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Seymour Hersh: Bush Administration Planning Possible Major Air Attack on Iran From Democracy Now : AMY GOODMAN: On Monday, President Bush di...

Income Gap More Like a Chasm From the LA Times courtesy of the Daily Kos : But let's forget illegal immigration for a moment, because if...

Big plans: DeLay's next mission is in God's hands From the Washington post via the Houston Chronicle, an opinion piece on DeLay'...

Republican Raptures From AlterNet : Frel: You also say in your book that 40 percent of the Republican voting bloc is made up of very religio...

One City Under God From AlterNet : Welcome to Ave Maria. Tom Monaghan, the Domino's Pizza magnate, has invested at least $250 million to...

Sorry We Missed Church From the Austin Chronicle, Michael Ventura's Letters at 3 a.m. column: Driving 19th Street in Lubbock alongside ...

The Lynching of Cynthia McKinney Why Isn't Anyone Investigating Her Charges of Racism and Inappropriate Touching by Cops with a Reputati...

Bush Planning Massive Bombing Campaign Against Iran, Including Nukes From Think Progress courtesy of Eschaton : Investigative journalist Se...

A LEAKY PRESIDENT RUNS AFOUL OF 'LITTLE RICO' From GregPalast.com : OK, let's accept the White House alibi that releasing Plame...

DeLay's days had long been numbered Departure highlights problems within Republican Party From WorkingForChange , the Washington Post...

ABORTION DYSTOPIA From the New York Times courtesy of Eschaton : Pro-Life Nation In this new movement toward criminalization, El Salvador is...

Robert Fisk on Iraq, Palestine and the Failure of the U.S. Corporate Media to Challenge Authority From Democracy Now : AMY GOODMAN: Robert F...

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Libby testifies Bush authorized intelligence leak From the AP via the Houston Chronicle: In the court filing, drawn in part from Libby's...

Ancient Text Shows a Different Judas From the AP via the Houston Chronicle: For 2,000 years Judas has been reviled for betraying Jesus. Now ...

Why Democrats Are At Least Half of the Problem From CounterPunch : There you have it. Liberal, "progressive" Democrats hate Ralph ...

FINALLY! DEMOCRATS HAVE A GOOD IDEA Senate Dems to pursue new strategy on abortion From the Hill courtesy of the Daily Kos : The Senate Demo...

DANCING ON TOM DELAY'S GRAVE The left wing is in celebration mode today. I'm tickled pink myself. If you had told me during the Clin...

LIZARD KING SLITHERS AWAY DeLay reportedly won't seek re-election From the AP via the Houston Chronicle: Former House Majority Leader To...

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