PDA in Cleveland for the Grassroots Leadership Conference
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We will be posting videos and some photos here throughout the rest of the conference…we will begin with a video clip of Jeff Cohen from yesterday, Friday July 23rd, during the PDA Sixth Anniversary Celebration. …

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Robert Scheer says ‘Time to get out of Iraq’
5-19-2005 – 8:36 am | Comments

U.S. Is Its Own Worst Enemy in Iraq
by Robert Scheer
Los Angeles Times
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
So far this month, more than 450 Iraqis and dozens of U.S. troops have been killed by an Iraqi insurgency that, …

Have you heard? There’s a New Patriot Act on the way…
5-19-2005 – 8:07 am | Comments

Early Version of New Patriot Act Gives Administration Everything It Asks for, GOP Aides Say
By Mark Sherman
Associated Press Writer
Published: May 18, 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) – The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee is working on …

Standing ovation for Galloway
5-19-2005 – 8:03 am | Comments

Respect MP George Galloway received a rapturous welcome at a packed rally a day after a ferocious showdown with US senators.
Hundreds turned up at a meeting in London to celebrate his general election victory over …

If you need details or background on the oil-for-food scandal
5-18-2005 – 11:55 pm | Comments

This article from the UK Independent should fill in whatever blank spaces you may have.
How the oil-for-food programme was exploited
By Rupert Cornwell
18 May 2005
The riveting confrontation yesterday between George Galloway and the Congressional panel probing …

Update on the Andy Stephenson situation
5-18-2005 – 10:33 pm | Comments Off

Various corners of the web have been buzzing with rumors and stories about the status of Andy Stephenson. I, myself, started something of an ugly firestorm on the topic on Tuesday when a bunch …

An Angry Electorate
5-18-2005 – 5:23 pm | Comments

Voters dissatisfied with Bush, Congress
NBC/WSJ poll reveals ‘angry electorate’
By Mark Murray
Political reporter
NBC News
May 18, 2005
WASHINGTON – As the Senate marches closer toward a nuclear showdown over President Bush’s judicial nominees, the latest NBC News/Wall Street …

Mr. Galloway Goes to Washington
5-18-2005 – 5:20 pm | Comments

From The Nation blog:
Norm Coleman is a fool.
Not an ideological nut case, not a partisan whack, not even a useful idiot — just a plain old-fashioned, drool-on-his-tie fool.
The Minnesota Republican senator who took …

Jesse Jackson Jr. on Frist and the incineration of Senate tradition
5-18-2005 – 11:08 am | Comments

Senator Far Right Incinerates Senate Tradition
Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. said, “Republican Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist today took a first tragic step down a clear path that he, both parties and the American people will …