Archives for General News

January 2009

Saturday, January 31:

Amanda Lang: Female Bank of England Employees Must Wear Makeup and Heels Says Memo

Mark Crispin Miller: Sarah Palin hires Mike Conell's partner (1 comments)

Sheila Samples: Spain to amend law to avoid trying Israeli war criminals

Sheila Samples: Israeli military refuses water filtration system for Gaza

Sheila Samples: Taliban warns US over Afghan plan

Sheila Samples: Governments across Europe tremble as angry people take to the streets

Sheila Samples: After Departure, No Leader for U.S. AIDS Program

Sheila Samples: Days before leaving office, Bush's lawyer told Rove not to turn over any documents

Sheila Samples: VIDEO: Israel Again Destroys Food Supplies. More Crimes Against Humanity

Sheila Samples: Hamas must be brought into peace process, says Tony Blair

Rob Kall: Australian PM Calls for new world order-- Social Capitalism

Anne Landman: Front Group King Rick Berman Gets Blasted by his Son David Berman (1 comments)

Joan Brunwasser: VIDEO - Nadler: 'Rove Will Testify or Go to Jail'

Iftekhar Sayeed: opposition politician murdered

Suzana Megles: Whole Foods, a Trend Setter (1 comments)

Iftekhar Sayeed: Another disartculated body after five years

Dave Lindorff: Follow the Money (8 comments)

Amanda Lang: GOP governors press Republicans in Congress to pass stimulus bill

Sherwood Ross: Time For U.S. And Japan To Get Out Of Okinawa (1 comments)

Rob Kall: U.S. economy posts fastest decline in 26 years

Rob Kall: Israeli group to help Palestinians sue over settlements

the web: McCaskill proposes maximum wage for TARP recipients!!! (5 comments)

Mike Schultz: *A cattleman takes on government view of NAIS and COOL

Linn Cohen-Cole: *Organic farming booby trapped: An overview in outline form (9 comments)

Jason Paz: Are Political Websites More Likely to Be Hacked?

Jason Paz: Iran: Bloggers Mobilize for Animal Rights

Rob Kall: With New President, Progressive Faith Groups Trying to Shift Debate

Friday, January 30:

Sheila Samples: Turkish PM returns to hero's welcome after Gaza row

Sheila Samples: Zimbabwe's starving millions face halving of rations as UN cash dries up

Sheila Samples: Senate Passes Health Insurance Bill for Children

Sheila Samples: Guantanamo Judge Denies Obama's Request for Delay

Sheila Samples: For first time, U.S. professors call for academic and cultural boycott of Israel (1 comments)

Sheila Samples: Exxon Mobil shatters US record for annual profit

Darol Dickinson: *A cattleman's straight talk on the USDA versus "the regulated."

Aurora: Israel's leaders Attempt to Forestall War Crimes Proceedings

Amanda Lang: Democrat Rep:.Kaptur: Foreclosed owners should squat in their own homes

Amanda Lang: 400 richest Americans' incomes doubled under Bush. (1 comments)

Richmond Shreve: Internet Journalism Gains Another Foothold With GlobalPost

Laudyms: Hiding the Homeless: Super Bowl Edition

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 30, 2009

Margaret Bassett: Schwab Will Cut 500-600 Jobs, Many in S.F.

Margaret Bassett: Regulations Restrict How Debt Collectors Can Act

Amanda Lang: Porn among the Bush National Science Foundation's "research": (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: TURN AROUND: Obama plans to reintroduce family planning funding stripped from economic recovery package.

Amanda Lang: Two Democratic Senators Signal Stimulus Trouble for Obama

Amanda Lang: 5 Facts About The New RNC Chairman Steele

Amanda Lang: African-American Michael Steele Takes Over Fractured GOP: The End Of 'Palinism?'

Rob Kall: Jason Leopold; Air Force E-Mail Described Jews as 'Whiners' (3 comments)

Amanda Lang: Obama creates task force on middle class and put Biden in the lead

Amanda Lang: Specter asks Obama to renominate 3 Bush judges

Jason Paz: Israeli Elections: A Night of Re-Runs

Jason Paz: Secret Israeli Database Reveals Full Extent of Illegal Settlements (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: Iceland to be fast-tracked into the EU

Sherwood Ross: Lack of Data on Medical Outcomes Held Threat To Public Health (2 comments)

Kevin Gosztola: Obama lawyers set to defend Yoo

William Fisher: What's in Annex M Anyway?

Rob Kall: Quietly, Michelle Obama lays the groundwork for policy role

Joan Brunwasser: Expert in NJ Court Case: Voting Machines Easily Altered

Cynthia McKinney: *President Obama, Don't Become Complicit in Their Crimes! (49 comments)

Linn Cohen-Cole: *Wisconsin steps up attacks against its own farmers (4 comments)

Mark David: Democracy (1 comments)

Jason Paz: Senate Likely to Enact Medical Insurance for 11 Millions Kids SCHIP

Mark David: Seemingly Strange Bedfellows (2 comments)

Thursday, January 29:

Sheila Samples: Illinois Senate ousts Blagojevich

Sheila Samples: GI Suicides in 2008 Highest on Record

Sheila Samples: Obama lawyers set to defend Yoo (1 comments)

Sheila Samples: Israeli army used flechettes against Gaza civilians (3 comments)

Sheila Samples: Senate GOP leader says party must change (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: Bush's Saddam-Qaeda Conspiracy Theorist Resurfaces Writing Iraq Reports For The Pentagon (4 comments)

Rob Kall: Dozens believed dead in reprisal attacks as Hamas retakes control

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 29, 2009

Amanda Lang: Davos Attendees Talk System Failures; Crisis Was 'Immaculate Conception' Without Human Fault?

Rob Kall: Lawmakers, Auto Industry Work on Cash-for-Clunkers Plan

Margaret Bassett: Interactive Map: Recovery Beyond the Beltway

Margaret Bassett: Stimulating Broadband: If Obama Builds It, Will They Log on?

Margaret Bassett: 2009 Report Card for America's Infrastructure

Margaret Bassett: Colorado Man Accused of Threatening Obama

Margaret Bassett: Homeland Secretary Wants Criminal Aliens out of US (1 comments)

Rob Kall: 28% Teared Up At Inauguration

Mark David: Gaza - a legal Analysis (3 comments)

Iris Brooks: Is Your Home Harming You? Ours Did!

Amanda Lang: Under the Radar: Sept '08 Treasury Made $140 Billion Change to Tax Policy Not In Bailout

Kyle Hence: O'Reilly offers Rove place to hide from subpoena

Margie Burns: Scooter Libby Was Not Arrested (3 comments)

Amanda Lang: 4.78 million Americans receiving unemployment benefits

Jason Paz: Obama versus Japanese PM Taro Aso

Amanda Lang: OUT in Iraq: Blackwater Worldwide Banned (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: Who Are The 11 Democrats Who Voted Against Obama's Economic Plan And Why Did They Do It? (2 comments)

Amy Fried, Ph.D.: Dick Armey Makes Disgusting Sexist Comment on Hardball (2 comments)

Margaret Bassett: Suspect in Racist Vandalism Linked to Neo-Nazi Groups

Amanda Lang: Army orders recall of body armor - FINALLY (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: President Barack Obama Signs Equal Pay Bill

Margaret Bassett: Fight brews over how to build a better Internet

Joan Brunwasser: The Progressive National Security Era

Israel Project: Ahmadinejad Demands U.S. Apology for "Crimes" against Iran (4 comments)

Margaret Bassett: Americans Receiving Jobless Benefits Hit Record

Daniel Geery: Obama Letter May Heal Iran Rift

Jason Paz: Egypt Blogger Loses Suit and Money to a Polluting Corp

Jason Paz: Protest Video Dancing Filipina Maids in Hong Kong

Stephen Crockett: Pro-union talk radio nearly blankets the state of Pennsylvania (3 comments)

Margaret Bassett: Obama set to sign equal-pay bill (1 comments)

Josh Mitteldorf: Obama Bombs Pakistan

Jason Paz: Iceland's Way of Life Collapses with the Economy

Wednesday, January 28:

Amanda Lang: REPORT: GOP Lawmakers Outnumber Democratic Lawmakers 2 To 1 In Stimulus Debate On Cable News

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and China Prime Minister Wen Jiabao: Putin and Wen Regale U.S. on Economic Crisis at Davos Economic Forum (12 comments)

Sheila Samples: Abbas to Tell Visiting U.S. Envoy: Israel Does Not Want Peace

Laudyms: Groups Launch Bailout Watch to Oversee Government Bailout Actions

Sheila Samples: ACLU tests Obama with request for Bush-era memos

Amanda Lang: Wen, Putin Slam U.S. Economic System ,Caution At 'Dangerous' Dollar

Amanda Lang: U.S. House passes $819 billion stimulus package (3 comments)

Amanda Lang: UN agency warns that 51 millions jobs could be lost globally this year

Paul-Martin Griepentrog: *A farmer and NAIS (4 comments)

Joan Brunwasser: Coleman's Supposedly Friendly Witnesses Backfire

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 28, 2009

Rady Ananda: Iceland to Install Lesbian Prime Minister amid Financial Collapse, Toppled Government (15 comments)

Amanda Lang: New Directive Seeks to Bolster Air, Sea Intelligence

Amanda Lang: Bush's CIA Station Chief in Algeria Accused of Drugging and Raping Muslim Women

Margaret Bassett: SEIU Takes Over Local Health Care Workers Union

Amanda Lang: Salazar Could Reopen Interior Probes Over Bush Admin's Sex, Drugs, and Oil Scandal

Amanda Lang: Freshman Rep. Grayson: 'Limbaugh actually was more lucid when he was a drug addict.'

Margaret Bassett: Obama launches effort to 'communicate' in Mideast

Cynthia McKinney: *President Obama, Let Peltier Live! (12 comments)

Mac McKinney: Rwanda puts down Nkunda dissent (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: House Republicans Block Immediate Action on Digital TV Delay

Amanda Lang: Senate rejects attempt to restore Global Gag Rule

Kimberly Hartke: *The George Orwell Award, Goes to....

Sheila Samples: At a Border Crossing, Drivers and Truckloads of Aid for Gaza Go Nowhere

Martha Rosenberg: Chicago Furrier Pleads Guilty to Running Drug Operation

Amanda Lang: ACLU may finally get secret Bush memos justifying torture and surveillance

Michael Richardson: Obama flip-flop on lobbyist ban is good news for military-industrial complex

Amanda Lang: Birth control funding stripped from stimulus

Linn Cohen-Cole: *Mr. Obama, a black man, is preparing to colonize Africa (19 comments)

Amanda Lang: Senate Judiciary Committee recommends Holder for AG.

Amanda Lang: The Missing Memos (1 comments)

Rady Ananda: No Name-Calling Week targets homophobia in schools

Sherwood Ross: USA Today Says Bush Prosecutors Driven by "Revenge" (12 comments)

Rob Kall: Icelandic Minister, Johanna Sigurdardottir, Would Be World's First Gay PM (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: Obama budget promise wins Blue Dog support

Mark Crispin Miller: *Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman and Harper's Scott Horton on DemocracyNow! 1/28

Amanda Lang: Gloomy Republicans Turn To Hidden Weapon - Redistricting

Sheila Samples: Gaza violence mars Mitchell tour

Tuesday, January 27:

Meryl Ann Butler: "Elect Women" website goes up (4 comments)

Sheila Samples: Secret papers on Iraq war decision must be released, ministers told

Sheila Samples: Rumsfeld to stand trial for war crimes? (2 comments)

Sheila Samples: ‘Israel targeted UN Staff during Gaza standoff’ (2 comments)

Sheila Samples: US to attend Iran nuclear talks

Sheila Samples: US seeks Iran's help in Afghanistan

Mark David: The Pope and the Crazy Bishop

Sheila Samples: Gaza War Gives Bigger Lift to Israel’s Right Than to Those in Power

Jason Leopold: New Bush/Rove Privilege Fight Looms

Press Release: Update on FL Voting Activist Ellen Brodsky

Amanda Lang: Bailout Recipients Hosted Call To Defeat Key Labor Bill With Your Tax Dollars

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 27, 2009

Sheila Samples: The Effort to Roll Back Bush Policies Continues

Sheila Samples: A Win for Free Speech Online

Sheila Samples: Obama Signals New Tone in Relations With Islamic World

Sheila Samples: John Updike, Author, Dies at 76

Margaret Bassett: Bill Clinton made millions from foreign sources

Joan Brunwasser: Our Melamine: There's Mercury in High Fructose Corn Syrup, and the FDA Has Known for Years

Mark Crispin Miller: A Call for Truth re: NH Phone Jamming Scheme in 2002

Margaret Bassett: AIG executive sentenced to 4 years in prison

Scott Horton: Subpoena Issued to Karl Rove: "Time to talk" (1 comments)

Amos Harel, Barak Ravid, Haaretz: IDF Soldier Killed Israel Retaliates (2 comments)

Fact Check: Mining the Minnesota Recount

Amanda Lang: Halliburton Fined Record $569 Million for Bribing Foreign Officials 'While Cheney Was CEO'

Amanda Lang: Day 2: Geithner Cracks Down on Bailout Lobbying

Govt Accountability Project: Groups, Members of Congress Press for Federal Whistleblower Rights (1 comments)

Laudyms: Bolivia sets new global high mark for indigenous rights

Angelique Chrisafis: *Week of Mass Strikes Set to Paralyze France (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: Is the Obama administration caving to the right wing on family planning provision in stimulus bill?

Amanda Lang: Full CBO Report Sees 65% of Obama Stimulus Recovery Plan Spent by End of Fiscal 2010

Amanda Lang: Fact-Check Challenge:: TV Media Cited Disputed CBO 'Report' At Least 81 Times In 6 Days

Laudyms: Did Israel commit war crimes in Gaza? (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: Foreign Policy Workers Ask State to Back Benefits for Gay Partners

Nicholas Smith: Yea or Nea on Senator Kirsten Gillibrand? Nea. (5 comments)

Amanda Lang: How America Rewards Those Who Served: WWII Veteran Freezes To Death In Own Home (19 comments)

Margaret Bassett: Ex-Guantanamo inmates return to militancy in Yemen

M. Wizard: Karl Rove Subpoenaed By John Conyers: 'Time To Talk'

Darren Wolfe: Credit crunch claims Icelandic Government after 'Household Revolution'

William Cormier: Bloody Monday: Over 71,400 jobs lost (3 comments)

Linn Cohen-Cole: *The politically correct Vilsack: Lipstick on a ... (6 comments)

Monday, January 26:

Daniel Geery: Obama & Afghanistan

Margaret Bassett: House Judiciary chairman subpoenas Karl Rove

Joan Brunwasser: 'Doctored Evidence' Tossed on First Day of Coleman/Franken Election Contest

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 26, 2009

Joan Brunwasser: Conyers To Introduce Universal Healthcare Bill Today

Sheila Samples: House Judiciary chairman subpoenas Karl Rove

Joan Brunwasser: Kristol Bawl: An 'Appreciation' As Column Ends at 'NYT' (1 comments)

Joan Brunwasser: Invoking Pres. Obama, House Judiciary Chairman Conyers Subpoenas Karl Rove! (14 comments)

Cynthia McKinney: *Mr. President: Give Us a Clean Break from War (7 comments)

Larisa Alexandrovna: House asked to name special prosecutor in case of jailed Democratic donor

Martha Rosenberg: Son of Neurontin Meets the Fibromyalgia Epidemic (1 comments)

Martha Rosenberg: Son of Neurontin Meets the Fibromyalgia Epidemic (4 comments)

John Miller: Rights Group Urges Dropping of Defamation Charges Against East Timorese Editor

Sheila Samples: Big Companies Around Globe Lay Off Tens of Thousands

Sheila Samples: Helicopter Collision in Iraq Kills Four U.S. Soldiers

Sheila Samples: Nationalization Gets a New, Serious Look (2 comments)

Sheila Samples: Federal departments fall short on civil liberties

Laudyms: Riots in Iceland, Latvia and Bulgaria are a sign of things to come

Margaret Bassett: General says Marines can pull out of Iraq within months

Sherwood Ross: Nixing Internet Neutrality Threatens Ordinary Bloggers (3 comments)

Rob Kall: Video: Rob Kall Talks to Senator Debbie Stabenow on Universal Healthcare (4 comments)

Jason Leopold: Holy Cow: Top Dems Are Serious About Investigating Bush's Criminal Acts (16 comments)

Greg Noverichipinside.com: IBM, Verichip and RFID- Just the Tip of the Orwellian Iceberg (2 comments)

Sunday, January 25:

Sheila Samples: Gregory allowed 61-detainee falsehood to stand unrebutted on Meet the Press

Sheila Samples: Biden predicts more casualties in Afghanistan

Rob Kall: Obama Had The Dalai Lama's Scarf In His Pocket During His Swearing In (1 comments)

Sheila Samples: Guantanamo Case Files in Disarray

Sheila Samples: Army Stops Retiree Pay for Alaskans in World War II Force

Nicholas Smith: Yea or Nea on Senator Kirsten Gillibrand? Nea. (1 comments)

Dan Lieberman: Israel Faces the Gaza Aftermath (1 comments)

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 25, 2009

Jennifer Epps: US Media Accused of Racist Gaza Coverage (4 comments)

Scott Horton: UN Rapporteur: Initiate criminal proceedings against Bush & Rumsfeld (2 comments)

Mark Crispin Miller: Interview with Larisa Alexandrovna of Raw Story (1 comments)

UN press release: UN investigator Richard Falk likens Gaza to Warsaw Ghetto (1 comments)

Daphna Nachminovitch: No more glue traps (6 comments)

Iftekhar Sayeed: :The Daily Star: Internet Edition

Rob Kall: How China's '50 Cent Army' Is Astroturfing the Web and could Ruin Web 2.0 (1 comments)

B. Ross Ashley: Deportations ordered: Critical time for war resisters in Canada | rabble.ca

Noah Liben: Amos Oz: "Israel Must Defend Its Citizens" (15 comments)

Linn Cohen-Cole: *Farming: Why Obama's government is George Wallace, Monsanto is the KKK, and we are all black children now (19 comments)

Saturday, January 24:

Sherwood Ross: Notes From The American Lunatic Asylum (15 comments)

Sheila Samples: Saudi envoy to U.S.: Obama must not repeat Bush's 'sickening legacy' in Mideast

Sheila Samples: Israel admits using white phosphorous in attacks on Gaza (3 comments)

Sheila Samples: Security experts skeptical on Gitmo detainee report

Sheila Samples: Obama's Signals on Middle East Scrutinized by All Sides (1 comments)

Sheila Samples: A Fresh Look At How Best To Get Food To 35 Million

Mark David: Old Nazi News

Aurora: Zimbabwe Cholera: 50,000 cases already. Red Cross

Joan Brunwasser: t's time to set record straight on the results of Ohio vote

Joan Brunwasser: Anthrax is Delicious! Or, Bush Kept Us Safe Unless You Count the Thousands of Dead Americans

Joan Brunwasser: Franken Attorney: Coleman Team Doctoring Evidence in Election Contest Lawsuit (2 comments)

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 24, 2009

Margaret Bassett: Georgia unemployment rate hits 8.1%

GLloyd Rowsey: Ben Affleck & Corporate-Sustained Chaos in Central Africa

John Lorenz: Firms that got bailout money keep lobbying

Don DeBar: Wakeup Call Morning News Headlines, 23 Jan 09

Reuters: Iceland Sees Deep Recession

Margaret Bassett: AP IMPACT: Freedom looms for terrorist

Amanda Lang: Offshore drilling plan to go ahead: in Obama Interior Dept

Margaret Bassett: Lee Enterprises Seeking Reverse Stock Split To Stay On NYSE

Margaret Bassett: New York Times Co. Bonds Now Junk, Moody's Declares

Martha Rosenberg: From Doghouse to White House; American Dog Changes Too (1 comments)

David Barboza, New York Times: Chinese Capitalism Uses Death Penalty (10 comments)

Friday, January 23:

Sheila Samples: THE BBC REFUSES TO BROADCAST GAZA CHARITY APPEAL

Sheila Samples: Gaza worse than being depicted

Sheila Samples: Europe lauds Obama shutdown of secret CIA prisons

Sheila Samples: Senators Call for Fraud Probes

Sheila Samples: Palestinians mend tunnels despite Israeli threats

Sheila Samples: Obama's top defense pick hits confirmation ethics bump

Sheila Samples: Israel braces for war crime charges (2 comments)

Amanda Lang: Controversial CBO Report On Stimulus Turns Out Not To Exist

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 23, 2009

Sheila Samples: UFO files to be released under Obama Open Government Memoranda

chris rice: Strike updates for US homeless, Oakland riots, France, Israel, Gaza

Amanda Lang: Open Government Groups Support Cautious Approach Of Senators Levin And McCain On William J. Lynn Nomination

Leon Thompson: Obama Ends Funding Ban For Abortion Groups Abroad

GLloyd Rowsey: Obama to Reverse Abortion Policy

Joan Brunwasser: Whistleblower: NSA Targeted Journalists, Snooped on All U.S. Communications

Michael Richardson: J. Edgar Hoover personally ordered FBI to initiate COINTELPRO dirty tricks against Black Panthers in 'Omaha Two' case (2 comments)

Laudyms: NSA Domestic Surveillance Began 7 Months Before 9/11, Convicted Qwest CEO Claims (2 comments)

Rob Kall: Video : Rob Kall Interviews Sen. Bernie Sanders on Economic Crisis, 911, Bottom-up (14 comments)

Margaret Bassett: Suspected US missile strikes kill 14 in Pakistan

Munich: The British called - They want their guns back! (1 comments)

Thursday, January 22:

Amanda Lang: Ivy-League Universities And Other Scoundrels Reach Late Deals With Bushies

Amanda Lang: Sen. Rockefeller: NSA may have spied on me (2 comments)

Laudyms: Israel accused of executing parents in front of children in Gaza

Amanda Lang: Worm Infects Millions of Computers Worldwide

Robert Parry: Obama Frees Bush Historical Records (2 comments)

Mark David: More about the War in Gaza

Margaret Bassett: Housekeeper and Taxes Are Said to Derail Kennedy's Bid

Margaret Bassett: Senate passes wage discrimination bill

Sheila Samples: On Roe v. Wade's Anniversary, Obama to Begin Mopping Up Bush's Misogynistic Mess

Amanda Lang: Experts: Obama Order Could Let Us See US Attorneys Docs (1 comments)

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 22, 2009

Amanda Lang: Hoyer: Obama unlikely to investigate torture

Sheila Samples: VIDEO: NSA spied on journalists, other Americans 24/7

Sheila Samples: Israel's Conspicuous Silence after the War

Amanda Lang: Republicans Begin Building Up A New K Street Project

Amanda Lang: Army Investigation of Contactor KBR's Electrocution of Soldiers' "Negligent Homicide" (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: Congresswoman Maxine Waters Gets the Runaround on Bank Help Lines (1 comments)

Sheila Samples: Palestinians stunned by first presidential phone call

Joan Brunwasser: Coleman Takes New Job, Looking Beyond Senate

DC Rapier: Bush Used Domestic Spy Program On American Journalists

The Darkster: Update re: casualties

The Darkster: Italian Journalist (5 comments)

Joan Brunwasser: John Thain's $87,000 Rug

Joan Brunwasser: Obama to Bush: I Can Release Your Records. Don't Like It? Sue.

Amanda Lang: Senator Whitehouse: We Only Have 7 Weeks to Indict Bush

Amanda Lang: Blair's Prepared Statement before the Senate Select Comm on Intelligence

Meryl Ann Butler: Obama Headlines Around the World (2 comments)

Amanda Lang: Exclusive: Iraq commander says Iraqi election outcome key to U.S. withdrawal

Margaret Bassett: Anti-Union Front Groups Promote Distorted Initiative Campaigns

Rob Kall: First Report from the 2009 Progressive Media Summit Meeting (3 comments)

Margaret Bassett: Global financial crisis overwhelms tiny Iceland

Margaret Bassett: SPLCenter.org: Hate Groups Map

Amanda Lang: Former Spook Russ Tice Confirms Our Worst Fears About Bush's Illegal Wiretap Program (5 comments)

Ellen Brown: Mysterious Prison Buses in the Desert (26 comments)

Amanda Lang: Intelligence Agencies' Databases Set to Be Linked

Richmond Shreve: The Critical Browser: The Digital White House (TNR)

Chuck Pennacchio: Victory for PA Patients and Providers; Defeat for Profit-First Health Insurers (5 comments)

DC Rapier: DOJ Considering Special Counsel to Probe Bush's Torture Policy (4 comments)

DC Rapier: Top UN Official Calls for Indictment of Bush and Rumsfeld (1 comments)

Stephen Fox: Governor Bill Richardson Delivers 2009 State of the State Address

Sheila Samples: France unwilling to send more troops to Afghanistan (1 comments)

Sheila Samples: Taliban warn Obama: Leave Afghanistan

Wednesday, January 21:

Dr. Dennis Loo: Obama's Inauguration: the Hopes of a Nation, the Needs of an Empire (6 comments)

Mac McKinney: Inside A Congolese Displaced Persons Camp: Children Cling To Our Arms, Begging For Human Touch (PHOTOS)

Sheila Samples: Israel admits troops may have used phosphorus shells in Gaza

Sheila Samples: Gaza war widens lead of Israel's conservative Likud Party

Sheila Samples: Kennedy Is Said to Withdraw Senate Bid

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 21, 2009

Joan Brunwasser: Obama freezes salaries of some White House aides

Amanda Lang: Army Scrutinizing Future Combat Systems Program, General Says

Amanda Lang: Experts say Obama should retake the "oath of office" after Roberts flub

Amanda Lang: Obama imposes ethics rules: "Public service is a privilege"

Amanda Lang: Geithner Urges Quick Changes to Bailout Fund

Amanda Lang: White House seeks review of last-minute Bush administration regulations

Amanda Lang: U.N. special rapporteur on torture calls on U.S. to prosecute Bush and Rumsfeld.

Margaret Bassett: Obama freezes salaries of some White House aides

Amanda Lang: 7 Obama nominees approved

Aurora: Earliest weapons-grade plutonium found in US dump

Margaret Bassett: Turkey Blackmailing EU Over Gas Pipeline, German Minister Says | Europe

Amanda Lang: Obama Calls Mideast Leaders

Amanda Lang: Supreme Court Justices Reject Re-visiting 1998 Pornography Law

Amanda Lang: Tortured Gitmo Prisoner Opposes Halt of Military Commission Trial

Amanda Lang: Senate Judiciary Hearing on Attorney General-nominee Holder's Confirmation Rescheduled

Margaret Bassett: Supreme Court won't revive online content law (1 comments)

Margaret Bassett: Taliban warn Obama: Leave Afghanistan

Margaret Bassett: AIG ends Man Utd sponsorship deal

Linn Cohen-Cole: *Vilsack: Was he put at the USDA to aid a corporate takeover of the US Food Supply? (14 comments)

Margaret Bassett: French Government to Pump 6 bn Euros into Ailing Car Industry

Mary Ann Gould: Wednesday, January 21st on Voice of the Voters - The Tipping Points in Election Integrity

Aurora: World Celebrates Obama

Aurora: President Obama suspends Guantanamo cases (2 comments)

Tuesday, January 20:

Sheila Samples: Israel recruits 'army of bloggers' to combat anti-Zionist Web sites (5 comments)

Sheila Samples: Transition Holds Clues to How Obama Will Govern

Amanda Lang: Colin Powell Tees Off A Parting Shot At Bush & Cheney (2 comments)

Richmond Shreve: I Do Solemnly Swear That I Will Blog Regularly

Dave Lindorff: Yes They Did! Mall Throng Sang 'Hey Hey Goodbye' as Bush Flew Off! (10 comments)

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 19 and 20, 2009

Margaret Bassett: FCC probes Comcast's phone practices (1 comments)

Sheila Samples: Questions may delay Clinton confirmation

Rob Kall: Byrd, Kennedy fall ill at luncheon

Sheila Samples: NEW -- Obama White House Website

Claremont Graduate University Faculty: President Bush Legacy Will Be as a Toxic Leader

Amanda Lang: Obama Confirms Sen. Ted Kennedy Collapse During Inaugural Luncheon

Barack Obama: Obama Inaugural Address (12 comments)

Chris Gelken: Israel Accused of Gaza War Crimes (2 comments)

Margaret Bassett: Why banks still teeter, after $232 billion in aid (2 comments)

Amanda Lang: The BIG List of Bush Scandals (3 comments)

Peter Dearman: Al Jazeera releases Gaza footage to public domain

Monday, January 19:

Amanda Lang: Sources: Obama may use executive order reverse abortion policy (4 comments)

Margaret Bassett: Biden tries to shush wife after state-VP slip (1 comments)

Mac McKinney: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Congolese Rebel Leader Denies Reports of His Ouster in Western Press

Margaret Bassett: Ruling on Records Delivers a Win to Cheney

Sheila Samples: Analysis: Israel's plans for Lebanon

Sheila Samples: Bush commutes prison sentences of former US Border Patrol agents in drug dealer shooting

Amanda Lang: U.S. Settles Lawsuit With Family of Iraq War Vet Who Committed Suicide (3 comments)

Joan Brunwasser: Krugman: Obama's Oath Will Require Him to Bring Accountability for Bush Administration Crimes (2 comments)

John Logue: Can we start new employee-owned companies in Ohio on a mass scale? Tools from Spain (5 comments)

Sherwood Ross: The Coming Fight Over EFCA (2 comments)

Grant Lawrence: Jury Found MLK Killed in Conspiracy: Govt Involvement

Mac McKinney: Haaretz: Israel Recruits 'Army of Bloggers' to Combat anti-Zionist Web Sites

Laudyms: California controller to suspend tax refunds, welfare checks, student grants

Sheila Samples: 95 Palestinian fighters killed in Gaza war

Laudyms: Israel says: Hamas kills their own children (4 comments)

Sheila Samples: More Americans Joining Military as Jobs Dwindle (1 comments)

Rady Ananda: Bubonic Plague kills 40 al-Qaeda operatives

Sheila Samples: Clinton's Goals Detailed

Laudyms: COLOMBIA: Secret Documents Show US Aware of Army Killings in 1990s

Linn Cohen-Cole: *Pre-inauguration reality: A farmer's letter and the death of American farming

Sheila Samples: Va. Proposal Puts Mental Health Safety Net for Children on Chopping Block

Dr. Dennis Loo: Report from DC - Stop the Wars OF Terror! (1 comments)

Rob Kall: Harvard, MIT profs join Obama team

the web: Pete Seeger Restores "This Land is Your Land" (2 comments)

Linn Cohen-Cole: *Pre-inauguration reality: Obama's choice of Vilsack and the death of American farming (1 comments)

Margaret Bassett: Brazil's Lula urges Obama to act on Doha round

Èzili Dantò: *Haiti Policy Statement for the Obama Team (5 comments)

Margaret Bassett: Schedule of events for Obama's inauguration

Margaret Bassett: Militants in Pakistan bomb 5 schools, kill soldier

NancyT: Learning to live together is child's play (2 comments)

NancyT: Israeli medical center for Gazans opens as ceasefire begins (3 comments)

NancyT: An unsung hero rescuing lives at the Gaza-Israel checkpoint (1 comments)

Rady Ananda: Obama's 'We Are One' speech on video (1 comments)

Steven Leser: Americans Overwhelmingly Support Barack Obama (2 comments)

Sunday, January 18:

Sheila Samples: UN: 200,000 Gazans displaced by violence

Joseph Russo: URGENT ATM Fraud Alert for Interstate Travelers to the Inauguration

Mac McKinney: Exclusive Interview: Congo Rebel Leader Accused Of War Crimes Tells His Story (SLIDESHOW)

Robert Parry: Bush's Only Gift to America

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 17 and 18, 2009

Palestinian Media Watch: Hamas gangs kill Fatah members in Gaza (1 comments)

Israel Project: Despite Ceasefire, Iran-backed Hamas Continues Firing on Israel (5 comments)

Rob Kall: As challenges mount, ardor for Obama cools abroad

Rady Ananda: Hamas Announces Ceasefire: Gives Israel Week to Withdraw (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: Poll: Two-thirds see Bush term as failure

Rady Ananda: Capps Calls Prop. 8 Defeat an LGBT Rallying Call

Amanda Lang: The AP concocts the cost of Obama's inauguration

Amanda Lang: The media myth about the cost of Obama's inauguration

Rob Kall: Evangelical generation gap? : Why Young Evangelicals Voted for Obama

GLloyd Rowsey: Eyeless in Gaza

Eric Fingerhut: Franken and Coleman agree on one thing (11 comments)

Martha Rosenberg: Born With A Statin Deficiency? Line Forms To The Left! (3 comments)

Saturday, January 17:

Aurora: All Welfare Payments End in California (2 comments)

Daniel Geery: Bet On Your Future Here! (1 comments)

Margaret Bassett: 2 Years After Campaign Began, a Different World

Joan Brunwasser: *Snopes Warns of Virus: Email Subject line: Obama Acceptance Speech

Sheila Samples: Circuit City to close remaining 567 stores in U.S.

Sheila Samples: Israel Declares Cease Fire; Hamas Says It Will Fight On (4 comments)

Ari Bussel: The Hamas Death Factory (4 comments)

Laudyms: Obama to Bush: all is forgiven (now that he's joined the club) (1 comments)

Rady Ananda: Arab League Fractured over Israel-Gaza; Israel votes for Cease-Fire (14 comments)

Dustin Ensinger: Our Current Economic Environment Is No Longer Sustainable (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: Man Charged With Threatening Obama On The Internet (2 comments)

Amanda Lang: Bailed-Out Firms Use Offshore Tax Havens (2 comments)

Sheila Samples: US suspends munitions delivery to Israel (1 comments)

Sheila Samples: Text of U.S.-Israel agreement to end Gaza arms smuggling (3 comments)

Friday, January 16:

Sheila Samples: Patients Forced From Beds As Israel Attacks Hospital (1 comments)

Sheila Samples: NOW He Tells Us! CIA chief: No proof of Iranian A-bomb

Sheila Samples: Obama pledges entitlement reform (2 comments)

Sheila Samples: Resistance to U.S. Plan for Afghanistan (3 comments)

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 16, 2009

Laudyms: Salon.com | The real reason Bill Clinton pardoned Marc Rich

Jason Leopold: DOJ Watchdog Still Probing Yoo/Bybee Torture Memo (2 comments)

Amanda Lang: Bailout's constitutionality questioned by conservative group (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: Oil spills on Alaska's North Slope

Amanda Lang: House Appropriations Stimulus Bill Omits Protections For Federal Whistleblowers

Kevin Gosztola: Chicagoan Activists Occupy Sen. Dick Durbin's Office (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: Madoff's fund may not have made a single trade

Martha Rosenberg: Ann Coulter To Kiss No Babies on Book Tour (3 comments)

Roy S. Carson: NOT your stereotypical James-Bond type Russian ... Andres Agapov denies being an ex-KGB (SSB) spook!

Margaret Bassett: Citigroup to split as losses grow (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: Salazar Pledges to Make Companies Obey the 'Law' and the 'Science'

Margaret Bassett: Scramble for solutions as foreclosures rise at record speed

Ari Melber: Change.Gov's First Big Failure (6 comments)

Cathy Lynn Pagano: An Astrological Look at Obama's Inauguration (9 comments)

Thursday, January 15:

Sheila Samples: Olmert to Ban: Gunmen fired at IDF troops from UN Gaza compound (1 comments)

Sheila Samples: Israel Navy ships turn back boat carrying Gaza humanitarian aid (1 comments)

Mark Adams JD/MBA: You Can Grade Bush

Rob Kall: GOP Surprisingly Nervous About Texas Senate Seat

Marti Oakley: *NAIS - a coerced AND hidden attempt to steal all US farmland as collateral on the bailout (1 comments)

Margaret Bassett: Not guilty pleas for suspects in lesbian rape

Larisa Alexandrovna: New information sheds more light on GOP IT guru's tragic death (2 comments)

Roger Shuler: Universities And Other Scoundrels Reach Late Deals With Bushies

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 15, 2009

Lynn Buske: USDA Secretary Nominee Causes Dustup in Organic Industry

Amanda Lang: Senators Endorse Hillary Clinton for US Secretary of State

Aurora: US Rabbis Urge Obama to Push for Gaza Ceasefire

Amanda Lang: Stimulus Bill Offers Historic Transparency and Accountability

Rady Ananda: Obama names Raytheon lobbyist for defense post

Amanda Lang: ACLU: 'Secret courts' conceal fraud by military contractors

Margaret Bassett: Intelligence Court Rules Wiretapping Power Legal

Margaret Bassett: Holder Tells Senators Waterboarding Is Torture (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: Holder: "I Will Review That Determination" Not To Prosecute Schlozman

Laudyms: Noted Israeli Peace activist and commentator banned from speaking (2 comments)

Amanda Lang: Poll: Public backs Obama's stimulus plan.

Amanda Lang: Struggling states cut healthcare for poor before Obama can bolster coverage

Mike Kuykendall: Court Declares Wiretapping Legal

Amanda Lang: Jobless claims surge more than expected

Laudyms: Olmert's Claims Revive Spectre of "Israel Lobby"

Laudyms: Israel in No Mood to Brook Dissent

Amanda Lang: Foreclosures up a record 81% in 2008

Sheila Samples: Israel looking to ignite new war: Lebanon

Sheila Samples: Progress Reported in Gaza Truce Talks; Palestinian Toll Exceeds 1,000

Sheila Samples: Missing White House E-Mails Traced, Justice Aide Says (1 comments)

Sheila Samples: House Votes to Expand Children’s Health Care

Sheila Samples: Israel steps up attacks

Sheila Samples: Court Orders Search of White House Computers

Rady Ananda: Barack Obama to end US army's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy towards gays

Joan Brunwasser: White House Finds 14 Million Missing Emails, DOJ Lawyer Says

Michael Richardson: FBI agents that spied on Martin Luther King also ran COINTELPRO operation against 'Omaha Two' (6 comments)

Meryl Ann Butler: Model of Diplomacy: A Greek Returning Gifts (8 comments)

Wednesday, January 14:

Meryl Ann Butler: Vote for Peace by 5 pm Jan. 15th

Jason Leopold: Conyers: Bush/Cheney 'Most Impeachable" (23 comments)

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 14, 2009

Kathlyn Stone: Some U.S. House members withhold unconditional support to Israel (14 comments)

Aurora: Nowhere to Bury the Dead

Aurora: Nine Israeli Human Rights Groups Call for War Crimes Inquiry

Aurora: Pentagon Official: We tortured in Guantanamo

Aurora: Army Creating Security Zone Around Gaza; JPost (2 comments)

Laudyms: Top Censored Press Stories of 2008 (1 comments)

Meryl Ann Butler: Press Release: Jews Shut Down Israeli Consulate (8 comments)

Linn Cohen-Cole: *Monsanto and industrial agriculture's darkening shadow over our food (5 comments)

Sheila Samples: Israel, Aid Groups Have Long Feuded

Sheila Samples: Detainee Tortured, Says U.S. Official

Roger Shuler: The Hazards of Having Corrupt Federal Prosecutors (3 comments)

DC Rapier: "An Unconscionable Legacy" - Veteran White House Correspondent Helen Thomas on the Bush Presidency (2 comments)

Amanda Lang: Bush Claims He Feels Uncomfortable Saying, 'I Know What God Was Thinking' (7 comments)

Margaret Bassett: Launch Point for Mumbai Attacks, Karachi Faces Rising Militancy

Margaret Bassett: Track the confirmation of Obama's Cabinet Nominees

Margaret Bassett: Tenn. Presses TVA for Details of Ash Spill Cleanup

DC Rapier: Mass. Law School Plans to Prosecute Bush (4 comments)

Tuesday, January 13:

Sheila Samples: Kyl warns Dems on Franken

Sheila Samples: Palin slams 'bored, anonymous, pathetic bloggers who lie' (2 comments)

Sheila Samples: Gaza now Israeli weapons testing lab?

Sheila Samples: Protests planned in Greece over US arms to Israel, despite change in shipment route

Sheila Samples: Rice, Eager to Depart, Heartily Defends Record (2 comments)

Rady Ananda: First U.S. tech officer will have hands full

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 13, 2009

Palestinian Media Watch: Hamas Using Children in Support Roles in Gaza (3 comments)

Rob Kall: Egypt tells Hamas it must commit to one year cease-fire in Gaza

Roy S. Carson: VHeadline's wrong dancing partner ... will Venezuela come back to haunt us? ... in pitchforks!

Michelle Moshelian: Wanted! For Mission Impossible

John Lorenz: In Israel This War in Gaza Seen as Fight for Israeli Survival (4 comments)

Martha Rosenberg: Fragile: Handle with Risperdal (9 comments)

Michael Richardson: Inspector General to investigate Boston and New York SEC offices in wake of Markopolos allegations in Madoff swindle

Amanda Lang: Boehner Decries Party Ratios on Two Committees (2 comments)

Amanda Lang: GOPs Blunt back as a 'liaison' between committee heads and RNC

Linn Cohen-Cole: *NAIS, bogus Avian Flu epidemic, and biotech (Monsanto as one) plans for our animals (3 comments)

Tom Courbat: BREAKING NEWS: Formal Complaint Filed with CA SOS re Riverside ROV Certifying election without all votes tallied and tal

Monday, January 12:

Sheila Samples: Voinovich to Retire From Senate in 2010

Weston A Price chapterleaders: *NAIS. What is it REALLY about and why is Monsanto pushing it? (2 comments)

jc mcqueen: He was so wrong

Aurora: Gaza a 'Test Laboratory for New Weapons' - Mads Gilbert (1 comments)

Aurora: Systematic targeting of civilians

Mike Colpitts: Real Estate in Economic Cross Hairs (3 comments)

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 12, 2009

the web: Saudi Scholar on Hamas TV: Jews are the enemies of Allah and should be killed (20 comments)

Sheila Samples: Rice shame-faced by Bush over UN Gaza vote: Olmert (2 comments)

Eileen Fleming: Eye Witnesses to The War on Gaza (2 comments)

Sheila Samples: Obama Signals His Reluctance to Look Into Bush Policies (1 comments)

Sheila Samples: Few in U.S. See Jazeera’s Coverage of Gaza War

Roger Shuler: Are Universities Riddled With Corruption? (3 comments)

Rob Kall: Obama Signals His Reluctance to Look Into Bush Policies (2 comments)

Rob Kall: Obama Signals His Reluctance to Look Into Bush Policies

Margaret Bassett: Bush: I Personally Authorized Torture (3 comments)

Hans Bennett: Oakland PD arrests activist journalist JR of POCC, SF Bay View, and KPFA radio

Dave Berman: Funding Frozen For Proposed Humboldt Voting Machine Switch

Dan Lieberman: The Only Exit from Gaza is Death (29 comments)

Sunday, January 11:

Amanda Lang: Joe the Plumber: ' think media should be abolished' from reporting on war. (1 comments)

Sheila Samples: Coleman is casting wider net for votes (2 comments)

Sheila Samples: Israel reinforces army before ‘third phase’ of war in Gaza

Sheila Samples: Gaza's burn victims add to pressure on army over phosphorus (2 comments)

Sheila Samples: Yemen frees Bin Laden driver

Sheila Samples: U.S. finds Iraq tactics don't work in Afghan war

Sheila Samples: Fury over Blair’s war honour

Sheila Samples: Israel Pressures Iranian Media Covering Gaza Carnage

Sheila Samples: Israel destroys medical clinic in Gaza (1 comments)

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 10 and 11, 2009

Sheila Samples: Democratic Congress Shows Signs It Will Not Bow to Obama

Sheila Samples: FREE GAZA TO ISRAEL: "WE ARE COMING IN ON TUESDAY" (2 comments)

Sheila Samples: US plans massive arms delivery to Israel

Jason Leopold: Bush Spins Scandalous Neglect of Vets (5 comments)

Jason Leopold: Additional Documents Link Bush Directly to Guantanamo Torture (4 comments)

Margaret Bassett: Obama promises new tack on Iran (3 comments)

Nathan White: Israel May Be in Violation of Arms Export Control Act , Kucinich Requests Report to Congress (9 comments)

Margaret Bassett: US VP-elect Biden visits southern Afghanistan

Aurora: Letter to Israel (1 comments)

Aurora: Fuelling the Slaughter

Mac McKinney: Israel Rejected Hamas Ceasefire Offer in December By Gareth Porter

Aurora: Rights Groups Condemn US Role in Gaza Attacks

Sheila Samples: U.S. Rejected Aid for Israeli Raid on Iranian Nuclear Site

Saturday, January 10:

Hargrove: The Court: Roland Burris is Senator - No Signature Required!

Margaret Bassett: An Unnecessary War

Cynthia McKinney: *Thousands Rally and March in Washington, D.C. to 'Let Gaza Live' (16 comments)

Sheila Samples: Bush Prepares Request for Rest Of Bailout Funds

Sheila Samples: Tzipi Livni to Newsweek: 'Israel Is Not Going to Show Restraint' (2 comments)

Sheila Samples: Day of Reckoning for Jack Bauer and '24'

Sheila Samples: Israel Warns Gazans to Expect Heightened Warfare

Sheila Samples: Bomb Kills 3 U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan

Sheila Samples: Gaza Strikes Reverberate in Egypt

Sheila Samples: Tons of Coal Ash Piling Up Across U.S., Analysis Says

Sheila Samples: Obama Under Pressure On Interrogation Policy

Amanda Lang: College grads avoid brunt of layoffs

Linn Cohen-Cole: *Monsanto Investigator in Illinois Laughs They Are Doing 'Rural Cleansing' (30 comments)

Amanda Lang: Israel drops pamphlets warning Gaza of coming military escalation

Amanda Lang: Israel Tells Gazans: Prepare For Escalation Of Military Offensive

Laudyms: What Am I Bid for the American Wild?

Amanda Lang: A Russia and EU agree gas deal awaits Ukraine signature

Martha Rosenberg: JAMA Apologizes for Cattlemen Tainted 'Science' (4 comments)

Friday, January 9:

Aurora: Former guard, on Guantanamo torture (3 comments)

Aurora: UN levels War Crimes Warning at Israel (3 comments)

Dave Berman: Humboldt Republicans Call For Public Discussion of Proposed Voting Machine Switch

TheRealNews Network: Israeli Intel Targets Israeli Protesters (2 comments)

Amanda Lang: Supreme Court to hear Voting Rights Act case

Sheila Samples: NYPD Wants to Jam Cell Phones During Terror Attack (4 comments)

Sheila Samples: 100 Survivors Rescued in Gaza From Ruins Blocked by Israelis (1 comments)

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 9, 2009

Sheila Samples: State court rebuffs Burris on Senate signature

Amanda Lang: Elizabeth Warren: US Should Establish a Financial "Product Safety Commission" (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: Broadcom billionaire loses fight to keep e-mail on drug use secret (1 comments)

Laudyms: Gazing at Gaza's Destruction: Israelis Sip Pepsi, US Progressives See 'Silver Lining' (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: KBR seeks to blame Army for death of its own drivers (3 comments)

Margaret Bassett: Judge rules against White House on visitors logs

Margaret Bassett: Toxic coal ash piling up in ponds in 32 states

Amanda Lang: States of emergency declared across Europe over gas

Amanda Lang: Guess What? Lots Of Oil, Natural Gas In Gaza! (1 comments)

Margaret Bassett: TVA waste pond ruptures in Ala.; spill contained

Laudyms: The CIA's Handling of The Washington Post (2 comments)

Michael Richardson: Madoff scam whistleblower was U.S. Army Special Ops commander

M. Wizard: Illinois House Impeaches Blagojevich

Margaret Bassett: Obama wants digital TV delayed

Rob Kall: Obama snubs Dean (2 comments)

Amanda Lang: Torture Prosecution Tops 70,000 Questions for Obama on Change.Gov

Sherwood Ross: Bush, Aides, Rejected Anti-Torture Warnings

Amanda Lang: U.N. and Red Cross Add to Outcry on Gaza War

Amanda Lang: Panel Steps Up Criticism of Treasury Over TARP (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: Unemployment Rate Jumps To 7.2 Percent :

Dave Berman: Humboldt Election Transparency Project Identifies Another Discrepancy In November's Reported Results (3 comments)

Thursday, January 8:

Amanda Lang: I Survived the Bush Presidency

Amanda Lang: Kucinich: Israeli Violation of Congressional Arms Restrictions (5 comments)

Amanda Lang: U.S. Air Force releases flow chart of 'counter-blog' reponse plan. (3 comments)

Joan Brunwasser: Lots and lots of lawyers: Legal teams preparing for Franken-Coleman election contest

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 8, 2009

Amanda Lang: Coal ash spill reveals risks, lapses in waste government regulation

Sheila Samples: Pelosi: No February recess without stimulus

Sheila Samples: Obama camp 'prepared to talk to Hamas'

Margaret Bassett: Obama's Speech on the Economy

Sheila Samples: Report: U.S. had unrealistic goals in Afghanistan

Sheila Samples: Report slams Pentagon nuke oversight

Sheila Samples: Red Cross Reports Grisly Find in Gaza

Sheila Samples: Israel attacks UN convoy amid ceasefire

Laudyms: Red Cross Reports Grisly Find in Gaza: Israel Accused of Blocking Aid to Wounded

Joan Brunwasser: Hamas executes collaborators and restricts Fatah movement (2 comments)

Margaret Bassett: American Civil Liberties Union : National Security Letters

Amanda Lang: Savannah GA Police Prepare To 'Sweep' Homeless Tent Cities (2 comments)

Amanda Lang: Conyers: Obama Should Not Nominate Sanjay Gupta

Amanda Lang: Obama and Biden Confirmed Without Objection

Amanda Lang: Illinois Panel Calls for Impeachment of Governor

Amanda Lang: McConnell Urges Coleman To Fight On, Despite Urging Gore To 'Be A Statesman' And Concede In 2000

Amanda Lang: Lesbian couple invited on Obama's inaugural whistle stop tour.

Amanda Lang: Perle Washes His Hands Of Iraq: I Was Not An 'Architect Of That War,' Neocons Had No Influence (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: Harry Markopolos - Man who blew whistle on Madoff is wary of limelight

Dr Michael Salla: Obama's choice of CIA Director signals renewed effort to disclose CIA X-Files

Amanda Lang: Pelosi Parts With Obama Over Bush Tax Cuts (1 comments)

Margaret Bassett: Absurd: Joe 'the Plumber' to Become War Correspondent

Amanda Lang: Russia arms to Iran: A mistimed gambit? (2 comments)

sameh abdelaziz: Red Cross: Israel breaking int'l law, letting children starve in Gaza

Margaret Bassett: Brussels to Host Emergency Talks as Tens of Thousands Lose Heating in Their Homes

Amanda Lang: UN halts Gaza aid after convoy hit

Amanda Lang: UN proposal for Gaza truce floated

Margaret Bassett: Defense spending as 'stimulus'?

Amanda Lang: Israel/Gaza: Military Tactics by Both Sides are Endangering Civilians in Gaza, Says Amnesty International (3 comments)

Amanda Lang: China warns of risks from "abnormal" cross-border capital flow

Linn Cohen-Cole: *Food Safety Regulations: Intended quicksand for sustainable agriculture (7 comments)

Daniel Geery: The Man Who Saved Your Child

Roger Shuler: The Abramoff Trail Might Be Growing Warm (2 comments)

Joan Brunwasser: Coleman's Lawsuit: This Whole Election Stinks -- And I Won

Michael Richardson: SEC knew for years about Madoff's $50 billion swindle and took no action

Israel Project: Rocket Attack on Israel's Northern Border: Facts and Sources for Journalists (5 comments)

Alexia Cameron: The Root of America's Depletion (6 comments)

Joan Brunwasser: Hackers take down ring of key progressive blogs

Joan Brunwasser: House renews probe of US attorney firings

Aurora: Israeli Voices for Peace - Amy Goodman (1 comments)

Aurora: Conyers Seeks Probe of Bush Crimes - Jason Leopold

Sheila Samples: Unemployment Claims Crash System

Sheila Samples: MIDEAST: Israel May Face Charges for War Crimes (1 comments)

Wednesday, January 7:

Arthur Poletti: *Time To Remove Animal Flesh From The Food Chain (5 comments)

Margaret Bassett: Alcoa slashes 15,000 jobs, cuts output yet again

DC Rapier: Helen Thomas Tears into White House Press Secretary over Gaza

Hans Bennett: Indymedia-US: BART Police Shoot and Kill Man at Fruitvale BART Station, caught on video

Sheila Samples: Joe the Plumber to become war correspondent

Sheila Samples: Obama taps spending watchdog, eyes Social Security

Sheila Samples: Fears mount of Gaza conflict spill over in Europe

Sheila Samples: Judge's Order Could Keep Public From Hearing Details of 9/11 Trials

Amanda Lang: Porn Industry Goes Limp, Seeks $5 Billion Federal Injection

Amanda Lang: Army mistakenly sent letters to family members of fallen soldiers addressing them as "˜John Doe.'

DC Rapier: Helen Thomas Tears into White House Press Secretary over Gaza

DC Rapier: Helen Thomas Tears into White House Press Secretary over Gaza

Amanda Lang: ThinkCheney: It's Just An 'Urban Legend' That I 'Exceeded My Authority' As Vice President

Amanda Lang: Army War College toned down its Iraq war criticism under pressure from Rumsfeld.

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 7, 2009

Mark Crispin Miller: Good news! House overturns BushCo's most Nixonian order (7 comments)

Press Release: Florida LGBT Groups Form OUT (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: White House Asked Howard To Stay In Blair House To Give 'Some Plausible Reason' For Refusing Obama (5 comments)

Amanda Lang: Report: Burris will be seated as new Senator from Illinois

R. A. Louis: Prominent Austin Activist Admits He Infiltrated RNC Protest Groups as FBI Informant

Tuesday, January 6:

Laudyms: B'Tselem : The siege on the Gaza Strip (2 comments)

R. A. Louis: Prominent Austin Activist Admits He Infiltrated RNC Protest Groups as FBI Informant

Kevin Gosztola: The Invaluable PalestineChronicle.com Hacked by Israeli Hackers (18 comments)

R. A. Louis: Prominent Austin Activist Admits He Infiltrated RNC Protest Groups as FBI Informant

Meryl Ann Butler: Rep. Dennis Kucinich: Israel May Be in Violation of Arms Export Control Act (1 comments)

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 6, 2009

Sheila Samples: Israel Rejects Intensified Push for Cease-Fire

Press Release: Prosecutors Bully Ohio Voters: Ohio Election Justice Campaign Calls for Day of Silence on January 6, 2009 (1 comments)

Sheila Samples: Did the Reagan Revolution actually win? Local and State Governments are Selling Off Public Property and Services

Kevin Gosztola: Israeli citizens call on international community to stop Israel (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: SEC IG, Probing Madoff, Looks To Be On The Warpath

Press Release: ADL: Holocaust & Nazi Imagery Abound at Anti-Israel Rallies in US (22 comments)

Laudyms: If This Thread Doesn't Open You're Eyes,Then Nothing Will (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: Feinstein And Rockefeller To Obama: We Liked Bush's Appointees More

Rob Kall: Not Getting Gaza News on Al Jazeera? Then You're Not Getting the News. Here's How to Get it On-Line. (18 comments)

Hans Bennett: Indymedia-US: Anti-war Protests Escalate as Israel Launches Ground War

Margaret Bassett: Burris denied seat in US Senate to succeed Obama

Margaret Bassett: Extremist group in Greece attacks police

Human Rights Watch: Israel: Allow Media and Rights Monitors Access to Gaza (11 comments)

Monday, January 5:

Dennis Olson, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy: *60 Groups Urge President-elect Obama to Renegotiate NAFTA (3 comments)

Rob Kall: Sen. Feinstein May Block Leon Panetta As CIA director (8 comments)

Laudyms: The U.S. Army speaks up for Hamas

Sheila Samples: Mars Rovers Are Alive at Five

Rob Kall: Obama's Justice nominees signal end of Bush terror tactics

Sheila Samples: Physician says Unconventional weapons used against Gazans

Sheila Samples: Say, What? US troops 'monitoring Rafah crossing'

Sheila Samples: Israel: Gaza op to continue in spite of UN

Sheila Samples: Top Democrats Give Longer Timetable for Stimulus Bill

Sheila Samples: Solicitor General and Deputy Attorney General Named

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 4 and 5, 2009

Margaret Bassett: Biden to head to Asia for congressional trip

Marti Oakley: *NAIS---PREMISES DEFINED---WHO WINS? (3 comments)

John Bessa: Gaza Peace Rally in New York City, Janurary 3rd, 2009

Amanda Lang: Ann Coulter's "Today" Show Appearance To Promote Her New 'Hate' Book Canceled

Laudyms: Israeli press reports cluster bombs being used in Gaza

Josh Mitteldorf: 11th Hr Coup: Bush Eviscerates Endangered Species Act

Greg Palast: Bill Richardson - Kissinger-American (31 comments)

Laudyms: New Book Probes the Bush "Family of Secrets"

DC Rapier: U.S. Blocks UN Security Council Vote Calling For Immediate Cease-Fire In Gaza (1 comments)

Margaret Bassett: NY Fed begins purchasing mortgage securities

Judith McGeary - Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance: *You can help American farmers in their effort to stop NAIS

Roger Shuler: The Orwellian World of a Southern University

Kenneth Briggs: A 21st Century Veterans Affairs

thepen: Bush Special Prosecutor is Top Question for Obama (18 comments)

Sunday, January 4:

Sheila Samples: World unites in protests (1 comments)

Richmond Shreve: Back to the Front (TNR)

Runner: The Economy Crumbled (1 comments)

Margaret Bassett: A donor's gift soon followed Clinton's help

Margaret Bassett: Richardson withdraws as commerce nominee

Sheila Samples: Richardson withdraws bid to be commerce secretary

Sheila Samples: Reid cites "legal authority" to bar Illinois pick

Sheila Samples: Senate race certification set for Monday with Franken up 225 votes

Amanda Lang: Times Square Rally Protests Fighting in Gaza (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: Russia wants warships stationed around the world (1 comments)

Amanda Lang: Israeli forces split Gaza in two

Amanda Lang: Cheney: Financial Crisis 'Developed' Only 'Over The Last Six Months'

Amanda Lang: Cheney Calls Iraq "Significant Success, Masterfully Done"

Amanda Lang: George H. W. Bush: I'd like to see Jeb elected president. (3 comments)

Amanda Lang: Reports suggest Israeli forces using cluster bombs in Gaza.

Amanda Lang: US Blocks UN Action on Gaza Conflict (2 comments)

Michael Richardson: FBI agent in Pentagon Papers case ran COINTELPRO operation against 'Omaha Two' (4 comments)

Amanda Lang: FOX's Wallace uses right-wing buzzwords to fearmonger on EFCA, says it "˜eliminates the right to a secret ballot.'

Amanda Lang: Bill Richardson withdraws from Commerce Secretary nomination.

Sheila Samples: Depleted uranium found in Gaza victims

chris rice: 9th day of attacks on Gaza, Israel uses Depleted uranium and cluster bombs on Palestinians

Margaret Bassett: Former DNC chief announces Va. gov run

Rob Kall: Balance Of Power Swings To Liberal Legal Group (1 comments)

Israel Project: Fiction vs. Fact: Israel and the Situation in Gaza (16 comments)

Munich: Men Can Fly (5 comments)

Chris Gelken: Iran Threatens To Break Israel's Gaza Blockade (7 comments)

DC Rapier: Demonstration in Tel Aviv Against Gaza Assault

Saturday, January 3:

Sheila Samples: Protests Against Israel's Gaza Bombardment Spread

Sheila Samples: Iraq: We won't bow to pressure about Iran

Sheila Samples: France condemns Israel's ground assault (1 comments)

Rady Ananda: Franken leads as Minn. recount nears finish line (5 comments)

Sheila Samples: Iyad Allawi, U.S.-installed Iraqi ex-PM says Bush "utter failure"

Sheila Samples: Early Test of Obama View on Power Over Detainees (1 comments)

Martha Rosenberg: Will Fosamax be Vioxx all over again? (2 comments)

Margaret Bassett: Colo. gov names schools chief for Senate vacancy

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For January 2 and 3, 2009

Amit Dwivedi, Citizen News Service (CNS): Women farmers fighting for their rights and identity

Larry Snider: Gaza & the Cost of Hopelessness

Rob Kall: Israeli ground forces enter Gaza in escalation (2 comments)

Rob Kall: Sources: Reid pressured governor on Senate replacement (2 comments)

John S. Hatch: Kyrie Eleison

Linn Cohen-Cole: *The New York Times and the missing story of milk (2 comments)

Amanda Lang: 2008: Bush's Last Year By The Numbers

Sandy Sand: Nine Muslims Get Apology From Airline and Little Else (5 comments)

sometimes blinded: FDA: Protection for Smokers

Aurora: UN; Gaza Facing 'Critical Emergency'

Sheila Samples: Gaza rockets put Israel’s nuclear plant in battle zone (1 comments)

Sheila Samples: Israel set to begin ground war against Hamas in Gaza

Friday, January 2:

Sheila Samples: Two Advisers Reflect on Eight Years With Bush

Sheila Samples: Obama's Team Rankles the Right

Sheila Samples: Republicans to flee D.C. for Inauguration

Sheila Samples: McConnell renews pressure on Obama

Margaret Bassett: Obama team polishing economic stimulus measure

Margaret Bassett: Ill. governor's federal security clearance revoked

Rakesh Krishnan Simha: The Days of the Assassin are Back (3 comments)

Joan Brunwasser: Obama Faces Legacy of Lawlessness at Justice (2 comments)

Laudyms: The Gaza Bombshell- some useful background

Rob Kall: Progressive Rabbi Michael Lerner on Israel/Gaza Interview transcript (6 comments)

Margaret Bassett: Chinese Migrants Return to Rural Roots

Margaret Bassett: Oil wealth gone, Russians brace for hard times

Larisa Alexandrovna: Connell declared emergency before fatal crash (9 comments)

mike ferner: Obama's Hometown Kicks Off "Camp Hope" (2 comments)

Thursday, January 1:

GLloyd Rowsey: Keith Harmon Snow Forwards "Oh What a Day" From Cynthia McKinney

GLloyd Rowsey: A Daily Dose of Medicine From Ambrose Bierce's "The Devil's Dictionary" – It's Just What the Doctor Ordered (2 comments)

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For December 30, 2008 to January 1, 2009

Jan Baumgartner: Helen Suzman, "fearless" apartheid foe, dead at 91

Cynthia McKinney: *We Lived to Tell the Story: Lebanon Rescued Us (47 comments)

Better World Order: Pew Research: Internet Overtakes Newspapers as News Source

Israel Project: Hamas Continues to Fire at Israeli Civilians as Israel Transfers More Aid (3 comments)

Martha Rosenberg: NRA Legends are Dropping Like NRA Candidates (19 comments)

Margaret Bassett: Budget breakdown - California Politics

Sandy Sand: OMG, How Could I Live Without My MTV? (1 comments)

 

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