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WE'RE NOT MAKING THIS UP: "Going after Clinton 'horrible,' Kenneth Starr says." Poor, Poor Ken.

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Once Again, When It Comes to Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda, All Roads Lead Back to Saudi Arabia, But, Heck, They're Oil Buddies of the Bushes 5/3

Colin Staying, Says Aides to Bush. They admit he's frustrated. Hey Colin, So Are We. 5/3

SC Governor goes to court to head off plutonium shipments to Savannah River Site 5/3

"Instead of allowing Director Ridge to testify, the administration would rather trivialize homeland security with these made-for-television stunts," Byrd said. 5/3

Jobless rate hits 8-year high at 6% 5/3

Bush's Phony Bioethics Council 5/3

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Human Rights Group Concludes that There was No Massacre in Jenin, But Other Violations Occurred 5/3

The Deficit Gets Worse and So Does Bush 5/3

GunGuys.com Wants Your Opinion, Mike Magnum -- Proprietor of Gunguys.com gun shop and liquor emporium (This is a site that shows the dark side of America's love affair with guns) 5/3

Just One More Piece of Evidence that Reconfirms We Need an Investigation Into Why Our Intelligence Systems Failed Us 5/3

The May 3rd Edition of the BuzzFlash World Media Watch, by Gloria Lalumia (Neither BuzzFlash Nor Gloria Endorse the Opinions of Articles Included in World Media Watch.)

Next up--eye scans on driver's licenses? 5/3

New Democratic Video: Bush Breaks His Promises 5/3

Population Breathing Bad Air: More Than Half of Americans Breathing Polluted Air, American Lung Association Study Says 5/2

The Bush administration is worrying some in the academic world with an anti-terrorism initiative that could make sensitive college courses off-limits to some foreign students. 5/3

Al-Qaeda fighters give crack US troops the slip 5/3

Does Bush Believe in Democracy? 5/3

What is Democracy Anyway? 5/3

Hmmm. Rumsfeld Offficially Tries to Nix Weapons System Manufactured by Carlyle Subsidiary 5/3

Cardinal Coverup in L.A. 5/3

Lawyer calls Law flight risk: Wants cardinal's passport impounded 5/2

Welfare Backsliding, by Senators Clinton and Lieberman 5/3

Growing Crisis Leaves Argentines Feeling Helpless 5/3

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Ex-Boston Priest Arrested on Child Rape Charges 5/3

THE BUZZFLASH GRAND HYPOCRISY PARTY MONTANA GOVERNOR JUDY MARTZ WATCH: Governor's slow start quickens rivals' hope 5/3

Abstinence Advocates Turn up Pregnant 5/3

Will Americans Subsidizes Papa Bush's Carlyle Group and Pay for Building a Useless Military Project? Stay Tuned. 5/3

Jeb Bush Claims Crying is Genetic for Bush Men. No, BuzzFlash is Not Making This Up. 5/2

Management Pressured Workers Into Mishandling Chemical Weapons, Plant Employee Contends 5/3

Civilian employees of Dick Cheney's former company are carrying out military missions around the world – for profit. 5/3

Toronto Politician Wants White House to Hear the Boos 5/3

ONE MORE TIME: Part VII of the Roger Ailes Email Chronicles on BuzzFlash.com 5/2

The BuzzFlash Otto Reich = Bad Man Watch 5/3

Message to Marc Racicot: Put Up or Shut Up 5/3

What About the War Powers Act? 5/2

Bush Names Cal Ripken, Jr. As His T-Ball Chief. Obviously, There's Nothing Else on Bush's Agenda These Days. Bush Plays Baseball While the World Burns. 5/3

What Led to September 11th? 5/3

The Senate 2002 Election Analysis 5/3

Lady Bird Johnson Hospitalized 5/3

"We have an attorney general that is, I don't know, how would you describe him, demented?" Says Seymour Hersh 5/3

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Let's Be Realistic About 9-11 Heroics 5/3

Arthur Andersen the ones to blame? 5/3

Ex-Cheney Aide Subpoenaed 5/3

USA Patriot Act powers prompt second look 5/3

The First Winner of the "Talking Points Memo for Prize for Stunningly Deft Diplomacy (TPMPSDD)": Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia 5/3

Backlog Delays Social Security 5/3

Tragic Tale of Two Little Girls 5/3

"The trans-Atlantic dispute over steel tariffs has turned these old friends into public adversaries who have traded barbs in advance of their one-on-one meetings this week in Washington." 5/3

Vast, Right-Wing Cabal? Meet the Most Powerful Conservative Group You've Never Heard Of (the list of members is a veritable grocery list of right-wing ideologues and frightening far-right freaks) 5/3

GOP House panel blocks child care funding. Democrats lose in bid for big aid boost to those trying to leave welfare. 5/3

The 'Times' Condones Censorship, Venezuelan Style 5/3

"Poor and middle-class families have had to use a steadily larger portion of their income to attend the nation's public universities over the last two decades." 5/3

U.S. Propaganda Chief Charlotte Beers Wants $600 Million To Tell Us More Lies About the Bush Administration's Efforts. We Wonder How Many School Lunches $600 Million Would Buy? Just Asking. 5/3

Cash-Strapped Coast Guard Trims Security Force 5/3

Kansas' revenue falls $50.3 million short of expectations in April; Another dose of bad budget news has Republican governor talking about furloughing workers 5/3

The Bush administration's dumb anti-student initiative. 5/3

Saudis crack down on women's clothes. Hey, Didn't Georgie Boy's Wife Get Upset About the Afghans Doing the Same Thing? Is She Going to Make a Statement About the Saudis? Just Asking. 5/3

11 House pages - all sponsored by House GOP Members - were dismissed from the program Tuesday for getting caught smoking marijuana. (look for headline, "Reefer Madness," about halfway down article) 5/3

UK marines lead new al Qaeda hunt: Operation Snipe 5/3

Does Karen Hughes protest too much? Flack for a family-unfriendly administration heads home 5/3

Colin Powell’s Humiliation: Bush should clearly support his secretary of State—otherwise he should get a new one 5/3

How low can expectations go? This is the funniest column on George Bush… ever 5/3

The Untied Nations: The Israeli and Iraq double standard for international oversight 5/3

Jeb Bush Lobbies Hard For "a corporate tax break he says will benefit all Floridians." Uh-hunh. Just Like Georgie Boy's Tax Break Helped Us. Stupid Ideas Must Run Rampant In That Family. 5/2

Wendy Gramm, a former member of Enron's board of directors, is going to get a free pass when Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) holds a high- profile hearing next week. Call Your Congressman and Demand a Full Investigation. This is Getting Ridiculous. 5/3

Antiabortion Ambush: Is putting photos of abortion-clinic patients on the Web an invasion of privacy? Or protected free speech? 5/3

Hawai's Lawmakers OK the budget and resurrect a death-with-dignity bill in a long voting session 5/3

Clinton Discussing Own TV Talk Show 5/2

Those without character attack others with it, meaning a Republican takes another scummy cheap shot at an opponent 5/2

FOR THE BUSH DYNASTY, THERE IS NOTHING THICKER THAN BLOOD AND OIL

Will Democrats Play Tough in the Fall Election? 5/2

Newspaper Reporting is Too Timid. Duh? 5/2

Chinese VP Hu Warns U.S. on Taiwan 5/2

Elizabeth Dole is Ducking Her Opponents 5/2

Shouldn't Somebody Tell George W. to Stop Acting Like Nixon? 5/2

Saudis Hire GOP Spin Doctors 5/2

It's Back! Get Your Copy of "Fortunate Son"

Pastor Takes on Bush: "You claim Christ but act like Caesar." 5/2

The Too-Bad-They Don't-Have-a-Zero-Tolerance-Policy for Stupidity in Congress Department 5/2

Will Lieberman Run? 5/2

How Wal-Mart is Remaking our World, by Jim Hightower. 5/2

"Blinded By The Right" by David Brock

Deep Throat to be named 5/2

Dallas Morning News Sends Their Lawyers After Small Site for "Deep-Linking" 5/2

Palestinian Prisoners Whisked Away 5/2

Bush Still Backward On Women’s Issues, by Joe Conason 5/2

How Dubya Lost His Groove 5/2

Ex-Florida State Senator is Arrested 5/2

US charges Colombia rebels with murder 5/2

They Say The Chickenhawk Database Has Been Updated. 5/2

Jeb Bush's Growing State of Secrets 5/3

Prodi, the European commission president, warns that Iraq war could strain alliance 5/2

Hundreds of Web radio stations plan a "silent" protest today against proposed royalty rates they say could bankrupt many members of the fledgling industry. 5/2

Don't Trust Ridge's 'Trusted-Flier' Program 5/2

The media are always calling for transparency, but who are they accountable to? 5/2

Nuns Hope Abuse Scandal Brings Extensive Reform 5/2

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Monsieur Chirac and the tweezers vote 5/2

Install sniper towers around nuclear plants, study suggests. And We All Know How Effective Sniper Fire is Against A Plane Flying 500 Miles an Hour Right At You. Hey, Here's a Crazy Idea . . . No Nuclear Reactors Means No Targets! 5/2

Whiners, Liberals And Arrows 5/2

Rumsfeld Delays Decisions on Trimming Arms Programs 5/2

A Million Rally Against Le Pen 5/2

Marc Racicot's Legacy: In Montana, even the rich not getting richer 5/2

THE OHIO GOP CAUGHT ON TAPE PLAYING THE RACE GAME

Europe Moves Drug War From Prisons to Clinics 5/4

Snowmobile Letter Surprises E.P.A. Leader and Interior Chief: "The anti-snowmobile stance by one of its own agencies is an embarrassment for the Bush administration." 5/4

Catholics Back Strong Steps on Abuse, Poll Finds 5/4

U.S., in Surprise, Announces Global Talks for Mideast 5/4

Who needs the Christian Coalition when you've got the the White House? The religious right's covert crusade. 5/4

Seasons of Protest: Lessons from A20 5/4

"The gap between Bush's words and actions remains so stunning that it's time we gave this sham "governing philosophy" its proper name: Compassionate Chutzpah." 5/4

John Kerry Plots Presidential Run 5/4

BuzzFlash Cartoon by Eric Harrison 5/1

The New Nuclear Danger: George W. Bush's Military-Industrial Complex by Dr. Helen Caldicott

REPOSTED: BuzzFlash interviews David Brock, author of Blinded By The Right.

BuzzFlash Interviews Dr. Helen Caldicott, Founder Of The Modern Antinuclear Movement

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.

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.

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BuzzFlash interviews Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich, Author of The Popular "Prayer for America" and Advocate for Creating A Department Of Peace.

BuzzFlash interviews Greg Palast, author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy. NEW INTERVIEW!


THE CAMPUS VOICE:

No, You Can't See My Thong! 5/3


THE LIGHTER SIDE:

The Saudis LUV America 5/3

Drug Cancer Coverage by the Bush Admin 5/1

Karen Hughes Explains Why She Really Quit 5/1

Patriotic Posters from Whitehouse.org (the Ashcroft poster is worth the visit) 5/3

President Bush To Use What's Left of Social Security for Multi-Billion Dollar National Demon Defense Shield 5/1

Deep Thoughts about Deep Throat from the Bush Bros. 5/3

Are You Better Off Today Than You Were Two Years Ago?

"Holy Packin' Joseph Smith" or "Mormons, Start Your Weapons" 4/30

Remarks by the President Regarding His Private Meetings with Saudi Leader 4/30

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