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Archive for the 'Politics' Category
Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
Massachusetts lawmakers are set to launch a blizzard of investigations in the new Congress, probing issues such as wartime contracting, post-Katrina housing assistance, and the Bush administration’s relationship with Cuba and other countries in Latin America.
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Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
Just how many different ways has the Bush Administration tried to hide once-public information sources from the public record? Help us count the ways.
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Thursday, December 21st, 2006
Tony Blair’s “shoulder to shoulder” support for George Bush has been called into question again by claims that he was “brainwashed” by President Bush over plans to pull troops out of Iraq.
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Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
US Vice-President Dick Cheney will be called as a defence witness in the CIA leak case involving his ex-chief of staff Lewis Libby, defence lawyers say.
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Monday, December 18th, 2006
The US uses its aid budget to bribe those countries which have a vote in the United Nations security council, giving them 59 per cent more cash in years when they have a seat, according to research by economists.
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Sunday, December 17th, 2006
The first public meeting of a Bush administration “civil liberties protection panel” had a surreal quality to it, as the five-member board refused to answer any questions from the press, and stonewalled privacy advocates and academics on key questions about domestic spying.
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Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
Following the release of the Iraq Study Group’s report last week, leading Congressional Democrats made clear they intend to continue funding the disastrous war in Iraq to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars.
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Monday, December 11th, 2006
If enemies of the United States had gotten together a few years ago to devise a plan to damage America and undermine its global position…
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Saturday, December 9th, 2006
In what was likely her final legislative act in Congress, outgoing Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney introduced a bill Friday to impeach President Bush.
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Friday, December 8th, 2006
We, in the blogsphere, have known of the secret Cheney government for some time but the general media has ignored this obvious ongoing abuse of power .
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Friday, December 8th, 2006
Governmental changes and upcoming legislation from the new Congress may bring an end to “paperless” electronic voting, The New York Times reports in its Friday edition.
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Monday, December 4th, 2006
Tens of millions of Americans want President George W. Bush to be impeached for the lies and deceit he used to launch an illegal war and for violating his oath of office to uphold the US Constitution.
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Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
A bribery investigation threatening the future of 50,000 British jobs followed heavy pressure on Tony Blair from George Bush’s administration, The Independent on Sunday can reveal.
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Friday, December 1st, 2006
Stephen A. Cambone, Under Secretary of Defense and a close associate of outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, is resigning effective December 31, according to a Department of Defense press release. Cambone’s departure was not unexpected in the wake of Rumsfeld’s resignation.
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Friday, December 1st, 2006
Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, told the American people on Wednesday that he was certain they detested President Bush’s policies…
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