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Legislation put forward by the Bush administration this week would legalize the same torture techniques recently banned by the Army. By selectively interpreting the Geneva Conventions, the legislation would allow CIA operatives and even the Army, should it decide to revert to previous rules, to conduct interrogations using unsavory methods.
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Keith Olbermann has been on a roll lately, contesting the administrations recent Nazi kick with a series of essays. This time the Countdown host went after the man himself, saying: Mr. Bush, you are accomplishing in part what Osama Bin Laden and others seeka fearful American populace, easily manipulated, and willing to throw away any measure of restraint, any loyalty to our own ideals and freedoms, for the comforting illusion of safety. (Video & Transcript)
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The Education Department has admitted to searching through millions of student loan records on behalf of the FBI. The government says the operation, known as ?Project Strike Back,? was meant to uncover information on individuals allegedly related to terror investigations.
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The FDA has approved the use of a group of viruses as a food additive for ready-to-eat meat products, such as hot dogs and cold cuts. Companies that use the additive will not be required to inform consumers.
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By Molly Ivins — Confrontational hard-liners Don Rumsfeld and John Bolton continue to ramp up tensions between the U.S. and North Korea; Molly Ivins wonders if maybe it’s still not too late for a little diplomacy.
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By Gene Gerard — A new report shows that Bush has slashed anti-AIDS programs across the board. Meanwhile, he’s pandering to the religious right by pushing abstinence-until-marriage programs—regardless of the fact that they are proven ineffective at stopping the spread of HIV. Don’t bother Bush with facts; his mind is made up.
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Finally, after months of hanging in the pink slip rumor mill, John Snow can move on. The White House has named Henry M. Paulson as the newest Treasury secretary; here’s what we know according to the Washington Post and NYT:
He was reluctant to accept the job.
He worked in the Pentagon as a young man.
He “has been a Goldman Sachs executive since 1974, pulling down a compensation package in 2005 of $37 million.”
He is “a birdwatcher who can often be found in Central Park with his binoculars.”
Thank you mainstream media for your thorough profile of this very important man.
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This 1985 anti-drug music video was the only such work to ever be sponsored by the White House. Featuring Ah-nold, Whitney Houston, David Hasselhoff and Nancy Reagan, it is a bygone, cheesy reminder of the nation’s fight against drugs.
Posted on Apr 28, 2006
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By Norman Solomon — The departure of White House press secretary Scott McClellan is a classic instance of ditching the pitchman in an effort to improve the image of the product.
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By Andy Borowitz — The celebrated satirist quotes Bush as saying that his kitchen staffer was “slow to act” in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: “Basically, he was just in the kitchen baking the whole time.”
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The space agency will now allow its scientists to speak to the media without public affairs officials muzzling them.
Posted on Mar 31, 2006
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Jafaari rebuffs Bush’s alleged call for him to step down, telling Washington to stop interfering in Iraq’s politics.
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Time magazine’s special report on global warming is so worrisome that even a Bush administration scientist might take notice.
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By Molly Ivins — Welcome back to the paradoxical Bush/Cheney “responsibility society,” where no one (starting with the administration) takes responsibility.
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Rebuilding efforts have been crippled in part because “American intelligence failed to predict the brutal insurgency,” says the congressional report. | story
Really, did anyone think the president was the right man to play God in the oldest powder keg on Earth?
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The Bush administration boasts addition of jobs in an effort to extend and expand tax cuts. However, Bush’s policies played only a small role. more
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