Bush Administration

Hezbollah Is in Iran, Michael Gordon Says American Officials Say

David Bromwich | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Lebanon, Bush, Surge, Iran War, New York Times, Hezbollah, Michael Gordon New York Times, Iran, General Petraeus, Obliterate Iran, Michael Gordon, Politics News
David Bromwich

This was perhaps the most opaque, elaborately qualified, antiseptically cleansed and institutionally begged-off story ever published by a major newspaper anywhere.

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Cheney Grand Theft

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Grand Theft Auto, Bush Administration, Cheney, Us Treasury, Cartoons, Cartoon, Political Cartoons, Politics News
Jeff Danziger

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Clinton's "Obliteration" Remark is Genocidal, Requires Apology

Omid Memarian | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dialogue With Iran, Human Rights, Genocide, Jews in Iran, The Middle East, 9/11 Tragedy, Foriegn Policy, Nuclear Attack, Palestine, Iraq, The White House, Senator Hil;ary Clinton, Iran, Neoconservatives, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, World War Three, 3 a.m. Ad, Bush Administration, Israel, Rev. Wright, The NIE, Oblitration, Warmongers, Hawkish, War With Iran, Clinton Would Obliterate Iran, 3am Ad, Hillary Clinton Iran, Obliterate Iran, Clinton 3AM, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Politics News
Omid Memarian

If the media were not distracted by Rev. Wright's controversial remarks, this comment would cause a huge backlash against Clinton.

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Can't See the Forest for the Trees?

Carl Pope | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tariffs, Logging, Slush Fund, Bush Administration, Canada, Forests, Politics News
Carl Pope

Our National Forests have been starved for basic services and funding over the past six years because the government "can't afford" to do the people's business.

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Guernica: April 26, 1937

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Shah Reza Pahlavi, Pablo Picasso, Colin Powell, Herman Goering, Bush Administration, Mohammed Mossedegh, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Pablo Picasso's masterpiece inside the United Nations building was displayed there to give people the chance to think before plunging into war with all of its attendant ills.

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Bush's Washington Moves to Off-Off Broadway on Middle East Peace

Daniel Levy | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israel Syria, Bush Administration, Middle East, Middle East Peace, Syria, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Politics News
Daniel Levy

Yesterday could not have presented a more stunning portrayal of the self-marginalization of America as an actor in Israeli-Arab conflict resolution under the Bush administration.

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Bush Administration Tries To Block Lawsuit Against Top Chinese Leader

Truthdig | James Sandler | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, China Human Rights Bo Xilai, Bush Administration and China, Politics News

The Bush administration is trying to scuttle a federal human rights lawsuit that threatens to embarrass one of China's top political leaders. The admi...

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TV's Response to Pentagon Propaganda? Never Happened

Josh Silver | Posted 04.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Iraq War, Pentagon, Bush Administration, Breaking Media News, Pundits, Media, Iraq, Propaganda, Pentagon Propaganda, War in Iraq, Journalism, Media Bias, Media News
Josh Silver

In the ensuing days of the revelations of pro-war propaganda on our major TV news outlets, these same outlets are either dismissing the damning revelations or pretending they never happened.

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EPA Scientists Confirm Political Interference

Janet Ritz | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Epa, Politics, Union of Concerned Scientists, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Bush Administration, Environment, Science, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Henry Waxman, Stephen Johnson, Interference, Politics News
Janet Ritz

Four in ten environmental scientists said the political interference they'd been experiencing is more prevalent in the last five years.

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A Paroxysm of Voterly Rage

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Debate, Mccain Neocons, George W. Bush, Democratic Debates, Negative Campaigning, Corporate Power, Media, All Things Considered, Policy, Neo-Con Agenda, 2008 Presidential Election, Coca-Cola, John McCain Economic Policy, Democratic Primary, Negative Attacks, Crony Capitalism, ABC Debate, Election 2008, Bush Administration and Corporate Cronyism, President Bush, Voting, John McCain, Bush, Hope, Democratic Presidential Candidate, John Mccain Neoconservatives, Gold, Capitalism, Democrats, Energy Policy, 2008 Election, Bush Economy, Npr, Bush Administration, School Vouchers, Corporations, Neocon, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Neocons, Neoconservatives, Crony-Capitalists, Free Market, Politics News
Jeff Dorchen

I apologize for the following. It was written in anger brought on by listening to All Things Considered for three whole minutes, a mistake I shall no...

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You're All Superdelegates Now

Lisa Gans | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Primaries, John McCain, Howard Dean, Bush Administration, Superdelegates, Hillary Clinton, Pennsylvania, Barack Obama, Superdelegates Barack Obama, Superdelegates Howard Dean, Superdelegates Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Lisa Gans

While there are many Republicans who may not rally around John McCain, there are plenty who will join up to defeat Hillary Clinton.

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Robert Zoellick's Slightly Tardy Clarion Calls

Sunil Chacko | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lugar, Robert Zoellick, Food Price Rise, World Bank, Rice, Transparency, Corn, Condi Rice, Wheat, Bush Administration, Ethanol, Leahy, Accountability, Senators Bayh, Anti-Corruption, Mismanagement, Cgiar, Politics News
Sunil Chacko

The Bush administration's former deputy to Condi Rice, Robert Zoellick, who currently runs the World Bank, has been making some frantic calls. It is just that they are a trifle late.

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The Pentagon's Corrupt Sock Puppet "Military Analysts" Exposed

Gareth Porter | Posted 04.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Thomas G. McInerney, David Barstow, Cnn, Pentagon, Bush Administration, Propaganda, Iraq War, Donald Rumsfeld, Fox News, New York Times, Military-Industrial-Media Complex, Pentagon Analysts, Pentagon Media, Politics News
Gareth Porter

This story should bring overwhelming public pressure for the immediate termination of any "military analyst" who has been compromised by links with the Pentagon and/or its business allies.

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Bush Administration, More Isolated in Latin America, Cries "Terrorism"

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ecuador, Hugo Chavez, Cuban Americans, Latin America, Venezuela, Terrorism, Bush Administration, Farc, New York Times, Chavez, Colombia, George W Bush, Florida Primary, Republicans, Politics News
Mark Weisbrot

Washington has alienated Latin America through its economic policy prescriptions, which are widely associated with Latin America's unprecedented long-term economic failure.

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Jimmy Carter Speaks for Me

Robert Naiman | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Egypt, Israel, Jimmy Carter, Hamas, Bush Administration, Politics News
Robert Naiman

I don't feel the least bit sorry for Jimmy Carter, who, predictably, is being pilloried for his plans to meet the exiled leader of Hamas, Khaled Mesha...

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Does the Dalai Lama Know He's Nepalese?

Harry Shearer | Posted 04.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Tibet, National Security Advisor, Stephen Hadley Nepal, Stephen Hadley, Stephen Hadley Tibet, Politics News
Harry Shearer

Most of us thought the Chinese Olympic problem revolves around Tibet. Nuh-uh. As our National Security Adviser points out numerous times without correction, it's Nepal, stupid.

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Jimmy Carter's Planned Hamas Meeting Criticized By Bush Administration

Huffington Post | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Condoleeza Rice, Carter Hamas Meeting, Bush Administration, Jimmy Carter, Hamas, State Department, Politics News

CNN reports that the Bush administration is urging former president Jimmy Carter not to meet with the leader of Hamas during Carter's trip to the Midd...

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Of Pedicures, Pistols and Presidents

Cindy Handler | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Centralized Power, Second Amendment, Bush Administration, Gun Rights, Dc v. Heller, Dc vs. Heller, Politics News
Cindy Handler

The same people who lobby assiduously for less gun control should be concerned about reining in the metastasizing powers of this central government.

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BushCo: An Umpteenth Evaluation

Steven Weber | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Bush, Republicans, George W. Bush, Politics News
Steven Weber

For its clear disdain for citizens everywhere and its use of them as fodder for their profiteering, no penalty would be too severe for BushCo.

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A Double-Standard For Jordan?

William Fisher | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Bush Administration, Human Rights, Jordan, State Department, Rendition, Politics News
William Fisher

When Jordan's King Abdullah II addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress in March 2007, his speech was filled with words like peace and justice. ...

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The Lessons of Basra

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Iraq, Basra Fighting, Shiites, Nouri Al Maliki, Iraq War, Iraq Tribal, Iraq Tribes, Sunnis, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

The Bush administration's refusal to recognize that Iraq is not one nation but is instead a tribal society has now gotten U.S. troops fighting for one Shia group in its efforts to marginalize another Shia group.

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AP: Govt Planning To Reduce Length Of Army Tours

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Army Tours, Army Deployments, Length of Army Tours, Bush Administration, George Casey, Warwire, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration plans to announce next week that U.S. soldiers' combat tours will be reduced from 15 months to 12 months in...

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Basra Cease-Fire Shows Talking to Iran Could Save Lives Immediately

Robert Naiman | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iran, Bush Administration, Hillary Clinton Iran, Basra Fighting, Iraq, Kyl-Lieberman Iran, Iraq War Funding, Politics News
Robert Naiman

Soon Gen. Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker are expected to testify before Congress about Iraq. This is the prelude to what may be the last major battle...

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The Big Store

Steven Weber | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Bush, George W. Bush, Politics News
Steven Weber

It's silly to think that America is anything other than a big business, whose global headquarters is the neo-Georgian building in Washington, D.C.

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Keeping Secrets

Michele McNeil | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Education, Bush Administration, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Foia, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Home News
Michele McNeil

A tug-of-war with the Bush Administration over public records regarding a new reading commission illustrates how the presidential race isn't just about what kind of policies the candidates stand for, but also how they would run the bureaucracy of the federal government in general.

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