DeLay Indictment: Groups Call for DeLay's Ouster
Republican Rep. Tom DeLay (TX) should resign his position in Congress, not just his leadership role, say Washington corruption watchdog groups. According to a House Ethics Committee complaint... TRMPAC officials solicited funds from Texas-based energy company Westar. E-mails and internal memos show that DeLay and Westar communicated about donations, and that money was subsequently given to TRMPAC...
Bill Frist: The Former 2008 Presidential Candidate
It's one thing to lie in politics. It's another to be caught in a lie. Bill Frist has been caught in a lie. His political future is over. The immediate question is, can he survive as Majority Leader?...According to an Associated Press report Saturday, Frist “received regular updates of transfers of assets to his blind trusts and sales of assets. He also was able to initiate a stock sale of a hospital chain founded by his family with perfect timing.
Lester Crawford Resigns: Can the FDA Recover?
Mired in controversy, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Lester Crawford became the second Bush-appointee to a major federal agency to resign in less than three weeks. FEMA boss Michael Brown was the first to go as revelations that his appointment was a gesture to political patronage rather than expertise.
America Needs a New Direction: Good jobs. Stronger Communities. A Just economy.
The devastation caused by hurricane Katrina has led millions of Americans to open our hearts to the helpless victims of the Gulf Coast communities. Donations by the millions have poured in. Volunteers by the thousands have rushed to disaster sites to help with rescue work and reconstruction. And the unions and union members of our country have been among those who have given generously.
Gulf Coast Needs Relief, Not A Right-Wing Agenda From Bush
As the people of the Gulf Coast begin the long road to recovery after the worst natural disaster in American history, President Bush is choosing to use this tragedy to push his conservative political agenda on the region.
News Roundup: Civil Rights and the Constitution on the Block
From 'faith-based' discrimination to arch-conservative Chief Justice nominee Roberts and a National ID card concept, Constitutional protections are being sacrificed to an ultra right agenda. Learn more and find ways to fight back.
'A New McCarthyism': The Ultra Right and American Youth - Young Communist League(Dynamic article)
A very good friend of mine voted for Bush last November. It shocked me then and it continues to bother me now. She was a student, just like me, working multiple jobs to cover the ever-rising costs of tuition, rent, and food. Couldn’t she see how the Bush Administration’s cuts to funding for higher education and the illegal Iraq war, diverting funds from books to bombs, have endangered the lives of young people everywhere?
News Roundup: Fighting Right-wing Lies and the Right-wing Agenda
College student indebtedness grows as students find covering rising costs impossible. Fight Bush's decision to force down wages for Gulf Coast workers in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Express support for Korean hotel workers. Despite right-wing lies, the gender wage gap persists and costs women and their families hundreds of thousands of dollars.
John Roberts Confirmation: Umpire or a Bush Double Play?
John Roberts is testifying in a cool and calculating way, letting everyone in Washington know that he will play their game, the game that cynical Europeans identify with the 'political class,' meaning the functionaries from the right schools who staff the executive agencies and the inner councils of the major political parties.
In a Time of Crisis, Republicans Up to Their Usual Tricks
Much has been said about President Bush partying with John McCain, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on a shoe shopping trip and Vice President Cheney on vacation - all while Americans on the Gulf Shore needed their leadership.
