GOP Faithful

"Binladenism"
Al-Qaeda, Still in Business

Almost five years after the attacks on Washington and New York, al-Qaeda not only remains in business in its traditional stronghold on the Afghan-Pakistan border, but continues to project its ideology and terrorism abroad.....more

The L Word In Connecticut

Want to see a Democratic senator squirm? Don't ask about Iraq or gasoline prices. Ask about Joe Lieberman....more

Gaza's Slide To War
Jane Kinninmont

Israel's land invasion of Gaza is a gift to hawks on both sides of the conflict, who see strategic gains to be made. Amid fears of all-out war, Jane Kinninmont traces the straining political fault-lines.....more

A Great Piece On Both Sides Of This Nonsense

Eight die in fresh Iraq bombings

Bombings in two crowded Iraqi markets have killed at least eight people and wounded dozens of others.....more

In pictures.....click here

Spy Agency Sought U.S. Call Records Before 9/11, Lawyers Say

The U.S. National Security Agency asked AT&T Inc. to help it set up a domestic call monitoring site seven months before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, lawyers claimed June 23 in court papers filed in New York federal court....more

Two Faces of GOP Hate
Hans Johnson

On the surface, Shawn Stuart and Ralph Reed have little in common, other than their quest for public office this year as Republicans. But, Stuart, a bona fide Nazi running for state representative in Montana, and Reed, who has repeatedly appealed to antigay and racist bias as Georgia GOP chair and hopes to become lieutenant governor, share an intimate bond. They both have bigotry at the core of their campaigns.....more

''Checks & balances' won't stop this regime — they must be driven out'

Since 9/11, the Bush regime has been shredding the rule of law that has been the governing norm in the US for the last 200 years, arrogating increasing unchecked power to the executive branch, and cementing new police state measures and the architecture of fascism into place while at the same time violating international law in its pursuit for empire around the world....more

AU Darfur mission 'to end soon
'The 7,000-strong AU force is hampered by lack of funds The African Union has insisted its peacekeeping mission in Sudan's Darfur region will end in three months' time.....more

First Annual Sudan Relief Jam
Skipper's Smokehouse
July 9th from 2:00pm - 10:00pm
$15.00 in advance/$20.00 at the door
Sudan Relief Committee

Meet: Jerry McNerney for Congress
This Guy Is Running Against "Pombo"

I may be leading Richard Pombo in the polls (46 to 42 percent, according to Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research) but I’ll need money – and lots of it – to send Pombo and his Big Oil buddies packing.

You can help me right now by contributing to my campaign to take down Pombo and take back Congress.