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NYT EDITORIAL: There was never any evidence of a link between Iraq and Al Qaeda, between Saddam Hussein and Sept. 11...either Mr. Bush knew he was not telling the truth, or he has a capacity for politically motivated self-deception that is terrifying.
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All 16 Democratic Members of the House Judiciary Committee seek formal Committee request of Administration torture documents 6/18
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Fighting in Iraq on overtime 6/18
John Kerry raised $100 million in the three months after he wrapped up his party's nomination, a Democratic record 6/17
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Russia to boost military spending 6/18
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U.S. workers have fewer legal rights to time off for family matters than workers in most other countries, and rank near the bottom in pregnancy and sick leave, a Harvard School of Public Health study found. 6/18
A group of San Francisco attorneys are seeking military service-members who'd be interested in participating as plaintiffs in a legal action contesting the Department of Defense's policy of using "stop-loss" orders to prolong military enlistments 6/18
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A Contractor Calls in the Big Guns to Keep Taxpayer-Paid Contracts 6/18
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Bombs Target Iraqi Security Forces 6/18
9/11 Tapes Reveal Ground Personnel Muffed Attacks 6/18
Nicholas Confessore: The problem with David Brooks. 6/18
Feds notify Conn. governor's former chief of staff to expect indictment 6/18
82 Million in U.S. Lacked Health Insurance -Study 6/18
Symbolic Sovereignty in Iraq 6/18
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Mark Morford: Enough With Reagan Already; The Gipper's true legacy? Making the GOP as it is today: nasty, brutish and shortsighted. 6/17
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Bill Press on Why Bush Doesn't Deserve a Second Term 6/18
Waste and Fraud Besiege U.S. Program to Link Poor Schools to Internet
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Southern Baptists abandon alliance for being too liberal 6/17
Otto Reich, Iran Contra Thug, Resigns as Bush (How to Abuse Rights in) Latin American Adviser. He Probably Will Become an Interrogator at Abu Ghraib. Every Man Has His Calling. 6/17
Clinton Says that He Never Considered Quitting 6/17
Maureen Dowd: Smack That Cheney Bott! 6/17
Kerry Says That He Would Increase Child Tax Credit 6/17
The June 16th World Media Watch by Gloria Lalumia
Philadelphia Daily News (Not Inquirer) Becomes First Major Paper to Endorse Kerry for President. It Minces No Words About Bush's Failure as a Leader. Nice Editorial from the Home of Our Continental Congress.
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Pro-Bush, Hollinger Owned Chicago Sun-Times overstated circulation 6/17
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McCain Charges Saudis are Paying the Price for Coddling Terrorists 6/17
Consequential Lies 6/17
Bush Under Fire from Former Diplomats 6/17
Three GIs Killed in Attack on Base in Iraq 6/17
By a decisive margin of 74-21 percent, Americans support former First Lady Nancy Reagan's call for the Bush White House to lift restrictions on stem cell research 6/17
"Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson" -- "Independent Thinker" Book of the Month Review by Thom Hartmann
Claims against DeLay are spelled out by Bell 6/17
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NY Weekly Gets Scoop on Clinton Book and '60 Minutes' Interview 6/17
Will Durst: Reagan-Palooza; Frequently asked questions about Ronald Reagan's funeral 6/17
Retired Diplomats, Military Commanders Fault Bush's Leadership; Administration Unable to Handle Global Leadership, Former Ambassadors, Generals Say 6/17
Army division sees its Iraq tour extended and its casualties rise 6/17
The Progress Report: The Anatomy Of A Myth; The WH Campaign of Lies about a Saddam-Al Qaeda Link 6/17
MoveOn Alert: Stop the Censorship of Fahrenheit 911; Help Make Fahrenheit 9/11 a Huge Hit 6/17
New hope of the United Nations; "The organization that is the world’s best hope for a lasting peace seems to be relevant again, having been consigned to irrelevancy a year and a half ago by George Bush and much of our media." 6/17
PetroPulse: The Impact of Oil on Everyday Life 6/17
Joe Conason: Diplomats break silence to criticize White House; Bipartisan group organizes in opposition of Bush policies 6/17
Claims From Iraq Work Could Cost Millions 6/17
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"I Killed Innocent People" NC Marine Sergeant: "I had to say something" 6/17
Bush administration withdraws contentious pension regulations 6/17
Dean: "People Are Ready for Kerry" 6/17
Bush Claims Progress Despite Iraq Violence 6/17
"News the Networks Won't Tell You"; Interview with Daniel Hopsicker 6/17
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Campaign ads target voters' favorite shows 6/17
CA Sets Standard for E-Voting; "first standards in the nation for a voter-verified paper trail" 6/17
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Rocket Attack North of Baghdad Kills 2 U.S. Soldiers 6/17
U.S. Spy Case Investigator Charged with Child Rape 6/17
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Bill Berkowitz: Fox News Channel's masters of war; Military 'experts' warn 'web of terror' nations to cleanse themselves or be cleansed 6/17
Sen. Byrd lambastes Bush in book 6/17
Bush Justice Dept. asks energy industry for help fighting suits. "This administration has done more to undermine environmental protections than any other administration in recent history." 6/17
New York Seeks to Make Homeless Shelters Less Inviting 6/17
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Insurgents Strike at Iraq's Oil Industry 6/17
New Attack on Oil Pipeline in Iraq 6/16
Sorry to Scare You, Tony: Michael Moore Was Just Joking 6/16
55-42 vote in US Senate backs Bush on new nuclear weapons 6/16
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E.J. Dionne, Jr.: On the ropes, Bush bear-hugs Kerry; Where once Bush kept sparring distance, now he wraps up opponent with 'me-tooism' accusation 6/16
Jesse Jackson: Reagan Era Nothing to be Proud of 6/16
The BuzzFlash Interview With Robert B. Reich on the "Radcons"
Molly Ivins: How comforting; Bush, lawful torture and the science of the Vatican 6/16
Consensus grows at U-N nuclear agency to rebuke Iran 6/16
Kean and failure on 9/11: NORAD/FAA activity on 9/11cannot be explained as a "failure" in the sense of lack of readiness or incompetence. Why? 6/16
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9/11 Commission: 9/11 Preventable, But Not Naming Names 6/16
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Joe Scarborough threatens to sue Michael Moore 6/16
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Fox News Movie Reviewer: Fahrenheit 9/11 "a really brilliant piece of work" 6/16
Texas GOP Hands Log Cabins Another Defeat; new platform that not only condemns homosexuality, but also recommends felony penalties for issuing a marriage licence to a same-sex couple. 6/16
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Cheney Claims (i.e., LIES) al-Qaida Linked to Saddam. What's Wrong with Him? Just Asking. Even Powell Says There's No Link. Someone Give that Guy a Pacemaker for His Brain, Because It Obviously Stopped Working in the Late '80s. 6/16
Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died. A BuzzFlash List of Casualty Resources.
Letter to Donald Rumsfeld from David Brock; "calling for the removal of Rush Limbaugh from" Armed Forces Radio 6/16
Bernard Weiner: No Other Way to Say This: Torture Memos Reveal Fascist Mentality 6/16
Movie Trailer for Orwell Rolls in His Grave
Saddam and his old buddy Ronald 6/16
Army re-enlistments have dropped suddenly and dramatically at Fort Carson and several other posts where combat units have recently returned from Iraq.
Court Rejects Effort to Sue Former President Clinton 6/16
Poll of Iraqis Reveals Anger Toward U.S. Anger? Who Would Have Imagined, Knowing How Well Bush is Treating Them. He Only Killed a Couple of Ten Thousand of Them. Perhaps Someone Should Forward those "Good Things In Iraq" Emails to the Iraqis. 6/16
He Pushed the Hot Button of Touch-Screen Voting 6/16
DeLay to Be Subject of Ethics Complaint; Republicans say "you kill my dog, I'll kill your cat." Hey, The Problem is that Your "Dog" has Mange, Smells Like Garbage and Craps All Over the House. It's Time for Him to Go! 6/16
White House Officials and Cheney Aide Approved Halliburton Contract in Iraq, Pentagon Says 6/16
Bush needs to spend more time talking about pocketbook politics if he wants to win over voters 6/16
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.
Reagan's Family Criticizes Use Of Reagan In Anti-Kerry Ad
More Republican Family Values: New Hampshire A.G. Heed resigns over misconduct allegation 6/16
Intelligence: The Pentagon—Spying in America? 6/16
Cuomo Hired to Get PG-13 rating for Moore film 6/16
Iran massing troops on Iraq border 6/16
9/11 Commission investigates response by U.S. air defense system; Final Day of Public Hearings on Thursday 6/16
"House of Bush, House of Saud"
Torture Incorporated: Oliver North Joins the Party 6/16
Read THE Book That Exposed Diebold. "Black Box Voting" by Bev Harris, Lead Investigator on the Perils of Electronic Voting. A Must Read This Election Year as California Explores Criminal Charges Against Pro-Bush Diebold Electronic Voting Firm.
The insurgency against the U.S. occupation shook the heart of Baghdad on Monday with a powerful bombing that killed five foreigners and at least eight Iraqis -- all civilians -- and attracted a mob of enraged Iraqi men who screamed their anger at the U.S.
Al Gore Stands Up for America Again, This Time in New Hampshire. "Al Gore last night charged President Bush has endangered America’s position in the world with a mistaken invasion of Iraq and by flaunting international convention." Yes, President Gore!
The C.I.A. and Iraq 6/16
No Balance Allowed: Anyone saying anything less than laudatory about the late Ronald Reagan is getting the full ConWeb treatment -- you know, being branded as mean, biased liberals. 6/16
Bush's 'Apex' of Unlimited Power 6/16
State Department awaits criticism on Bush policy; Former officials set to express concerns U.S. 'on wrong track' 6/16
League of Women Voters drops support of paperless voting machines 6/16
Red, Blue and Green: Bush's anti-environmental policies could tip the scales in swing states like Nevada, Ohio and Florida this November. But is Kerry ready for the fight? 6/16
Al Qaeda May Have Delayed 9/11 Attack; Commission Finds Evidence Pointing To Earlier Date 6/16
Catholic Church gives pre-election scorecard; Gay marriage votes identified in mailings. 6/16
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Richard Clarke: 'Iraq could be much more of a problem for America than if Saddam had stayed in power' 6/16
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Nation Builders and Low Bidders in Iraq 6/16
On Appearances, Spin and Reality (or What's Below the Media Radar) -- A BuzzFlash Guest Contribution from the Director of "Orwell Rolls in his Grave," Robert K. Pappas
Iraq abuse 'ordered from the top'; The US commander at the centre of the Iraqi prisoner scandal says she was told to treat detainees like dogs. 6/16
Greg Palast: While Reagan napped; Ronnie, Osama, and the Chin defense 6/16
Bush Admits Drug Card Concerns: "we've got some problems" 6/16
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U.S. and British Casualty Count. Bush Lied and Our Soldiers Died -- And Continue Dying.
Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editor of The Nation, and Co-Editor of Taking Back America And Taking Down the Radical Right
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