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A Grave Injustice by the Supreme Court 4/3
If You Know Tom DeLay and Raise Money for the GOP, You Can Charge $500 an Hour as a Washington Lobbyist 4/3
"Two of [IL Republican] Gov. George Ryan’s former top aides were indicted today on federal charges that alleged his campaign committee was a corrupt enterprise that illegally used state workers for political purposes." 4/3
Former Aide to Illinois Republican Governor Who Was Just Indicted for Campaign Racketeering Was Appointed by Bush to be the White House Liaison to the Department of Transportation. He Resigned Last Week. 4/3
Bush "Doctrine" (AKA "I WANNA' BE LIKE JOHN" (WAYNE, THAT IS)) Begins to Blur. Imagine That! 4/3
"Stupid White Men" on BuzzFlash.com, by Michael Moore. #1 On NY Times Best Seller List.
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"Mr. Bush's impulse is autocratic. He wants to do what he (or Cheney & Rove) wants to do ? and is desperate only to find a way to shove it down our throats," by Maureen Dowd 4/3
"The Bush administration will take steps this week to prevent an unprecedented default on the national debt by moving federal retirement funds into a non-interest-bearing account, freeing up room for more borrowing." 4/2
Bush Should Heed Lessons of World War I 4/3
Musharraf Spurns U.S. Aid in Hunting Al-Qaeda 4/3
Israel Says Documents Link Arafat's Office to Suicide Bombings 4/3
Debate Within Israeli Leadership Over Strategy 4/3
"About 250 Palestinians surrendered to Israeli troops at the scarred and scorched Preventive Security headquarters near Ramallah today as part of a U.S.-brokered deal to end Israel's assault on the compound" 4/3
Brock Blows Cover Off Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 4/3
Israel Invokes Press Blackout on the West Bank 4/3
Israel Seizes Control of Bethlehem 4/3
A highly partisan silence. More hypocrisy from the Grand Hypocrisy Party 4/3
Florida State Democratic Chairman Files Complaint Against House "Hootergate" Speaker 4/3
"Islamic nations adopted an agreement Wednesday to condemn terrorism "in all its forms," but with qualifications that left room to defend Palestinian suicide bombers." 4/3
Available on BuzzFlash.com, "Blinded By The Right" by David Brock
No Justice in Reverse Terror 4/3
Israeli Warplanes Strike Hezbollah Positions in Southern Lebanon 4/3
Jerry Falwell is Getting Kind of Touchy 4/3
Palestinian Fighters Occupy Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem 4/3
Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute. Check it Out!
Bush Vs. Daschle, by Proxy 4/3
Call for a Black Pope 4/3
The April 2nd BuzzFlash Mailbag: Patriotic, Honest, Irreverent, and All-American
Senator Susan Collins, a Bush Loyalist to the End 4/3
Breast Cancer Care Worse for Poor 4/3
The Battle Over Bookstore Privacy Rights Heats up in Colorado 4/3
Dispute Arises Over a Push to Change Climate Panel 4/3
Iran would 'consider' using oil as weapon against US over Israel 4/3
Some Plants Take Name 'Nuclear' Out. You Can Put a Pig in a Dress . . . 4/3
Update on the Boycott of Cinicnnatti 4/3
"Many hunters want to enshrine "the right to hunt" in state constitutions." Give Us a Break. 4/3
A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY: Where Are The Peacemakers? 4/2
Will the DNC Become Net Savvy? 4/3
Andersen Turned Down a Slap on the Wrist 4/3
Larry Flynt Takes on the Government 4/3
U.S. Catholic Bishops Are Hypocritical About AIDS 4/3
"Marian Wright Edelman is fearless in her crusade to save children from poverty, homelessness, neglect and violence." 4/3
"Riot police on horseback clashed with protesters Sunday outside a remote Australian detention center where asylum seekers recently staged a mass breakout." 4/3
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Bill Press: Bush should fire Army secretary over Enron 4/3
A little known provision of the new anti-terrorism law may make it easier for FBI agents to walk into public libraries and search records and computers for signs of subversive activity. 4/3
U.S. Warns Against Travel to Israel 4/3
U.S. Cuts Back Diplomatic Presence in Jerusalem 4/3
MSNBC "Courting" Phil Donahue. Will Marlo be Far Behind? 4/3
U.S. Lied About Cuban Role in Angola - Historian 4/3
"If scientists link all the data together, the [Florida] Keys have seen more than 90 percent mortality of coral near the Keys since 1975 . . ."The state doesn't want to discuss that," 4/3
High-Paid Jobs Latest U.S. Export. Firms' shifting of technical work to Mexico and China to cut costs bodes ill for many laid-off Americans. 4/3
18 Tales of Media Censorship 4/3
White House Is A Gusher For Oil Firms 4/3
FLORIDA NEWS: "Detailed lists of calls made by House Speaker Tom Feeney's top aides on state cell phones are available for $1 per page, phone company officials said Monday, contradicting claims by Feeney's staff that the lists cannot be obtained." 4/3
Bush Is Criticized for Mideast Role 4/3
"President Bush risks snatching defeat from the jaws of victory by refusing to deploy U.S. peacekeepers in Afghanistan." (nice section on the myths of peacekeeping) 4/3
Florida locks foster kids in mental ward 4/3
A Flock of ChickenHawks: "Why does it always seem like the distinguished folks who scream the loudest for the use of military force are the ones who never spent a day in uniform?" 4/3
High-Paid Jobs Latest U.S. Export 4/3
BuzzFlash Interviews: Moore, Brock, Palast, Waxman, Conyers, Hightower, Lyons. Read them all! Coming Soon: Paul Begala.
Report Shows Slight Decline in U.S. Teen Smoking 4/3
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"A new book chronicles the sometimes ugly history of what happens to authors when they criticize the government." 4/3
Bush's Mideast Bungling 4/3
Energy Task Force Update by Bill Moyers 4/3
Afghan council could include former Taliban 4/3
New Inquiry Is Sought Into Enron 4/3
Censored shuttle launch aimed at thwarting terror 4/3
The Coming Collapse Of American Retirement 4/3
"When Eric Schaeffer resigned as the Environmental Protection Agency's chief of enforcement in late February, he pushed the Bush administration's environmental record into the spotlight." 4/3
Enron's Helpers: "Exactly how many pundits have been on Enron's payroll?" 4/3
Greg Palast Visits Chicago April 5 & 6
CIA performance disputed as Congress plans hearings 4/3
Don't Forget "Too Close to Call," Available at BuzzFlash.com
Special Grand Jury Zeroes In on Enron Executives 4/3
Water Problems, Alcoa, Treasury Secretary O'Neill and Bush. Need We Say More? 4/3
'It takes an empire,' say several U.S. thinkers 4/3
"Buck Up, Suck Up and Come Back When You Foul Up" by James Carville and Paul Begala
"Pontorno's complaint offers a rare peek into the office culture at outwardly repressed Fox Television Stations, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp." 4/3
Republican Doctors in Texas Are Voting Democratic In This Year's Gubernatorial Race 4/3
Taiwan-gate: The scandal that threatens to destroy the Bush White House 4/3
China assembles missiles near coast facing Taiwan 4/3
"Grand Theft 2000: Media Spectacle and a Stolen Election"
The Path From Oslo to War, A Palestinian Perspective 4/3
U.S.: No Lindh Tie to CIA Death 4/3
Judge: Lindh Defense Can't Have Info 4/3
Israel Shells Palestinian Authority Security Headquarters 4/3
"Four in five Americans in an Associated Press poll say they feel that tax cuts generally benefit someone else" 4/2
Where's Osama, Mr. Bush? A Flash File that Juxtaposes Bush's "DOA" and "Don't Care" Attitudes on the Capture of Osama bin Laden 4/2
Connect the Dots on Social Security, by Paul Krugman 4/2
Time for American Leadership. Well, That Rules Out Bush. 4/2
MUST READ: Congressman Dennis Kucinich on Peace and Nuclear Disarmament 4/2
One Former Israeli Warrior's Roadmap to Peace 4/2
It's Like Picking a Riverboat Gambler to Sit on the Gambling Regulation Commission 4/2
New Column! BuzzFlash presents Fifth Columnist: George W., Journalists, and Revisionism Envy 4/1
Bush "Amends" Terror Doctrine. Go Get 'Um Cowboy! 4/2
Barney Frank Decries Log Cabin Republican Attack on Maxine Waters 4/2
Part Two of the BuzzFlash interview with Paul Begala, Famed Democratic Political Strategist and Co-author of Buck Up, Suck Up, and Come Back When You Foul Up.
Report Card: Our Coastlines are in Serious Trouble 4/2
REPORT: US plans bombing Al-Qaida hideouts in Pakistan's Tribal areas 4/2
Bush Won't Fund Social Programs, But He Sure Likes to Talk About Them. His Child-Care Reform Proposal Is "A Hollow Gesture," Say Democrats. Where's the Cash? Check Your Local War on Terrorism. 4/2
BuzzFlash Media Watch Special: The New Crossfire Debuts 4/2
Oh, Those Log Cabin Republicans. They May be Gay, But They're Foremost Members of the Grand Hypocrisy Party (GHP). 4/2
The April 1st Edition of the BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia
Disgruntled northern alliance soldiers were blamed Monday for two recent shootings that targeted international peacekeepers 4/2
Dubya dubs a nuclear offense as defense 4/2
What Has The Supreme Court Been Smoking? by Arianna Huffington 4/2
Federal government fails fifth straight audit 4/2
Part One of the BuzzFlash interviews Paul Begala, Famed Democratic Political Strategist and Co-author of Buck Up, Suck Up, and Come Back When You Foul Up.
Supreme Court to Consider 'Three Strikes' Law 4/2
The Supreme Court backed away Monday from a closely watched case about age discrimination. 4/2
Getting Trashed by Rush Limbaugh (A personal account) 4/2
Enron exchange with Qwest raises questions, Fiber-optic deal was intended to boost each firm's figures 4/2
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.
THE CAMPUS VOICE:
University of Maryland "Terps" Victory Celebration Gets a Little Out of Hand, from the University of Maryland "Diamondback" 4/2
THE LIGHTER SIDE:
George W. Bush is a Real Patriot 4/3
Jerry Falwell.com 4/3
Either you Support the President or You Hate America! 4/2
Sweatin' it Off (Bush on the Mideast) by Bill Mitchell 4/3
Duby's Dayly Diary 4/3
2004 Presidential Election Canceled 4/2
The April Fools Edition of the Top Ten Conservative Idiots 4/1
A BUZZFLASH READER SATIRE: Saving America 4/1
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