Politics

Bush’s New Chief of Staff Signals Shake-Up

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2006 Josh Bolten has told senior staffers thinking about leaving the White House that "now is the time to come to such a decision," according to Bush spokesman Scott McClellan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Molly Ivins: Karl Rove’s Early Machinations

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Apr 18, 2006 In this classic column from 2000, the Texas columnist uses unearthed testimony from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to expose Karl Rove's modus operandi back in the 1980s. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Nation: Generals Revolt

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2006 Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation, asks, "Is there a retired general left in the States who hasn't called on Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to fall on his sword?" Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

N.Y. Times on Bush: A Bad Leak

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2006 The New York Times editorial page writes that "even a president cannot wave a wand and announce that an intelligence report is declassified." Also, check out how Editor & Publisher handily took down the Washington Post editorial board's defense of the leak. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Anti-Rumsfeld General: Questioning Command Healthy For Democracy

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2006 Major Gen. John Batiste (ret), who has called for Rumsfeld's resignation, tells Katie Couric: "I think there's a lot of people now starting to ask questions, and I think that's healthy in a democracy." He also says the book "Cobra II" gets the Iraq War story right. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Report: Cheney Authorized Libby to Leak CIA Report

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2006 We know: "Duh!" right? Well, here's what's new: The author of this article, using newly surfaced Libby testimony, all but accuses Cheney of outing Valerie Plame as a CIA agent--which has been widely suspected but never confirmed. The National Journal's Murray Waas (the country's leading news-breaker on this story) has the scoop. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gore Vidal: America and Empire

Gore Vidal / Truthdig Apr 15, 2006 The celebrated man of letters charts the course of American post-WWII hegemony in this concise original essay written as a foreword to Robert Scheer's new book "Playing President." Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Andy Borowitz: U.S. to Send One Troop to Iran

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Apr 14, 2006 The political satirist reports on Rumsfeld's plan to punish the government of Iran for its nuclear ambitions by sending the one troop to Tehran. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Talking Sense About the Drug War

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2006 Don't miss this column at the Huffington Post about our nation's ineffectual and morally indefensible drug war. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McClellan Still Ducking Queries on Weapons Trailers

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2006 The presidential spokesman won't say at what point the president learned of a Pentagon report which concluded that Iraqi weapons trailers discovered after the invasion were not--as Bush later claimed--WMD factories. No wonder McClellan won't answer. This could amount to proof positive that Bush outright lied about WMD. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Poll: Most Don’t Trust Bush on Iran

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2006 Forty-eight percent support striking Iran if it continues down its nuclear course, but a majority do not trust the president to make the "right decision," according to an L.A. Times-Bloomberg poll. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Moussaoui Proves Sam Harris’ Point

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2006 To justify his hatred of America, the Sept. 11 conspirator read passages from the Koran in court. This is exactly the kind of thing that "The End of Faith" author Sam Harris was talking about in his Truthdig interview. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )