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Blogs and the Left: An Emerging Symbiosis

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2006 Veteran N.Y. Times political reporter Adam Nagourney, reporting from the blog conference in Las Vegas, writes that "the blogosphere has become for the left what talk radio has been for the right: a way of organizing and communicating to supporters." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dems Closing Fundraising Gap with GOP

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2006 Even RNC chairman Ken Mehlman says that the Internet has proved much more lucrative for Democratic candidates than it has for Republicans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Three Gitmo Inmates Commit Suicide

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2006 The detainees hanged themselves with nooses made of sheets and clothes, sparking renewed calls to close the detention facility. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sidney Blumenthal: Bush Sr. Tried to Replace Rumsfeld

Staff / Truthdig Jun 10, 2006 The former president waged a secret campaign earlier this year to replace the secretary of defense with a retired four-star general, according to Sidney Blumenthal. (Pay wall / ad-watching req'd.) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Murtha May Run for Majority Leader

Staff / Truthdig Jun 10, 2006 Rep. John Murtha, one of the most outspoken antiwar Democrats on the Hill, has told fellow lawmakers that he will run for House majority leader if the Democrats retake the House in November. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Media Descends on YearlyKos

Staff / Truthdig Jun 10, 2006 The DailyKos-hosted annual blogger conference, taking place this weekend in Las Vegas, is attracting a gaggle of traditional-media reporters--not to mention politicians, fundraisers and political operatives. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

In Goodbye Address, DeLay Attacks Colleagues

Staff / Truthdig Jun 10, 2006 On his way out the door, the disgraced lawmaker took some parting shots at liberals: "If conservatives don?t stand up to liberalism, no one will." (Also: Some Democrats walked out on the speech.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Republicans Kill Ban on Permanent Bases in Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Jun 10, 2006 Congressional Republicans killed a provision that would have prohibited the Pentagon from building the bases. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

House Rejects Net Neutrality

Staff / Truthdig Jun 10, 2006 The Nation's John Nichols explains how perilously close the U.S. government is to making a toll road out of the Internet--on which only the rich websites will be able to pay to have their content load move fastest. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What Ashcroft Knew and When He Knew it

Staff / Truthdig Jun 9, 2006 Murray Waas at the National Journal has another sizzling scoop: Then-Atty Gen John Ashcroft continued to oversee the Valerie Plame-CIA leak probe long after he learned that top White House officials were suspected of involvement (He didn't recuse himself from the investigation for two months) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rahm Emanuel to Republicans: Does Ann Coulter Speak for You?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 9, 2006 We usually don't like drawing attention to the hateful Coulter, but Rep. Emanuel's condemnation of the arch-conservative pundit shouldn't be missed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Senate Kills Estate Tax Repeal

Staff / Truthdig Jun 9, 2006 As Think Progress put it: "A sad day for Paris Hilton." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )