By Jason Leopold
September 14, 2008
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is maneuvering to stop an investigation into an alleged abuse of power, in part, by claiming that she has an unlimited right to pry into the personnel records of all state employees, including the state trooper who divorced her sister.
Read on.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Will McCain-Palin Lies Hurt Them?
By Robert Parry
September 13, 2008
Despite all the chatter about how “historic” Campaign 2008 has been, it is the McCain-Palin ticket that it is truly testing the limits, not of race or gender politics, but whether the United States is ready to enter into a new dimension of political lying.
Read on.
September 13, 2008
Despite all the chatter about how “historic” Campaign 2008 has been, it is the McCain-Palin ticket that it is truly testing the limits, not of race or gender politics, but whether the United States is ready to enter into a new dimension of political lying.
Read on.
Friday, September 12, 2008
The Truth and Sarah Palin
By Robert Parry
September 12, 2008
When Sarah Palin was plucked from obscurity, we didn't focus on her personal life; we zeroed in on her record -- and discovered a very different reality from what was first reported. September 12, 2008
Read on.
September 12, 2008
When Sarah Palin was plucked from obscurity, we didn't focus on her personal life; we zeroed in on her record -- and discovered a very different reality from what was first reported. September 12, 2008
Read on.
A 9/11 'What-If?'
By Peter Dyer
September 11, 2008
What if we had never gone to war? What if, after the shocking crimes of September 11, 2001, the United States had pursued a different course?
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September 11, 2008
What if we had never gone to war? What if, after the shocking crimes of September 11, 2001, the United States had pursued a different course?
Read on.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Did al-Qaeda Succeed?
By Robert Parry
September 11, 2008
Ten years after the neoconservatives laid out plans for permanent U.S. global dominance – and seven years after the brutal 9/11 attacks gave them the opening to carry out those plans – the neocons instead have guided the United States onto the shoals of a political/military disaster and the prospect of rapid decline.
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September 11, 2008
Ten years after the neoconservatives laid out plans for permanent U.S. global dominance – and seven years after the brutal 9/11 attacks gave them the opening to carry out those plans – the neocons instead have guided the United States onto the shoals of a political/military disaster and the prospect of rapid decline.
Read on.
Iran's Road Less Traveled to Nukes
By Ray McGovern
September 10, 2008
Thomas Fingar, the U.S. government’s top intelligence analyst, in a public speech on Sept. 4, repeated the intelligence community’s key judgment that Iran’s work on the “weaponization portion” of its nuclear development program “was suspended” in 2003.
Read on.
September 10, 2008
Thomas Fingar, the U.S. government’s top intelligence analyst, in a public speech on Sept. 4, repeated the intelligence community’s key judgment that Iran’s work on the “weaponization portion” of its nuclear development program “was suspended” in 2003.
Read on.
Mocking Constitutional Rights
By Nat Parry
September 10, 2008
On the third day of the Republican National Convention, GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin mocked Barack Obama for believing that individuals accused of terrorism actually have rights under the law.
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September 10, 2008
On the third day of the Republican National Convention, GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin mocked Barack Obama for believing that individuals accused of terrorism actually have rights under the law.
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Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Fox Guest Attacks Rachel Maddow
By Brent Budowsky
September 10, 2008
Even by the low standards of the Republican News Network, a.k.a. Fox News, the attack on Rachel Maddow, as a "Lesbian Air America host," was a despicable new low.
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September 10, 2008
Even by the low standards of the Republican News Network, a.k.a. Fox News, the attack on Rachel Maddow, as a "Lesbian Air America host," was a despicable new low.
Read on.
Palin's Strange Probe of a Trooper
By Jason Leopold
September 9, 2008
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin – collaborating with her husband Todd and several senior aides – conducted what amounted to a rogue investigation into suspicions that her ex-brother-in-law was faking a job-related injury as a state trooper, according to state documents, law enforcement officials and former aides to Palin.
Read on.
September 9, 2008
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin – collaborating with her husband Todd and several senior aides – conducted what amounted to a rogue investigation into suspicions that her ex-brother-in-law was faking a job-related injury as a state trooper, according to state documents, law enforcement officials and former aides to Palin.
Read on.
Monday, September 08, 2008
The Rising Cost of the Iraq 'Surge'
By Robert Parry
September 9, 2008
Since Jan. 10, 2007, when George W. Bush announced his troop “surge,” more than 1,000 U.S. soldiers have died in the Iraq War – about a quarter of the total war dead – but now an even higher cost may loom ahead, the indefinite continuation of the conflict under President John McCain.
Read on.
September 9, 2008
Since Jan. 10, 2007, when George W. Bush announced his troop “surge,” more than 1,000 U.S. soldiers have died in the Iraq War – about a quarter of the total war dead – but now an even higher cost may loom ahead, the indefinite continuation of the conflict under President John McCain.
Read on.
Storm Troopers at the RNC
By Ray McGovern
September 8, 2008
Ten days ago, as the nation focused attention on the hurricane nearing the Mississippi delta, another storm was brewing far upstream in St. Paul, Minnesota — a storm far more dangerous, it turned out, but one by and large overlooked by the Fawning Corporate Media (FCM).
Read on.
September 8, 2008
Ten days ago, as the nation focused attention on the hurricane nearing the Mississippi delta, another storm was brewing far upstream in St. Paul, Minnesota — a storm far more dangerous, it turned out, but one by and large overlooked by the Fawning Corporate Media (FCM).
Read on.
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Bush Still Fights House Subpoenas
By Jason Leopold
September 8, 2008
The Bush administration still is resisting a congressional subpoena seeking testimony from former White House counsel Harriet Miers on the firing of nine federal prosecutors in 2006, taking the unprecedented executive privilege battle to the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Read on.
September 8, 2008
The Bush administration still is resisting a congressional subpoena seeking testimony from former White House counsel Harriet Miers on the firing of nine federal prosecutors in 2006, taking the unprecedented executive privilege battle to the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Read on.
Sarah Palin's Media No-Show
By Mary MacElveen
September 7, 2008
During the GOP national convention, Republicans were openly hostile towards the news media.
Read on.
September 7, 2008
During the GOP national convention, Republicans were openly hostile towards the news media.
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