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It Runs in the Family: Rehnquist's Daughter is Being Investigated for Possibly Using Her U.S. Government Office to Aid Jeb Bush's Re-Election. Some Bush Cartel Appointed Judge Will Stop the Investigation. 12/12

"1948 newsreel report (and stills) on the Dixiecrat convention that nominated Thurmond for president on a rabidly racist platform." 12/12

Mississippi Helmet Head Lott Steals a Mea Culpa from Jesse Jackson (Ain't That Cynically Ironic) to Try to Get His Sorry Ass Racist Butt Out of the Slop Bucket 12/12

Interesting: National Review Posts Critical Article of Trent Lott. Is the Bush Cartel Trying to Dump Him? 12/12

Harkin plans speeches to revitalize Democrats 12/12

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While a young GOP congressional leader two decades ago, Trent Lott declared that "racial discrimination does not always violate public policy" 12/12

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Congressional investigators are looking into the shredding and destruction of documents in the office of Janet Rehnquist (AKA Daughter of THE Rehnquist), inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services 12/11

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The 1948 Dixiecrat Platform That Trent Lott is So Proud of! 12/12

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Lott Remarks on Thurmond Echoed 1980 Words 12/12

Bush Will Use Land Mines in Iraq, "despite U.S. policy that calls for the military to stop using the mines everywhere in the world except Korea by 2003." 12/12

Carter Accepts Peace Prize With a Warning Against War 12/11

From the Archives: Trent Lott's Sex-Free Scandal 12/12

Congress: Our Spy Guys Blew It 12/12

Lott's Rhetoric Comes Back to Haunt Him 12/12

Republicans the Party of Lincoln? Honest Abe Left Your Party Back in 1948 - A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary

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An Overdue Rebuke For Ashcroft's Gun Crusade (Scroll Down) 12/11

George Mitchell Quits Commission Probing 9/11 12/12

Emotions Run High in Cross-Burning Debate 12/12

Over 100 Arrested As Americans Take to the Streets Across the U.S. to Protest Possible Iraq War 12/11

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From the BuzzFlash Archives: It's Not Just Trent Lott, "You Can't Mourn a Liberal, But Mocking Dr. Martin Luther King is Just Fine and Dandy" 12/12

Don't Stop Fighting! "The Conscience of a Liberal," by Senator Paul Wellstone. From BuzzFlash.com.

Saudi Arabia calls for oil output cuts 12/12

Kerry: Lott Should Resign. Finally, A Demcoratic Senator Stands Up for Justice. Where are You "Johnny Come Lately" Daschle? 12/12

Bush's Latest Faux Capitalist 12/11

Going Down the Road: A Six-Pack Program for Democratic Recovery 12/12

Repost: Bill Moyers: Republican Politics, Then and Now 12/12

Sen. Lott Apology Fails to Calm Critics: Even Enabler Tom Daschle Made an Extremely Belated, Typically Carefully Phrased Tepid, Mild Toothless Criticism 12/11

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Washington Post Relegates Anti-War Movement to Catty Article In Its "Style" Section 12/11

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Held Over: The Racist Council of Conservative Citizens Loves Their Trent Lott, the Man Who Thinks the Days of Glorious Segregation and Lynching Would Have Been Saved if Strom Thurmond Were Elected President in 1948, A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary

Jimmy Carter's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech 12/11

Iowa Students Protest Against War With Iraq 12/12

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Catholic Group Calls on Cardinal Law to Resign 12/12

Tobacco giants lose warnings battle 12/12

Cries From an Unfortunate Son: Comparing "Fortunate Son" with John DiIulio's Retraction 12/12

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Bush Wastes Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars on Stamps and "Holiday" Cards to Republicans. 12/12

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Baltimore City Council Says No To War 12/12

Statement of Senator Ernest F. Hollings on Homeland Security Legislation 12/12

DiIulio Saga Highlights Primacy Placed on Secrecy. Comparing DiIulio with John Cleese. 12/12

Sen. Carl Levin's Congressional Record Stmts on the Homeland Sec. Bill.: New amendments "have less to do with homeland security and more to do with the access of special interests." 12/12

The Bush/Lott Campaign Ad 12/12

Pentagon: 55 Americans killed in war on terror 12/12

US frees missile-carrying ship 12/12

Groups stand against possible war 12/12

Quietly, U.N. agencies plan for war 12/12

Free Clarence Aaron -- His Punishment Does Not Fit His Crime 12/12

Just Good Old Republican Humor: Senator Strom Thurmond’s 100th birthday bash turned into a real blast for Senator Trent Lott. 12/12

The American administration is a bloodthirsty wild animal 12/12

Industry group expects the U.S. economy to improve next year, but it sees few jobs being created. 12/12

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U.N. Official Won't Reveal Iraq Suppliers to the Public 12/12

The Truth About Bush's Accomplishments (Or, Lack Thereof)

Protesters Storm Floor of Mexican Legislature; Seek Higher Wages for Teachers and Aid to Farmers 12/12

White House steps over the line 12/12

Business leaders rally against Iraq war threat 12/12

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Police Arrest 14 In Anti-War Protest 12/12

Clarence Page: Could you repeat that, please? Lott's mouth has become an environmental problem for GOP 12/12

Bush approves $92m to train Iraqi militia to take on Saddam. We Bet the Federal Workers who Got Pay Cuts Like That. 12/12

War opponents act in at least 37 states; more than 100 arrested 12/12

Russian oil giants try to beat US to Iraqi reserves 12/12

Pakistan is being slowly Talibanised 12/12

Students flee as military shell fragment lands at Watts school 12/12

Student Questioned by Secret Service for Wearing "Not My President" T-Shirt with Bullseye. Asst. Principal "Proud" Of Snitches 12/12

The Bully Threatens World With Nuclear War. What's Going to Happen When Someone Challenges US? Just Asking. 12/12

Bush OKs Pensions That Worry Workers 12/12

Postal Service May Be Urged to Privatize; Bush to Name Panel to Explore Agency's Mission; Potter Defends Universal Service 12/12

New Tools for Domestic Spying, and Qualms 12/12

Iraqi Document names western arms suppliers "which helped Baghdad amass a nuclear, chemical and biological arsenal." 12/12

Turkey Names Its Price for Aid Against Iraq; Support on EU and Economy Sought From U.S. for Assistance in War Effort 12/12

Into the Breach: "The Democratic muddle continues in post-election hangover." 12/12

Black Lawmakers: Lott Apology Not Enough 12/11

Anonymous sources fueling push for war 12/11

Pork for the Religious Right is Being Cooked Up in the Bush Cartel Oven 12/12

Dowd: Disco Dick Cheney 12/11

Lessons To Be Learned -- Southern Style by Rebecca Knight

Mike Magnum Gives Sniper World.Com a Five-Bullet Rating! 12/11

Joe Conason: Only Gore responds to a senator's racist smear, as other Democrats -- led by the GHP enabler Tom Daschle -- keep quiet. Tom, Don't Expect Blacks to Turn Out and Support Dems in 2004, When You Can't Condemn Trent Lott's Bigotry. 12/11

The Grand Hypocrisy Party is the Confederate Party 12/12

Artists United Without War 12/11

Gene Lyons: Bush Not So Invincible After All 12/12

New Hampshire diocese reaches deal with prosecutors, avoids criminal trial 12/11

Trent Lott and the Wellstone Memorial. Ah, the Grand Hypocrisy Party (GHP). You Got to Admire Them in a Perverted Way. They Are So Shameless in Their Hypocrisy. A BuzzFlash Reader Comment. 12/12

The Bush/Lott Campaign Ad 12/12

Bush to Order Smallpox Vaccinations for Soldiers 12/12

"Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers" by Daniel Ellsberg

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The Demagogic Dishonesty of Rush Limbaugh, A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary

Daschle Should be Ashamed of Himself for Giving Lott a Free Pass for Statements that Condoned a Movement that Thought Lynching Was Part of the Great Heritage of the South. Consider Daschle An Unwitting Enabler of the Neo-Confederacy GHP.

Reposted: Why Did Mainstream News Media Downplay the 100,000+ Antiwar Protestors in D.C. In October? A BuzzFlash News Analysis

Most of post-Sept. 11 U.S. detainees deported 12/12

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Molly Ivins: The cynicism of this insult is just flabbergasting 12/11

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The Osama Clock - How Many Days Will Osama Run Free (not to mention the Anthrax Terrorist)

Reposted: Sample Pro-Lynching, Pro-Segregation Strom Thurmond, Dixiecrat Ballot. Trent Lott, Senate Majority Leader Elect, Thinks Highly of These People. Lott is Despicable. Daschle Should be Ashamed for Not Condemning the Racist Scoundrel.

Kissinger's Objectivity Questioned as Convenes Top-Level National Security Meeting 12/12

Here's a Great Character Witness: Jesse Helms Defends Trent Lott 12/12

Let the Inspections Work 12/12

Bush-Appointed Federal Judge Protects Cheney from Releasing Energy Panel Information: A Ken Starr Protege, Judge Bates Fought to Have Clinton Surrender White House Documents. What a Hypocrite. (This Article from November 25th)

Dionne: Mary Landrieu's Lesson to Democrats: Toughness Counts. Fighting Like You Mean It -- and Not Running Scared -- Can Get You Votes. 12/11

We'll use nuclear arms, US warns 12/12

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Oliver North a Liar? Imagine That. A BuzzFlash Reader Commentary.

Is Our Children Learning? Paul Begala Knows the Answer to That Question

"I recommend this book to everyone with a brain -- and Republicans too," Says James Carville. "It's Still the Economy Stupid," by Paul Begala. Your Purchase of This Book Supports BuzzFlash.Com

A Rehnquist Under Scrutiny 12/11

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Michelangelo Signorile: "That Other Times" (the segregationist Washington Times editor, Robert Stacy McCain) 12/11

Lott the Segregationist Wears Out Welcome 12/12

Arianna Huffington: The righteous wrath of John McCain; Chickenhawk administration sucker-punches veteran warrior 12/11

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Mr. Snow's Job: "John Snow, in other words, didn't preside over a company with a stellar record of clear and strong financial performance. The markets will need a better job from him at Treasury." 12/11

The Grand Hypocrisy Party (GHP) Role Model of All Time. The Man is a Woman-Fondling Slime-ster. Strom Was "the only circuit court judge in South Carolina history to have made love to a condemned murderess as she was being transferred." Was She Willing?

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