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Army Plan Aims to Keep Soldiers on Duty . Isn't This Called Conscription? 6/3
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Bush Administration Freed High-Risk Terror Suspect 6/3
Brahimi: Bremer the `dictator of Iraq' in shaping Iraqi government 6/3
Laugh of the Day: On Hill, Rice Pledges bush Administration Probe Of Alleged Chalabi Leak. That's Like Al Capone Investigating John Dillinger. 6/3
Yes, It is Getting Even More Surreal at The New York Times. The Return of Judith Miller. You Won't Believe This One. Who is the Publisher of the NYT? Donald Rumsfeld? 6/3
Bush Cartel frantic to soften harsh language in UN rights report on Iraq 6/3
Revisiting the 2000 GOP Platform: 20 Outrageous Assertions, Shameless Lies and Broken Promises, By BuzzFlash Columnist Maureen Farrell
Sidney Blumenthal: Images of the second world war pepper the president's rhetoric - but the one word you won't hear him say is Vietnam 6/3
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Bush Impeachment Watch: FBI Investigating Possible Leak to Iran 6/3
Bush Expands 'Stop-Loss' Program; It's A Draft, and It Eats Morale Faster Than a War for No Reason or With No End. 6/3
Two months before the invasion began, the chief correspondent for the New York Times, Patrick E. Tyler, who was in charge of overseeing the paper's war coverage, hired Chalabi's niece. NYT Reporter Claims He Wasn't Aware Chalabi was a Player. LOL. 6/3
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Polygraph Testing Starts at Pentagon in Chalabi Inquiry 6/3
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NYT's Apologies Miss the Point 6/3
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End of the Barrel 6/3
Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush by John W. Dean, Available at BuzzFlash.com
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Fiscal Shenanigans 6/3
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Two Powerful GOP House Chairmen Don't Even Talk to Each Other 6/3
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An Exquisite Danger: John Negroponte's record in Honduras does not inspire confidence about his appointment as US ambassador to Iraq 6/3
Iraq costs are $119.4 billion and rising; lawmakers ponder how money might have been spent 6/3
Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich - and Cheat Everybody Else, by David Cay Johnston
CACI, the US contractor whose employees allegedly helped interrogate prisoners in Iraq, faces cuts to credit ratings over Iraq 6/3
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Enron Tape Transcriber: "...while we skimmed off the cream of these tapes, there's still a lot more that could be uncovered" 6/3
Must Read: "[I]nterviews with nearly 40 Marines in Fox Company and the 2nd Battalion raise the question of whether military leaders endangered some troops by waging war on the cheap" 6/3
President Bush: Flip-Flopper-In-Chief 6/3
Can't Say We're Surprised: "I am quite surprised to see that in his campaign for re-election as chief executive that the president is encouraging churches to break the tax rules the chief executive is supposed to enforce" -- Former IRS Commissioner 6/3
Mole in Our Midst: Finally, a grand, unified theory that explains Bush's domestic and international policies. Little did we know 6/3
UN Report Says No Nukes in Iran 6/3
Bush Push May Cost Churches Tax Breaks 6/3
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Must Read: "In American journalism, you can have it both ways ... and having been right seems only to lead to further marginalization" 6/3
Civil-rights and veterans groups on Wednesday sued the U.S. government for what they said was illegally withholding records about American military abuse of prisoners held in Iraq, Guantanamo Bay and other locations 6/3
Republican Senator Rejects "Blank Check" for Iraq 6/3
The Justice Department's triumphant victory over the Constitution 6/3
Bush's Handling of this Umbrella is Representative of His Handling of the U.S.'s Foreign and Domestic Policies. 6/3
A small town comes together to support the troops, a general comes apart, a Gold Star mother pleads for peace, and arms manufacturers squeeze in as patriots 6/3
Bush Gives Contract to Tax Traitor/Campaign Donor 6/3
Baghdad Rocked By Blasts 6/3
Check Out the Middle Class Squeeze (Hang On!) 6/3
Got Issues? Compare Where Bush and Kerry Stand 6/3
Report: 20 Drug Card Companies Approved by Bush Involved in Fraud Charges 6/3
Kathy Kelly: "Social Security" 6/3
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House Dems Request Special Counsel to Investigate Cheney's Involvement in Awarding Halliburton No-Bid Contract for Iraqi Oil Recovery 6/3
Who Gave Chalabi Top-Secret Info? 6/3
Joe Conason: It's Miller time on West 43rd Street; Discredited reporter Judith Miller led the New York Times astray, the nation into war 6/3
Just to Keep Everything in Perspective, Check Out "The Big Lie" 6/3
Bush the Divider: Bush Faith-Based Chief Cites 'Culture War' 6/3
Pumping Kerry: Filmmaker Who Made Arnold Schwarzenegger a Star With 1977 documentary "Pumping Iron" Directing Film on Kerry's Life 6/3
Bush's Invitation to Chirac: He Can Come and See the Cows 6/3
Kerry says nation lacks national strategy for bioterrorism defense 6/3
Kerry details plans to cut nukes Says U.S. has 'done too little, often too late' 6/3
Sidney Blumenthal: Bush Takes Refuge in History 6/3
Naomi Klein on "George's Kids" 6/3
A Daily Look at U.S. Iraq Military Deaths 6/2
An Unlikely Voice In The Wilderness: Howard Stern Turning Audience Against Bush 6/3
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Howard Dean Starts Syndicated Column 6/3
Democrats want Cheney-Halliburton probe 6/3
The Fruits of Saint George: The Christian Right needs to take a long, hard look at George W. Bush and decide "What Would Jesus Do?" 6/3
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Army Sexual Assaults on the Rise: Report Blames Poor Oversight And Training 6/3
Iraq ambush kills former Denver cop working as contracted security 6/3
Sadly, honor and respect have been hurt by Bush’s shallow plunge into a war that wiser thinkers would have avoided. 6/3
Quagmire: Bush Dug Us In, Who Can Dig Us Out? 6/3
What the Heck Does AWOL Bush Know About War, Huh? 6/3
Saudi Attack Spurs More U.S. Workers to Pull Up Stakes 6/3
Searching for Mea Culpas in the UK: Not one politician has lost their job over Iraq. It is time they did 6/3
The Ugly American: When Bush arrives in Rome for the start of a series of meetings with European leaders, it won't exactly be la dolce vita 6/3
Neocon Collapse in Washington and Baghdad 6/3
OSC Orders Congress to Investigate HHS, CDC and FDA Wrongdoing Regarding Mercury in Children's Vaccines, Says National Autism Association 6/3
The trailer for Michael Moore's incendiary new documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" debuts in theaters Friday; Go to Moore's Web site Thursday for a peek 6/3
What's the Reason for War? Take Your Pick 6/3
Two pieces: assessing the role of American women at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere in our offshore Bermuda Triangle of injustice, and assessing the state of the President's mind amid the present turmoil 6/3
How Truthful are the Political Ads? FactCheck.org 6/3
A Prison Fire in Honduras, and the U.S. Connection 6/3
"Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time"
Bush's Dangerous Rush to Theocracy 6/3
Bush, Veterans and the Confederacy 6/3
Abu Ghraib Prompts Denial, Spin, Evasion 6/3
Abu Ghraib knocked us off the high ground 6/3
Terry Jones: "It's difficult to think of anyone who has inflicted more harm on Americans than their current president." 6/3
Keystone Justice Dept. Kops Defend Homeland Against Dangerous Art 6/3
Bill Berkowitz: The Rev. Moon's last stand? Better financed than George W. Bush and more visible than Dick Cheney, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon is hoping to rock the United Nations 6/3
Background on the Extraordinary Documentary, "Orwell Rolls In His Grave"
Shaken expatriates rethink Saudi future 6/3
From the Archives: Defense Dept. Secretly Tapped Halliburton Unit 6/3
Public rejects US administration's rosy view of Iraq 6/3
The Progress Report: Remembering One War, Contemplating Another; More Ashcroft Scare Tactics; and more 6/3
Halliburton deal 'violated rules on procurement' 6/3
When Dishing Out Blame [For Iraq War], Don't Stop With Bush 6/3
US, Saudi to block Saudi charity branches' assets 6/3
DNC Invites Bloggers to Convention 6/3
"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.
Warrior King: The Case for Impeaching George Bush. Get the Book at BuzzFlash.com.
Four Scenarios for November: Will Bush's troubles sink him? Can Kerry close the deal? Here are some possible outcomes -- each one well within reason 6/3
Murdoch misinformation meets the press 6/3
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Bob Herbert: America's Abu Ghraibs 6/3
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Bill Clinton to Tout Book on '60 Minutes' 6/3
Democrats Starting to See Chance of Keeping Senate Seats in South 6/3
Oil Prices Set Another Record, Topping $42 6/3
Most Iraqis wary of nation's new government 6/3
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Casualty Counts Count: A closer look at fatality trends in Iraq after 15 months 6/3
Federal official reassigned; "top law enforcement official responsible for Native American lands has been reassigned in the midst of a wide-ranging investigation into deaths and inhumane conditions in tribal detention centers" 6/3
Chalmers Johnson, Twelve questions for President Bush Meant to Help Strengthen His Remaining Speeches about Iraq 6/3
"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.
Sign the Petition: ""Every voter should be able to verify his or her vote on a paper ballot." 6/3
Waxman Raises Questions about Halliburton’s Iraq Oil Contracts and VP Cheney’s Involvement (PDF) 6/3
Americans Targeted In Saudi Attack 6/3
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.
"Uncovered: The Whole Truth About The Iraq War" Get This DVD!
A Sleeping Class: Young Americans fight for every cause but their own. Wake up, already. 6/3
For Some Soldiers the War Never Ends; victims of the military's "stop-loss" policy 6/3
From occupation to what? 6/3
Jim Hightower: Outrage over the outrage 6/3
NY Attorney General Sues GlaxoSmithKline on Paxil 6/3
Latest Speculation: Will Bush Dump Cheney and Run with McCain? Whoa, That Would be a Problem. 6/2
John Kerry's Long Shortlist for VP: A list of potential candidates 6/2
It's Time for Regime Change at the New York Times
A federal judge Tuesday declared the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional, saying the measure infringes on a woman's right to choose. 6/2
Czech troops to leave Iraq early next year: defense minister 6/2
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.
Cheney 'helped' Halliburton win contracts, memo suggests 6/2
Saudi Arabia and Oil: Terrorists are now targeting Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure. How bad could things get? 6/2
Remind Us: Why are We in Iraq? Why Have More Than 800 of Our Sons and Daughters Die in Iraq? Why Have Thousands Been Injured? Why are There Thousands of Iraqis Dead? Because of Lies. Lies from the White House, Lies from the NYT,Washington Post and FOX.
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How Many More Young Men and Women Will Die in Iraq Because Bush Remains as a Squatter in the White House? "Bush Warns of Rise in Violence in Iraq" 6/2
Army Saw Prison Violations in Fall
Blasts Kill 14 in Baghdad, Northern Iraq 6/2
Tom "Duct Tape" Ridge is the BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite of the Week
Giving a name and a face to the fallen; This father backs media tributes to the dead in Iraq 6/2
Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time: BuzzFlash Interviews Paul Rogat Loeb, Author of "Soul of a Citizen."
Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died. A BuzzFlash List of Casualty Resources.
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U.S. and British Casualty Count. Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died -- And Continue Dying.
Arbitron shocker: Franken beats Limbaugh 6/2
BuzzFlash Editorial Cartoon by Kirk Anderson
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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THE LIGHTER SIDE:
All Hat, No Cattle 6/3
This Modern World: The Blame Game 6/2
President nominated for Purple Chin award 6/2
Bush Says Iraq Interim Leaders; 'Technically' Not Puppets 6/3
Bush Keeps Saddam Near Oval Office As Souvenir Of Iraq 6/2
These are Ironic Times 6/1
Evil GOP Bastards 6/1
Fed-up Cheney Enters Presidential Race Himself 5/31
After Meeting His Lawyer, Bush Shows Up Zonked At Air Force Academy Graduation Ceremony 6/3
911 Blimp.net 6/3
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