Michael Moore has been served with a subpoena by the Bush administration over his recent trip to Cuba for the filming of Sicko. "The Oscar-winning filmmaker, who appeared Thursday on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," said he was notified about the subpoena at the network's studios in Burbank, Calif. "I haven't even told my own family yet," Moore said. "I was just informed when I was...
John Edwards had found the best way to get attention off his head and onto the presidential race: become the modern day Robin Hood.
Edwards made an announcement late Thursday night that he would "rewrite our tax code to make sure it is fair." While most politicians, policy makers, tax experts, and lawyers have struggled to define what — exactly — a fair tax code is, it appears...
Marc Ambinder reports that it looks like Rudy Gulliani is ducking out of the You Tube debates. Mitt Romney may be soon to follow. Andy Sullivan speculates that after the Dems did so well, the GOP candidates are looking a little out of touch with the culture and with democracy. So what about all the people who sent in questions...?
Sixty years ago today President Truman signed the National Security Act, thereby creating the Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and National Security Council. It seems that ever since, national security has ruled the debates and policy discussion. But isn't that to be expected? What could possibly be more interesting to watch on the nightly...
Max Blumenthal has posted another hilarious, and somewhat terifying video doc. from the Christians United for Israel annual summit. It is incredible the degree to which religion plays a role not just in politics in this country, but also in Foreign policy. Is US Foreign policy dictacted by people trying to use it to instigate the second coming of Christ? It seems so...
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The votes are in: 22-17, the Democratic-controlled House Judiciary Committee voted to cite Bush's former top aide and counsel for contempt of Congress after their refusal to cooperate with subpoenas in the ongoing investigation into the firings of nine U.S. attorneys. After the President wielded executive privilege to keep them from testifying before Congress, Joshua Bolton and Harriet...
The internet seems to be a constant threat, to just about everyone. From governments to children, the headlines today were covered in the risks of partaking in the online world.
China isn't the only government locking away bloggers.
As the BBC reports:
"The Malaysian government has warned it could use tough anti-terrorism laws against bloggers who insult Islam or...
Sometimes, Bush is so smart I'm convinced that feeling of hyper-anxious butterflies in my stomach is not, in fact, well-earned trepidation, but rather some manifestation of absolute awe for the man's heretofore unwitnessed acumen. When genius is in front of you, you can only listen, right?
That's just what they were doing in South Carolina Tuesday. With his most sparkling brilliance yet,...
What good is trying to understand your enemy? Let's hire people with no experience! Like a counter-terrorism director who admits to not knowing the difference between Shia and Sunni muslims...
- Raleigh-Elizabeth Smith
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