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Chertoff’s Colon Our Last Defense?

Keith Olbermann rips homeland security czar Michael Chertoff a new, er, orifice, humorously parsing out what Bush’s master of disaster could have been thinking when he announced he had a “gut feeling” a terror attack might be imminent despite having “no credible intelligence,” in the words of a back-pedaling White House.

Posted on Jul 16, 2007 READ MORE  |  9 COMMENTS


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Olbermann: ‘Why Does Habeas Corpus Hate America?’

Keith Olbermann responded to the passage of the torture bill with this tongue-in-cheek investigative report on habeas corpus. (Video & Transcript)

Posted on Oct 11, 2006 READ MORE  |  9 COMMENTS


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Truthdigger of the Week: Keith Olbermann

Truthdig salutes the MSNBC anchor, whose strident monologue at Ground Zero last week ripped to rhetorical shreds the assertion of Vice President Cheney that critics of the government “validate the strategy of the terrorists.” (Jump for video and a full transcription, along with other fiery clips)

Posted on Sep 15, 2006 READ MORE  |  28 COMMENTS


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From KeithEllison.org

Democrat Could be 1st Muslim in Congress

From the AP: “A state lawmaker could become the first Muslim elected to Congress after edging out three rivals Tuesday for his district’s Democratic nomination.” He fended off accusations about past associations with the Nation of Islam, which he has previously denounced.

Posted on Sep 13, 2006 READ MORE  |  4 COMMENTS


Ben-Veniste

9/11 Panelist Slams ABC’s Fib-U-Drama

On Wednesday’s “Countdown,” 9/11 commissioner Richard Ben-Veniste, above,  added his voice to those criticizing ABC’s credibility-challenged 9/11 “docudrama,” saying: “It was quite clear, as the 9/11 commission report states, that Clinton authorized the CIA and the American forces to get Bin Laden—capture or kill—and this miniseries does not depict it accurately

Posted on Sep 7, 2006 READ MORE  |  8 COMMENTS


Keith Olbermann

Olbermann to Bush: ‘Have You No Sense of Decency, Sir?’

Keith Olbermann has been on a roll lately, contesting the administration’s “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 seek—a 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)

Posted on Sep 6, 2006 READ MORE  |  50 COMMENTS


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Crooks and Liars

Olbermann Puts Rumsfeld to Shame

Keith Olbermann delivered a masterful retort on Wednesday to Donald Rumsfeld’s recent diatribe on fascism.  With a commentary as apt as it was eloquent, Olbermann excoriated the defense secretary’s very patriotism: “In what country was Mr. Rumsfeld raised?  As a child, of whose heroism did he read?  On what side of the battle for freedom did he dream one day to fight?  With what country has he confused? the United States of America?” (Video & Transcript)

Posted on Aug 31, 2006 READ MORE  |  24 COMMENTS


Ann Coulter and Keith Olbermann

Olbermann Talks to Coulter Plagiarism Spotter

The guy who used special computer software to catch Coulter’s pilfering said there were so many instances of misappropriations that he had to quit before his “eyes start to bleed.”

Posted on Jul 6, 2006 READ MORE


Jean Rohe on Olbermann

Jean Rohe Tells Olbermann About Her McCain K.O.

Our Truthdigger of the Week goes on MSNBC to share her story of standing up to Sen. John McCain.

Posted on May 23, 2006 READ MORE  |  13 COMMENTS


Olbermann shows McGovern_Rumsfeld confrontation

Olbermann Highlights McGovern, Rumsfeld

Keith Olbermann presents the uncut version of CIA veteran Ray McGovern’s confrontation with Donald Rumsfeld. The MSNBC host uses Rumsfeld’s own words to throw his lies back in his face—with the help of Newsweek writer Richard Wolffe.

Posted on May 7, 2006 READ MORE  |  8 COMMENTS


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