by Robert Parry, Consortium News
As Vice President Dick Cheney goes public in exit interviews about his vision of expansive executive powers, it’s getting clearer how close the American Republic came to suffering major deformity – …

by Larisa Alexandrovna | at-Largely
In short:-Not medical -Not weather-Not running out of gas (which the investigation had first suspected, but has now ruled out – it is not mentioned below, however)
Here is a good story …

by David Swanson UFPJ Acountability and Prosecution Working Group Convener, AfterDowningStreet
To UFPJ Member Groups (and others)
There is a danger that George W. Bush will do something no …

Editorial from The New York Times
Most Americans have long known that the horrors of Abu Ghraib were not the work of a few low-ranking sociopaths. All but President Bush’s most unquestioning supporters recognized the chain …

by RAW STORY
UPDATE AT THIS LINK: GOP consultant killed in plane crash was warned of sabotage
A top level Republican IT consultant who was set to testify in a case alleging GOP election tampering in Ohio …

from Velvet Revolution
Michael Connell, the Bush IT expert who has been directly implicated in the rigging of George Bush’s 2000 and 2004 elections, was killed last night when his single engine plane crashed three miles …

by Bob Fertik, President of Democrats.com and David Swanson, Washington Director of Democrats.com
As George Bush prepares to leave office, he and his aides are trying desperately to rewrite history, especially on Iraq. Nearly six years …

LEGISLATURE | GOP leader calls for immediate impeachment
by DAVE McKINNEY Springfield Bureau Chief | Chicago Sun-Times
Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn called on Gov. Blagojevich today to “do the right thing and step aside.”
The No. 2 state …