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McCain urges more border security
BBC News - Jul. 4 (News Report)
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has said US immigration laws should only be reformed after security is tightened on the Mexican border. More »
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Obama fuels pullout debate with remarks
New York Times - By Michael Cooper, Jeff Zeleny - Jul. 4 (News Report)
Senator Barack Obama said Thursday that he might "refine" his policies for Iraq after meeting with military commanders there later this summer... More »
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The War Over Patriotism
Time - By Peter Beinart - Jul. 4 (Special Report)
What both campaigns understand is that American patriotism wears two faces: a patriotism of affirmation, which appeals more to conservatives, and a patriotism of dissent,... More »
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Prices And Demand Skyrocket, Not Fireworks
National Public Radio - By Frank Morris - Jul. 4 (News Report)
Skyrocketing food and gas prices are not the only things blowing holes in Americans' pockets going into this holiday weekend -- so are fireworks... More »
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Groundbreaking Lawsuit Accuses Big Oil of Conspiracy to Deceive Public About Climate Change
Democracy Now - By Stephen Susman, Amy Goodman - Jul. 3 (Interview)
Attorney Stephen Susman helped file a groundbreaking lawsuit earlier this year on behalf of 400 Inupiat villagers in the Alaskan town of Kivalina who are being forced to relocate... More »
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1776 to 2008
Los Angeles Times - Jul. 4 (Editorial)
The Declaration of Independence, which we honor today, is replete with the internal tensions and contradictions of 18th century America, a paean to equality written by a... More »
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How dare they rip the Fourth Amendment?
McClatchy - Jul. 3 (Opinion)
How can even one senator on either side of the aisle in good conscience vote in favor of this law that does nothing to enhance our security and everything to diminish our rights... More »
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Memo to Uncle Sam: Iran Is Not Your Enemy
Washington Post - By Ali Ettefagh - Jul. 3 (Comment)
For the last three decades, the U.S. has passed contradictory laws with the pronounced goals of destabilizing Iran, absurd concepts of "regime change" and an assortment... More »
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Please, Please, Reporters with Brains
Talking Points Memo - By Josh Marshall - Jul. 4 (Blog Post)
For the McCain campaign to put out a memo to reporters claiming that Obama has adopted McCain's policy only shows that his advisors believe that a sizable percentage of the... More »
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Is Barack A Typical Pol?
New Republic - By Noam Scheiber - Jul. 4 (Opinion)
To believe McCain can nonetheless get away with labeling his opponent a typical pol without having the charge boomerang on him reflects a gross misunderstanding of campaign... More »
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Preparing the Battlefield
New Yorker - By Seymour Hirsch - Jun. 30 (Special Report)
Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military,... More »
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The Brass Ring
New Yorker - By Connie Bruck - Jun. 29 (Special Report)
Last October, Sheldon Adelson, the gaming multibillionaire, accompanied a group of Republican donors to the White House to meet with George W. Bush... More »
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Panel Questions State Dept. Role in Iraq Oil Deal
New York Times - Jul. 3 (News Report)
Bush administration officials knew that a Texas oil company with close ties to President Bush was planning to sign an oil deal with the regional Kurdistan government that ran... More »
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Congress Agreed to Bush Request to Fund Major Escalation in Secret Operations Against Iran
Democracy Now - By Seymour Hersh, Amy Goodman - Jun. 30 (Interview)
Congressional leaders agreed to a request from President Bush last year to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at destabilizing Iran's leadership,... More »
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Citizen Stupid
Mother Jones - By Rick Shenkman - Jul. 2 (Special Report)
"About 1 in 4 Americans can name more than one of the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment (freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition for redress... More »
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More Waste, Fraud and Abuse
New York Times - By No author listed - Jun. 29 (Editorial)
Representative Henry Waxman recently asked a question for which we would also like an answer: "How did a company run by a 21-year-old president and a 25-year-old former... More »
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Barack Obama and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments
FindLaw - By John Dean - Jul. 1 (Opinion)
Not everyone is aware of the statement that Obama made to Will Bunch, or the reality that there is no immunity from criminal prosecution under the FISA amendments... More »
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How the Republicans claimed the "patriotism" mantle in presidential politics
Slate - By David Greenberg - Jul. 3 (Opinion)
Patriotism is justifiably a perennial election issue. Never fixed by a single definition, it has always been subject to debate. And presidential contests are referendums about... More »
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Disaster Capitalism, State of Extortion
The Nation - By Naomi Klein - Jul. 3 (Opinion)
...today's preferred method of reshaping the world in the interest of multinational corporations is to systematically exploit the state of fear and disorientation that accompanies... More »
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Bush's 'Wonderland' Logic
Consortium News - By Robert Parry - Jul. 1 (Opinion)
The broader point from the Parhat case is that it is further evidence that - over the past six-plus years - the Bush administration has played on the fears and biases of Americans... More »
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Pentagon extends tour of Marines in Afghanistan
Associated Press - Jul. 5 (News Report)
"It's a very complex problem, and it's tied to the drug trade, a faltering economy and, as I've said many times, the porous border region with Pakistan," said Mullen... More »
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Passing the torch from Bush to McCain without getting burned
New York Times - Jul. 4 (Special Report)
Convention planners, the White House and the McCain campaign are wrestling with how to choreograph a proper sendoff for Mr. Bush - sure, his poll numbers are in the tank, but he's... More »
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US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 468
Associated Press - Jul. 4 (News Report)
As of Friday, July 4, 2008, at least 468 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S... More »
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Prices And Demand Skyrocket, Not Fireworks
National Public Radio - Jul. 4 (News Report)
Skyrocketing food and gas prices are not the only things blowing holes in Americans' pockets going into this holiday weekend -- so are fireworks... More »
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Groundbreaking Lawsuit Accuses Big Oil of Conspiracy to Deceive Public About Climate Change
Democracy Now - Jul. 3 (Interview)
Attorney Stephen Susman helped file a groundbreaking lawsuit earlier this year on behalf of 400 Inupiat villagers in the Alaskan town of Kivalina who are being forced to relocate... More »
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1776 to 2008
Los Angeles Times - Jul. 4 (Editorial)
The Declaration of Independence, which we honor today, is replete with the internal tensions and contradictions of 18th century America, a paean to equality written by a... More »
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It's The Economy, Stupid: An inherited mess
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Jul. 1 (Editorial)
if Gross is right -- and the evidence suggests he is -- this election requires both presidential candidates to go beyond the usual tax or spending discourse... More »
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Iraq War History: A tactical failure
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Jul. 1 (Editorial)
Using fear and paranoia, Bush & Co. sold the American people an unjust war, and didn't even have the wherewithal to make sure that it was at least planned to minimize chaos... More »
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Is Barack A Typical Pol?
New Republic - Jul. 4 (Opinion)
To believe McCain can nonetheless get away with labeling his opponent a typical pol without having the charge boomerang on him reflects a gross misunderstanding of campaign... More »
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Labor Must Battle Racism to Elect Obama
TruthOut - Jul. 3 (Opinion)
The United Steelworkers union is holding its annual convention this week. Union conventions in presidential election years invariably deal with presidential politics, and this one... More »