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UNBELIEVABLE IN ALABAMA: "The federal government will pay for gas mask-like safety gear for thousands of people who live near an incinerator where the Army will burn deadly nerve agents" 3/28
"The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" by Greg Palast, with Foreward by Joe Conason, Now At BUZZFLASH.COM
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The Army Secretary's Business 3/28
Bush Reluctanly Signs Campaign Finance Reform Bill, With None of the Bill's Sponsors Present. He then begins Multimillion Dollar fundraising swing. 3/28
Gore rips administration's energy policy and secrecy 3/28
Arab Leaders Reportedly Okay Draft of Their Peace Plan 3/28
Bush's "Stealth" Signing 3/28
Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute. Check it Out!
The March 27th BuzzFlash Mailbag: Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, and All-American
Available on BuzzFlash.com, "Blinded By The Right" by David Brock
"Buck Up, Suck Up and Come Back When You Foul Up" by James Carville and Paul Begala
THE NRA Vs. Campaign Finance Reform 3/28
Army Secretary Says He'll Resign if....Well, What are You Waiting for? 3/28
BUSH EXECUTIVE ORDER FOLLOWED DRAFT WRITTEN BY OIL LOBBY 3/28
Senate Panel Asks White House for Enron Contacts 3/28
A GRAVE INJUSTICE: "The Supreme Court cleared the way today for Virginia to execute a man who claims his 1993 murder conviction was tainted by the fact that his court-appointed lawyer had previously represented the murder victim." 3/28
"Stupid White Men" on BuzzFlash.com, by Michael Moore. #1 On NY Times Best Seller List.
Environmentatlists Say They Were Rebuffed on Energy Plan Meetings 3/28
Greg Palast Visits Chicago April 5 & 6
Japanese court rejects POW compensation lawsuit 3/28
In Alabama, Police arrest white motorist for yelling 'grow up' at KKK 3/28
Don't Count on the Bush Administration to Vigorously Back Up the Finance Reform Bill in the Courts 3/28
"Calling Precedent Clinton" or Harlem on My Mind 3/28
Supreme Court Sides with Company in Labor Dispute 3/28
The Whopper of the Day Comes from the Enron Army Secretary 3/28
The Scaife-Starr Chart 3/28
Read 9:55 am Account and You Decide if Flight 93 Was Shot Down. Sure Looks Like It. (Thanks to Democrats.com for the tip) 3/28
FROM THE BUZZFLASH ARCHIVES: Was Flight 93 Shot Down? 3/28
The March 27th Edition of the BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia
Earn Exciting Prizes from the Republicans! 3/28
Energy Department Says Plutonium is Missing 3/28
"Grand Theft 2000: Media Spectacle and a Stolen Election"
Blind Faith 3/28
US airman found guilty in Okinawa rape 3/28
A BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION: A Conflict of Interest Waiting to Happen? - NIH Nominee, Dr. Zerhouni 3/27
Allegation that IBM Aided Nazis With Equipment 3/28
Bush's top tax aide is quitting: Some say his office hasn't been tough enough on corporations. He has been in office just a year. 3/28
Elderly anthrax victim may have been infected by tearing up contaminated junk mail 3/28
Florida Hootergate Update: Retiree files ethics complaint against House speaker 3/28
Netizen Report on Religious Right Connections to Major Internet Filters 3/28
EarthLink co-founder admits bilking millions from investors 3/28
Security Czar Must be Open About Plans 3/28
Pakistan Says It Won't Let U.S. Troops Cross Border 3/28
"The potential for Florida's top GOP official to profit from a business deal (re: Enron) that must be approved by Gov. Jeb Bush and two other Republican elected officials drew fire Tuesday from Democrats, who allege a conflict of interest." 3/28
Military sees no rush to enlist. Rise in patriotism has little impact on recruitment. 3/28
Black Women Spur Change 3/28
Former Labour Prime Minister David Lange has shocked US diplomats with claims that New Zealand's anti-nuclear stance once made him an assassination target. 3/28
3 Groups Added to U.S. Terror List 3/28
Try Suing Saddam: Whether or not we invade Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein, let's go about this the American way. Let's sue him. 3/28
Waste Management denies charges. Accountant Arthur Andersen had hand in scheme, SEC says 3/28
Reno quick on her feet on Tonight Show (third story) 3/28
BuzzFlash Interviews: Moore, Brock, Palast, Waxman, Conyers, Hightower, Lyons. Read them all! Coming Soon: Paul Begala.
Baghdad Bound 3/28
Bush's crony capitalism 3/28
Enron exec Watkins says capitalist system failed in Enron case because it didn't recognize Enron was in trouble. So, how does greed of Enron/Andersen execs and the Bush Admin friends play into that scenario? Just asking. 3/28
The Fannie Lou Hamer Standard: Measuring Campaign Finance Reform 3/28
Big Sugar's clout sour to taxpayers 3/28
Bush's Clown Routines, by Jim Hightower 3/28
Smithsonian Handout: Arctic Drilling 3/28
U.S. warns of threat against Americans in Italy 3/28
US role in Salvador's brutal war 3/28
Female victims often overlooked in horror stories of clergy abuse 3/28
America's Shooting Gallery: Man jailed in girlfriend's slaying 3/28
Tales from the Dark Side (a review of Brock and "Blinded by the Right") 3/28
News, you lose: The big networks' commitment to bringing us the world is fading fast 3/28
Enron sells UK water firm 3/28
High Court Considers Census Suit 3/28
Bush Makes Heavy Fund-Raising Trip 3/28
Latest Bush "Job Ratings" 3/28
GOP Sex, Lies and a Videotape in Waco, Texas 3/27
Don't Forget Kenny's Kids 3/27
Suspected JFK-To-Israel Suicide Attack Plot Thwarted 3/27
New Column! BuzzFlash presents Fifth Columnist: "Close, But No Havana" 3/26
THE BUZZFLASH "NOT-SO-FAST DEPARTMENT": "Concealed weapons carriers are the most law-abiding folks in Utah." Yeah, Right! 3/27
Reality, Pentagon style 3/27
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Nuclear-test pact looks shaky after withdrawals 3/27
We Never Thought We'd Say This, But Things are Bad When Larry Klayman Looks Good 3/27
US paves way for war on Iraq: Attack base to be moved into Qatar to bypass Saudi objections 3/27
Don't Forget "Too Close to Call," Available at BuzzFlash.com
If You Believe this Claptrap Excuse, BuzzFlash Wants to Sell You the Brooklyn Bridge 3/27
California Congressman Pete Stark Tells It Like It Is 3/24
Afghanistan food drops found to do little good 3/27
Neighbors certain they can pinpoint location of 'shadow' government 3/27
ENERGY INTERESTS THAT MET WITH SPENCER ABRAHAM WERE NEARLY ALL REPUBLICAN DONORS 3/27
"Republican national committeeman Chuck Yob said he will not resign after saying women running for statewide elective office are best suited for secretary of state because ``they like that kind of work.''" 3/27
A class-action lawsuit aimed at overturning Florida's 134-year-old lifetime voting ban against convicts took one step closer to going to trial on Monday. 3/27
Unsuccessful Boca candidate sues, alleges problems with new vote machines 3/27
When is a Scandal Not a Scandal? When It's a Republican Scandal! 3/27
Bush's Nuke Bandwagon 3/27
Media Bias Keeps Whitewater Exoneration Off Front Pages 3/27
Bush Picks "SWAT DOC" as Surgeon General. Another Bush Administration Gift to the Gun Lobby. 3/27
BuzzFlash presents The Angry Liberal: America's Energy Policy Question: Did Big Oil Leave a Twenty on Cheney's Nightstand? 3/27
Judge Orders Details Released on Sept.11 Detainees 3/27
America's Shooting Gallery: A retired sheriff's deputy shot and killed his 5-year-old daughter and his three stepchildren today while his ex-wife was out for a walk, then committed suicide 3/27
"It has been over a year now since Bush took over the White House. And with Republicans now suddenly willing to talk about presidential approval ratings, lets take a look at what the Bush administration has done the past year." 3/27
White House on defensive about energy meetings 3/27
U.S. Is Examining Whether Donations by 2 Wealthy Saudis Indirectly Aided Terrorism 3/27
Favor of the Month: ". . .Alastair Wood, who was the leading candidate to take over the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) until the White House pulled his name from contention last month." 3/27
"Wersal's free speech claim comes before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, where justices will be asked to weigh the traditional goal of an impartial bench against judges' right to speak their minds." 3/27
"When HBO airs "Lumumba" starting this Saturday, viewers won't get the whole story. That's because former U.S. Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci has succeeded in getting the film's distributor to bleep out his character's identity from the film." 3/27
Atlantic Richfield Co. and five other mining companies have agreed to an $87 million settlement to control the 30 billion gallons of toxic water in the Berkeley Pit 3/27
Using CAFE confusion: "Contrary to the propaganda, a higher CAFE standard would not force Americans into smaller cars." 3/27
Military vs. media; Some things never change 3/27
A Troubling Money Trail: "The group, the Islamic Institute, which operates out of the same D.C. office suite as GOP activist Grover Norquist" 3/27
Bank of America delays cancellation of Army travel cards 3/27
Values Fall Prey to Hypocrisy: "A rowdy parade of right-wing pundits has used those of us who refuse to wear our religion on our sleeves as scapegoats for all that ails the United States and the world." 3/27
BuzzFlash interviews the Legendary Jim Hightower About The Rolling Thunder Down Home Democracy Tour
BuzzFlash interviews David Brock, author of Blinded By The Right.
BuzzFlash interviews Greg Palast, author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy. NEW INTERVIEW!
BuzzFlash interviews Michael Moore, Filmmaker, TV Host, and author of Stupid White Men . . . And Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation.
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Racial profiling as unacceptable as racism, from the University of Texas Daily Texan 3/28
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The Top Ten Conservative Idiots: Oscar Special 3/25
A BUZZFLASH READER SATIRE: A Memo To The Academy From Tom Ridge 3/28
U.S. Supreme Court Evicts Jeb Bush 3/28
REPOST: Watch Bush Follow the Money 3/28
What a Difference a President Makes 3/26
President Bush Offers Warm Wedding Day Congratulations To The Shell-Pennzoil Family 3/28
Oil Does the Talking in U.S-Saudi Dialogue 3/26
While This Shouldn't Be in the Lighter Side, It's Really Funny When You Compare It to How the Bush Administration Has Conducted Itself Since Bush Released This "Standards of Official Conduct" 3/26
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