Staff / TruthdigJun 26, 2006
Newsweek says that pro-war Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) "stands a good chance of losing his August primary thanks to heavy blogger backing of his opponent, Ned Lamont."
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Staff / TruthdigJun 26, 2006
A health columnist/blogger for Yahoo! kicks off a five-part series on how, in his opinion, Bush's untreated alcoholism is hurting the country. "Our country is like the family of an alcoholic, devastated by the drinker's actions but powerless to stop them." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 26, 2006
That's what Truthdig has to wonder in light of newly released files detailing how Jack Abramoff funneled clients' funds through nonprofit organizations, or others that show how Abramoff effectively charged people $100,000 for face time with President Bush or Karl Rove. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJun 25, 2006
By Crooks and Liars' calculation, it's a reduction of around 28,000 by next year. The hypocrisy: After spending the entire last week savaging Rep. John Murtha's proposal for a pullout, it now appears that the Bush administration is preparing to "cut and run." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 25, 2006
Truthdig salutes Ron Suskind, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer whose most recent book, "The One Percent Doctrine," stripped down Vice President Dick Cheney's counter-terrorism philosophy to its Strangelovian essence: If there is a 1% chance of a terrorist attack, America must respond as though it is a 100% certainty.
Click here for disclosures from the book, Suskind TV appearances, links to other writings and biographical information. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 25, 2006
Dan Goldwater, a gubernatorial candidate in Arizona and nephew of the late Sen Barry Goldwater, told a Spanish news agency that he wanted to hold undocumented immigrants in camps to use them "as labor in the construction of a wall and to clean the areas of the Arizona desert that they're polluting"
He claims, however, that his words were taken out of context--that he only wanted to put convicted immigrant felons to work
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Staff / TruthdigJun 24, 2006
Outgoing Secretary of the Treasury John Snow said the program to troll through the financial records of Americans without warrants is the thing "I'm proudest of It's really government at its best"
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Staff / TruthdigJun 24, 2006
The governor rejected a request from the president to send 1,500 more National Guard troops to the Mexican border, saying the transfer would stretch the California Guard too thin. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 24, 2006
When Pa Sen Rick Santorum went on Fox to make what turned out to be a bogus claim about WMDs in Iraq, did he violate federal law by holding classified documents up to the camera? Greg Sargent has more
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Andy Borowitz / TruthdigJun 24, 2006
The satirist reports that Sen. Kerry's words may have fallen on deaf ears at the White House, where President Bush vowed to remain in Iraq "until we have determined why we are there." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 23, 2006
Last week, the Pentagon kicked all reporters out of the Guantanamo Bay prison after the suicides of three detainees. But on Wednesday the Defense Dept. invited a Fox News analyst down to Cuba to tour the facility.
And what do you know? The Fox analyst described Gitmo as ?now gentle, almost child-like the way they treat the detainees.? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 23, 2006
From one of today's Times editorials: "Given the topics that have preoccupied Congress lately, one wonders why the Republicans don't simply propose a catchall bill aimed at illegal gay liberal Mexican flag burners and be done with it."
Why not indeed? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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