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Images: Wikipedia; composite: Blair Golson
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Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), above, raised the ire of not a few Mississippi residents, including Rep. Charles Pickering (R-Miss.), for telling the N.Y. Times on Nov. 8, “Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi?” Who, indeed? Truthdig takes you beneath the headlines.
Posted on Nov 11, 2006
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Truthdig salutes the individuals and organizations that swept the Democrats to victory: the members of the Democratic leadership, and the progressive netroots. Kudos all around.
Posted on Nov 10, 2006
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The political satirist reports on an ingenious plan by the leadership of both parties to rest up for negative campaigning in 2008.
Posted on Nov 10, 2006
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On Veterans Day, read the compelling essays of Ron Kovic, Kevin Tillman and Stan Goff—all of whom have served in the United States military.
Posted on Nov 10, 2006
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AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall
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By Joshua Scheer — In an original Truthdig interview, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), the potential next chair of a key national security subcommittee, calls for congressional hearings into how and why America invaded Iraq, and demands “accountability” for those who led America into a “war based on lies.”
Kucinich: “Rumsfeld may no longer be secretary of defense, but he made decisions based on lies that took people to their deaths. He has to be held accountable—secretary or not.”
Posted on Nov 9, 2006
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By David Moore — A 13-year veteran of the Gallup Poll presents some counterintuitive conclusions about the real motivations underlying Americans’ votes on Tuesday—and also teases out some unexpected data about the youth vote.
Posted on Nov 9, 2006
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Bush still doesn’t seem to realize that millions of Americans voted to signal their displeasure with the GOP for abandoning the poor and middle class.
Posted on Nov 8, 2006
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By Joe Conason — The sleaziest campaign tactic to emanate from this year’s GOP playbook was the use and abuse of “robo-calls,” which harassed and intimidated Democratic voters.
Posted on Nov 8, 2006
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By Ellen Goodman — This year, voters valued their ability to shoot down draconian abortion laws, to raise the minimum wage and to send an unequivocal message to the warmongers in the White House.
Posted on Nov 8, 2006
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The sheer pleasure of getting lessons in etiquette from Karl Rove and the right-wing media passeth all understanding.
Posted on Nov 8, 2006
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By Robert Scheer — Truthdig’s editor argues that there remain unanswered questions surrounding the Iran-Contra connections of Robert Gates, whom Bush has tapped as defense secretary.
Posted on Nov 8, 2006
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By Steve Wasserman — A former Los Angeles Times editor fleshes out the motivations behind the unceremonious Nov. 7 forced resignation of the Times’ respected editor, Dean Baquet, above.
Posted on Nov 8, 2006
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By Robert Scheer — Bush insisted that Saddam Hussein’s trial be held in Iraq so that an international tribunal would never expose America’s history of support for the tyrant—(as in 1982, when President Ronald Reagan sent Donald Rumsfeld, above, to enhance diplomatic relations between Iraq and the U.S.)
Posted on Nov 7, 2006
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“Luckily this country is still a democracy. People still have a voice. People still can take action. It can start after Pat’s birthday.”—Kevin Tillman
Posted on Nov 7, 2006
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If nothing else, a Democratic victory at the polls would mark a return to governance by people guided by facts, not emotions.
Posted on Nov 6, 2006
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Real American Boy: How Our Byzantine Immigration System and Failed Economy May Have Made a Terrorist
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