Two of the nine fired U.S. Attorneys aren’t pulling any punches in talking about what happened to them. And why…
Fired USA: Scandal Will Get "Worse, Not Better"
Purged U.S. attorneys John McKay of Seattle and David Iglesias of New Mexico sat down with The Seattle Times today and had a lot to say. First, they were clear that that they think the various investigations — by Congress [...]
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Sad. Stupid. Sorry. The big three.
Kansas Tornado and Iraq Cross Paths Again
Via Guardian Unlimited: Officer Robert Tim Buckman was rushing to warn rural residents about the approaching storm when the tornado swept up his squad car and flung it 300 yards into a field. The 46-year-old officer hung on long enough for his daughter’s wedding at his hospital bedside, then died of his injuries at a hospital Tuesday [...]
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Comparing the polls.
Polls: Hillary Is Beating Obama. By A Lot.
Over on his site Ben Smith has posted a big and nifty chart drawing on a bunch of recent polls. In total, it finds that, well, Hillary is beating Barack Obama. By a sizeable margin. Opines Smith: "The rise of Barack Obama is such a fun story for reporters to tell, that it’s worth stepping back for a minute to note that there’s no longer any evidence [...]
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Our Defense Secretary spent some time in Congress today. Quite the telling quote:
Gates Contradicts Bush, Says ‘I Don’t Know’ If 2002 War Authorization Is Still Valid
During today’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he doesn’t know whether the 2002 resolution authorizing force in Iraq is still valid, acknowledging that his view differs with that of President Bush. During his questioning of Gates, Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) noted that the authorization listed two purposes for the use of [...]
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This headline really caught my eye, perhaps because of my past reporting on the teen pregnancy issue here in Arkansas…
One-Third of Pregnancies in America Are Unwanted
One-third of pregnancies in the United States are unwanted, according to a new analysis released by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. That is, 2 million of the 6.4 million pregnancies in 2001 were unwanted (most recent data available). Over half (54%) of unwanted pregnancies occur to women in their twenties. And there is evidence that the [...]
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Of course, nobody KNEW we were going to invade several months before we did. Of course not.
Documents show US had propaganda campaign plan two months before invasion
Months before the US invaded Iraq, Pentagon planners were developing an elaborate propaganda campaign to ensure US government-"approved" information was broadcast to the Iraqi public, according to a previously classified White Paper released Tuesday by the [...]
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Another Congressional delegation made the journey last weekend. Kos contrasts the reports…
GA-Sen: Chambliss says progress in Iraq is "truly amazing!"
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Gonzales DID make way for others to handle the firings of those (now 9) U.S. Attorneys.
DoJ Releases Gonzales’ Secret Hiring Order
Well, here it is, so you can read it yourself, the secret order signed by Alberto Gonzales in March of last year that gave Kyle Sampson and Monica Goodling, two young aides with close ties to the White House, the [...]
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To read between the lines of fired U.S. Attorney Todd Graves’ statement today…
the latest statement out from fired US Attorney Todd Graves. Speaking of his forced resignation, Graves says how it is "far better to take a graceful exit than to do something that you should be ashamed of." And yeah, we’re curious too [...]
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Schmedline. Not gonna happen. Unless somebody stands tall.
PEEK: So much for the Republicans’ September deadline
From Jonathan Singer at MyDD: "Congressional Republicans have received fairly strong coverage over indications that their currently unwavering support for President Bush’s neverending war in Iraq could wane come September should noticeable improvements not be made. But though it’s quite apparent to many in the Netroots that this is merely another stall tactic by Republicans to keep the war going in perpetuity, perhaps nothing can make this fact more clear to the American public than reports today that the administration is intent on sending [...]
Tags: Iraq War, Troop Surge
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The American public’s perception of the President’s veto of the War Spending Bill is dwindling away.
Americans Disapprove of Bush’s Veto
More bad news for the White House: A new CNN poll finds a majority of the American public disapproves of President Bush’s decision to veto a war spending bill that called for U.S. troops to leave Iraq in 2008. The poll found that 54% of Americans opposed Bush’s veto, while [...]
Meanwhile, the White House says the next bill will get the same treatment..
President Bush would veto any bill drafted by House Democratic leaders that would fund the Iraq war only into the summer months, his spokesman said Wednesday. And Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a Senate committee that such short-term funding would be very disruptive and "have a huge impact" on contracts to [...]
The President drops the veto bomb: "President Bush would veto the new Iraq spending bill being developed by House Democrats because it includes unacceptable language restricting funding, White House press secretary Tony Snow said Wednesday morning. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Snow said of the bill: "There are restrictions on funding and there are also some of the spending items that were mentioned in the first veto message that are still in the bill." What are the restrictions on funding? "House Democratic leaders are now putting together a [...]
UPDATE: Then, there’s THIS possibility..
Pelosi Threatens to Sue Bush Over Iraq Bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) is threatening to take President Bush to court if he issues a signing statement as a way of sidestepping a carefully crafted Iraq war spending bill compromise [...]
Tags: Iraq War, War Funding Bill, Robert Gates
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Powerful words about war. via a TPMmuckraker reader…
For all the patriotic flag-waving and yellow-ribbon magneting, there is nothing particularly patriotic or romantic about death in combat. Even if you are lucky enough to survive the IED or the sniper or the rocket propelled grenade that killed your buddies or blew off their legs and hands and arms and burned them, you have to be there for them. You have to pull them from burning vehicles when their skin slips off in your hands like a glove. You have to tie a tourniquet around [...]
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That’s the accusation. From the lips of a retired General who served in Iraq.
New Ad Stars American General Blasting Bush For "Breaking" Our Military
Here’s the new VoteVets ad starring retired General John Batiste, who’s described by The New York Times as "the commander of the First Infantry Division [in Iraq] from August 2002 to June 2005." Bastiste accuses Bush of "breaking" our military with the Iraq War and demands that Congress act now against the White House in order to [...]
UPDATE: It’s not just Batiste. Retired General Paul Eaton is in another ad.. Interestiungly, one of the links included in the post below goes to the Army Times coverage…
Retired generals slam Bush policy in new ads.
VoteVets.org has launched a series of ads featuring two retired Army generals who commanded U.S. forces in Iraq. The ads “are airing in states and districts of those Members of Congress who are very close to breaking with the President on Iraq, and joining the troops and American people.” Watch the first ad: [...]
UPDATE 2: Uh, make that THREE Retired Generals…
Three Former Iraq Commanders Target Bush in New Ad
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Absolutely horrible…
Chart: 1 out of every 8 Iraqi children dies before age 5
Data from the newly released State of the World’s Mothers Report 2007 from [...]
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It’s something to think about! Read Howard Fineman in Newsweek…
Could 2008 Spawn a Viable Indy Candidate?
Early primaries could mean festering dissatisfaction, favoring independents in 2008 presidential race [...]
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You simply can’t fight the facts. Tony Snow is among the best at trying, but reporters caught him today and left him struggling to spin his answers. Think Progress has the transcript and the evidence to refute what Snow says. His attempt at digging his way out is truly remarkable…
White House Blames Gov. Sebelius For National Guard Shortages
Kansas is currently missing approximately 60 percent of its National Guard equipment because of the war in Iraq, hampering its ability to respond to the recent tornadoes. In a “spat reminiscent of White House finger-pointing at Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco after the federal government’s botched response to Hurricane Katrina,” White House Press Secretary Tony [...]
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It’s all about abortion and it began at last week’s Republican Debate. It’s snowballing today, with something "The Politico" dug up…
Giuliani gave to Planned Parenthood
GOP candidate contributed money at least six times to one of the country’s leading abortion rights groups.
Over at Time Magazine, Tom Bevan thinks he knows what’s behind the story…
Jonathan Martin’s story on Rudy Giuliani’s past contributions to Planned Parenthood is a killer, but what fascinates me most about it is the timing. Obviously, the rival campaign that leaked this [...]
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Charlie Rose was asking the tough questions. Condoleezza Rice was playing dodgeball. And saying things likely to aggravate a lot of Americans. Maybe the 70% who think we need to get out of Iraq..
Rice: ‘Iraqis Need To Know That We Are Not Looking To Leave Iraq’
In an interview last night on the Charlie Rose Show, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pointedly said, “[O]ur friends in the [Middle East] need to know and the Iraqis need to know that we are not looking to leave Iraq.” “Ever?” Rose asked. Rice responded, “We are not going to leave an Iraq that is [...]
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6 Men. Alleged terror plot against Fort Dix soldiers. Not the kind of story you want to wake up to, is it? What’s the underlying story? Thoughts follow…
…So what are we looking at here? We’re looking at American residents so frustrated and so angry at the war being waged against people who share a religion with them that they are willing to forget all the goodwill we built up during the Kosovo campaign and target fellow Americans. We’re looking at people who aren’t "brownskinned," who could easily pass into any facility in America without so much as a second glance for racial profiling. We’re looking, in other words, at home-grown terrorism. Which is the folly of the "Flypaper Theory" in [...]
Or maybe…
I try not to be a cynical person. When mainstream news outlets report on disrupted terrorist plots, my first instinct isn’t to question the timing or doubt the validity of the report, but rather to cheer. But when it comes to disrupted plots, the Bush administration’s track record is discouraging. Too often, threats have been irresponsibly [...]
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Could it be? Could there be some Congressional middle-ground? Agreement on a War Plan?
Wake me up when September ends
After hearing “just a few more months” repeatedly for years, it looks increasingly likely that September may very well be the end of the president’s Iraq policy. Congressional leaders from both political parties are giving President Bush a matter of months to prove that the Iraq war effort has turned a corner, with September looking increasingly [...]
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