Saturday, November 01, 2008

Sounds of Voting and Check-Writing

By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
November 1, 2008

Our Manhattan offices are in a building that also houses the New York City Board of Elections. So this is the season when we hear above our heads the sounds of heavy objects rolling across the floor into freight elevators.

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Friday, October 31, 2008

Justice Department Balks on Ohio Vote

By Jason Leopold
October 31, 2008

Despite pressure from Ohio Republicans and President George W. Bush, the Justice Department has declined to intervene in a voter dispute in Ohio that could have purged at least 200,000 voters from registration rolls.

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Thursday, October 30, 2008

More 'Troopergate' Problems for Palin

By Jason Leopold
October 31, 2008

Sarah Palin faces another likely setback in an investigation into whether she entangled her duties as Alaska governor in a family feud with her ex-brother-in-law, a state trooper, according to a senior state legislator. But the new finding is not expected before next Tuesday’s presidential election.

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The New Technology of Repression

By Robert Parry
October 30, 2008

In its final months, the Bush administration is pressing ahead with a new generation of spy technology designed to strengthen the U.S. military’s ability to detect and eliminate suspected insurgents in Iraq and elsewhere based on computer analyses of their movements and activities.

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Two Troubling Election Arguments

By Robert Parry
October 29, 2008

Eight years ago in the Bush-Gore race, there were two election arguments that I heard often that now have resurfaced in the Obama-McCain contest as reasons to vote for third-party candidates.

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

The A-Word Intrudes on Campaign '08

By William Loren Katz
October 28, 2008

Two white skinhead believers in “white power” who allegedly planned to assassinate Barack Obama in a shooting spree that also targeted African-American school children have been arrested by federal authorities in Tennessee.

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Monday, October 27, 2008

The Logic of al-Qaeda's McCain Choice

By Ivan Eland
October 28, 2008

In the battle for endorsements in the presidential campaign, Barack Obama snared a strong nod from former Secretary of State Colin Powell – and John McCain received an equally strong recommendation from al-Qaeda.

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Bush's Looming Defeat in Iraq

By Robert Parry
October 27, 2008

John McCain continues to talk about a U.S. “victory” in Iraq and Sarah Palin baits Barack Obama for not using the word “win” when he discusses the war. But the hard reality facing whoever becomes President is a looming strategic defeat.

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