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Ted Haggard

Sex Talk With Rev. Ted

In this clip from the new HBO documentary “Friends of God,” the Rev. Ted Haggard engages in some loose sex talk with parishioners. (Haggard is, of course, the former president of the National Association of Evangelicals who famously frequented a gay male sex worker.)

Posted on Jan 30, 2007 READ MORE  | 41 READS


Jon Stewart on Fox News

Stewart on Fox’s Obama Smear

Jon Stewart is at his ironic best in this riff on Fox News’ egregiously irresponsible story on Barack Obama’s background.

Posted on Jan 30, 2007 READ MORE  | 79 READS


Sean Penn

O’Reilly vs. Fonda, Penn, Sarandon and Robbins (Updated)

Jane Fonda, Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins and WorldCantWait organizer Sunsara Taylor each spoke to a Fox News reporter at this weekend’s antiwar protest in Washington. Watch Bill O’Reilly attempt to counter their arguments.
UPDATE: Check out WorldCantWait’s refutations of O’Reilly’s talking points.

Posted on Jan 30, 2007 READ MORE  | 264 READS


State of the Union satire

State of the Union Satire

James Adomian returns with another dead-on sendup of Bush’s address. Watch it. Don’t miss the Democratic response at the end. (Also, watch Adomian’s 2006 version)

Posted on Jan 29, 2007 READ MORE  | 60 READS


One Voice Movement

One Voice in Israel/Palestine

This unusually powerful video highlights the efforts of the OneVoice Movement, a grass-roots organization that brings Israeli and Palestinian youths together to advocate for a peaceful resolution of the struggle between their peoples.

Posted on Jan 29, 2007 READ MORE  | 39 READS


'Stop the Escalation'

‘Stop the Escalation’ Ad

This brief ad features Iraq war vets opposed to Bush’s troop escalation plan. Learn more here

Posted on Jan 29, 2007 READ MORE  | 23 READS


John McCain

The Real McCain.com

Documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald (“Outfoxed” “Iraq for Sale”) produced this video (and accompanying website) to expose the blatant contradictions John McCain has made on issues like Iraq, gay marriage and the Confederate flag.

Posted on Jan 29, 2007 READ MORE  | 163 READS


Robert Scheer

Podcast: Alternative Energy, the State of the Union and More

Robert Scheer joins Truthdig contributors James Harris and Joshua Scheer for a conversation on the State of the Union, alternative energy, Nancy Pelosi, Iraq and more.

Posted on Jan 26, 2007 READ MORE  | 81 READS


Jim Webb

Weekly Video Roundup

This week, our collection of Truthdig-flavored videos includes Sen. Jim Webb’s response to Bush’s SOTU speech; a misleading U.S. Army recruiting video; and an episode of “30 Days” that puts a conservative Christian in a Muslim household.

Posted on Jan 26, 2007 READ MORE  | 12 READS


Army recruiting video

Army Misleads in Recruiting Video

This deceptive commercial for the U.S. Army implies that reservists won’t be called up into active service in the near future. Kudos to AMERICAblog for posting this.

Posted on Jan 26, 2007 READ MORE  | 82 READS


Stewart on SOTU

“The Daily Show” host dissects Bush’s State of the Union speech.

Posted on Jan 25, 2007 READ MORE  | 26 READS


'30 Days'

‘30 Days’ as a Muslim

In this episode of “30 Days,” a conservative Christian man spends a month living as a Muslim with a Muslim family.

Posted on Jan 25, 2007 READ MORE  | 311 READS


Little Mosque on the Prairie

Little Mosque on the Prairie

This new Canadian show is a sign of the times: a situation comedy based squarely on local yokels butting heads with the new Muslims on the block. (There are some decently funny lines, but it’s no “Arrested Development.”)

Posted on Jan 25, 2007 READ MORE  | 66 READS


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Hagel Puts the Senate to Shame

Chuck Hagel has been on a tear lately, but it’s hard to beat this stirring indictment of the war and its enablers: “These young men and women that we put in Anbar province, in Iraq, in Baghdad are not beans. They’re real lives. And we better be damn sure we know what we’re doing, all of us, before we put 22,000 more Americans into that grinder. We better be as sure as you can be.”

Posted on Jan 25, 2007 READ MORE  | 98 READS


Jim Webb

Democrats’ Response to State of the Union: ‘We Will Be Showing Him the Way’

During his response to President Bush’s State of the Union address, Sen. Jim Webb (shown above with congressional leaders Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Nancy Pelosi) referred to the crises of division and war faced by two of history’s better Republican presidents, Teddy Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower, and then issued an ultimatum to the current occupant of the White House. Watch it.

Posted on Jan 23, 2007 READ MORE  | 73 READS


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