Politics

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 )

Poll: Almost 60% Disapprove of Iraq War

Staff / Truthdig Jun 9, 2006 That number is the highest level yet in the AP-Ipsos polling. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Joe Conason: Fire Chertoff, for Starters

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jun 9, 2006 Department of Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff may have again revealed his incompetence by slashing New York's anti-terror funding, but the problems plaguing that agency reach far deeper than one man. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Molly Ivins: An Outbreak of Diplomacy in the West Wing

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Jun 8, 2006 Having realized that threatening Iran was getting them nowhere, Bush & Co. now find themselves in the awkward position of broaching diplomatic talks with a member of the "Axis of Evil." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Molly Ivins: Flag Burning and Other Dubious Epidemics

Staff / Truthdig Jun 6, 2006 It's not enough to just worry What's important is to worry about the right things And that's where the Republicans come charging to your aid With just a bit of GOP education, your anxieties will be perfectly on target . Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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 )