The Alito Stakes
The Democrats are fighting among themselves whether to sustain a filibuster against the Alito nomination, which all progressive forces in the U.S. should demand that they carry forward in the most militant way. Progressives also should make clear that a filibuster must be carried forward.
85% of Dems in PA Favor Pro-Impeachment Candidates
A new poll conducted in Pennsylvania (a battleground 'purple' state) by Zogby International and commissioned by OpEdNews.com found that 84.9 percent of Democrats said they would be likely to vote for a congressional candidate who 'supports having impeachment proceedings against President Bush.'
Bush Spy Ringleader Doesn't Know 4th Amendment
When Gen. Michael Hayden, principal deputy director of National Intelligence and former director of the National Security Agency, displayed an equally astounding lack of knowledge about a matter just as basic to his job, media as a whole let it pass without comment.
ACLU Georgia Uncovers Pentagon Spying Files
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Georgia released new documents on Pentagon spying on peaceful protesters, in a downtown press conference today at the Martin Luther King Federal Building.
Rove's Warning For 2006: It's All About the 'War On Terror'
The speech that will define U.S. politics throughout 2006 has already been given. The audience was the Republican National Committee and the date was January 19. The speechmaker was Karl Rove, top political adviser to President George Bush.
Federal Agencies Play Hot Potato over Wiretapping Probe
The investigate units of several federal agencies are denying their responsibility for probing Bush’s approval of – and the US Attorney General’s justifications for – wiretapping Americans without the consent of Congress, Atlanta Progressive News (APN) has learned.
January 25th: National Call-In Day on PATRIOT Act
Tens of thousands of Americans will phone their members of Congress on Wednesday, January 25, to urge them to repair the USA PATRIOT Act. The Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC) organized the National Call-In Day in response to a draft PATRIOT Act reauthorization bill that its network of grassroots allies nationwide strongly oppose.
Mother of Mercy: Is this the End of Schwarzenegger?
Like Forrest Gump, Arnold Schwarzenegger has been a witness to history. He likes to say that he remembered the horror of Soviet tanks on the streets of his native Austria, even though he was born two years after the war ended and the Americans liberated Vienna.
An Ominous Martin Luther King Jr. Day
On a global scale, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr is the most revered American of the second half of the twentieth century. His I Have a Dream speech, given at the August 1963 National March on Washington, is the most praised and admired speech by an American in modern history.
Government by Giveaway
In December 2005, the reactionaries who are running the government and ruining the country decided to cut about $42 billion from the human services budget over the next few years. Most of the cuts will come out of the hides of the very poorest among us.
