Archives for General News
April 2011
Saturday, April 30:
States Making It a Crime to Investigate Agribusiness Abuses
WHY I am a Citizen of Conscience for U.S. House of Representative for 2012
Fox Business, The Birther Channel, Still Promoting Falsehoods About Obama's Birth Certificate (1 comments)
Tunnel overlooked before prison break, Afghan official says
The Guardian: Facebook Censors UK Activists
Indiana's GOP Governor Will NOT Get to Appoint a Replacement for GOP SoS Charged With Voter Fraud
Gadhafi's youngest son killed but Libyan leader survives NATO missile strike (2 comments)
GOP hopefuls attack Obama, not each other
P.J. Crowley: Obama's Inconsistency Doctrine on the Arab Spring
Romney Stumbles Over 'Hang Him' Gaffe Aimed At Obama (VIDEO)
Taliban announce beginning of spring offensive
Flashpoints: Will Uganda be the next Egypt or Tunisia?
Pentagon reports "tangible progress" in Afghanistan
Indiana governor plans to sign bill blocking Medicare funding to Planned Parenthood
Breaking news! Presidential Legacies Destroyed, by CIA (2 comments)
Friday, April 29:
Your Pain, Their Gain: How High Gas Prices Impoverish The Many While Enriching The Few
U.S. announces sanctions as Syrian regime cracks down
In Afghan war, 13 US-led soldiers killed
Mississippi River Floods 2011: Deep South Braces For Surge Of Water Not Seen Since 1927
Half of All Americans Breathe Polluted Air
Endeavour launch postponed because of mechanical problems
Documents offer hints of legal strategy in WikiLeaks case
Petraeus Appointment Could Inflame Relations With Pakistan
John Smith: Sharp Drop in American Enthusiasm for Free Market, Poll Shows
GOP Targets Fragile Gains of Home-Based Caregivers - Early
Large US banks profited off Federal Reserve - PFB
Thursday, April 28:
John Smith: Russia to build aerospace defence shield, by Lada Korotun (1 comments)
Wisconsin Comes to Arizona? Chained Ethnic Studies Students Take Over School Board in Tucson
Waukesha Again? - Say it isn't so!
Cairo students demonstrate against Israel
Egypt FM: Gaza border crossing to be permanently opened
Irked at Democrats, Firefighters Suspend Federal Contributions (1 comments)
Oklahoma House sends affirmative action ban to voters
GOP pivots on "birther' questions, blames Obama for media attention
Debt ceiling: More Democrats threaten to vote against raising borrowing limit
Palestinian factions in reconciliation bid
Will Obama's Statement That Manning "Broke the Law" Make a Fair Trial or Court Martial Impossible?
Riding the Storms Out On A Frightful Day in Alabama
John Smith: Brussels' Fear of the True Finns, By SPIEGEL Staff.
Around the World on April 28th: Workers Memorial Day
Nick Turse, How to Arm a Dictator
Petraeus would helm an increasingly militarized CIA
Mass. House votes to limit union bargaining rights
Walker budget cuts target Wisconsin libraries
Vermont Gets Health Care Right
Hundreds of European mercenaries "fighting for Gaddafi' - FITSANAKIS
FBI serves Grand Jury subpoena likely relating to WikiLeaks (1 comments)
Wednesday, April 27:
Scores Die in Storms Across South; Tornado Ravages City
Euro economists expect Greek default - Walker
US OKs oil deals with Libya opposition
Newly empowered Egypt brokers Palestinian peace deal
What to do about Medicare is at heart of budget debate
US: Afghanistan withdrawal to be slow
The European Crisis and the Pain in Spain - Hallinan
Culture of Complicity Tied to Stricken Nuclear Plant - Onishi & Belson
Shut Up & Take It (1 comments)
The "U.S." Chamber Of Commerce Likens Obama To Qaddafi, Threatens White House
Dan Froomkin: As Oil Profits Soar, Obama Seeks Political Wedge
TCBH! Exclusive: Document Proves President Obama IS a Democrat!
Putin says NATO after oil in Libya (11 comments)
John Smith: Financial Heist of the Century: Confiscating Libya's Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF), by Manlio Dinucci
West is at Mercy of Stuxnet, German Analyst Hints
Trump's donation history shows Democratic favoritism (1 comments)
9 Americans dead after Afghan officer opens fire
Largest Banks Likely Profited By Borrowing From Federal Reserve, Lending To Federal Government
Veterans For Peace press release
Guantánamo Bay files: Pakistan's ISI spy service listed as terrorist group - Burke (1 comments)
Tuesday, April 26:
US steps up pressure against Syria
Guantanamo documents reveal US brutality and lawlessness (5 comments)
Recordsetting homelessness in New York City
Ugandan Uprising for Food and Fuel
How the Arab Spring remade Obama's foreign policy, by Ryan Lizza (1 comments)
John Smith: China Proposes To Cut Two Thirds Of Its $3 Trillion In USD Holdings
John Smith: Can BRICS soften dollar crisis? by Alexander SALITZKI
John Smith: Homeless Woman Arrested for Sending Son to School, by Julie Ryan Evans
Odyseus_97: Sex trafficking in the U.S. called "epidemic' By Chuck Neubauer
Press Release: A Day in the Life of Syrians Under their Fascist Regime
'Child sex trafficking rampant in US'
US investigating war contractor con jobs
ElBaradei Blasts Bush Administration Over Iraq War
Linn Washington, Jr.: 3rd Circuit Appeal Ruling Favoring Abu-Jamal Smacks Down US Supreme Court (2 comments)
Arrests in U.S. Anti-Drone Protest
Maine Gov. LePage doesn't know what's in child labor law he supports
The GOP's 2012 Campaign Plan: Disqualify Eligible Voters
Keith Olbermann Announces Details of His New TV Show
Dennis Kucinich Interview Transcript III: GLobalization, Wikileaks and Bradley Manning (3 comments)
Taco Bell Might Sue the Law Firm That Sued It
Has Donald Trump Voted In Past Elections? (2 comments)
WHY WALL STREET IS WINNING (3 comments)
Sherwood Ross: Obama "Compromise" With Republicans Is "Rotten Deal" For Most Americans (4 comments)
David Corn: White House to Franklin Graham: You're "Preposterous" (1 comments)
Trump: Karl Rove Is a "Loser" Who Should Retire (1 comments)
It's Not Just Medicare: GOP Wants to Privatize Food Stamps, Too
Monday, April 25:
WikiLeaks Revelations: A View Deep Inside Guantanamo
Gabrielle Giffords' doctors, husband share details on her progress
Obama paints Rep. Ryan as the GOP face for 2012 (1 comments)
Dan Froomkin: Maryland To Require Companies To Post Election Spending Online
Brett Arends: IMF bombshell: Age of America nears end
More voters in GOP districts angry over Ryan's Medicare proposal
Rachel Maddow: 'I'm definitely not an autocutie'
Congressional Staff Need Your Help! (1 comments)
Libya: western leaders call for Nato to target Gaddafi
U.S. Boat to Sail to Gaza Despite Israeli Threats (4 comments)
The Right-Wing Network Behind the War on Unions
Haley Barbour 2012 Announcement: 'I Will Not Be A Candidate For President Next Year'
Will Democrats Ever Rise Again in the Deep South?
Donald Trump: Do it or Don't But Decide or your PR Will Be Hurt
Dennis Kucinich Interview Part II; Peace, Power and Social Media (5 comments)
Tomgram: McCoy and Reilly, An Empire of Failed States
April Gallop vs Cheney, Rumsfeld, Myers - 9/11 Court Case (10 comments)
Freeway pollution causes brain damage in mice-- Reuters
Sunday, April 24:
Hundreds of Taliban 'escape prison'
WikiLeaks: Secret Guantanamo files show U.S. disarray
Guantanamo Bay: How the White House lost the fight to close it
For conflicted Ryan constituent, budget debate about more than his own future
Pakistan protests halt NATO supplies - Sara (1 comments)
Maliki: No plans to extend US presence
A Crack in Wall Street’s Defenses
GOP Picture for 2012 Remains Blurry (2 comments)
News from Portland, Oregon (1 comments)
Dennis Kucinich Interview Transcript: on Libya and Obama's Impeachability (47 comments)
Interview with Finian Cunningham in Bahrain
Sherwood Ross: Warning: Human's Devouring 40% of All Land and Sea Life (2 comments)
Wall Street Rashomon: The Times vs. Matt Taibbi (1 comments)
Paul Doomm Speaks: Feinberg Runs
BP Still Being Awarded Lucrative Government Contracts
EFM Takeover Of Detroit Schools: Teen Mothers Arrested, Children taken Into Temporary Custody
USDA moves to let Monsanto perform its own environmental impact studies on GMOs
John Smith: Taxation through the Ages, by Joseph Sobran (1 comments)
John Smith: Sue the FED: The FED Owes YOU Money! (1 comments)
John Smith: History Was Hijacked By War Criminals And Predatory Banksters
Adm. Mike Mullen Says Iraq Must Decide if U.S. Troops Will Stay
Saturday, April 23:
NATO jets launch fresh attacks on Tripoli
Turkey says yes to Palestine statehood (1 comments)
Who's behind all those school voucher bills? Koch, Scaife, DeVos & other far-right billionaires...
Big blowout at PA gas well, threatening Susquehanna River with fracking chemicals (2 comments)
The People's Budget: Dealing With The Debt & Fixing The Economy - Edger
The vindication of P.J. Crowley
In Hawaii, accessing some Obama birth info is easy
Yemeni president agrees to step down in 30 days
Mubarak Faces Questions on Israel Gas Deal
John Smith: The BRICS Take Over (1 comments)
Israel in a quandary over turmoil in Syria (1 comments)
Lynn Buske: Largest Organic Milk Bottler Accused of Misrepresenting Products (3 comments)
anon hack: Bahraini forces rape, kill female poet (1 comments)
Violence Erupts in Wake of New Election Shenanigans in Haiti
John Smith: Geopolitical Implications of the World Economic Crisis
Strike Updates Christopher Rice
John Smith: The States Must Restrain the Federal Government, By Mac McDowell
Misrata rebels strike back against Gaddafi snipers
Former IAEA head suggests Iraq war crime probe of Bush administration (1 comments)
Friday, April 22:
Press Release: True or False? Libyan Gov't States it Will Pull Army out of Misrata
Finding a Primary Challenger - New Progressive Alliance
Biden deficit task force off to rocky start
Ron Paul's son all but rules out bid for U.S. Senate
Pakistan-U.S. feud boils over CIA drone strikes
Libyan ground forces degraded by up to 40 percent: U.S.
Draft Policy Would Disclose Contractors' Political Ties
Maddow: WI GOPers Offered Voters Free Shots of Booze in Exchange for Recall Signatures
FactCheck.org Puts Controversy Regarding Obama's Birthplace to Rest
Who Owns Congress? A Campaign Cash Seating Chart | Mother Jones
McCain Hails Rebels as 'Heroes' in Libya Visit
Would This Video Make You Stop Eating Beef? Futures Traders Think So (4 comments)
New Details on Wisconsin Supreme Court 'Recount', Waukesha County Clerk Investigation
Undoing Medicare: The Real 'Death Tax' - James Fallows - Politics - The Atlantic
'Free Bradley Manning' Protestor Disrupts Obama Remarks - BBC
A New Jail for Bradley Manning, But the Controversy Rages On, by Rupert Cornwell (1 comments)
Thursday, April 21:
Lost your keys: You now have Alzheimer's (2 comments)
The Contango Game: How Koch Industries Manipulates The Oil Market For Profit
Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch (1 comments)
How the Wall Street Journal Distorts the Truth About Taxes
Maliki: Iraq can handle its own security
Nevada's GOP Sen. Ensign, under ethics cloud, will resign
Gates says Obama has approved use of armed Predator drones in Libya (1 comments)
John Smith: VIDEO: Dr. Caroline Heldman: US in Ungovernable Situation!
FEC Sued By Chris Van Hollen Over Huge Disclosure Loophole
GOP escalates debt-limit demands
As Obama reassures financial markets, public opposition grows to budget cuts
Pepe Escobar: Fear and Loathing in the House of Saud
Ahmadinejad grooms chief-of-staff to take over as Iran's president
Former New Mexico governor to run for president
Law Firm That Sued Taco Bell Has Its Own Issues With Fraud
BP sues partners as Gulf marks year since spill
Clinton: Gadhafi may be using cluster bombs (1 comments)
Sherwood Ross: Wealthy, Republicans, Declare War on Middle Class (6 comments)
Noam Chomsky, Who Owns the World? (3 comments)
Corporate Coup d’état Coming Soon to a City Near You
The Tea Party Propaganda Factory You Probably Don't Know About
Wednesday, April 20:
URGE YOUR REPS TO CO-SPONSOR HR 1242, Nuclear Power Plant Safety Act of 2011
New Civil War erupts, led by super rich, GOP
VIDEO: Paul Ryan Booed At Town Hall For Defending Tax Breaks For The Wealthy
SPECIAL COVERAGE: Wisconsin Supreme Court Election BREAKING: KLOPPENBURG FILES FOR STATEWIDE RECOUNT
Israeli public figures to sign document supporting Palestinian state
Bradley Manning arrives at new jail
Congress Rewrites Goldstone's Op-ed
Obama seeks contractor campaign donation disclosure
Was FBI too quick to judge anthrax suspect the killer?
Michigan: Police Search Cell Phones During Traffic Stops
Press Release: BREAKING: Famed Photojournalist and "Restrepo' Director Tim Hetherington Slain in Misrata (10 comments)
John Smith: André Shepherd: Soldier appeals for political asylum in Germany
Agriculture: The Unlikely Earth Day Hero (1 comments)
Nearly Half of US Households Pay No Income Tax
Seven Different Ways That Sales People Are Compensated
Poll shows Americans oppose entitlement cuts to deal with debt problem
U.S. is losing a savvy leader in Afghan war efforts
Congress: GOP picks Kyl and Cantor
Is Lawsuit Cash Having a Negative Impact on Progressive Politics?
Tuesday, April 19:
A year after BP blowout, Gulf lawmakers say drill
Israel-Palestinian peace: Netanyahu under pressure to offer peace initiative (1 comments)
Respect our efforts if you want to succeed in war on terror: PM tells US - Ahmed
This "Jihadi" is Armed with a Subversive Sense of Humor - Nissenbaum
Plane with Michelle Obama had to abort landing due to mistake
What is it about mid-April and violence in America?
WikiLeaks suspect Manning to leave Quantico
How much money are you missing? (2 comments)
If you thought the financial crisis was bad, wait till the debt ceiling caves in
US veteran commits suicide at 28
Lawyers Can't Handle the Truth About Their Profession (6 comments)
A Year After Gulf Tragedy, Offshore Oil Companies Still Shielded by Liability Limits
Fracking Chemicals Cited in Congressional Report Stay Underground
How the GOP Is Committing Political Suicide With Ryan's Extremist Budget Plan
Wall Street Journal Attacks Politifacts And Wins Pulitzer (3 comments)
Whats Wrong with Waukesha Wisconsin? More Anomalies in Prosser and Kloppenburg Race (10 comments)
Is There A Scam Behind The Rise In Oil and Food Prices? (4 comments)
Monday, April 18:
Link Between BP et. al. and Invasion of Iraq (1 comments)
Obama ran against Bush, but now governs like him
Tea Party Jesus: Koch's Americans For Prosperity Sidles Up to Religious Right for 2012 Campaign
S&P Delivers Blow for US: Mentally Deranged are Deeply Concerned
An 'Oh Please!' Moment; Is S&P Running Interference for the Right to Help Crush Social Security and Medicare? (9 comments)
Spy vs. Spy: the First Patriots Day
Dan Froomkin: The Top 10 Tax Breaks -- And How They Help The Wealthy The Most
What Chernobyl Can Tell Us About Fukushima (3 comments)
McChrystal cleared in Pentagon inquiry
Sarah Palin: Scott Walker Doing The Right Thing With Unions
Boehner makes surprise trip to Baghdad, meets with Iraqi prime minister
The JFK-UFO Connection: Bogus Documents or Unanswered Questions?
Water wars? Thirsty, energy-short China stirs fear
Michele Bachmann: 'I Have a Spine Made Out of Titanium'
Robots in Japanese Reactors Detect High Radiation
Congressman Wants Citizens of ALL Religions to Reflect on the Ten Commandments (Redux)
Walker And Prosser Crushed Regulations On Koch Industry’s Phosphorus Pollution In Wisconsin
Outraged Citizens Occupy Bank of America, on Tax Day (4 comments)
Audio Treasure Trove From National Conference For Media Reform in Boston
Sunday, April 17:
Action Map for April 18th - US Uncut
The Denseness of Modern Conservatives Seems to Know No Boundaries (1 comments)
Iran accuses Siemens of helping launch Stuxnet cyber-attack
Ira Chernus, The Great Israeli Security Scam
Oil Scarcity, Growth, and Global Imbalances - IMF
Palin Leads Tea-Party Rally in Madison
SURPRISE!! THERE IS, TOO, AN ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT! IT'S JUST THAT THE TEA PARTY GETS ALL THE MEDIA COVERAGE (5 comments)
Facebook advertising: Facebook prepares to cash in on users' data
14 Years of Hooking Patients, Hiking Premiums and Squeezing Docs: Television Drug Advertising (2 comments)
The Obama Administration: April 1-15, 2011
Aborigines to block uranium mining after Japan disaster (1 comments)
Misrata becomes Libya's Stalingrad
Obama demands regime change in Libya
US House of Representatives votes to abolish Medicare (2 comments)
Saturday, April 16:
Israel thanks US for taxpayer dollars (3 comments)
Unnecessary Austerity, Unnecessary Shutdown
Stop Blacking Out Progressive Protests
Donald Trump's "Celebrity Politician" Show (1 comments)
Ten die in Afghanistan army base bomb
Massachusetts, pioneer of universal health care, now may try new approach to costs
NATO runs short on some munitions in Libya
17 Dead from Storms in Alabama
Dan Froomkin: Big PAC Money Flows To New Republican House Chairmen
Libya Crisis: Gaddafi Using Schoolboy Conscripts on Front Line
Cold Fusion: Alternative Energy Revolution (7 comments)
Zone of Alienation: Chernobyl 25 Years Later (3 comments)
Friday, April 15:
MP set to move ICJ against drone hits - Sikander Shaheen
Channeling Rumsfeld/Bush/Cheney: Now the Gaddafi Regime is Firing Cluster Bombs into Misrata (22 comments)
All Wisconsin Votes Unverified | Truthout
The Hit List, Kidnapping and Murder of Vittorio Arrigoni
John Smith: Iceland Declares Independence from International Banks, by Bill Wilson
They have plans! Do they ever! (1 comments)
Libya: Obama, Cameron and Sarkozy vow Gaddafi must go
Dan Froomkin: Senators Want SEC To Explain Delay On Anti-Corruption Rule
Cuccinelli: Some state payments to Va. charities were unconstitutional
Obama: GOP tried to "sneak" agenda into budget
CIA will not halt operations in Pakistan: official
House Passes Paul Ryan's Disastrous Medicare Plan
General Petraeus to CIA? Joint Civil-Military Efforts to Enhance the Kill, Pacify Chain (1 comments)
Sherwood Ross: U.S. Woes Today Reflect Failure To Learn From Past Wars
Blog Skewers A Conservative Newspaper And Then Gets Hacked
Uganda's "Kill-The-Gays" Pastor Accused Of Extortion, Perjury and Fraud To Push Bill (1 comments)
Democrats' Disgust with Obama - The Daily Beast (3 comments)
“The Myth of Voter Fraud†(MUST-SEE VIDEO of Lorraine Minnite & MCM!)
Waukesha, WI Follies: 97.63% Turnout in 2004? 20,000 More Votes Than 'Ballots Cast' in 2006?
Thursday, April 14:
Obama's $1 Trillion Tax-Increase Proposal Slams Into Republican Opposition
DeMint demands Constitution be changed to ban federal debt
Rebels Hijack Gadhafi's Phone Network
BP annual meeting sparks angry protests
UN Gaza report co-authors round on Goldstone
Donald Trump's Use Of Own Show For Presidential Announcement Doesn't Raise Legal Issues -- Yet
How 12 Multinational Corporations Avoid Paying Taxes
Santorum announces presidential fundraising effort
Obama's budget speech: Reactions from Congress
Pat Tillman's mother calls for McChrystal's removal from White House post
As Tax Day Approaches, Corporations Paying Less and Less | Progressive States Network
House approves budget deal that averted shutdown
DOJ Gets Court Permission to Attack Botnet
U.S. Says Iran Helps Crackdown in Syria
The Israelis Mount a Diplomatic Offensive to Stop the Gaza Flotilla (3 comments)
Republican Henchmen Get Their Grimy Hands on State Education Dollars (1 comments)
Matt Taiibi: The Real Housewives of Wall Street | Rolling Stone Politics
NOW Press Release (2 comments)
Lynn Buske: Watchdog Claims Organic Valley, Herbruck's Violating Federal Organic Standards (1 comments)
Michael Klare, Avenging Planet (2 comments)
John Smith: BANKERS GONE WILD -- HOW THE US GOVERNMENT HELPED WALL STREET GANG-RAPE AMERICA'S MIDDLE CLASS, by Michael Rivero (8 comments)
Halliburton Wins Oil Services Contract in Iraq (1 comments)
John Smith: Shatter the Illusions- Patriots Must Reject the Two-Party System, By: Peter Chamberlin (1 comments)
Boehner sees 'hollow targets' in speech; Ryan calls it 'hopelessly inadequate' (1 comments)
Wednesday, April 13:
Bradley Manning needs consular visit, mother tells William Hague
Bush cousin presides over 9/11 suit against Cheney, Rumsfeld, Myers (3 comments)
Private Manning's Humiliation by Bruce Ackerman and Yochai Benkler
Teacher has Kids Oink at Messy Student
88 Thousand Former Obama Supporters Pledge NOT to Help in 2012 if Medicare/Medicaid Are Cut
An Interview With Mother of Codependence Recovery, Melody Beattie (2 comments)
Japan's nuclear crisis comes home as fuel risks get fresh look
Orlando can restrict feeding the homeless, rules 11th Circuit (1 comments)
Faith-based diplomacy: A voice is muffled
Virginia Thomas builds tea party network
The Siegelman Case: Ten Years of Injustice--and Counting
My experience dealing the Department of Defense regarding Pfc. Manning has been Kafkaesque (3 comments)
Kucinich Describes "Kafkaesque" Experience with DoD Over Manning (2 comments)
'US at loss over self-contradictions'
Ongoing Torment for Civilians as Misrata Becomes a Mini-Stalingrad (7 comments)
Tuesday, April 12:
IRS Funding Cut Days Before Report Shows $330 Billion In Uncollected Taxes (2 comments)
Turkey ready to host a Taliban office as part of efforts to end Afghan war - Selcan Hacaoglu
The CIA and Assassinations - Bruce Schneir (1 comments)
GOP Roadmap to Ruin (1 comments)
Oil War: Putting Out Fire with Gasoline in Libya (13 comments)
Freelancer to file class-action suit against HuffPost and AOL over compensation (3 comments)
Poverty in John Boehner's District (1 comments)
Taibbi on a Fed Bailout the Business Press Buried (1 comments)
Budget deal: Cuts of $38 billion include accounting gimmicks, target Obama priorities
Dead Ahead: America's Ultimate Budget Battle
Governors cut taxes -- and medical aid to the poor
Fight to rescind Goldstone report reaches Congress (3 comments)
Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, Obama Still Hammering Away (1 comments)
Will Offshore Tax-Evasion Case Ensnare Wealthy Americans? (1 comments)
Japan quake's economic impact worse than first feared
Pakistan Tells CIA to Halt Drone Strikes
*Happy Tax Day! Prostitution at Taxpayer Expense (1 comments)
Tear Gas and Arrests: Birth of a Ugandan Civil Rights Movement?
The Daily Bell: Little Iceland Panics Big Banks (6 comments)
Senate Testimony of Military Religious Freedom Foundation
Monday, April 11:
Comparing Public and Private Sector Compensation over 20 Years
Nearly 300 Legal Scholars Sign Letter Protesting Torture of Bradley Manning
Japan raises nuclear alert level to seven - Justin Mccurry
Icelandic people tell UK UP YOURS over banking compensation
Egyptian blogger jailed for three years - Al Jazeera
Dem quoted as saying "numbers jibed" in Waukesha now sets the record straight
John Smith: Origins of Federal Control Over Education, Charlotte A. Twight
News World news Pakistan War in Afghanistan is destabilising Pakistan, says president - Simon Tisdall (1 comments)
Pakistan Tells U.S. It Must Sharply Cut C.I.A. Activities (1 comments)
Reuters: Japan nuclear crisis on par with Chernobyl
Court upholds block on parts of Arizona immigration law
Tomgram: Sheila Johnson, "Chal"
Dan Froomkin: How 'Independent Expenditures' Are Remaking Elections
Mitt Romney forms exploratory committee
Boehner faces next budget test
Gabrielle Giffords's Road to Recovery
Federal Budget and Debt Politics:A Live Web Chat with William Galston - Brookings Institution
Debt Collectors Are Going After Kids' Lunch Money (2 comments)
Government shutdown averted, Obama will lay out plan this week to cut deficit
John Smith: Classic Financial and Corporate Scandals, Linda Davies
John Smith: Top 5 Economics Graphs of the Week
The Drought Is Over (at Least for C.E.O.'s) By DANIEL COSTELLOE
John Smith: What China's 1st Aircraft Carrier Means for the Region , Chosun Ilbo (4 comments)
No-nuke Protests Erupt in Japan (4 comments)
John Smith: Iceland rejects Icesave compensation bill
Sunday, April 10:
FBI releases fresh UFO document (2 comments)
Free health clinic aids hundreds in need - SF Chronicle (1 comments)
S. Africa leader says Libya accepts cease-fire plan
Sherwood Ross: Cuts In Runaway Pentagon Spending Held Possible
Cantor admits Social Security and Medicare "aren't going to be there' when he retires (1 comments)
Obama to deliver speech on deficit reduction this week
U.S. Reports Decry Curbs on NGOs, Internet, Minorities
The Shutdown That Wasn't And The Real War Thats On The Way (2 comments)
New Yorkers protest US policies
Death toll rises in deadly Gaza strikes
Saturday, April 9:
Sherwood Ross: U.S. Looting Social Security To Wage Wars (4 comments)
Al Sadr threatens action if US forces remain in Iraq
Petraeus: Al-Qaida not on rise in Afghanistan
Exposure of the Big Three Secret Funders Trashing Democrats
Fact Checker: Rep. Paul Ryan's budget blueprint
Budget fight shows Washington still broken
Betsy Ross: Trials of Globalization: And We All Melt Down
Press Release: African Migrants Kidnapped and Forced to Fight for Gaddafi (7 comments)
Washington Liberals - A community-edited website where progressive voices can be heard
Obama hails deal to impose record cuts in social spending (12 comments)
Why Pay Congress, by Maureen Dowd (4 comments)
Friday, April 8:
Egypt protests dispersed by force
Juveniles Sentenced To Life Denied Path To Pardons Board Hearing - NE StatePaper.com
John Smith: Causes of Poverty, by Anup Shah
Latest WikiLeaks cables reveal Israel's fears and alliances
Afghan war: U.S. troops in Afghanistan suffer more catastrophic injuries
Burning Warheads as Fuel for Nuclear Reactors? - TUC radio (2 comments)
Democratic Reps., Steelworkers Oppose Colombia Trade Deal - Michael Whitney
The Koch Brothers' Tangled and Far-Reaching Web
Terror suspects held weeks in secret
CIA's Leon Panetta not eager to swap jobs: agency
Microsoft Sets Mammoth Patch Tuesday, will Fix 64 Flaws
*The Residents of Camp Ashraf attacked by Iraqi forces (3 comments)
Sherwood Ross: Air War Turns Middle East Against U.S. (1 comments)
Responding to the Office of Legal Counsel's Positively Orwellian Rationale for Libyan War (21 comments)
Two Corrupt Judges Get Outed in the Deep South (1 comments)
Saleh rejects GCC mediation, scrambles to maintain control over Yemen
The Revolution Will Not Be Downloaded
Questions Surround Votes Found in Waukesha County - E.D. Kain - American Times - Forbes
Israeli army bulldozes Palestinian homes (8 comments)
Thursday, April 7:
Netanyahu vows more Gaza raids
Muammar Gaddafi's former energy minister flees to Malta
*A Lesson from Nuclear Worst Cases (2 comments)
PHILBY : WHO WAS HE WORKING FOR? - aangirfan
Press Release: Turkey and Erdogan Working on Roadmap to End Libya War while General Ham Talks Possible Troops
Dan Froomkin: Lobbyists Unperturbed By Government Shutdown Brinkmanship
Scott Walker Struggles To Downplay Wisconsin Election That His Allies Built Up As A Referendum
Daniel Ellsberg on the progression of government leaks
GOP lawyer drafts Obama impeachment
Top budget negotiators reach deal in principle, but snags remain
Obama to remake national security team
How California can stop nuclear power by Ann Garrison
Reid says budget talks stymied by GOP policy provisions
Texas company sued for abuse of Iowa workers
sraeli army arrests 100 women in West Bank village
Budget Deadlock: It's NOT About Frugality
Report: Shutdown would hurt military families
DOD names two Baumholder soldiers killed in Afghanistan - Germany - Stripes
Breaking news: Protesters take over WA State Capitol (2 comments)
Wednesday, April 6:
Obama 2012 Reelecion Effort Gets Muammar Gaddafi Endorsement - Michael Scherer
Libyan rebels regain ground near Brega
U.S. committed to ending anti-Israel bias on UN council, envoy says
Texas Cops Ticket Thousands of Schoolchildren to Raise Revenue, Some as Young as 6-Yrs-Old (2 comments)
Obama/Microsoft Illegal Campaign Contributions 2008
Seattle King5 and MyNorthWest.com Covers Simulation Showing Radiation On West Coast - Intel Hub
CBO: Seniors would pay much more for Medicare under Ryan plan
Dan Froomkin: How The Oil Lobby Greases Washington's Wheels
Suspicion mounts as US unlocks Moussa Koussa's foreign assets
Kloppenberg Bags Narrow Victory, But Recount Looms (1 comments)
President Obama Gets His Groove Back By Attacking Africans (5 comments)
State bills are targeting abortion
It's All About The Budget - Except
The Obama Administration: March 17-31, 2011
Fact-checking the Ryan budget plan
Glenn Beck to bid farewell to Fox News show
Attention turns to preventing more explosions at tsunami-damaged Japan nuclear plant
The LRA Excuse for Ugandan Troops in Congo---Again
House Republicans Propose $4 Trillion in Cuts Over Decade
Local Media Covered Monday Union Rallies; National Media Not So Much
Tuesday, April 5:
WikiLeaks claims second U.S. ambassador, in Ecuador
GOP Turns To News Corp. To Sell Ryan's Budget Plan
Press Release: It's Getting Worse in Misrata. Where is Solidarity with the Arab Spring Now?
Evangelical Liberty University received half a billion dollars in federal aid money - War Room - Salon.com (2 comments)
Why did Karzai spotlight Terry Jones's Quran burning?
Energy and tech jobs: where job hiring is (finally) happening
Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is new DNC chair - The Fix - The Washington Post (5 comments)
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: Nonprofit Pays Bristol Palin Seven Times what it Spends on Teenage Pregnancy Prevention (1 comments)
Senate votes to repeal health-care law's 1099 tax-reporting provision, sending bill to Obama
Will Lawyer Get Away With Making False Statements Under Oath in Divorce Case? (1 comments)
A World Away From the Gulf, Penguins Fight Oil Too (1 comments)
Huge Sewage Spill into Little Pigeon River after Basin Failure (1 comments)
G.O.P. Blueprint Would Remake Medicare and Medicaid (1 comments)
House Republicans to propose $6.2 trillion in spending cuts
House Republicans Maneuver For Budget Cuts As Shutdown Looms
General David Petraeus tipped to take over CIA
Michele Bachmann Lies About Her Own Family History To Sound More Iowan (6 comments)
Monday, April 4:
Sherwood Ross: Song: I Sliced Pastrami For The CIA And Found God (1 comments)
Libya Rebels Reject Transition under Kadhafi Sons
Republicans Would Cut $5.8 Trillion in a Decade
Dahr Jamail: 'No safe levels' of radiation in Japan
Ohio GOP sends a stealth death notice to public college teachers unions
Afghanistan Policeman Shoots Dead Two U.S. Soldiers in Northwest Province
FreedomWorks: 'Fire Jim Rogers'
Analyzing Goldstone's Gaza Retreat (1 comments)
Tomgram: Lewis Lapham, Consuming Labor (1 comments)
Radioactive water from Japanese nuclear plant dumped into sea (VIDEO)
Quran-burning preacher Terry Jones regains spotlight
Donald Rumsfeld: 'Do I Have any Regrets? Of Course I Do'
RNC Ad Attacks Barack Obama After 2012 Campaign Announcement (VIDEO)
Sea Turtle Deaths Mount in the Gulf (2 comments)
Conservative Bomb Thrower Has a Bomb Explode in His Lap (3 comments)
Petraeus Says Quran Burning Endangers War Effort
Dr.King's Legacy And The Global Economic Crisis (1 comments)
Mass Incarceration Creates Big Mess Across America (4 comments)
Sunday, April 3:
NASA Endeavour Shuttle Launch Delayed Ten Days
Misrata, a Sea of Misery at Gaddafi's Hands (Video Updates) (3 comments)
United States Seeking Negotiated Exit of Yemen's President
Gitmo in the Heartland - Ali Malek
Hamid Karzai calls on US Congress to condemn pastor's Qur'an burning (1 comments)
BP resumes drilling in Gulf of Mexico after deal with US regulators (2 comments)
CeCe and BeBe Winans Rock the Chicago Theatre--Concert Review (1 comments)
Israel to launch campaign urging UN to retract Goldstone report
Florida pastor Terry Jones's Koran burning has far-reaching effect (1 comments)
Sherwood Ross: Behind Those March Unemployment Figures
U.N. Vote on Palestinian State Could Force Israel's Hand (1 comments)
Budget Fight Looming on Medicare and Government's Size
Saturday, April 2:
Obama slams Quran burning, Afghan attacks
UPDATE: Jones Unrepentent, Islam Unforgiving, Christians And Muslims Continue To Suffer ... As Death Toll Mounts (5 comments)
Press Release: School of Hard Knocks Forcing Libyan Rebel Army to Evolve
Gingrich's financial angel -- a casino mogul with legal woes - Politics - Decision 2012 - msnbc.com
Pepe Escobar: Exposed: The US-Saudi Libya deal (1 comments)
Wisconsin union rights law on hold for 2 months
Times Continues Effort to Demonize Arianna Huffington (2 comments)
Radioactive water from nuclear plant found leaking into sea
Ten dead in Afghan Koran burning protests
Terry Jones Demands Retribution for U.N. Deaths
Taking Green to Extreme in Salt Lake
Bush AG Mukasey Seeks Legalization of Bribery as Paid Stooge for US Chamber
Why is the Fed bailing out Qaddaffi - Matt Taibbi; Rolling Stone Magazine
Chess Games in Libya and London while Rebel Gov't and Army Solidify
Friday, April 1:
President Obama Treats Tax Dodging GE's Immelt Better than Consumer Protecting Elizabeth Warren (8 comments)
Egyptians try to 'save the revolution' as signs of repression return
Democrats: We have the signatures in Kapanke recall effort by Chris Hubbuch (1 comments)
Ten UN workers killed in Afghanistan
Benjamin Netanyahu's heart of darkness (VIDEO)
In Florida, the Unemployed May Face Deep Cuts in Benefits
Bill Moyers Coming Back For New Show? (5 comments)
Olmert says Gaza war inevitable
Wisconsin Union Law Passage To Be Examined By Judge
For federal workers, anxiety over a possible shutdown
Obama Proposes a Wretched Nominee for Controversial U.S. Attorney Post (12 comments)
Six U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan operation near Pakistan border
The "Business" of Drugs: Drug Company Exec Accountability
Bush: Stay in Afghanistan for women's sake
U.S. Is Unlikely to Arm Libyan Rebels, Obama Aides Say (1 comments)
Asking Kidney Patients to Forgo a Free Lifeline