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Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski (ret.), a veteran of the Pentagon with firsthand experience of the administration’s cherry-picking of intelligence, reveals why Bush thinks he can win a war with Iran, why few politicians are serious about withdrawal and why “when they call Iraq a success, they mean it.”
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By Amy Goodman — If Lady Liberty wasn’t bolted down, she would get up and walk away, having witnessed the abusive imprisonment that America’s broken immigration system imposes on the asylum seekers, torture victims and innocent families who had the criminal impulse to search for a better life.
Posted on Feb 27, 2007
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AP Photo / Greg Baker
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By Robert Scheer — There is nothing wrong with negotiating with our enemies rather than weakly blustering at cartoon images of them—I wish we would do the same in our dealings with Iran—but it would be nice if we would stop shooting ourselves in the foot first.
Posted on Feb 27, 2007
17 COMMENTS
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AP Photo / Gary Kazanjian
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By Theodore Hamm — Rudy Giuliani is often presented as a political moderate whose thriving presidential campaign need only negotiate the hurdle of a conservative primary, but his pre-9/11 record as New York’s mayor—particularly his policies toward working-class and minority residents—should greatly alarm progressives.
Posted on Feb 27, 2007
54 COMMENTS
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By Marie Cocco — Prince Harry’s imminent deployment to Iraq stands in stark contrast to the behavior of America’s draft-dodging chicken hawks, who bloviate about honoring the troops while abusing them at home and abroad.
Posted on Feb 27, 2007
20 COMMENTS
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AP Photo / Charles Dharapak
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By Chris Hedges — Many have dismissed Ralph Nader’s recurring candidacy as an “ego trip,” but veteran journalist Chris Hedges argues that the activist and agitator has in fact taken a consistent and necessary stand against the consumer fraud of American politics.
Posted on Feb 26, 2007
97 COMMENTS
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By E.J. Dionne — Even as jurors pondered whether Vice President Cheney’s former chief of staff should be convicted of lying about what the Bush administration did to smear one of its critics, there was Cheney accusing another adversary of doing the work of the terrorists.
Posted on Feb 26, 2007
19 COMMENTS
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salon.com
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Truthdig tips its hat this week to David Geffen, the powerhouse producer who decided on principle to break ties with Hillary Clinton and support Barack Obama’s bid for the White House instead.
Posted on Feb 24, 2007
26 COMMENTS
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Steve Fraser —
The co-editor of the American Empire Project book series and author of “Every Man a Speculator” brings a historical perspective to the 2006 election, and the coming battle for the presidency.
Posted on Feb 22, 2007
8 COMMENTS
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AP Photo / Evan Vucci
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By E.J. Dionne — The childish feud between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama this week trampled over the real issues while giving Republicans a pass. The two Democratic front-runners had better move beyond self-obsessed pettiness—and fast—or they risk handing the election to the GOP.
Posted on Feb 22, 2007
35 COMMENTS
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By Amy Goodman — The senator’s attitude toward critics is reminiscent of Bush’s famous invitation to terrorists, and may prove to be just as big a blunder.
Posted on Feb 22, 2007
51 COMMENTS
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By Joe Conason — Even with the benefit of years of hindsight, The New York Times has failed to accept responsibility for its role in hyping the phony Whitewater accusations against the Clintons.
Posted on Feb 21, 2007
9 COMMENTS
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By Marie Cocco — Primary voters and pundits should stop browbeating Clinton over her Iraq war vote and instead take a hard look at her and the other candidates’ plans for Iraq.
Posted on Feb 21, 2007
13 COMMENTS
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By Ellen Goodman — Politicians know all too well the impact the blogosphere can have on their careers, but bloggers themselves are discovering their words can come back to haunt them.
Posted on Feb 21, 2007
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AP Photo / Dennis Cook
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By Robert Scheer — In light of her hawkish posturing and consistent support of the war for all the wrong reasons, the best advice on Hillary’s campaign comes from the candidate herself: If you’re against the war, vote for someone else.
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Truthdig / Zuade Kaufman
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The former Air America CEO and music mogul discusses the significance of the Dixie Chicks’ Grammy win; Al Gore’s prospects for 2008; and the liberals’ responsibility to “blow the wind” of change.
Posted on Feb 20, 2007
12 COMMENTS
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By Marie Cocco — Democrats in Congress are right to go after tobacco companies like Camel, which is marketing a new line of cigarettes to younger women.
Posted on Feb 19, 2007
18 COMMENTS
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By E.J. Dionne — Democrats must force Republican members of Congress—again and again—to justify their refusal to get tough with Bush over Iraq.
Posted on Feb 19, 2007
15 COMMENTS
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By Andy Borowitz — The political satirist reports that Bush relied on a small plastic toy to lead the nation into war with Iraq.
Posted on Feb 16, 2007
11 COMMENTS
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CNN
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Truthdig tips its hat this week to the CNN White House correspondent who has doggedly exposed the contradictions between the Bush White House and the U.S. military on Iranian involvement in Iraq.
Posted on Feb 16, 2007
27 COMMENTS
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By E.J. Dionne — Barack Obama probably won’t best Hillary Clinton unless he trumps her efforts on the Internet.
Posted on Feb 15, 2007
10 COMMENTS
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AP Photo / Benjamin Sklar
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By Amy Goodman — In her inaugural Truthdig column, Amy Goodman investigates the outrageous imprisonment of Josh Wolf, the blogger whose devotion to freedom of the press and resistance to government coercion have kept him in jail longer than any other modern journalist.
Posted on Feb 15, 2007
29 COMMENTS
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By Joe Conason — Sen. Clinton can best recover from her vacillation on Iraq by demanding that Bush use diplomacy with Iran.
Posted on Feb 14, 2007
33 COMMENTS
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By Marie Cocco — “If running against Washington is going to be the winning appeal in the 2008 election ... then Obama should be careful what he wishes for.”
Posted on Feb 14, 2007
7 COMMENTS
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By Ellen Goodman — Drew Gilpin Faust’s appointment as the university’s new president comes at a time when the story line of feminism has taken an odd turn.
Posted on Feb 14, 2007
3 COMMENTS
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