K to stay in Iraq 1/8
Vets say visits restricted to U.S. wounded 1/8
Connecticut GOP Governor Involved in Multiple Scandals and Investigations Wants "Forgiveness." Since He's a Republican, He Can Just Claim God Made Him Do It. 1/8
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Bradley Sees Idealism Reflected in Dean 1/8
Immigration "Reform"? Give Us a Break.
Leonard Pitts: Don't Ask, Don't Tell Is Just a Silly Policy 1/8
Rep. Waxman Letter to HUD Inspector General: "...Investigate allegations against Acting Secretary Alphonso Jackson, President Bush's nominee for HUD Secretary." (PDF) 1/8
The U.S. administration's point man on Latin America accused Fidel Castro on Tuesday of promoting "provocative" policies to destabilize democratic governments and warned the Cuban leader he was "playing with fire." 1/8
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Illinois Conservative Website Claims Peoria is Terrorist Center 1/8
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Get Out Your Hanky! Bush Twins "persist in seeing themselves as victims of daddy's job." 1/8
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Tactical Evolution, or Tactical Desperation? 1/8
Interesting: Norwegian Newspaper Reports that Germans are Skeptical About CIA Terrorist Involving Hamburg Hospital 1/8
Former GOP Tenn. state representative pleads guilty in federal court 1/8
Uncharitable Care: How Hospitals Are Gouging and Even Arresting the Uninsured 1/8
Wiesenthal Center Condemns New York Post Article Attacking Dean 1/8
Washington Wrap: Bush Campaign Raises Record-setting $130.8 Million in 2003; Dean Aide Cries Foul Over Caucus; Clark Gets Some Mo'; and more 1/8
Israeli Refuseniks Object to Harsh Sentences 1/8
The New Republic Endorses Lieberman. Isn't That the Publication That Used to be Progressive That is Now Owned by a Right Wing Guy? Maybe We Got Things Mixed Up. 1/8
Generous new tax break for Bechtel and Halliburton? 1/7
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Bush Campaign Has $99 Million in the Bank. When You're a Corporate Prostitute, It's Easy to Get Corporate Cash. 1/8
Chinese Police Detained 7 Journalists; Some think it's "retribution for aggressive reporting on a recent SARS case," 1/8
Bush's bullies at the border: Make sure you're rich and white and respectful 1/8
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Norman Solomon: George Will's Ethics (or lack thereof) 1/8
GIs in Iraq Scoff at Re-Enlistment Bonus 1/8
Daily Reality Check: News By The Numbers: 0, 0, 0, 1.8 Billion, and 97 (# of cows in mad cow herd, 86 of which can't be found) 1/8
Letter to the Editor: "Bush a dictator? Maybe the claim isn't as outrageous as it first seems." 1/8
Dean Leads Race for 'Superdelegates,' Party Insiders Who Vote at Convention, AP Survey Shows 1/8
Energy Lobbyists Pamper Republicans Political Prostitutes to Get Favors in Clean Air Act Rewrites 1/8
Eric Schlosser: USDA is too dominated by cattle industry 1/8
Dem Senators Question Iraq's Purchase of 50,000 AK-47s 1/8
But George McGovern was right; "If there is shame attached to that election, it is America's for having so dramatically elected the wrong man." 1/8
It shouldn't happen to a vet; Uncle Sam needs soldiers to protect his pipelines in Iraq - but they shouldn't expect his help when it's all over 1/8
India, Pakistan agree to restart peace talks. Bush Not Involved, but Expected to Take Credit. 1/8
The Daily Mislead: This Week, Bush Gives Lipservice - Not Funding - To America's Schools 1/8
Climate change could drive a million of the world's species to extinction as soon as 2050. Now Can We Sign the Kyoto Treaty, Mr. Bush? Just Asking. 1/8
Arianna Huffington: Ghosts Of Landslides Past; "Dean is electable precisely because he's making a decisive break with the spinelessness and pussyfooting that have become the hallmark of the Democratic Party." 1/8
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Coke, Pepsi to Add A Few More Bottles of Water and Fruit Juices to Their Vending Machines in Schools. 1/8
7 professional geological/paleontological societies object to creationism at the Grand Canyon (see "Most Recent Actions") 1/8
56 percent of Connecticut voters want Gov. John G. Rowland to resign 1/8
Braun opts out of New York primary 1/8
Delayed inquiry / A special prosecutor is forced to play catch-up 1/8
TheHill.com: Bush takes on Soros; Pro-GOP drive emulates labor 1/8
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From afar, Americans try to steer presidential election; ""American democracy is infected with a disease and Bush is only the latest symptom." 1/8
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The Progress Report: Mad Cow Labeling Fight Heats Up; Life After Saddam; Still No WMD; and more 1/8
More Deadly Than Gas: When this war ends, George Bush will have caused the poisoning of hundreds of thousands more humans than he said Saddam Hussein poisoned. 1/8
506 Iraqi detainees to go free; Gesture aimed at winning support for U.S. presence 1/8
U.S. asserts Castro trying to destabilize region; Venezuelan VP Tells Washington to Provide "Concrete Evidence" 1/8
NYC to pay Amadou Diallo's family $3 million 1/8
IBM execs, South Korea officials charged over bribery 1/8
Ex-C.F.O. at Enron Reportedly Nearing Deal 1/8
Bush's Desolate Imperium 1/8
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DoD Reports up to 22,000 U.S. Casualties 1/8
New Bush Immigration "Overhaul" Drafted by Karl Rove to Appeal to Hispanic Voters. But, Like All Things Bush, It's Potemkin Politics Designed to Do Nothing of Substance. 1/7
John Dean: Why Did Attorney General Ashcroft Remove Himself From The Valerie Plame Wilson Leak Investigation? Signs that a Key Witness May Have Come Forward 1/7
Max Blumenthal: Avenging angel of the religious right 1/7
Hollinger fears move by Black 1/7
Orders to U.S. Factories Fall 1.4 Percent 1/7
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Tests Confirm Mad Cow Came From Canada 1/7
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RNC Plays the Hitler Card 1/7
Bush Awards Major Contributors with U.S. Taxpayer-Funded Iraqi Reconstruction Projects. Political Prostitution and War Profiteering -- More of that Famous Bush-Style Honor and Integrity. 1/7
The Daily Mislead: President Wavers on Pledge to Help Find Leaker 1/7
Mentally Ill Man Executed in Arkansas 1/7
ADL Says NY Post's Ralph Peters' Use of Nazi Images Offensive. What Does the RNC Think of Peters' Column? Just Asking. 1/7
Groups of Catholic Abuse Victims Scoff at Report 1/7
Nine hundred and Eleven Missing Pieces; What don’t we know, and why don’t we know it? 1/7
Euro posts new all-time high against dollar 1/7
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Drug Addict Limbaugh's Records Stay Sealed For Now 1/7
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Major Bush Lie. Why Isn't This Front Page News Throughout the Country? "Iraq's Arsenal Was Only on Paper. Since Gulf War, Nonconventional Weapons Never Got Past the Planning Stage."
Connecticut Republican Gov. Rowland Says He Won't Resign 1/7
Foresight Was 20/20: it's striking how much of the trouble the U.S. mission now faces [in Iraq] was accurately and publicly predicted. 1/7
Another Unspoken Reason For George's Attack on Iraq: "The United States imported a record 63 percent of its oil from foreign sources in 2003." 1/6
Bechtel Wins Iraq Contract For $1.8 Billion 1/7
President Bush Served Friday With Personal 9-11 RICO Complaint 1/7
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That Pesky Bush-Hitler Thing 1/17
While America Was Distracted, Bush Grabs New Power for FBI 1/7
US army battles to keep soldiers; introducing a series of measures to prevent soldiers serving in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan from leaving the service. 1/7
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Molly Ivins: Bad news drops into Bush's punchbowl 1/7
Reposted: "Two Loud Words," by William Rivers Pitt 1/7
Eight children killed in bomb attack near school in Afghanistan 1/7
Former Thurmond Aide Stepping on 1st Amendment Rights of Bush Protestors 1/7
Angry Reactions to Treatment of Int'l Tourists: "In retaliation, Brazil's Foreign Ministry started fingerprinting and photographing arriving Americans last week." 1/7
Teacher sues over limits on history curriculum; Fundamentalist Christians created a curriculum that mentions only Christian civilizations. 1/7
Protect Your Rights! There are SIX amendments that the Bush Administration has violated and forced government agencies within individual states to violate on their behalf. 1/7
Bush's Education Reform Gets Poor Marks All Around 1/7
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Indiana soldier dies from burns suffered in Iraq. Bush Lies and Soldiers Die. 1/7
Ed Garvey: Considering the source, why should we trust 'alerts'? 1/7
America’s corporate merchants of death in Iraq. Made in the USA, Part III: The Dishonor Roll 1/7
John Conyers Jr.: Salvaging CIA leak investigation; Ashcroft's delayed recusal leaves credibility damage 1/7
Willie to W: "What Ever Happened to Peace on Earth?" 1/7
U.S. Soldier Back From Iraq: I Will Not Die For Oil, It’s Not Worth It 1/7
U.S. Panel Asks Giuliani to Explain Expenses From Senate Campaign Fund 1/7
Iraqis revive ancient word `ulooj' to insult, greet U.S. troops 1/7
Robert Scheer: Lord Knows What Robertson Wants 1/7
Ray McGovern: Intoxicated With Power. Can Americans "take away the president's driver's license and put an end to the reckless endangerment"? 1/7
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DoYouKnow.org: a collection of facts that reflect the policies and practices of the Bush administration, and detail some discrepancies you may not be aware of. 1/7
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What the . . ? Army Allows Halliburton to Supply Iraq Fuel Without Giving Price Data 1/7
Will Durst: Mad politician disease; Capitol Hill outbreak traced to tainted campaign contributions 1/7
Daily Reality Check: Welcome To The Jungle 1/7
Guess which jobs are going abroad 1/7
Hillary Clinton raps Bush's handling of war; Senator says she will not jump into presidential race 1/7
Club for Growth Runs Despicable Anti-Dean Ad. Gee, Why Isn't the RNC Up in Arms Over This Ad? It's Filled with Overexaggerated Stereotypes, Similar to Comparing Bush to Hitler. They Won't Say Anything Because They're a Bunch of Stinking Hypocrites. 1/7
Rowland Nominee Opposed; Senate Leader Says Vogel Has 'Obvious Conflicts' 1/7
13 Journalists Killed Covering Iraq War 1/7
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Egypt Muzzles Calls for Democracy; Reformers Say Billions in U.S. Aid Prop Up Authoritarian Rule 1/17
Red Ink Rising: Consumer debt has more than doubled in the past 10 years to record levels, making it hard for many families to cope. 1/7
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Credit Card Delinquencies Hit a New High 1/7
Spam Is Still Flowing Into E-Mail Boxes; Senders Evade Federal Law Banning Junk Messages 1/7
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The Gun Guys are Back! 1/7
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