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Let me first say that I respect professor Edsall tremendously. He is a treasure to journalism. Unfortunately, he has been incredibly sloppy and bordering on defamation in his latest entry on the unfortunate death of GOP programmer Michael Connell.

Edsall rightly takes to task the...

McCain-Palin have been rather busy this week endorsing the view of some of their psychotic supporters who chanted "Obama is a traitor," among the other hate-filled rants.  Well, DU blogger Heather located this document - a political ad that ran in Dallas the day before John F. Kennedy was...

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If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it. ~ Julius Caesar

In 2000, the long fought for and long admired democracy of the United States of America began a slow and steady decline toward fascism -

Well, looks like Minnesota is going to be a hopping place during next week's RNC convention. Check this out:

True Blue Minnesota will be parking a jumbotron outside the convention where they plan to show videos of Guantanamo detainees, scenes from the Iraq war, movies like "Body of War," and...

Well, it seems that the ONLY news anywhere and everywhere is that John Edwards had an affair two years ago. Why is this news? I understand why it is of interest to the far-right, as they have an unhealthy obsession with sexuality and are also looking for a distraction...

Jonah Goldberg continues to demonstrate how the right-wing is manipulating public discourse in order to confuse and conflate patriotism with rabid nationalism. Make no mistake, this is a coordinated effort to deliberately replace substance with its symbol, meaning with an emblem, and essentially strip language down to nothing but...

Part VII of the Permanent Republican Majority Series

by Larisa Alexandrovna and Muriel Kane

Almost immediately after his appointment as US Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi in late 2001, Dunnica Lampton began to investigate key Mississippi Democrats.

Trial lawyer and major Democratic campaign contributor Paul...

Read this incredible article by Warren Strobel of McClatchy Newspapers

'The U.S. military hid the locations of suspected terrorist detainees and concealed harsh treatment to avoid the scrutiny of the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to documents that a Senate committee released Tuesday.

"We may...

Did you see War Inc., yet? No? Well it is expanding starting today thanks to word-of-mouth, the alternative press and the blogosphere, with no corporate marketing whatsoever. Pat yourselves on the back, bring a friend, and see it again or go for the first time.

You can...

My God, we have lost our country completely. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) stood ALONE on the House floor last night for nearly five hours reading 35 Articles of Impeachment against George W. Bush. Yet this has not been mentioned once on the US news (with the exception on MSNBC's...

The extreme right is not happy about John Cusack's new film, War Inc.. With the helpful panning of the corporate press as proof - the same corporate press that sold us the Iraq war to begin with - the right-wing is trying make the film seem to be...

We did it folks. War Inc.,  kicked ass opening weekend thanks to the grassroots and alternative press. The MSM is busy panning it, but we have proved once again, that despite the corporate farce of free press, we can get things heard, seen, and done. The opening weekend for...

When I tell any truth it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those who do. ~ William Blake

I am not a film-critic as most of you know. So the below is not meant to be...

Dear Mr. Bush,

Your speech on the Knesset floor today was not only a disgrace; it was nothing short of treachery. Worse still, your exploitation of the Holocaust in a country carved out of the wounds of that very crime, in order to strike a low blow at American citizens...

Karl Rove asks: Is Barack Obama is ready for Prime Time? (as though someone requested his opinion). Strangely, after Murdoch purged the WSJ of actual editors and writers, an infestation appears to have occurred. Yes, two days in a row, WSJ=propaganda.

Here is what Mr. Rove...

This may or may not be related to why the Wall Street Journal's top editor, Marcus Brauchli, quit yesterday, but it sure looks to be connected. The "this" that I am referring to is the propaganda piece published in the WSJ - now owned by propaganda magnate, R. Murdoch...

Folks, you really need to read this. While it is a very long piece, it is absolutely imperative that it be read and reacted to.

Republican effort jails largest Democratic donor in Mississippi, helps put ex-RNC chairman in governor's chair

... a former Mississippi Republican state legislator who...

When I lived behind the iron curtain, my parents taught me never to talk anyone about anything. This caveat was not restricted to the typical warning given by regular parents to their regular children about the regular concerns of every day life.

No, the lecture I got, as did...

Welcome to the Monkey House. I will be your tour guide for the duration of this particular shocker. The ACLU issued the following presser this evening (a stiff drink will be needed before you delve into this):

Bush Administration Memo...

It used to be - until this recent age - that a leader of a nation would ride out to war with his men as both a symbol of that which his military was fighting for and also as a show of his own commitment to the cause for which...