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Bush Installs Another Right-Wing Freak of a Judge, Bypassing Senate. "Actions like this show the American people that this White House will stop at nothing to try to turn the independent federal judiciary into an arm of the Republican Party." 2/21
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Why Daschle is Counter-productive as Minority "Leader": "Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., on Thursday praised the Bush administration's war and nation-building work in Iraq and said he has no serious concerns about the lack of weapons of mass destruction." 2/21
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Bush Cartel Expects Troops in Iraq for Years. Why Don't All Those Selfish, Churlish College Republicans Volunteer for Military Service, Since They Support the War So Much? 2/20
"Gov. Rick Perry signed into law last year the Defense of Marriage Act, preventing Texas from legally recognizing same-sex unions that are formed in other states." Let's Just Say Worthy of Note At This Time. Hmmm. 2/21
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Rumors Swirl Around Bush/Rove Protege Gov. Rick "Big Hair" Perry of Texas. Will He Resign? Will Bush Offer Him an Ambassadorship? Didn't He Just Sign "A Defense of Marriage Bill"? Hmmm. Stay Tuned. The Rumors Abound. 2/20
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Don Williams: Who really betrayed troops -- Kerry or Bush? 2/21
Vote for your favorite name for the secret category of Bush’s Super-Mega-Fundraisers! 2/21
Pentagon Preps for War in Space. Why? Aren't There Enough Wars on Earth? 2/21
Washington Wrap: Bush-Cheney Ads to Attack Kerry’s Record; Three States Hold Democratic Contests Next Tuesday; and more 2/21
'No Child' Tests for Schools Relaxed; "Significant Relaxation of Rules" First the Underfund it, Then They Lower the Standards. 2/21
In the New Economics: Fast-Food Factories? 2/21
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LAT: A Political Load on Science 2/21
Iraq: 133 Days And Counting 2/21
Bush's budget a travesty for small businesses 2/21
Photo fakery ‘at its worst’ riles Ken Light; J-School photographer’s 1971 image of Kerry altered for partisan purposes 2/21
Sex, lies, and Republicans: Drudge shoots and misses. 2/21
Bush Raises $150 Million for Election 2/21
Supreme Court Expands Review of 'Enemy Combatant' Rule; Sets Stage for Major Ruling on "presidential powers versus civil liberties" 2/21
Court to hear case to reopen Roe V. Wade. And you wonder why it's important to block Bush's right-wing judges? 2/21
More Cities Supportive of Gay Marriage; Officials Say They Would Grant Licenses if They Could, but Others Urge Caution 2/21
Why is the White House underfunding armored Humvees? 2/21
Medical evidence does not support suicide by Kelly 2/21
Report says military distorts war deaths 2/21
Pentagon, contractors use revolving door for jobs 2/21
Artists from all over the world are being refused entry to the US on security grounds. 2/21
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Republican Plattsburgh Mayor supports gay marriage. Well, He's Gay. We Hope He Supports Gay Marriage. 2/21
Repost: The Three "I"s - Integrity, Intentions and Intelligence 2/21
Mark Morford: Is Your Religion Unsanitary? Is God telling you to love war? Loathe gays? Restrict women? Join the godless throngs now! 2/21
Molly Ivins: Life without Dean; Kerry and Edwards both deserving of another look 2/21
Enron's Lay not charged, not off hook Investigators reviewing stock trades, finances. We'll Believe It When We See It. 2/21
Bizarre: Drudge "ashamed" of the media. In other news, Bank Robber Ashamed of Cohorts. 2/21
Lucrative Deals for a Daughter of Politics; Karen Weldon, whose dad is a Pennsylvania congressman, is a lobbyist for three foreign clients who need his help, and get it. 2/21
Bush Administration Touts Their Ability to LOSE Jobs. 2/21
The Great Big Book of Tomorrow, by Tom Tomorrow , Creator of "This Modern World"
Poor to Put 'Bushville' Tent City at NY Convention 2/21
Nader to Announce on Sunday Whether He's Going to Help Put Bush Win in November. 2/21
Doonesbury Offers $10,000 To Anyone that can "definitively prove that George W. Bush fulfilled his duty to country." 2/21
Repost: Bush Economic Team Under Fire Over Jobs 2/21
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Has Rumsfeld done an about-face? In 1966 Rumsfeld Sharply Criticized Gov't Sweetheart Deals. 2/21
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Source Gives Details of Iran Nukes Deal 2/21
Kerry gets Secret Service protection; Edwards also expected to receive security 2/21
Britons Demand Gitmo Info: 'We want answers: why have they been held so long without charge?' 2/21
What a Girlie Guy: When the Going Gets Rough, Bush Gets Going or Stands Behind the Skirt of His Mom. Now, He is Hiding Behind Laura, Who Suddenly is Being Sent Out to Defend Him. Accuses Democrats of "Witch Hunt" Against Poor "Bushy Boy." LOL 2/20
More than 60 top scientists accuse the Bush administration of manipulating and censoring science for political purposes. 2/20
For Gutter Politics, Look to the Bush Camp. They Wrote the Book. 2/20
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Shoot, Pollute and Bill the Taxpayer: That's What the NRA is Trying to Make Law in Florida. Kids Suffer from Lead Posioning, But Shooting Ranges Say to Taxpayer, "We Shoot and Pollute Toxic Lead and Arsenic, You Pay for the Clean-up." 2/20
"Given the situation, one might expect the Bush-Cheney campaign to change the subject when influence peddling comes up. But that would imply that the president and vice president feel some shame or remorse for their fundraising practices." 2/20
Bush Plays His Snake Oil Salesman Permanent "Tax Cut" Card for Everyone: Free Money for Everybody. Just Leave the Debt to Your Kids and Grandkids. What a Charlatan! 2/20
The Blair (Witch Hunt) Prosecution is Prepared to Abandon Prosecution of Iraq War Whistleblower Kathy Gun. Were There More Patriots for the Truth Like Ms. Gun in America. 2/20
It Will Make You Laugh so Hard, You'll Cry: Bush Cartel Propaganda Arm Strategy is to Run Add Campaign Accusing Kerry of Hypocrisy. Impeach the Lying S.O.B.s. They Stole Our American Govt., and We are Taking It Back. 2/20
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Why Rove Loves Nader: "If there is a rerun of 2000, when an estimated 6 million fewer evangelical Christians voted than in...1994, then the Bush ticket will be in trouble, especially if there is no Nader alternative to draw Democratic votes away." 2/20
The Book That Blows the Lid Off the Dangers for Fraud in Electronic Voting! Bev Harris's "Black Box Voting" Book is Now Available at BuzzFlash.com
U.S. Soldier Killed in Accident in Iraq 2/20
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George Soros: "The Bubble of American Supremacy"
Dismal Six Weeks for Bush Has Supporters Edgy 2/20
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Ralph Nader, If You Run, Ironically, You Become the Ultimate Capitaist "Fool," Aiding and Enabling Bush. It's Really That Simple. 2/20
The Daily Mislead: Bush Provides 2.6 Million Examples of Misleading 2/20
RICHARD PERLE, the former US Assistant Defence Secretary and Hollinger International board member, is under investigation for allegedly failing to disclose bonuses worth about $3 million (£1.6 million) which he received for running an investment scheme
Bill Moyers to Leave PBS 2/20
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John Ashcroft's Subpoena Blitz: Targeting Lawyers, Universities, Peaceful Demonstrators, Hospitals, and Patients, All With No Connection to Terrorism 2/20
San Francisco Sues California Over Gay Wedding Ban 2/20
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Florida shuns paper backup of computer ballots 2/20
Raising Minimum Wage is Needed to Help Children in Poverty 2/20
William Rivers Pitt: The One You’ve Been Waiting For 2/20
The Progress Report: CBS Caves Again; Economy; Dumping Retirees 2/20
Message to Mel Gibson: Being the Son of a Holocaust Denier with Reactionary Catholic Beliefs Does Cut Down on the Credibility of Your New Film. It Really Does, Mel. 2/20
Americans Urged to Leave Haiti 2/20
Iranians Vote in Parliamentry Elections 2/20
The US decision to repatriate five British detainees from Guantanamo Bay was motivated, at least in part, by the threat of a potentially embarrassing supreme court judgment on the legality of their detention 2/20
Soldier for the Truth: Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski 2/20
Repost: Mark Morford: What Are You So Afraid Of? Sex? Gays? Terrorists? God? In BushCo's fear-drunk world, only one question really matters 2/20
It's Electability, Stupid! 2/20
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Baghdad Burning 2/20
Skilling Is Indicted, Pleads Not Guilty 2/19
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Organized Labor Backs Kerry 2/20
Suicides in Iraq, questions at home; Pentagon tight-lipped as self-inflicted military deaths mount 2/20
Democrats eye plan to protect Kerry Senate seat 2/20
DA examining donations from DeLay-linked PAC 2/20
Iraq hawks put WMD cart before horse 2/20
Laura Bush Lies For Her Husband 2/20
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A Lawmaker's Ex-Aides in the Lobbies: All the Folks Who Want Something from Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.), the likely new chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Will He Give it to Them? 2/20
Less help for the homeless; More of that wonderful Bush compassionate conservatism. 2/20
'NY Times' Fails to Acknowledge Its Role in WMD Hype 2/20
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Nuclear Expert Tells AP Yucca Mt. Unsafe 2/20
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Edwards challenges Kerry to series of debates 2/20
U.S. Now Saying it Might Take "Temporary Role" in Running Iraq on July 1st. Wouldn't Want Those Lucrative Halliburton Contracts to Go to Someone Else. 2/20
Election Reform Advocates Call for Paper Back-Up 2/20
U.N. Chief Agrees U.S. Should Restore Sovereignty to Iraq on June 30, but Sets No Date for Elections 2/20
Greedy, Money-Grubbing Pfizer Cuts Supplies to Canadian Drugstores; Sales Are Halted To Reimporters Of Bargain Drugs 2/20
U.S. to Send Military Team to Haiti 2/20
The culture-war president: With Iraq still a mess, Team Bush is switching battlefields to start screaming about Sodom and Gomorrah. 2/20
It's Always about the Oil: U.S. Considers Building Port at Sao Tome 2/20
U.S. Marines preparing for 'small war' in Fallujah 2/20
On Bush's Conscience: I wouldn't want to be George W. Bush these days. 2/20
Saddam Hussein: Thanks for the Memories, a Retrospective of Hussein's Career, including links to Reagan, Bush 1 and others (A Flash Animation) 2/20
Weekly jobless claims fall sharply, but people filing for unemployment went up. 2/20
Cheri Delbrocco: Who Killed Howard Dean? 2/20
Long-hidden report details FBI crimes 2/20
Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died. A BuzzFlash List of Casualty Resources.
Bill Berkowitz: Sierra Club shenanigans; Anti-immigration and animal-rights activists attempt to hijack nation's oldest environmental organization 2/20
The Daily Reality Check: Bush's Debt; Show's Jobs; Skilling; and more 2/20
Israel's wall: Divisive issue, dividing neighbors 2/20
Big Financial Boost to Democrats in 2004: Section 527 Advocacy Groups Allowed to Raise Unlimited Funds 2/19
Chicago's Mayor Daley said Wednesday he would have "no problem" with County Clerk David Orr issuing marriage licenses to gay couples -- and Orr said he's open to a San Francisco-style protest if a consensus can be built. 2/19
Kerry, the Democratic front-runner and a Massachusetts senator, leads Bush by 55 percent to 43 percent among likely voters:. Edwards, the North Carolina senator who is challenging Kerry, leads Bush by 54 percent to 44 percent. 2/19
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"Heads Should Roll" Over Iraq, Says Perle. We Couldn't Agree More: Let's Start With Bush, Rumsfeld And Perle 2/19
University of Colorado football coach Gary Barnett was placed on paid administrative leave late Wednesday over comments he made after a woman who was on the CU team in 1999 came forward to say that she was raped by a teammate. 2/19
Jeffrey Skilling, the former Enron Corp. chief executive who resigned less than four months before the company shattered in scandal, surrendered to face expected criminal charges related to the company's collapse. What about Bush's Good Buddy, Ken Lay?
Bush dodges rosy jobs estimate 2/19
Wash. Times: Medicare reform backfires on Bush 2/19
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About Those (527) Attack Ads That Damaged Dean in Iowa 2/19
As Poll Numbers Plummet, Bush Starts New War -- This Time Against Culture 2/19
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Chicago Police infiltration of protest groups upsets rights activists 2/19
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Double suicide bombings kill 8 at coalition base south of Baghdad 2/18
Cyprus Re-unification Talks Begin 2/19
Lights! Camera! Action! Ft. Polk Troops Practiced Their Hoo-ahs For Bush 2/19
60 Respected Scientists, Including 20 Nobel Laureates, Accuse Bush Administration Of Distorting Scientific Evidence To Match Policy Goals; Nation Could Be At Risk 2/19
Dean's New Mission: Staying A Player. "The party is very different than if he had not run," Says Senator Leahy
Update on Civil War in Haiti 2/19
David Corn: Under The Bright Lights; George W. Bush has finally agreed to be interviewed by the independent 9/11 commission. 2/19
Soros says Bush has abused power since 9/11 2/19
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Investigators question ricin test results; Was positive reading in Senate office caused by paper byproducts? 2/19
Russert’s Near Miss, A Special Guest Commentary by James Moore
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