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Susan Update »

By Leslie on Oct 15, 2007 in Current Affairs | 13 Comments

I just called the hospital: Susan made it through surgery and she’s now in recovery. More updates to follow…. UPDATE: It’s 8pm EST, Susan is still in recovery, and she doesn’t have a room yet. Hip and knee surgery requires an extra-long recovery.

Won’t Back Down »

By Leslie on Oct 14, 2007 in Current Affairs | 22 Comments

PrchrLady emailed me this to encourage everyone, via Firedoglake by Naomi Wolf: I wish people would stop breaking into tears when they talk to me these days. I am traveling across the country at the moment — Colorado to California — speaking to groups of Americans from all walks of life about the assault on [...]

Saturday Quick Takes + Open Thread »

By Leslie on Oct 13, 2007 in Current Affairs | 31 Comments

• Did the idea for North Korea’s recent nuclear test originate in Hackensack? • Will there be an investigation of the CIA’s investigation of the CIA? Stay tuned… • Income inequality is the worst it’s been since the 1920s. But the good news is Reagonomics has finally trickled down to a Missouri man. • Bush [...]

Clinton Promises to Restore Checks & Balances »

By Leslie on Oct 12, 2007 in Current Affairs | 48 Comments

From the Boston Globe yesterday: “I think you have to restore the checks and balances and the separation of powers, which means reining in the presidency,” Clinton told the Boston Globe’s editorial board. Clinton also said, she doesn’t agree with Bush’s expansion of authority under the “unitary executive theory;” she would only use signing statements [...]

America Would Be Better Off Without Jews »

By Leslie on Oct 11, 2007 in Current Affairs | 68 Comments

From Editor and Publisher: Appearing on Donny Deutsch’s CNBC show, “The Big Idea,” on Monday night, columnist/author Ann Coulter suggested that the U.S. would be a better place if there weren’t any Jewish people and that they had “perfected” themselves into — Christians. It led Deutsch to suggest that surely she couldn’t mean that, and [...]

Bush’s “State Secrets” Privilege »

By Leslie on Oct 10, 2007 in Current Affairs | 37 Comments

German of Lebanese descent, Khaled el-Masri, alleges he was abducted, held in a CIA-run prison for months and tortured, as part of the Bush administration’s program of “extraordinary renditions.” Operatives mistook him for terrorist Khalid al-Masri. In 2005, El-Masri filed suit against George Tenet and several private contractors for their role in his abduction. But [...]

Bushies Tip Off al Qaeda…Again! »

By Leslie on Oct 9, 2007 in Current Affairs | 37 Comments

From the Washington Post: A small private intelligence company that monitors Islamic terrorist groups obtained a new Osama bin Laden video ahead of its official release last month, and around 10 a.m. on Sept. 7, it notified the Bush administration of its secret acquisition. It gave two senior officials access on the condition that the [...]

Senator Byrd’s Iran Amendments + Open Thread »

By Leslie on Oct 3, 2007 in Current Affairs | 50 Comments

Senator Byrd [D-WV] has introduced two amendments to the 2008 Defense Appropriations bill. From Iran Nuclear Watch: The amendments would prohibit funding provided by the bill to be used for military operations or activities against any other country without explicit Congressional authorization. The text of both amendments is identical and I’m unsure why two identical [...]

Rep. David Obey Calls for War Tax »

By Leslie on Oct 2, 2007 in Current Affairs | 55 Comments

From The Hill: Rep. David Obey [D-Wis.], chairman of the Appropriations Committee, says, He wants a war spending bill to end U.S. involvement in combat operations by January 2009, allow more rest time for troops between deployments and start a “diplomatic surge.” Obey also came out in favor of Rep. James McGovern’s (D-Mass.) war tax [...]

Latest News: Push for War with Iran »

By Leslie on Sep 30, 2007 in Current Affairs | 86 Comments

News Roundup: Seymour Hersh’s latest article in the New Yorker reports that: the White House has tasked the Joint Chiefs of Staff with redrawing plans for a possible attack on Iran. The administration wants to shift away from Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program, to Iran’s alleged interference in Iraq as the latest casus belli. From the [...]

John Dean: Public Apathy Aids Bush + Friday Open Thread »

By Leslie on Sep 29, 2007 in Current Affairs | 37 Comments

The Kansas City Star’s Lewis Diuguid writes: Blame it on this city and country sagging now with a political and civic fatigue that’s more dangerous than the infrastructure neglect that led to the breach of the levees in New Orleans two years ago. Blame it on the endless wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the billions [...]

Clinton Defends Her Lieberman-Kyl Vote »

By Leslie on Sep 27, 2007 in Current Affairs | 109 Comments

Last night during the Presidential debates, Hillary was rebuked for her yea vote on the Lieberman-Kyl amendment, which designated Iran’s military as a terrorist organization. One of the sharpest exchanges came over a vote in the Senate on Wednesday on a resolution urging President Bush to designate the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist [...]

Amendment Eases War on Iran »

By Leslie on Sep 22, 2007 in Current Affairs | 63 Comments

Via Iran Nuclear Watch, from Carah Ong, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s Iran Policy Analyst: On September 20, 2007, Senators Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) filed Amendment No. 3017 to the Fiscal Year 2008 Defense Authorization bill. This extremely provocative measure is a “Sense of Senate” resolution, which if passed, would [...]

The Jena 6 »

By Leslie on Sep 20, 2007 in Current Affairs | 31 Comments

By Steven D at Booman: An estimated fifty thousand demonstrators marched in Jena, Louisiana in support of the Jena 6 (see this link for details of this blatant case of racial injustice) according to some estimates. We may be seeing the revival of the Civil Rights Movement before our eyes:

22 Most Corrupt Members of Congress »

By Leslie on Sep 18, 2007 in Current Affairs | 22 Comments

From CREW, the 22 most corrupt members of Congress are: Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-NM) Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-CA) Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL) Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA) Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA)

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