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The White House Even Lies About the Weather! A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution
U.S. Military Death Toll in Iraq Now Tops 800 5/24
More than 5,500 Iraqis died violently in just Baghdad and three provinces in the first 12 months of the occupation, and this is an incomplete account
Photo of Bush with "Abrasions." Doesn't the Bike Story Remind You of the Odd Pretzel Story? We Ask, Where's the Broken Stein of Beer? 5/24
Blast Near Coalition Headquarters in Baghdad 5/24
"John Kerry: These Colors Don't Run" Bumperstickers, From BuzzFlash.Com
Michael Moore: ``I hope nobody tells him [Bush] that I have won this award while he is eating a pretzel." 5/24
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The Rise and Fall of Chalabi: Bush's Mr. Wrong. Another Bush Mess We'll Never Know the Full Truth About. 5/24
Bob Herbert: Did Someone Say War? 5/24
Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush by John W. Dean, Available at BuzzFlash.com
Bush Cartel War Crimes Update: Afghan Deaths Linked to Unit at Iraq Prison 5/24
Demand Grows to Provide Paper Trail for Electronic Voting 5/24
Some 2,000 pages said to be missing from Senate's copy of prisoner abuse report 5/24
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David Brock's New Book, "The Republican Noise Machine : Right-Wing Media and How It Corrupts Democracy," Now Available on BuzzFlash.Com. Ships Next Week.
Two U.S. Servicemen Killed Near Fallujah 5/24
Robert McNamara's Mesmerizing Reflections on War, The 2003 Academy Award Best Documentary Feature, "The Fog of War," Now Available on DVD at BuzzFlash.com. Riveting, Provocative, Insightful. Read Our Review.
In New Haven, a Protest Greets Bush 5/24
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GOP Leaders Leaving Sacrifice for the Generations to Come 5/24
Mr. Chalabi makes many prominent Americans, European and Arabs uneasy because they don't know what several tons of Mukhabarat documents seized by INC will reveal about their secret dealings with Saddam. 5/24
"Compassiongate": A Compendium of Bush Cartel Self-"Investigations" 5/24
US tactics 'heavy handed' says Straw memo 5/24
The BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite of the Week is (Drum Roll Please)....Zell Miller!
The Pantycons 5/24
In Iraq, the Job Opportunity of a Lifetime 5/24
Bushies AGAIN investigated for divulging highly classified info, putting lives at risk 5/24
New Feature: Thom Hartmann's "Independent Thinker" Book of the Month: "Class War in America: How Economic and Political Conservatives Are Exploiting Low- and Middle-Income Americans"
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BBC Gets Euphemistic on Us: "'Wedding video' clouds US denials." Okay, the Bush Cartel Lied, As Usual. The News Would be if They Told the Truth for Once. 5/24
Major Networks May Not Carry Bush's "Iraq Strategy" Speech. If It Weren't So Tragic, It Should Air on Comedy Central. 5/24
Wall Street Firms Funnel Millions to Bush 5/24
'Contract Interrogators Hired to Avoid Supervision' 5/24
The Other U.S. Military 5/24
Bill "Cat Killer" Frist Stumps Against Tom Daschle. No Rules of Etiquette or Respect for a Repulican Majority Leader. What a Low Life GOP Senate Creep. 5/24
Paul Harris investigates the elite network that fills the electoral war chest of the Republicans 5/24
Accusing top Pentagon officials of "dereliction of duty," retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni says staying the course in Iraq isn't a reasonable option. "In the lead-up to the Iraq war and its later conduct, I saw, at minimum, true dereliction"
From the Archives: George's Friend, Jerry Falwell, Commenting on September 11th: God Gave U.S. 'What We Deserve' 5/24
GOP Conn. Gov. John G. Rowland gave a secret statement to state investigators acknowledging that he probably talked on the phone with former Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay 5/24
While world attention was focused on the scandal at Abu Ghraib prison, two Marines were court-martialed May 14 for abusing an Iraqi prisoner with electricity, it was disclosed yesterday. 5/24
More Questions Raised on the Nicky Berg Murder 5/24
Bush Cartel Muzzling U.S. National Park Officials 5/24
Hard lessons from poetry class: Speech is free unless it's critical 5/24
Hoffmania on "The Pelosi Moment" 5/24
"Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill," A Timely BuzzFlash Interview with Terrorism Expert Jessica Stern
The Last Laugh Theory About the Keystone Cops Bush Cartel: Was Bush Suckered into Iraq by Iran? 5/24
U.S. Forces Raid Kufa, Kill 32 5/24
An I-Team 8 investigation reveals recent changes in voting technology have raised the risk of fraud and miscounting. 5/24
Derrick Z. Jackson: Rhetoric for Kids, Money for War 5/24
Eleanor Clift: Panic on the Hill 5/24
Liberals Show That They Can Work Together 5/24
For Republicans, a House and Senate Divided 5/24
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Haaretz: The Shame of Rafah. Someone Should Pay the Price. 5/24
Nicholas von Hoffman on the big lie 5/24
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The Hidden Cost of Iraq War 5/24
Max Blumenthal: Bush's Uncle Runs Terror Bank 5/24
ES&S Project Manager Resigns Over Voting Machine Problems 5/24
Michael Moore's controversial polemic Farenheit 9/11 became the first documentary for nearly 50 years to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival 5/24
Rumsfeld bans camera phones in Iraq - report 5/24
Yeah, Right Department: June 27, 2003, Washington Post Article: Bush Cartel "Pledges to Avoid Torture" 5/24
The Campaign Desk 5/24
Chalabi aide reportedly wanted for spying 5/24
The Native American Vote 5/24
Noted Right Wing Extremist Editorial Writer for Radical WSJ Editorial Page Defames 9/11 Widows 5/24
The Insanity of Staying the Course with Blind Men at the Helm 5/24
Comic Relief Combo includes the satire, "The White House Inc. Employee Handbook: A Staffer's Guide to Success, Profit, and Eternal Salvation Inside George W. Bush's Executive Branch," the BuzzFlash piggy bank and "Bush-Liar-Liar-Pants-On-Fire" doll.
Bush Cartel War Crimes Update: If You Stand Up for Decency and Truth, the Bush Cartel Will Punish You. Only Lying Merits Approval In Their Twisted World. 5/23
Bush's Newest Best Friend, Gadhafi, Walks Out of Arab Summit 5/23
The Bush Legacy of a Weakened, Undersupplied Military 5/23
Bush Cartel War Crimes Update: Autopsies Were Not Performed on Iraq Prison Dead 5/23
A Halliburton Inc. subsidiary sent empty flatbed trucks crisscrossing Iraq more than 100 times this year, putting their drivers and military escorts at risk and handing taxpayers the bill with a little added profit. 5/23
David Corn: Can Iraq Get Any Worse? You Couldn't Plan to FAIL as Miserably as the Bush Cartel Has. They are the Keystone Cops of Foreign Policy. Only This Ain't a Comedy.
Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 9/11' Wins Palme D'Or Award at Cannes
Scandalous blog linked to (GOP) DeWine office 5/23
"It's Not Funny" the New Comedy CD From Very Funny David Cross, BuzzFlash Fan
Are Progressives Giving Kerry Lattitude to Pursue the DLC Center? 5/23
Warrior King: The Case for Impeaching George Bush. Get the Book at BuzzFlash.com.
What's in a Word? Torture. 5/23
Meet Karl Rove's Protege: Ken Mehlman 5/23
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White House Website Goes to the Dogs 5/23
THE BUSH administration is doing its best to keep secret the policies it has developed for handling foreign prisoners and to stifle congressional examination of the issue. 5/23
Bush's Reasons for Ignoring the Geneva Convention Are Not Worth the Paper They Are Printed On -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution
U.S. and British Casualty Count. Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died -- And Continue Dying.
A Justice Department memo proposes that the United States hold others accountable for international laws on detainees—but that Washington did not have to follow them itself 5/23
Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died. A BuzzFlash List of Casualty Resources.
Winning Hearts and Minds, The Bush Cartel Way: U.S. Troops Storm Mosque in Attack on Iraq Militia 5/23
Bill Clinton attacks Bush over Iraq 5/23
Talking Deficits 5/23
Bush the Crackpot, by Carlos Fuentes (Translated from Le Monde) 5/23
If You are a Republican Disenchanted with Bush, Vote Libertarian if You Can't Vote for Kerry 5/23
Read the Full Honor Roll of the BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrites of the Week! Or Listen to Them! You Can Also Hear Them as Part of the Take Back the Media.com Weekly News Program.
The Ugly Face of Power 5/23
Bush Falls on Bike Ride and Suffers Cuts and Bruises. White House Said Zarqawi Pushed Him. (Okay, The First Part is True Anyway.) 5/23
Bush Cartel Incompetence Unlimited. NOW, the Bush Cartel Claims Their Main Puppet Leaders for Iraq Were Actually Pulling the Bush Cartel's Strings on Behalf of Iran. Unbelievable Incompetence. God Save us from This Completely Failed, Incompetent Bush.
Lawyer: Top U.S. Officer Knew of Prison Abuse
Bush Cartel War Crimes Update: 37 deaths part of torture and abuse inquiry 5/23
Struggling "Air America" Appoints New CEO 5/23
Bill Frist Campaigns Against Daschle In His Home State 5/23
Working...and Poor 5/23
Israeli Assault on Rafah Continues. Women and Children Continue to Die. 5/23
The Day the Tanks Arrived at Rafah Zoo 5/23
"Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time"
"Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill," by Jessica Stern. Available from BuzzFlash.com. Yes, There are Christian, Jewish and Islamic Terrorists. Stern Talks With Representatives of All of Them. A Riveting Book.
Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich - and Cheat Everybody Else, by David Cay Johnston
The Great Whitewash: The 9/11 Commission and the Avoidance of the Truth, A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary
THE Book is Here! Richard Clarke's "Against All Enemies: Inside the White House's War on Terror--What Really Happened" Get Your Copy from BuzzFlash
Halliburton Protests 5/23
GOP Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Criticizes Bush's Foreign Policy and War on Terrorism 5/23
If you're keeping a list of the most idiotic things politicians say this election year, here's a lollapalooza: Denny Hastert's suggestion this week that Sen. John McCain, the ex-POW and torture survivor, does not know the meaning of sacrifice. 5/23
Move On.Org: A hooded Statue of Liberty, meant to remind viewers of Iraqis abused by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, dominates a TV ad that an anti-Bush organization will begin airing nationally next week 5/23
Bush Twins Graduate from College. Parents Don't Attend. Very Strange, Indeed. 5/23
The World According to Wolfowitz, Part 3 -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution
Frat Boys Gone Wild -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution
Cheney's Man in Baghdad is Now Accused of Being an Iranian Spy, But Still Holds a Lot of Leverage. What Was Chalabi Doing with "Top Secret" Information Anyway. He Was a Bush Cartel "Made Man." 5/23
GOP Infighting Rises, Poll Standings Fall 5/23
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Iraq Reveals Mounting Mental Health Problems in Our Military 5/23
Iraqi-Born Swede Says U.S. Returned Him to Prison for No Reason 5/23
James Carville, "Had Enough?: A Handbook for Fighting Back." Available on BuzzFlash.com. Your Carville Book Purchase is the Way We Pay for the Site. Remember, No Outside Advertising, No Subscription Fees, No Sales of Our E-mail List. We Depend on You.
"Wild Bill" Janklow Wants His Conviction of Hitting and Killing a Veteran Overturned 5/23
"House of Bush, House of Saud"
A Must for Any BuzzFlash Reader Library: "Take Them at Their Words: Startling, Amusing and Baffling Quotations from the G.O.P., Their Friends and a Few Others, 1994-2004"
The Blue String Campaign 5/23
"Uncovered: The Whole Truth About The Iraq War" Get This DVD!
"The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity," The New Book by Ambassador Joe Wilson
Bush War Crimes Update: U.S. admits to secret interrogation site in Baghdad 5/23
US general linked to Abu Ghraib abuse 5/23
Bush Cartel War Crimes Update: US hides high-profile prisoners 5/23
U.S. Military shrugs off attack on wedding party 5/23
Nicky Berg Case Gets Weirder and Weirder: Now Bush Cartel Claims Saddam's Nephew Led the Beheaders. Give Us a Break. Can't the Bush Cartel Let Nicky Rest in Peace, Without Continuing to Try to Get Diverting Headlines Into the News? 5/23
"Plan of Attack," By Bob Woodward is Now Available From BuzzFlash.Com! Remember, Your Premium Purchase is What Supports Us. No Third Party Advertising, No Subscription Fee, No Charge for Alerts.
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Mark Morford: Bush: Dumb Like A Bullet; Is Dubya both a bumbling simpleton *and* a shrewd manipulator who smirked at tortures in Iraq? 5/22
Get a Copy of "Moyers on America: A Journalist and His Times" by Bill Moyers. A Renaissance Man of Endless Curiosity, This Collections of Commentary Will Bring You to Tears Over What America Has Lost, While Also Restoring Hope About Regaining Democracy.
Bush Cartel War Crimes Update: Marine Confesses to Killing Civilian Demonstrators, Including Children, Under Orders from Up The Chain of Command. This is What Bush Calls Liberation.
BuzzFlash Interviews Intrepid, Story-Breaking Investigative Reporter Greg Palast (for the 8th Time), the Man Who Exposed the Fraudulent Vote Suppressing Bush Cartel "Felon Purge" in Florida and the Bin Laden Family Flights from the U.S. After 9/11.
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CENTCOM and Al Jazeera. In Search of the Truth in the Unflinching Documentary "Control Room." 5/22
"The Enemy" - BuzzFlash Editorial Cartoon by Thomas Burns
A Modest Proposal - A Reformed Military Draft - A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution
Doin' Hard Time in Gitmo - A Tribute to Nancy Pelosi -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution
IL Democratic Sen. Candidate, Barak Obama, Stalked by Republican Candidate's Campaign Staffer. Disgusting, Just Disgusting. 5/22
The May 21st World Media Watch by Gloria Lalumia
Bush provides no funds for vaccine care centers 5/22
"Bush's War," By James Moore, Author of "Bush's Brain." Moore Doesn't Forget the Military Victims of the Bush Cartel War Machine and Neither Do We. This is a Book that is Written With Heart, Soul, and a Sense of Deep Betrayal by Bush and His Cohorts.
Cynthia Tucker: Some Americans in Full Retreat From America's Core Values 5/22
Iraqi Deputy Minister (of Security) Injured by Car Bomb 5/22
Get the "Trials of Henry Kissinger" DVD at BuzzFlash.com. We found this recently released -- and overlooked -- documentary absolutely riveting.
Recorded threat draws anger in Utah's governor race 5/22
Md. May Not Count Primary Paper Ballots 5/22
Pelosi Criticizes Bush on Iraq Policies: "the emperor has no clothes."
Send the Message Across the Nation: "Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died" Postcards. The Perfect Message to Your Senators and U.S. Representatives.
Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and the Manchurian Candidate, by Maureen Farrell
Time to TOSS the WHOLE ROTTEN BUNCH! -- A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution from One Citizen
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The Bush Cartel "We Met the Enemy and He is Us" Update: Iran Rejects Chalabi Spying Accusations 5/23
National Guard Recruiting Pitch Called Scare Tactic 5/23
An Open Letter to My Pro-Bush Brother-in-Law - A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution
Bombshell: Impeach, Court-Martial, Prosecute -- Whatever -- the Bush Cartel Bigwigs. After Pentagon Learned of Prisoner Abuses, It Responded by Indicating They Weren't All Covered by the Geneva Convention. 5/23
Frank Rich on "Fahrenheit 9/11": "I was a Republican for quite a few years," one soldier says with an almost innocent air of bafflement, "and for some reason they conduct business in a very dishonest way." 5/23
Maureen Dowd: Bay of Goats
The US Defense Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, personally approved aggressive interrogation techniques for suspected Taliban and al-Qaeda prisoners to extract more information about the September 11 attacks and help to prevent future ones
Iraqis lose right to sue troops over war crimes 5/23
Bombshell Bush Cartel War Crimes Update About Lt. General Sanchez: Reportedly Present During Abuse Interrogations 5/23
Cross Your Fingers: Bush Slide in Polls Could Tip Congress to Democrats. Watch Out for the October Surprise. It's Going to be a Doozy! 5/23
"Valerie Who?" - BuzzFlash Editorial Cartoon by Steve Bradenton
BuzzFlash Editorial Cartoon by Kirk Anderson
Will the Torture at Abu Ghraib (Finally) Open Americans' Eyes? Why Iraq is Becoming More Like Vietnam Every Day. BuzzFlash Columnist Maureen Farrell
"A Brief Timeout" -- Episode #16 of "The Last Chance Democracy Cafe" -- Political, Historical Fiction by Steven C. Day
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Bush Unveils the New Polls 5/23
The Dubya Chronicles 5/24
Ahmed Chalabi Stars in Scapegoat 5/23
These are Ironic Times 5/24
I Want War Now 5/23
Bush's State of the Union Speech, Slightly Edited 5/23
Massachusetts Issues First.... 5/23
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