Politics

Netroots Seen as Threat to Two-Party System

Staff / Truthdig Jun 5, 2006 Democratic strategist Joe Trippi writes that the rise of the Netroots-based organization Unite08 may be the harbinger of the end of the traditional two-party system in American politics. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Democrats Are Urged to Become Republicans

Staff / Truthdig Jun 5, 2006 That's the call from Michael Tomasky in a cover story for the American Prospect. He means republicans with a small 'r'--defenders of the idea of a republic that serves the common good. Tomasky writes: "What the Democrats still don?t have is a philosophy, a big idea that unites their proposals and converts them from a hodgepodge of narrow and specific fixes into a vision for society." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Victory For Wen Ho Lee

Staff / Truthdig Jun 3, 2006 The five media heavies who shamelessly promoted the government's lies about the Los Alamos scientist chose to settle today rather than reveal their government sources. Lee was savaged by a media fueled by government rumors that he was spying for China, an accusation he was never officially charged with. Lee was imprisoned in solitary confinement for nine months in 1999-2000 and ultimately received an apology from the judge who heard his case. Truthdig says: The media was not defending freedom of the press but their own right to operate as a megaphone for government agents with an agenda to slander an American citizen. The media went to bat for government agents who broke the law. When will those agents be held accountable?Read Robert Scheer's extensive coverage of the Wen Ho Lee case. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rolling Stone Asks: Was the 2004 Election Stolen?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 2, 2006 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revisits the 2004 election and finds evidence of massive electoral fraud. Kennedy writes: "After carefully examining the evidence, I've become convinced that the president's party mounted a massive, coordinated campaign to subvert the will of the people in 2004." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.N.’s Bolton Rattles the Macho, Cliched Saber on Iran

Staff / Truthdig Jun 2, 2006 U.N. Ambassador John Bolton said that military action against Iran is "on the table," and ?This is put up or shut up time for Iran.? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

FEC: Frist Violated Election Law in 2000

Staff / Truthdig Jun 2, 2006 The Federal Election Commission, acting on a report by a watchdog group, found that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist failed to disclose a $1.44 million loan that made it appear as though he had significantly more money than he did. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Poll: Bush Worst President Since WWII

Staff / Truthdig Jun 2, 2006 In the Quinnipiac Poll, Bush garnered twice as many "worst of" votes as Richard Nixon. Ronald Reagan was picked as the best. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sunsara Taylor: Drive Out the Bush Regime

Sunsara Taylor / Truthdig Jun 2, 2006 Sunsara Taylor, author of the widely debated BattleCry columns, sets forth in this manifesto a case for driving President Bush and his administration from office--anchored by an Oct. 5 boycott of work and schools nationwide. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The End of the Electoral College as We Know it?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2006 The California Assembly passed a measure to pledge the state's Electoral College votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote (as opposed to giving its Electoral College votes to the winner of the California popular vote). This would come into effect only if enough other states passed similar measures. But if it happens, it will mean the end of the electoral college as we know it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Paper May Take Legal Action Against Bush Aide

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2006 Bush's top domestic policy aide, Karl Zinsmeister, changed his quotes in a Syracuse newspaper's profile on him and then re-posted the article on his website. One of the quotes he changed was originally published as: "People in Washington are morally repugnant, cheating, shifty human beings." The editor of the paper says she is consulting a lawyer. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Feds Cut Anti-Terror Funding in NYC, D.C.

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2006 The Department of Homeland Security slashed anti-terrorism money for Washington and New York in favor of cities like Jacksonville and Sacramento. Stunner: "A DHS risk scorecard for the city asserted that the home of the Empire State Building and the Brooklyn Bridge has 'zero' national monuments or icons." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush: Sept. 11 ‘Ended on a Relatively Humorous Note’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2006 In a 2003 interview with Ladies Home Journal, Bush told Peggy Noonan that during the late-night hours of Sept. 11, he and wife Laura were hustled around the White House in their bedtime clothes because it was thought a jet was going to crash into the building. "[T]he day ended on a relatively humorous note," he said. "We got a laugh out of it." "Bad taste" doesn't really seem to do this justice. (h/t: Daou Report. Also: full-text interview.) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )