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‘State of the Union’ Satire Burns Up Internet
Jan 28, 2006 A hilarious, pitch-perfect satire of the upcoming State of the Union address draws 26,000 viewers in just over 12 hours. | video
White House Photo Agency Deletes Bush-Abramoff Pictures
Jan 28, 2006 Blogger Josh Marshall discovers that official Republican photographers deleted pictures from their website of the president and the disgraced lobbyist. | post The Daily DeLay reports that the president of that photographic company is a Bush contributor. | postWelcome to Truthdig’s Podcast
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Jan 28, 2006 Three-quarters of the country isn't buying White House claims that the media's requests amount to a "fishing expedition." | story
Hamas Win Makes Mockery of Bush’s Fantasies
Jan 27, 2006 Update:Jimmy Carter: The world should keep giving aid to the Palestinians, regardless of whether Hamas is a terrorist organization.Juan Cole: "Bush pushes for elections, confusing them with democracy, but seems blind to the dangers of right-wing populism."Kerry Calls for Alito Filibuster
Jan 27, 2006 Pulling this off would be the ultimate hat trick. Republicans reportedly need only one more Democrat on their side to force a vote. | storyPeople for the American Way are supplying a form letter urging key senators to join Kerry in his filibuster.Public Schools Mulling Bible Literacy Class
Jan 27, 2006 The high school course on the Bible's influence on society would be an elective storyIt's such an obvious end run around the Constitution's Establishment Clause that we'll hold fire But check this: The course textbook contains a boxed feature that shows how the Bible was used "to justify and even encourage anti-Semitism" Wow! A whole boxed feature? We wonder if there's a footnote about that whole Spanish Inquisition thing .
Bush Voted Against Spying Before Voting For It
Jan 26, 2006 The White House rejected a 2002 Senate proposal to ease surveillance warrant restrictions, saying such a move would probably be unconstitutional. The Washington Post picks up the story blazed by Glenn Greenwald.Surprise! The Web Won’t Tear Us Apart
Jan 26, 2006 Turning conventional wisdom on its head (see The Earth, flat; Bush, compassionate), a new study shows that Internet tools like e-mail, webcams and instant messaging actually bring people closer together. | story‘Heckuva Job’ Brownie Takes the Money and Runs
Jan 26, 2006 Former FEMA head Mike Brown stayed on full salary as a consultant in the wake of his disastrous disaster leadership But now that he's cashed his checks, he won't cooperate in the Senate investigation | storyPerhaps he's too busy mucking out Arabian horse stalls .Hamas Sweeps Palestinian Elections
Jan 26, 2006 With America sticking its guns in the eyes of so many Arabs, is it any wonder that Muslim hard-liners have gained so much popular support? Do we need any further proof of the neocon fallacy of Rumsfeld-style shake-n-bake democracy? | storyAnd with right-wing pretenders lingering over Sharon's deathbed, have prospects for peace in the Mideast ever looked more distant?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.