One of Dick Cheney’s favorite lies — that 9/11 terrorist Mohamed Atta met in Prague with a senior Iraqi intelligence official five months before the attacks — has been thoroughly and repeatedly debunked. Atta wasn’t even in Prague at the time of the alleged meeting and the 9/11 Commission has concluded, “We do not believe […]
I was wondering who, if anyone, the New York Post would fire as a result of its historic screw-up regarding the alleged Kerry-Gephardt ticket. It turns out, the Post knows exactly who’s responsible, but his job is perfectly secure. After all, he owns the paper. When The New York Post tore up its front page […]
Call me crazy, but I always thought being a third party candidate always meant working away from the other two parties. If that’s the case, I’d love to hear why a certain former consumer advocate is working alongside the Republican Party in states across the country. The latest example is Michigan. Michigan Republicans are helping […]
Murray Waas, who’s done some fine research on the Plame Game scandal, noted yesterday that John Ashcroft had more than a passing interest in the investigation before he recused himself on Dec. 30. Attorney General John Ashcroft received numerous detailed briefings last year regarding the criminal investigation of the unauthorized disclosure of a CIA agent’s […]
Ten years after Texas Democrats began raising questions about whether George W. Bush fulfilled his responsibilities to the National Guard, reporters finally decided to go to the heart of the matter — Bush’s microfilmed personnel file. There’s one significant new problem to finding out the whole truth: Bush’s files have been “inadvertently” destroyed. Military records […]
Sorry, I’ll be away from my desk today and won’t be able to post. I’ll be back tomorrow with plenty of long-winded tirades for your reading pleasure.
John Kerry’s campaign, during the Dem primaries, followed Howard Dean’s lead and left the public financing system. It was a gamble that paid off beautifully — Kerry’s campaign is already the strongest Dem campaign in U.S. history in terms of fundraising. Even more importantly, had Kerry stayed in the system, he’d be trailing Bush’s fundraising […]
In May, Senate Dems struck a deal with Bush — after months of filibusters, Dems cleared the way for floor votes on 25 of the president’s judicial nominees in return for a promise from the White House that there will be no more recess appointments this year. The compromise did not include many of Bush’s […]
Let’s review for just a moment. We already know the administration lied to Congress and the public about the cost of the White House Medicare plan. We also know that the Bush administration is refusing to share cost estimates with lawmakers, despite previous promises to do so. We also know that one administration official was […]
The White House scheme to funnel tax dollars to religious ministries — Bush’s “faith-based” initiative — never passed Congress, but the Bush administration is nevertheless dolling out millions through the executive branch. At least, it was. A new federal court ruling has dealt the initiative a significant setback. The federal agency that oversees AmeriCorps must […]