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Save the Internet (Today)!
Jun 28, 2006 The Senate is due to vote Wednesday on the Net Neutrality bill. Click here and CALL. YOUR. SENATOR. Otherwise, when AT&T is deciding which content streams fastest to your computer, you'll have no one to blame but yourself.
Aussies Reveal Racial Profiling at Its Funniest
Jun 28, 2006 In this skit from Australian TV, we see that justice is indeed not blind.
Stewart Skewers Gonzales Over Sears Tower Plot
Jun 28, 2006 The "Daily Show" host wonders how seven evildoers could wage what the attorney general termed a "full ground war against the United States."
Colbert Rocks the Minimum Wage
Jun 28, 2006 The "Colbert Report" host is very understanding when it comes to the minimum wage.Flag Amendment Fails by Single Vote
Jun 28, 2006 Shame on all 66 senators who voted "yes" for this travesty. That means you, John McCain, Evan Bayh, George Allen, Sam Brownback and Chuck Hagel.Israel Hits Gaza
Jun 28, 2006 Israeli tanks and troops entered southern Gaza and planes attacked three bridges and knocked out electricity to the coastal strip early Wednesday, stepping up the pressure on Palestinian militants holding captive a 19-year-old Israeli soldier.Study: Link Between Having Older Brothers and Homosexuality
Jun 27, 2006 Having one or more older brothers boosts the likelihood of a boy growing up to be gay -- an effect due not to social factors but biological events that occur in the mother's womb, according to a study published Tuesday. More evidence--alas, Bible-thumpers still need it--that homosexuality has nothing to do with outside factors and has everything to do with biology.‘Breathtaking’ Waste and Fraud in Hurricane Aid
Jun 27, 2006 Scams, schemes and bureaucratic snafus related to federal aid for Hurricane Katrina cost taxpayers at least $2 billion.Army Equipment Costs for Two Wars Will Triple
Jun 27, 2006 The annual cost of replacing, repairing and upgrading Army equipment in Iraq and Afghanistan is expected to more than triple next year to more than $17 billion, according to Army documents obtained by the Associated Press And we still can't find the money for schools, healthcare, environmental-technology research oh, never mind .
The Power of a 15-Year-Old Peace Activist
Jun 27, 2006 Ava Lowery, a home-schooled teenager from Alabama, has made over 70 antiwar animations, gaining her national attention in The New York Times, on CNN and in the progressive blogosphere. Check out her response to White House Press Secretary Tony Snow's "it's a number" comment about U.S. deaths in Iraq.Supreme Court Rejects Vermont’s Campaign Finance Law
Jun 27, 2006 This is a complicated issue. We'll let the Washington Post take it: "The Supreme Court struck down Vermont's strict limits on campaign contributions and spending yesterday, in a splintered ruling that left intact the constitutional basis of current campaign finance laws but may make it difficult to put new curbs on money in politics."Death Toll Rises to 90 After Mexico Earthquake
Sep 11, 2017 President Enrique Pena Nieto says a third of the homes in the city of Juchitan are uninhabitable.