Archives for General News
August 2011
Wednesday, August 31:
U.S., Europe rules out key postwar role in Libya
Allan Lichtman: Never-Wrong Pundit Predicts 2012 Win for Obama (1 comments)
Elizabeth Warren not set to announce Senate run, but she's ready for a fight (1 comments)
Your Tab, Sir (or Mam): From the CIA
Former Qaddafi Mercenaries Describe Fighting in Libyan War
Obama jobs speech request in limbo after Boehner pushback (1 comments)
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: BREAKING: Boehner Rejects Obama's Requested Speech Time
Ron Paul wants to abolish FEMA
A Venn Diagram for Rick Perry: Social Security Is Not a Ponzi Scheme
The Sketchy Fundraising Apparatus of Rick Perry's Go-To Bundler
Eric Cantor Voted Against Bill To Offset Disaster Relief In 2004
Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting reveals subpar dam safety regulations
Where Pay for Chief Executives Tops the Company Tax Burden
Obama requests joint session of Congress for Sept. 7 jobs speech (1 comments)
How Should a Progressive Blogger React to a Possible Death Threat? (3 comments)
Former Powell Chief of Staff Col. Larry Wilkerson: Cheney "Fears Being Tried as a War Criminal"
Top NASA climate scientist arrested at White House
Nevada Wallops Bank of America With Sweeping Suit; Nationwide Foreclosure Settlement in Peril (1 comments)
$42 Million From Seven Foundations Helped Fuel the Rise of Islamophobia in America - Shakir
Wildfires burning homes in Texas, Oklahoma
Tuesday, August 30:
Ny AG Schneiderman Finds Support Fighting Next "Bank Bailout" (7 comments)
Town Hall Turmoil Continues for the GOP
America's Secret Libya War: U.S. Spent $1 Billion on Covert Ops Helping NATO
Deadliest month yet for U.S. in Afghanistan
How Western Tech Firms Helped Libyan Regime Spy on Citizens
Space Station Crew Could Be Forced to Leave
Pursuing The Rating Agencies: A Roadmap Through Three Big Falsehoods
Mitt Romney: U.S. near "profound economic misery' (1 comments)
After Irene, FEMA facing a disaster of its own -- funding (1 comments)
Bamming Bam--Oh, The Pain of The Believer: Barack's Betrayals And Our Naivte (7 comments)
Shocking new details of US STD experiments in Guatemala (1 comments)
Franklin P. Lamb: Ma'a as-salaamah Mohammad".. May Allah protect you! (1 comments)
Monday, August 29:
Va. soldier sought in 4 deaths found dead in Pa. (1 comments)
Tripoli massacre: entombed in tiny cells, all they could hear was the screaming (1 comments)
First Federal Reserve Audit Reveals Trillions in Secret Bailouts (1 comments)
Michele Bachmann jokes that God sent hurricane, earthquake
Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients? Why Stop There? (5 comments)
Health Law Puts Governors in Pickle
Afghans scuttle US-Taliban talks
Taiwanese Animators Give Up, "Review' Cheney Book By Dressing Him In "Hot Dog On A Stick' Uniform
Tea Party Unfavorability Jumps In New AP Poll | TPMDC
Press Release: Human Rights Watch: Gaddafi Forces Suspected Of Executing Detainees
Republican Politicians Banned From Labor Day Parade In Wisconsin (2 comments)
"These are real jobs And real people are losing them"
U.S. Tactics in Libya May Be Model for Use of Force (4 comments)
Education Department Backs Away From Fix to Help Disabled Student Borrowers
Dan DeWalt: Vermonters Build a Direct Action Anti-Nuke Movement They Hope Will Go National (2 comments)
What tar sands and the Keystone XL pipeline mean for climate change (12 comments)
Franklin P. Lamb: The Hunt for Gaddafi
'Gaza convoy foils Israeli blockade'
Sunday, August 28:
Powell Says Cheney Book Full of 'Cheap Shots' (2 comments)
Come September: The UN, Palestine, Israel, Vanunu and a Syrian Connection
Perry calls Social Security 'monstrous lie'
Smackdown: New York Times Smacks Down Rep. Darrell Issa's Demand For A Retraction (1 comments)
Sherwood Ross: Obama Widens War In Somalia
The Economy Needs Women as Badly as Women Need Workplace Parity
BP can be sued for punitive Gulf spill damages (1 comments)
Gov. Perry Bills Feds For Housing Undocumented Immigrants
Rick Perry is Al Capone? (1 comments)
Georgia Professors Offer Courses To Undocumented Students Barred From Public Universities
Libya rebels reject regime offer to talk
John Dean on Dick Cheney's memoir 'In My Time' (1 comments)
Redistricting scorecard: With parties neck-and-neck, Florida could be the key
Boehner Rakes in Donations, the Redistricting Battle Continues
Witnessing Tools In The Culture War
Ron Ridenour: Cynthia McKinney's Anti-War Tour Comes to Philadelphia (2 comments)
Please help! Truth-telling independent journalists in danger in Libya - WAMM
Iran sanctions and the nuclear apartheid (2 comments)
Saturday, August 27:
East Africa Now Facing Drought Induced Famine
C.I.A. Demands Cuts in Book About 9/11 and Terror Fight - Shane
C.I.A. Fights Memoir of 9/11 by F.B.I. Agent in Terror Fight
5 Reasons Progressives Should Treat Ron Paul with Extreme Caution -- 'Cuddly' Libertarian Has Some Very Dark Politics (2 comments)
Invoking PATRIOT Act, DHS demands info on Assange from WikiLeaks' domain registrar (1 comments)
WikiLeaks Cables: How Various Countries Manage Their Terror Watch Lists
Deadly dawn crackdown on Mosque in Damascus
Religious Multi-Millionaire 'Sugar-Daddy' of the Far, Far Right Has 'Serviced' TX Gov. Perry Throughout His Career (1 comments)
Morgan Stanley Speculating to Brink of Collapse Got $107 Billion From Fed
U.S. aid implicated in abuses of power in Colombia
John Boehner and Eric Cantor Won't Commit To Hurricane Relief Without Budget Cuts (3 comments)
Bob Vander Plaats Violated His Own Marriage Fidelity Pledge, Accepted Millions In Federal Funds
A Victory for Recording in Public!
Friday, August 26:
US diplomat threatens to cut PA funds
Palestinians barred from al-Aqsa Mosque
Libya: Hana Gaddafi 'alive and well'?
How US Citizens are Suing Donald Rumsfeld for Torture - Szydloski
State Dept. signs off on controversial oil sands pipeline
GOP Congressmen Put Constituents Who Asked Tough Questions On A "Watch List'
Eric Cantor: We'll Pay For Post-Quake Relief -- If We Can Find The Cuts (VIDEO)
UN headquarters car bombing in Nigeria kills 18
Stagflation Is Knocking On The Door - Forbes
Bernanke proposes no new steps to boost economy but hints Congress should help
Bloomberg: 9/11 Ceremony Won't Include Religious Leaders
Fukushima caesium leaks 'equal 168 Hiroshimas'
WikiLeaks publishes tens of thousands more cables
Fracking: Report for Obama Questions Effectiveness of Gas Drilling Regulations
Billions Meant for Struggling Homeowners May Pay Down Deficit Instead
BP: Macondo well is not leaking oil, new inspection confirms
ConAgra Sued Over GMO '100% Natural' Cooking Oils
Buffett to Invest $5 Billion in Shaky Bank of America
News Corp Set To Air 9/11 Documentary Glorifying Bush; Producer Says He's Not Interested In 'Facts' (4 comments)
DOJ Investigating Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for Alleged 9/11 Phone Hacking
Fukushima Area to Be Declared Uninhabitable
Strengthen Social Security (7 comments)
Allegation: Children 'among 180 slaughtered' by Gaddafi Forces in Tripoli
Thursday, August 25:
Video: NATO massacre in Zlitan Libya - WAMM
Do the Koch Brothers Want A Toxic Disaster? (2 comments)
Gaddafi's Desperate Bid to Save Regime: Contacts with Kucinich, Letter to Obama (2 comments)
Fight "the rats,' Gaddafi urges as Freedom Fighters push on
Rick Perry Helps Legal Wonks Bring Down the Flotilla
NYAG Eric Schneiderman Pushes Back After Being Kicked Off Mortgage Abuse Investigation
University of Miami Sports Scandal Reaches Into Other States (1 comments)
Citizens Challenge Police to Prevent Construction of a Naval Base on Jeju Island, South Korea
Ohio Congressman Has Cops Confiscate Cameras At Town Hall Meeting (3 comments)
Tomgram: Bill McKibben, Jailed Over Big Oil's Attempt to Wreck the Planet
Who Are These Old People at My Class Reunion? (2 comments)
Matt Taibbi on the Explosive Investigation Revealing the SEC's Cover-Up of Wall Street's Crimes (3 comments)
Why Are Armed Groups Storming Foreign Embassies in Tripoli - Fitsanakis
Wednesday, August 24:
Libya: Ex-Gaddafi Mercenaries Describe Collapse of Regime
Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO
Russian Spacecraft Crashes After Failing to Reach Orbit
US espionage investigation against WikiLeaks: PATRIOT Act order unsealed (1 comments)
TCBH! Staff Tell the Philadelphia Inquirer to Start Acting Like a Real Newspaper
Locked Up Abroad -- for the FBI
McCain & Gaddafi: A Love Story Revealed
Could Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein Face Prison
Sherwood Ross: Calls for Boycott of Abercrombie & Fitch (5 comments)
Earthquake with Magnitude 7.0 Hits Northern Peru
Call for inquiry into News International payments to Andy Coulson as 'political payments'
Fukushima and the Doomsday Clock
Andy Coulson 'broke' Commons pass rules by failing to declare NI payments
New York Attorney General Kicked Off Government Group Leading Foreclosure Probe
Town Hall Crowd Jeers Rep. Chabot (R-OH) For Voting To Strip Planned Parenthood Funding (2 comments)
Do Investors Care About Anything Other Than Money?
Leaked Cable: McCain Promised Qaddafi To Help Secure Military Equipment From U.S.
Franklin P. Lamb: Tripoli Port Notes (2 comments)
Visitors moved by first look at MLK Jr. memorial, by Melanie Eversley of USA Today
New Hospital Community Benefit Requirements: Who Will They Benefit?
Tuesday, August 23:
New York Attorney General Removed From Group Working on Foreclosure Deal (1 comments)
White House issues new rules to cut bureaucratic red tape
The Kochs are scared, and they've bought the web domains to prove it
Did Fracking Cause the Virginia Earthquake? (31 comments)
PBS Couldn't Make Time for Bill Moyers' New Show
Libya Rebels Take Control of Gadhafi Compound
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is free after NY courts let prosecutors drop sex-assault case
The Scramble for Access to Libya's Oil Wealth Begins
Palin Pushes Back Against Rove's Labor Day Prediction
Evidence undermines gov't's claim that terrorists were Gazans
Huntsman tells CNN's Piers Morgan he'd be open to being Bachmann's VP
Death of a Bush-Era Prosecutor Prompts Deep Thoughts On the Hereafter (13 comments)
Goldman CEO hires prominent defense lawyer
Rep. Chabot Bans Cameras At Town Hall As Constituents Chant "Where Are The Jobs?'
Spitzer sued for libel over his Slate column
Rebels Breach Gaddafi Compound
S&P replaces president with Citibank exec after U.S. downgrade
Clint Curtis blew the whistle on Republican election in Florida (and no one listened--or is listening now) (MUST-SEE) (1 comments)
Libya and Beyond: How Did We Get There and What Happens Next? (4 comments)
At Town Hall, GOP Rep. Hultgren Can't Explain How Bush Tax Cuts Created Jobs...Because They Didn't
Most Lawmakers Not Holding Town Hall Meetings
Tomgram: Andy Kroll, Political Crossroads in Wisconsin?
Gay Bashing Leads To Death In Michele Bachmann's Hometown (1 comments)
Rick Perry's views on the Constitution get closer scrutiny (1 comments)
Bush/Perry Legacy: Low Wages And No Health Insurance In Texas
An Oil Slick Runs Through It | Montana Ranchers Reel at ExxonMobile's Yellowstone River Spill
CBS' Mark Knoller Whitewashes Bush From 2009 Deficit (1 comments)
Wil. E. Coyote, the American People, and Where Things Are At Now (3 comments)
Standard & Poor's president steps down after historic US debt downgrade; faces inquiry
DYLAN RATIGAN: FORECLOSURE FRAUD & $45 TRILLION DOLLARS
The military children left behind: Decrepit schools, broken promises | iWatch News
4 Desperate Ways the Hardest Hit Are Coping with Economic Crisis - Khalek
Monday, August 22:
Bernanke Caught: Half a Trillion $$ Stolen from American Citizens (1 comments)
Environmental law violations found at scores of tribal schools run by Interior Department
Police arrest dozens protesting oil pipeline at White House
Human Rights activist Franklin Lamb shot in Tripoli
Gadhafi son reported arrested by rebels is free
*Feeling Friendly This Week? Beware (8 comments)
New Leaks Reveal Insider Tips on S&P's U.S. Credit Downgrade to Killer-Drone Firm
Goldman Sachs Stock Drops After CEO Hires Defense Attorney -- Stock Price Dives 5.9% Before Close
Layoffs sweep Wall Street, along with low morale
Justice for Some (3 comments)
Democracy Now on the Battle for Tripoli and the Collapse of the Gaddafi Regime
Global Reactions to Libyan Rebels' Gains in Tripoli
FDIC Sues Ex-Silverton Board, Officers for $71 Million in Georgia's Largest Bank's Collapse
In Ohio and Wisconsin, G.O.P. Reaching Out to Angry Democrats
The Fed's Secret Liquidity Lifeline - Interactive Chart: Who Got What, When, How Much...? (1 comments)
Obama Jobs Plan Meets Early Resistance From Republicans
Wall Street Aristocracy Got $1.2 Trillion From Fed | 3x the 2008 Budget Deficit (1 comments)
FCC Ends Last Remaining Fairness Doctrine Broadcast Requirements
Assange Battle Escalates: Ex-Wikileaks Spokesman Destroyed Unpublished Files (1 comments)
The Seattle Declaration; A Call for a New Civic Activism (2 comments)
AFGHAN PEACE YOUTHS FEEL HOPELESS: Say Conditions Are Worsening
Will Rick Perry Be Targeted for a Federal Prosecution? (2 comments)
Franklin P. Lamb: The Battle for Tripoli may not be over (1 comments)
The Thomases vs. Obama's Health-Care Plan
Monetizing Politics: Networks Are There To Sell, Not Tell
*A Brave and Determined Man and His Fight to Expose Wall Street Crimes (1 comments)
Jubilant Rebels Control Much of Tripoli
NY Attorney General Schneiderman Is Said to Face Pressure to Back Bank Deal
Sunday, August 21:
Hunt on for Gadhafi as rebels take control of capital (1 comments)
Neighboring Tunisia recognizes Libyan rebels
Report: Prosecutor to drop Strauss-Kahn case (2 comments)
Obama Statement: Gadhafi's regime 'has reached a tipping point'
Press Release: Shouts of Freedom and Joy Ring out in Liberated Tripoli (2 comments)
Tomgram: Karen J. Greenberg, Taking the Justice Out of the Justice System (2 comments)
Campaigner tells banks: 'If I owe you money, prove it' - Cork News (3 comments)
BREAKING: Rebels Close To Toppling Gadhafi (23 comments)
Get ready for more stupid Mideast violence, by Stephen M. Walt (1 comments)
Rick Perry's Donors Reap Benefits From Texas State Aid
Libyan Rebels Enter Tripoli Without Resistance: Gaddafi Tripoli Brigade Sides with Rebels
Gadhafi near collapse with capture of son, surrender of guard
Rebels Claim to Have Captured Three Gadaffi Sons - Saif, Saadi, and Mohammed
Libyan Rebels Enter Tropoli; Gaddafi's Son Captured
BREAKING: Rebels Allegedly Capture Gaddafi Son Saif Al-Islam - NTC
Researchers To Present Exclusive, "Disturbing" Interviews With 9/11 Pentagon Witnesses in Toronto on Anniversary (7 comments)
Huntsman gets more aggressive with opponents, Obama
Activist files suit against Netanyahu supporters who attacked her in Capitol
Rick Perry Clueless On Use Of Executive Presidential Powers To Kill Obamacare
Bachmann blames gaffes on busy speaking schedule
The Christian right's "dominionist" strategy (3 comments)
The US Government Won't be Charged With Perjury Even When It's Caught in a Lie (1 comments)
Koch Responds To Buffet: "My Business And Non-Profit Investments Are Much More Beneficial To Society' (1 comments)
More Trouble for Murdoch: Milly Dowler phone hackers 'used more than one voicemail'
Tensions rise as Latinos feel under siege in America's deep south
Diplomatic woes pile up for isolated Israel
Press Release: First Skirmishes in the Battle for Tripoli
Saturday, August 20:
Egypt says Israel's regret is not enough
U.S. oil speculative data released by Senator, sparking ire
US troops may stay in Afghanistan until 2024
Verizon Workers End Strike, Though Without New Contract
Iran sentences 2 American men to 8 years in jail
Major Israeli Screw-up - Israel 'regrets' deaths in Egypt and promises inquiry
Moody's Analyst Breaks Silence: Says Ratings Agency Rotten To Core With Conflicts (2 comments)
Taibbi on Olbermann: SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes (1 comments)
The Obama Administration: August 1-17, 2011 (1 comments)
Rats Fleeing Sinking Ship? Oil minister does not return to Libya
HYPOCRITES: Family Research Council Affiliates Took $6 Million In Government Funds While Decrying Washington Spending (1 comments)
Libya: Rebels Seize Strategic Brega
Friday, August 19:
Major Gift to Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign - Sierra Club
Libya: Former Prime Minister Jalloud Defects to Rebels
Arrest of LA correspondent takes hacking scandal into new territory (1 comments)
Right Wing "Intelligence"; Video Worth Watching (1 comments)
Data Show More Children Are Growing Up Poor. Now What? - MomsRising Blog (1 comments)
Israel responds to terrorist attacks (1 comments)
Russ Feingold 2012: Former senator says he won't run for public office of any kind in 2012
Tripoli facing three-sided advance by Libyan rebels
News Corp. Buries a Whistleblower
How Much Money Could the Department of Defense Save if it Stopped Trying to Save Souls? (9 comments)
The Gandhian Spirit is Alive in India--Sort Of (4 comments)
Architects & Engineers - Solving the Mystery of WTC 7 - AE911Truth.org (2 comments)
Geeky Science -The Ultimate Spy tool (1 comments)
Syria Said to Fire on Protests in Defiance of Global Rebuke
Issa Staffer Deregulates For Former Employer Goldman Sachs After "Transylvanian" Name Change (2 comments)
Must-Reads: The Late, Great Molly Ivins on Rick Perry (2 comments)
Glenn Mulcaire ordered to reveal who told him to hack phones
US attacks Iraq despite mission's end - Press TV
Revealed: Fake Facebook Identity Used By Military Contractors Plotting To Hack Progressive Organizations (1 comments)
Thursday, August 18:
Chile recognises 9,800 more victims of Pinochet's rule
Repressed News of what Happened to Thousands of Dissidents in Tripoli Starting to Surface Now
RAM Comes to Chicago to Provide Free Health Care to Under- and Uninsured
Chavez Orders $11 Billion of Gold Home; Venezuela Is World's 15th Largest Holder of Gold
David Letterman earns jihadist death threat: What did Letterman do?
Los Angeles Will Stop Paying Standard and Poor's to Rate Its Investments
Propublica: Our Handy Guide to the Best Coverage on Gov. Rick Perry and His Record
Dan Froomkin: As Defense Industry Lobbies Against Cuts, Rhetoric Overshoots Reality
Israel Strikes Gaza After Eilat Attack
Foreign Students in Work Visa Program Stage Walkout at Plant
Police Arrest News Of The World's Hollywood Reporter Over Phone Hacking
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: Coburn: Obama promotes dependency because of his race (2 comments)
Christine O'Donnell Walks Out on CNN's Piers Morgan (1 comments)
Libyan Rebels Gain Control of Oil Refinery as Qaddafi Forces Flee (1 comments)
Huge Afghan blast kills 27 US soldiers
Pakistan Demands Veto on Drone Strikes (1 comments)
Obama: Syrian President Assad must step down
Tomgram: David Bromwich, George W. Obama?
Syria's Assad calls a halt to military crackdown
A Bachmann Staffer's Dominionist Worldview, Gun-Running Charges, and Ties To Ugandan "Kill-The-Gays" Pastor (1 comments)
Nine Wisconsin Recalls: A True Vote Analysis
Franklin P. Lamb: TRIPOLI ON THE CUSP
John Smith: THE TALIBAN'S WINNING STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN
Freedom Rider: Look! Over There! It's President Michelle Bachmann! - by BAR's Margaret Kimberley (1 comments)
Report: Child poverty rate hits 20 percent in US as families struggle - CSMonitor.com
Huge blast hits US base in Afghanistan
Wednesday, August 17:
U.S. Inquiry Said to Focus on S.&P. Ratings
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: Rick Perry Porn Monger for President?, Lisa Derrick (12 comments)
U.S. Aides Believe China Examined Stealth Copter - Mazzetti
"Armadillo armored car coming to St. Louis, by Robert Patrick (1 comments)
Libyan Rebel Forces Push South From Misrata to Cut Key Highway to Tripoli
Rise In Homeless Female Vets Tied To Military Sexual Abuse
CHART OF THE DAY: *Government* Jobs Led To Perry's Economic Boom | TPMDC
Poll: Tea Party Less Popular Than Muslims, Atheists, 21 Other Groups | ThinkProgress
LOL: Mitt Romney Attacks Obama For Going To Martha's Vineyard -- On The Same Day He Will Be There
Paul Ryan Charging Town Hall Attendees $15 To Yell At Him (1 comments)
$360M lost to insurgents, criminals in Afghanistan
U.S. Senator seeks to cut aid to elite IDF units operating in West Bank and Gaza
Phone hacking: James Murdoch admits 'hush money' payout
Why Did Someone Gun Down This Lawyer?
Obama to lay out new jobs plan in Sept. speech (1 comments)
Drones Direct Hit upon Rule of Law (2 comments)
66 Years of USA Nuclear Insanity (2 comments)
Tuesday, August 16:
Sheila Dean: Search of GPS for wanted suspect would violate privacy, federal judge says
Talk to Paul Ryan? It'll cost you (1 comments)
Stephen Hayes: Ryan for President?
Karl Rove Slams Perry For Fed "Treason" Comments
Damning New Evidence in the News Corp. Hacking Scandal (1 comments)
CODEPINK calls for investigation into "AIPAC loophole" for Israel junkets
*Big Banks, Illegal Foreclosures & the Wealth Gap (2 comments)
Letter: Hacking 'Widely Discussed' at UK Tabloid
Obama DOJ Wants a Second Dose of Humiliation in Alabama Bingo Trial (6 comments)
GOP Primary Election Race Undergoes Dramatic Shift Ahead Of 2012
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: David Gregory Compares Calls for Succession with Healthcare Legislation!
As The Economy Crumbles, Media Focuses On Politicians (3 comments)
Tomgram: Chris Hellman, The Pentagon's Spending Spree
Phone hacking: News of the World reporter's letter reveals cover-up
Phone hacking: MPs may recall James Murdoch
Press Release: Channeling Pinochet: Human Carnage going from Bad to Worse in Syria
Monday, August 15:
Turkey Warns Syria to Stop Crackdown Immediately
D*ckheads: U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Fights Regulations On Penis-Deforming Chemicals
Why Texas has the highest percentage of uninsured people in the U.S. - 6.3 million
Criminalizing poverty: During economic crisis, new laws crack down on America's poor, homeless
Battle of Az Zawiyah Still Raging
Year's Deadliest Attacks Rock Iraq
Dominionism: Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry's Dangerous Religious Bond (2 comments)
Verdict in Federal Bingo Trial Shines New Light on the Don Siegelman Case
Ezra Klein -- Rick Perry: a Ron Paulite on entitlements
Coburn's cuts: Taking on Medicare and Medicaid
Rick Perry Is Big Oil's $11 Million Man | Exxon Mobil and Koch Bros. Lead The Pack
Afghanistan's former spy chief: 'Never trust the Taliban'
Want to see how the Kochs are ending public education? (3 comments)
Rick Perry's First Stop In New Hampshire Is Funded By Big Oil
Franklin P. Lamb: NATO'S Massacre at Majer, Libya (5 comments)
No Food, No Drinks, No Strollers, No Change: No Wonder US Retail is Tanking (7 comments)
*The Lesson of Mike Connell: Cutting Through Vote Fraud Claims, Hypocrisy (6 comments)
Former Counterterrorism Czar Accuses Tenet, Other CIA Officials of Cover-Up
U.S. Aides Believe China Examined Stealth Copter
Sunday, August 14:
How to Create an Economic Downfall (3 comments)
Is Your Printer Spying On You?
Defense cuts loom large for 'super committee'
Hannity, Fox, CNN, CPAC Caught Suppressing Their Own Polls Showing Ron Paul On Top (3 comments)
Pawlenty quits 2012 presidential race
Revolutionaries Closer to Tripoli as Zawiyah Falls, Street by Street
Syrian Navy Shelling Syrian Port of Latakia
Video - Romney: Corporations Are People, My Friend - tpmtv
News Corp.’s Soft Power in the U.S.
MIT's new drug could cure nearly any viral infection (1 comments)
Indianapolis News, Saturday Night Storm at Sugarland Concert
More large demos held in Israel (1 comments)
Dems waste no time casting Bachmann, Paul as extreme, beholden to Tea Party (1 comments)
Sanders says he doesn't know who would step up to primary Obama (6 comments)
Saturday, August 13:
Dem spokesman accuses GOP of dirty tricks in Waukesha vote count
Bachmann Wins Iowa Straw Poll; Pawlenty Distant Third
Michele Bachmann Barely Scrapes Past Ron Paul to Win Ames Straw Poll (24 comments)
The Pentagon's new China war plan
Israel's Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi to Glenn Beck: "G-d will bless you for what you did' (1 comments)
Study -- Stuff white people...especially mean old white men like: denying climate change
Rick Perry announces he will join 2012 presidential field to challenge President Obama
The Video Congress Does NOT Want You To See!
Rebel Fighters Take Libyan Town Used to Rocket Misrata
Should It Even Be Called "News" ? | Israel Backs 1,600 New Settler Houses (1 comments)
US postal workers face massive job losses (4 comments)
Voices Faulting G.O.P. Economic Policies Growing Louder
Syria's Ramadan offensive stutters during 'no kneeling' protests
Friday, August 12:
Rick Perry: Social Security and Medicare Are Unconstitutional
SEC Investigating S&P Over Whether They Leaked News About Downgrade to Investors
Roots of the Riots: Don't Ignore the Causes, Londoners Plead, by Linn Washington, Jr.
Recent Developments in the Fosamax Lawsuit against Merck
Sherwood Ross: Outlook For Peace Dim Should Perry Get Elected (4 comments)
Banks in Asia review credit to French lenders
Lynn Buske: USDA and Corporate Agribusiness Continue to Push Animal ID Scheme
MercsRUs-U.S. Hires Shady Mercenary for Somali Proxy War
Bingo Jury Gives Obama Justice Department a Kick in the Crotch (2 comments)
Health Care Law Individual Mandate Ruled Unconstitutional By Appeals Court
Israel's new settlement plans irk US and EU
Israelis demand end to staggering wealth gap -
Thursday, August 11:
The Verizon Strike as the Next Wisconsin
Secret peace talks between US and Taliban collapse over leaks - Telegraph
Democrats Voted On Wednesday: Only Two Seats Flip in WI Recall (2 comments)
Israel approves 1,600 settler homes in East Jerusalem
Rick Perry on running for president: "This is what I'm supposed to be doing' (1 comments)
Treating Children Like Horses: Christian Right "Historian" David Barton Gets Violent (4 comments)
September 11th Anniversary: Richard Clarke's Explosive CIA Cover-up Charge
Bomb kills five US troops in southern Afghanistan
Was There a CIA 9/11 Cover-up? : Richard Clarke's Explosive CIA Cover-up Charge (6 comments)
US Congressman: Economic woes won't affect Israel aid (3 comments)
What's a "Significant Error'? Standard & Poor's Says Leave It To Us
Poverty Tour Meets Poor-Bashing CNN Host (1 comments)
Sarah Palin to visit Iowa State Fair this week on "One Nation' bus tour
Food safety false flag? USDA waited for people to die before recalling ground turkey it knew was contaminated (1 comments)
War Budget Cuts Possible If We Counter Contractors' Multimillion-Dollar Campaign Spending (2 comments)
Nervous Democrats say President Obama must be bolder on economy (1 comments)
The Role of The Irrational In The Market Failures (1 comments)
Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Pentagon's Fake Jihadists
CNN Poll: Time to clean house in Congress? Bad news for GOP
America's 14 Most Ready to Riot Cities (72 comments)
Clay Claiborne: Propaganda Battle Raging: Did NATO kill 85 Libyan Villagers?
Wednesday, August 10:
Court Pleadings Charge U.S. Complicity in Mexico's Drug War - Godoy & D'Almeida (2 comments)
6 Republicans who've vowed no tax hikes named to debt panel
Call From Gaza: Open The Rafah Crossing Permanently And Unconditionally - petition
Hacker Group Anonymous Vows To Destroy Facebook On November 5 - Hamburger
Former Classification Czar: Information Drake Accused of Retaining Never Should Have Been Classified (1 comments)
Sheila Dean: DHS Creating Database of Secret Watchlists
Rumsfeld torture lawsuit moves forward
U.S. Supreme Court less likely to hear cases from poor people, study shows (1 comments)
Wis. Dems: The Recalls Were A Win For Us!
Sherwood Ross: When Considering Hiring a Lawyer, Think of Yourself First
A Bad-News Developer Invades College Towns
*[Updated]* MSNBC "Recalls" Maddow, Live Anchors as Results Delayed (1 comments)
Tuesday, August 9:
Help stop forced confessions and wrongful convictions - ColorOfChange (1 comments)
*U.S. Needs Fearless, Fighting MSM Reporters (1 comments)
The debt supercommittee timeline (1 comments)
Recall FAQ: Everything you need to know about Tuesday's elections
Frozen by Uncertainty, Economic Action Stalls
Kucinich Challenges S&P's Parent Corp over Possible Conflict of Interest (15 comments)
Franklin P. Lamb: Where have Libya's children gone? Long time missing" (1 comments)
London Riots: 450 Arrested, 44 Police Officers Injured, Man Shot And Emergency Services Attacked (1 comments)
House GOP Plans To Exploit Jobs Crisis To Permanently Shut Down The Federal Government's Ability To Regulate (1 comments)
Education Secretary Slams No Child Left Behind
Obama Fails to Battle Back Against Bullies (6 comments)
Tomgram: Barbara Ehrenreich, On Americans (Not) Getting By (Again) (1 comments)
One in Five Congressmen Going to Israel This Summer | Sunshine State News (2 comments)
S&P downgrades Fannie and Freddie, US-backed debt
Monday, August 8:
Anti-Government Spending Crusader Rick Perry Accepted More Than $80,000 In Farm Subsidies
Riot Tweeters 'face arrest' - Sun News
Ames straw poll will test strength of 2012 candidates
S&P Downgrades Debt-Linked Agencies Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
The African American Vote in 2012 and Beyond
President Obama Prohibits International Violators Of LGBT Rights From U.S. Entry
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: Tea Party Cheers Downgrade
Geithner Rips S&P for 'Really Terrible' Move on US Downgrade
Financial crisis: full force of US downgrade is felt around the world
John Smith: Big Pharma's massive falsifications of clinical trials, by FDA (2 comments)
The Ongoing Costs of the Iraq War, by Fatima Al-Zeheri (1 comments)
PHOTOS: Anti-LGBT Literature Widely Distributed At Right-Wing ALEC Conference | ThinkProgress
Is Our Country Rotting From the Inside Out? (1 comments)
Top Companies Claim To Fight Global Warming, But Sponsor ALEC's Climate Denial
Issa Subpoenas Gov't Documents in Boeing Case
AntiSec Hackers Dump Data after Hacking Police Websites
Building Community and Transforming Our Helping Systems
McCain Says Afghanistan War Only Really Got Started In 2009 | ThinkProgress (1 comments)
Conservative Tea Party Lt. Gov Peter Kinder (R-MI) Parties "Pantless" and Blows $54,000
Military Hazardous Waste Sickens Land and People (1 comments)
Armed Federal Agents Raid a Health Food Club, Drag Volunteer to Jail
The Secret War in 120 Countries
Geithner tells Obama he will remain as Treasury secretary
CHINA: "America Needs To Accept The Painful Fact That The Good Old Days Are Over" (2 comments)
The Obama Administration: July 18-31, 2011 (3 comments)
Mark. O. Hatfield, Liberal G.O.P. Senator, Dies at 89 (3 comments)
A.I.G. to Sue Bank of America Over Mortgage Bonds
'NATO planning military attack on Iran' - PressTV (1 comments)
Sunday, August 7:
Press Release: Official Syrian Ministry of Defense Website Hacked by Anonymous (1 comments)
Israelis plan million-strong march as protesters call for social justice (1 comments)
Live by Murder, Die by Murder (1 comments)
China: Dollar to Be 'Discarded' by World (3 comments)
Austin Protesters Rally Against Perry
EXECUTION OF BIN LADEN: "That's Not Osama": Neighbor. "It's all a fake, nothing happened" (1 comments)
Hiroshima Day Protest 2011 King of Prussia, PA (video)
Riot blaze: North London in flames - By Daily Mail
Calls Mount to Investigate Bush Era Officials for Torture | Common Dreams
Anonymous hack FBI data base (10gb data dump) including agent provateurs FBI on max alert
Netanyahu downplays reports of 300,000 protesters across Israel
Saturday, August 6:
16 NATO tankers go up in flames (3 comments)
Dems predicted to win in Wisconsin, IF there's no election fraud (1 comments)
Dirty Tricks in WI: Deceptive Absentee Ballot Mailers Appear to be Coordinated Hoaxes
Dirty Tricks in WI: Deceptive Absentee Ballot Mailers Appear to be Coordinated Hoaxes (1 comments)
Global leaders race to stem panic over US credit rating downgrade
Pakistan rejects US bid for consulate in Balochistan - Pakistan today (1 comments)
Israel Rocked by the Largest Protest in the Country's History (1 comments)
Amid Criticism on Downgrade, S&P Fires Back
SEALs who caught Osama among those killed in Afghan helicopter crash
National upheaval: 300,000 Israeli protestors hit streets
NASA spacecraft begins 5-year trip to Jupiter
US Chamber of Commerce Anti-Regulation Snake Oil Tour
NATO Crash: 38 Killed Including 25 Navy SEALs in Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan
Abu Ghraib abuse ringleader released
Obama U.S. Attorney Nominee David Barlow Is Tea Party Senator's General Counsel (2 comments)
Sherwood Ross: Rich Get More In Tax Breaks Than Poor On Welfare (3 comments)
S&P Blames Republicans, Mainstream Media Fails to Report It (27 comments)
31 American Troops Killed In NATO Helicopter Crash In Afghanistan (3 comments)
World Governments Comment On US Credit Downgrade, Predict Monday Market Turmoil
China calls for "new, stable and secured global reserve currency" following downgrade (3 comments)
WikiLeaks Cables Reveal US Strategy for Regime Change in Syria as Protesters Are Massacred (3 comments)
Friday, August 5:
DeMint: Geithner must go (1 comments)
New Orleans officers convicted over Katrina shootings, by BBC News
S&P downgrades U.S. credit rating for first time (8 comments)
Spain's "Indignados' at the Vanguard of a Global Nonviolent Revolt (1 comments)
Debt Deal: Lobbyists Flood Congressional Supercommittee
A Renewed Focus on the Fed's Role - BINYAMIN APPELBAUM and CATHERINE RAMPELL NYTimes.com
Israel Privatizing its National Parks to Sustain E. Jlem Settlement Project
5 Convicted In Case Tied To Post-Katrina Shooting For Civil Rights Violations - Not Murder
US internet service providers (ISPs) hijacking users' search queries
EXPOSED: The Corporations Funding The Annual Meeting Of The Powerful Right-Wing Front Group ALEC (1 comments)
Fancy Fighter Jets Costing Nation Zillions of Dollars Do Not Work
Hannity Blasts Insurance Coverage For Birth Control, Defends Viagra: "That Is A Medical Problem!' (2 comments)
VIDEO: Security Guards At Tea Party 'ALEC' Conference Physically Attack ThinkProgress Reporters (1 comments)
Faber: Brace for a Global 'Reboot' and a War
Gulf Coast Activists Arrested in Front of BP Headquarters in New Orleans
July jobs data could heighten Wall Street jitters
Thursday, August 4:
Retreating Gadhafi Forces Leave behind Deadly Mines (5 comments)
Our Probability of Being Chosen in a Nation of Suspects - Edmonds
Reid Says Deal Has Been Reached to Reopen F.A.A. (1 comments)
Protest of Right Wing Canadian 'Attack Journalist' Overwhelms Authorities (2 comments)
Iowa's GOP Governor Vetoes Tax Break For The Poor Because It Didn't Lower Corporate Taxes (1 comments)
Four US-led forces killed in Afghanistan
Polling the Debt Ceiling Deal | Only 33% of Independents Approve
Tomgram: Nick Turse, Uncovering the Military's Secret Military (3 comments)
Nobody Wants To Attend Rick Perry's Dumb Extremist Rally
Judge Rules That American Tortured In Iraq Can Sue Donald Rumsfeld | ThinkProgress
US contractor can sue Donald Rumsfeld for alleged Iraq torture, judge rules
John Smith: Direct Democracy Petition
Wednesday, August 3:
Press Release: UN Security Council Finally Condemns Syrian State for Violent Repression
While on Summer Recess, Congress Blocks Recess Appointments
The Tea Party, the debt ceiling, and white Southern extremism
Joe Lieberman Calls For Cutting Social Security To Fund MORE War (1 comments)
Foreign press play catch up on Israeli protests
Keith on Debt Boondoogle: "You've got to get mad!"
Muslims, Atheists Most Likely to Reject Violence
Israeli protesters reject new housing bill
Mubarak trial: Toppled dictator denies all charges
PROFILE: The Outlandish Beliefs Of Rick Perry's Prayer Rally Endorsers | ThinkProgress
Sherwood Ross: Economist Warns of "Balanced Budget" Amendment (2 comments)
Senate, House recess for five weeks, leaving FAA in limbo
Imperial Psychosis: Trillions into Empire while Squashing Americans (1 comments)
Franklin P. Lamb: End Game for Benghazi Rebels as Libyan Tribes Prepare to Weigh In?
Farmers Fighting for South Central Again
And Now, A Solar-Powered Space Probe to Jupiter
Handling of Drake Leak Case was "Unconscionable," Court Said - Aftergood
Homeless man jumps fence at White House (1 comments)
'We killed Iranian scientist' claims Israel intel source - Fitsanakis
Tuesday, August 2:
Lawyer: Norway Attacker Makes 'Unrealistic' Demands
Iraq, U.S. to negotiate extended troop stay (1 comments)
Koch Group Mails Suspicious Absentee Ballot Letters In Wisconsin
Out of New Diseases and Blank Checks from Insurers, Pharma Targets Alcoholics (5 comments)
'Israel ups Palestinian home demolitions'
Clinton meets Syrian activists as pressure mounts (1 comments)
Israel 'sees border talks if PA drops UN bid'
NATO reaches 'dead end' in Libya
Andy Kroll: Welcome to the United States of Austerity
Telling the Truth Costs A Lawyer Her License (2 comments)
Mitch McConnell Vows To Hold Debt Ceiling Hostage In The Future: "We'll Be Doing It All Over' (1 comments)
Pentagon Lands $50 Billion from Debt Deal
Putin says U.S. is parasite on global economy | Threatens US dollar as dominant currency
Tomgram: Engelhardt, Two-Faced Washington
John Smith: Propaganda and the War on Truth. Independent media strikes back, by Global Research
John Smith: Berlusconi Ally Praises Norwegian Terrorist Breivik, by Sarah Rappaport
Pakistan Imposes Travel Ban On US Diplomats - BBC
Monday, August 1:
Syria crisis: Fresh Hama shelling at start of Ramadan
Fire destroys Democratic recall group's headquarters in La Crosse, WI (1 comments)
Disease, Brutality, and Forced Labor in Uganda's Packed Prisons
Obama's Weakness on Debt-Ceiling Deal Should Not Be A Surprise (1 comments)
U.S. weighs new sanctions against Syria
Top UN envoy urges restraint after two Palestinians killed in Israeli operation
League of Women Voters of CA Endorses AB 1148, the California DISCLOSE Act (1 comments)
John Smith: China and the Afghan Endgame, by Zhu Feng
Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, Hope for the Hell of It (1 comments)
2012 G.O.P. Candidates React to Debt Deal