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Breaking: Libby Drops Appeal in CIA Leak Case

Could Set Stage for Christmas Pardon

Wrong, Mitt: Religions Thrive without Freedom

Both Christianity and Judaism Flowered Under Repression

Source: Federal Prosecutor Says Other CIA Torture Videos Still Exist

Mukasey Should Have Immediately Ordered Federal Agencies to Preserve Evidence in This Matter

DEAD AGAIN: GOP Initiative to Grab California Electoral College Votes Fails to Meet Deadline for June Ballot

Off Again On Again Dirty Trick Scheme Now Off Again...For Now

CBS News Report Reveals Apparently Fraudulent Signature Gathering by Supporters...

Perino Acknowledges Bush Lied about Iran Intel Yet Insists He Was Being ‘Truthful’

U.S. Credibility Among Its Allies Has Never Been Lower...

White House Quietly Admits Bush Lied About When He Learned That Iran Had Suspended Its Nuclear Program

Admission Was Reported by ABC News But Has Largely Been Ignored by Corporate Media

Cheney Lied about Iranian Nukes While Suppressing Intel That Iran Had Suspended Its Weapons Program

Sy Hersh: '[Cheney] Has Kept His Foot on the Neck of That Report ... for a Year'

VIDEO: Helen Thomas Unnerves Bush’s Stepford Gal Perino on Iraq Civilian Deaths

Thomas Asks How Many More Innocent Iraqis Will Have to Die Before the U.S. Pulls Out

Perino: 'Helen, I Find It Really Unfortunate That You Use Your Front Row Position ... To Make Such Statements'

Bush Blames His False Claim That Iran Might Launch ‘World War III’ on Intel Agencies

Is He Lying Or Is He the Head of an Intelligence Service So Incompetent That U.S. Security Is in Jeopardy?

Take Your Pick...

Bush Re-hires Wolfowitz, Puts Him in Charge of Arms Control Advisory Board

Sometimes a Medal of Freedom Just Isn’t Enough

Thanks to Bush & GOP, U.S. Debt Is Growing at $1 Mil Per Minute

Debt Will Be $10,000,000,000,000.00 When Bush Leaves Office

As Mayor, Giuliani Used Police as Limo Service for Mistress

Last Year, a State Official Pleaded Guilty to Felony For Using State Employees to Transport His Invalid Wife

California GOP Faces Debt, Layoffs, While Rudy Backers Pour Money into Initiative That Could Hand Him the Presidency

Effort to Get Initiative on the Ballot Was Momentarily Derailed Last Month When It Was Revealed That Its Sole Financial Backer Was a Rudy Campaign Chair, But It's Now Back on Target...

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