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"It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government." - Thomas Paine

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Who We Are - "Rumsfeld...should have been fired for bungling the Iraq war"

Ohio - "The Bureau of Workers' Compensation invested $225 million in a hedge fund"

Military Recruiters - "It's an insidious kind of draft, quite frankly."

Problem for Bush - "They establish a prima facie case of going to war under false pretenses."

Did Bush Steal 2004 Election? - "Similar new concerns have since surfaced in Maryland and elsewhere."

Mood on Iraq Sours - "Bush's approval ratings have tumbled further, to...the lowest level of his presidency."

Napalm in Iraq War - "American officials lied to British ministers over the use of...napalm"

A Press Coverup - "The Washington press corps are more embarrassed than the White House"

Inquiry - "The memo...could be the first documentary proof that Bush deceived the American people."

More Damning - "I don't think most Americans know these prewar attacks ever happened"

Bolton Fight - "The Bush administration hyped intelligence on Iraq before the 2003 invasion"

Guantánamo "Gulag" - "Bush & Co...is now gunning for the venerable Red Cross."

'Exit Strategy' - "Opinion polls showing a drop in support for the war"

Tobacco Penalty - "A close friend of President Bush from their days as Skull & Bones members"

A Broken Body - "The House has become trivial, and corruption cannot be investigated"

Boosting Retirement Age - "Work till you're 69 before getting full Social Security benefits?"

Emissions Regulations Could Stall Energy Bill - "Democrats...were shut out of writing the energy legislation"

Evidence Can't Be Ignored - "Lying to Congress about the need to go to war is a high crime"

The Definition of Insanity - "These folks are in such deep denial"

Early Plans for Invading Iraq - "It's Bush's war. Period."

Sunset - "It is not Social Security...but healthcare and…employer-run pension plans"

Arms Can't End Iraq War - "We can't kill them all...When I kill one I create three"

Army Lowers Standards - "We are going to need some sort of national service, a draft"

Pessimism on War - "The American public has reached a 'tipping point' on Iraq."

Rich-Poor Gap - "Concern that wealth disparities may destabilize the economy"

Evidence Intel Was Fixed - "The full British Briefing Papers have been attached below."

Human Toll of a Pension Default - "Like Enron, workers' lives and retirements have been ruined"

US Lacked Postwar Plan - "Advisers to Blair predicted instability."

Need for Gulf War 'Excuse' - "The White House has declined to respond"

Bush Job Approval Dips to New Low - "All they're doing is getting our guys killed."

Americans and Brits Demand Answers - "We are opposed to...involvement...in a war that is based on lies."

Iraq Exit Strategy - "The United States is in danger of getting mired in a protracted, costly conflict"

GOP Walks Out - "The hearing was an example of Republican abuse of power"

Raising Soc. Sec. Age - "Republicans privately reviewed suggestions for raising the...retirement age"

Washington - "Corporate tax breaks...pension...drilling in the Arctic...limit lawsuits...asbestos"

Meet Team DeLay - "DeLay...initiated...a plan to force lobbyists to hire only Republicans"

Iraqis Fighting US Forces - "99.9 per cent" of those captured fighting the US were Iraqis"

Memogate Hearings - "Already committed to going to war in the summer of 2002"

Losing Our Country - "Let's try to do something about the politics of greed."

9/11 Pilot's Widow Denied Pension - "At what point does our Government step in and stop atrocities...?"

Injuries to All - "The Bush administration's hostility to workplace safety."

Leak Triggers Another Shutdown - "We found examples of unresolved conflicts"

Party for Lobbyists - "This is hardly the first time this administration has tinkered with the truth."

Shift in Tobacco Suit Is Assailed - "Selling out the American people."

Bush Lied about War? - "Readers have been badgering...newspapers to examine the memo story."

Revenge of Baghdad Bob - "The way you can tell when Bush is lying is that his mouth is moving."

Memo Gets Fresh Attention - "Intelligence and facts were being fixed"

Recruiters Go Way Beyond the Call - "Just formalities. Sign here. And here. Nothing to worry about."

After Downing Street - "The Iraq invasion was unnecessary"

Oil Giant Influenced Bush - "White House sought advice from Exxon on Kyoto stance."

Carter: Shut Down Gitmo Prison - "This is not the way to treat people"

Memo Story Won't Die - "The...Memo remains among the top 10 most viewed articles"

The Anti-Christ and I - "Satan sells in the USA."

Pension Loopholes - "Most companies that operate pension funds are using the same loopholes."

Memogate - "Senator...I turned out to be right and you turned out to be wrong"

The Bush Economy - "Even the merely wealthy are being left behind in the dust"

Energy Bill Pork - "Taxpayers hold all the risk while energy companies reap all the rewards."

Los Alamos Whistleblower - "They left him in the parking lot for dead"

The Mugging - "We are rich. We own America. We got it, God knows how, but we intend to keep it"

The Mobility Myth - "American workers have been hurting badly for years."

Proposal on Nuclear Waste - "The public doesn't want radioactive waste in their local garbage dump"

Lying for War - "The memo makes clear that President Bush was lying"

Former Supporter - "The best way to support the troops today is to give them a plan to exit Iraq"

US Has Secret Jails - "We know they are being mistreated, abused, tortured and even killed"

Sellin' Nukes - "Nuclear energy has received $74 billion of taxpayers' money"

The Richest - "Those earning more than $10 million a year now pay a lesser share"

A Policy of Rape (Graphic Story) - "Bush finally let the word Darfur pass his lips on Wednesday"

Selling Washington - "The energy companies got everything they wanted."

SEC Pick Is Friend to Corporations - "Cox...one of the strongest pro-business voices."

White House Needs a 'Deep Throat' - "This skullduggery was going on all the way up to the president"

The dirty blonde who made the world come into focus - "What is this thing...called 'Watergate' anyway?"

Protecting Pensions - "Pension plans 'ought not to be controlled by companies' "

Leukemia Link - "Pollutants in the air around power lines could become electrically charged"

Offenses Impeachable - "It means that our president and all of his administration are war criminals."

Video Special - "What I Saw in Iraq"

Rummy Rules - "Rummy Rules - a shifting, ill-defined coda based on double-talk"

Jailhouse Rock - "There's ample substantiation of serious abuses"

UK Nuclear Leak Unnoticed for Months - "83,000 litres of radioactive fuel...accidentally discharged."

Catapulting the Propaganda - "60 percent of the American people are in favor of funding stem cell research"

A Cover-Up - "True patriotism means confronting your government when it lies."

War Crimes Trial - "British soldiers and officers are under investigation for alleged war crimes"

Goading Saddam into War - "Blair...discussed how to make 'regime change' in Iraq legal."

Frozen pensions are a wake-up call - "IBM workers sued the company"

The Downing Street Memo - "Our search for the truth has been stonewalled and I need your help."

Impeachable Offenses - "Warrior-King: The Case for Impeaching George W. Bush"

Rumsfeld and Bush - "There is also "prima facie" evidence against Bush for war crimes and torture."

Rice Interrupted - "Demonstrators interrupted a speech by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice"

Afghan Gambit Fails - "Anything goes against the bad guys - and they are all bad guys"

Still to Blame - "They have done irreparable damage to the reputation of the American military"

Public Has Right to See Abuse Photos - "The judge decided some pictures from Abu Graib could be released"

Storage of Nuclear Waste - "50,000 tons of nuclear waste is now kept at reactors"

Global Warming Versus Nuclear Power - "Exelon, Entergy, and Duke Energy"

Indian Apology - "The long history of government mistreatment of American Indians"

Rally against Schwarzenegger - "Arnold can't be bought: Big business already owns him"

Amnesty Takes Aim - "Guantanamo has become the gulag of our time"

Bush the Despot - "Bush's drive for absolute power has momentarily stalled"

Hidden Angle - "BP...adopted a 'zero tolerance' policy for bad news"

CIA's Role in Abuse - "Jamadi died several hours later in a shower stall at Abu Ghraib prison"

Capitulation to the Nuclear Lobby - "Nothing can be done, we're all doomed!"

Bush Approval Mark Nears Low - "33 percent approve of his plans for Social Security changes."

Preaching to the Choir? - "A C average does not preclude the presidency"

Ohio's Election Scandal - "Attack on election board whistleblower and leaked Blackwell threats."

US Citizens Tortured - "FBI participated in interrogations"

Did Your Promised Pension Plan Get Taken Away? - "ABC Would Like to Hear Your Story"

When Pensions Change Hands - "Mergers Shift the Obligation To Pay"

Parents Critical of Army - "Tillman's family is lashing out against the Army"

Unknown Unknowns - "What did the president do after being told about Abu Ghraib?"

Ally from Hell - "Bush seems paralyzed in the face of the slaughter"

Abuse Report - "Afghanistan's president...demanded 'very, very strong' action by the United States"

CIA Action - "Probe finds 'rendition' of terror suspects illegal."

Guantánamo - "The Bush administration's answer to the problem was to bury the truth."

Asbestos Bill - "A small group of companies has lobbied for and won relief from their liability"

Mercury from Power Plants - "Attorney generals from at least 13 states challenged the rules in a lawsuit"

How Bush Makes Sure They Agree - "Yes, the president is promoting his agenda"

Red Cross - "US investigators had confirmed that interrogators had flushed a Koran down a toilet."

Wrong and Right - "There wasn't enough hot water in all of Cuba to make me feel clean."

Media Hero - "He blasted the whole of the US Senate"

Political Lexicon - "The irony is that they live in a permanent state of fear."

Afghan Inmates' Deaths - "It's all going to come out when everything is said and done."

Whistleblowers with Courage - "Creators of illegal wars are war criminals"

Muslim World Anti-American - "Views of President Bush were uniformly negative."

Things Fall Apart - "There are signs that the Bush administration may be unraveling"

Mock Executions - "Soldiers quoted the captain as telling them they 'shouldn't talk about it' "

Not a Pretty Picture (Graphic Photos) - "The Bush administration-tries to censor and sanitize coverage"

Duke to outsource HR services - "Employees not offered jobs with Hewitt will be laid off"

Congress Oil Claims - "I told the world that your case for the war was a pack of lies"

Don't Blame Newsweek - "Get your minds around it. Our country is guilty of torture."

Memo Reopens War Claim - "Senator, we are not engaged in a war in Afghanistan."

Mandatory Overtime - "Staffing cutbacks are impinging on basic inspection and repair functions"

Pension Safety Net - "We're moving back to a world that existed in the early 20th century"

Social Security Not in Peril - "Social Security is not 'in crisis' "

Secret Way to War - "Truth was unimportant and entirely subordinate to tactics and psychology."

Staying What Course? - "At this point, the echoes of Vietnam are unmistakable."

New Wind to Green Energy - "Wind power is better than nuclear power stations for tackling global warming"

Immigration's Costs - "We deserve better than that as a nation."

Awol Crisis - "People are calling us because there is a real problem"

Cheney Wins Ruling - "Keep secret how industry crafted the administration's energy policy"

Ridge Reveals Clashes on Alerts - "Ridge said he wanted to 'debunk the myth' "

USA's Depleted Uranium - "The radioactivity persists for over 4,500,000,000 years"

CAFTA - "All CAFTA does is give big corporations the chance to exploit their workers"

They Lied to Us - "Desire for regime change was not a legal base for military action"

Quest for the Truth - "I don't think they've learned anything at all since the first Gulf War"

Torture Whitewash - "The Bush administration and the Pentagon are whitewashing the whole thing."

Intelligence Warned of Iraq War - "Intelligence was 'being fixed around the policy' "

Employee Pension Plans - "Some retirees could see sharply lower pension payments"

Wal-Mart Crushes Union - "In 30 years of union activism, I have never seen anything like it"

One of These Days - "Save a bunk for Mr. Blair, too. Criminals belong in prison."

Unions Key to Health Coverage - "Members more likely to have medical benefits."

War Protest Reasonable - "He was killed by George Bush's war of terror on the world"

Always Low Wages. Always. - "Don't cry for the bondholders, but do cry for the workers."

Outsourcing Torture - "The United States had lost is moral authority to criticise other nations"

US Impeded Talks - "Bush 'destroyed the atmosphere' for negotiations"

Privatization at Gunpoint - "Using direct military force, new private operators took over the terminals."

Bill Clinton Versus Big Mac - "Quit Digging your Grave with a Knife and Fork"

Prewar Documents - "Bush seemed determined to act militarily"

Nuclear Option - "It's going to be much uglier than you think."

The Young and the Jobless - "Younger workers...have just been crushed."

God's Own Party? - "Partisan attempts to hijack faith and politics are wrong."

Energy Panel Records - "Cheney Wins Court Ruling"

Secret Iraq Plan - "Was there a coordinated effort...to 'fix' the intelligence"

New Medicare - "Elderly people with low incomes may lose some of their food stamps"

McDonald's Coffee Case - "By the End of the Trial, the Jury Was Outraged"

CAFTA Hurts Labor - "Trade agreements should serve people, too - not just corporate interests."

The Final Insult - "Bush's Social Security plan...cuts for anyone making more than $20,000"

Jagged Little Drill - "Cornerstone environmental law, NEPA, under fire in energy bill."

GOP Like Companies - "The change has most affected pensions."

Bush and Putin - "Four years ago, your presidential election was decided by the court."

Mission Accomplished - "Usually...people become reporters before they prostitute themselves"

Reid Calls Bush 'A Loser' - "I think this guy is a loser."

Soldier Lifts Lid - "An army insider blows the whistle on human rights abuses"

Name Withheld Pending Notification - "Our media was, and still is, a willing shill for the Administration"

Bush Made Intel Fit Iraq Policy - "The intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy."

Anti-War Claims - "Murder and torture are 'war crimes' "

Lobbyist - "Lobbyist under criminal investigation had close contact with Bush team."

Democrats Voted Out of Church - "He's the kind of pastor who says do it my way or get out"

Energy Policy - "American energy policy - written by Beavis and Butthead"

Drug Problem - "Republican leaders violated parliamentary procedure, twisted arms and perhaps engaged in bribery"

Bush Spin - "American foreign policy is a tissue of lies"

Criminals Belong in Prison - "Get George W. Bush out of the White House and into a cellblock"

Forest Rule - "Lands are now at immediate risk...from the logging, mining and drilling industries"

Most Dislike Social Security Plan - "60 percent say they don't like the way he's handling the issue."

Lobbyist's Deal - "This is starting to smell more like criminal activity"

Hitting the Middle Class, Again - "Newly proposed cuts would be only the first whack"

Workers Urge Rejection of Free-Trade Pact - "We're losing jobs"

Health Coverage Dispute - "We thought it was discrimination"

From 'Gook' to 'Raghead' - "Guys in my unit...would...shatter bottles over the heads of Iraqi civilians"

Unpunished for Torture - "Only Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski was reprimanded."

A Lobbyist's Stake - "We need that moolah...We have to hit $50M this year (our cut!)."

Bush Would Cut Benefits - "Bush called on Congress...to curtail future Social Security benefits"

Dumb Dems Let GOP Run Wild - "One out of every two jobs...was taken by a worker over 55."

How Blackwell and Petro saved Bush’s Brain - "Chance of Exit Polls Being So Wrong...One-in-959,000."

GOP Bows to Pressure - "Republicans probably are starting to wish...DeLay would just disappear."

Swindler on a Gusher - "Does anybody still think the path to war wasn't greased by oil?"

Photos of War Dead - "The ban on such photos was imposed...by...Dick Cheney."

Puncturing Another Weapons Myth - "Bolton repeatedly clashed with intelligence officials in 2002 and 2003"

Unfair Labor Practices - "Waste Management is more interested in keeping employees powerless"

Chernobyl - "The construction is unstable, unsafe, and does not meet any safety requirements."

Bush Labor Department Takeaways - "That law was the only thing between us and the street"

Healthcare Double Standard - "Americans favor some kind of national healthcare system"

100 Bunker-Busting Bombs - "The Pentagon announced the sale a short time after visits by Sharon"

Hostile Information - "Civilians were targeted by snipers."

Reverse Ethics Rule - "Republicans were trying to protect House Majority Leader Tom DeLay"

Land of the Dead - "A chain reaction went out of control in No 4 reactor"

No WMD in Iraq - "The WMD investigation has gone as far as feasible."

Retirement Credit - "Members…aren't getting credit toward their military retirement"

Workers Win Big - "Pro-worker activism will continue at Washington University"

Wal-Mart Inquiry - "Coughlin maintains that the money was used on anti-union activity"

Call for Special Prosecutor - "The government cannot ignore the systematic nature of the torture"

Social Security Privatization - "Nobody wants to be baited and switched"

'War Could Be Illegal' - "The Prime Minister was warned...conflict breached international law."

The Silencing of Sibel Edmonds - "The federal government is routinely retaliating against government employees"

Testimony Disputed - "Hubbard disputed Bolton's testimony."

The Mighty Laid Low - "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room"

Bush Lies, America Cries - "The truth is, we were never under threat from Iraq."

House Passes Energy Bill - "She called it "anti-consumer, anti-taxpayer, anti-environment"

Navajo Nation Outlaws Uranium Mining - "This legislation just chopped the legs off the uranium monster"

Mercury Rising - "Coal-fired power plants...are the largest source of man-made mercury pollution"

Wal-Mart's Free Market Fallacy - "Wal-Mart could not survive in a real free market"

Trouble for Halliburton - "Defence Department audits showing additional overcharges totaling 212 million"

Energy Bill - "This bill lavishes taxpayer subsidies on big energy companies"

Lobbyist Gave DeLay a Skybox for Donors - "DeLay was admonished…for…legislation involving energy"

AIPAC Employees Ousted - "The FBI raided AIPAC's offices in Washington twice last year"

The Missing Energy Strategy - "Even the coal-fired utilities...are getting religion"

'Wish Lists' of Detainee Tactics - "Electrocution, blows with phone books and using dogs and snakes"

A Time for Disobedience - "The press is now looking squarely at a perversion of government."

The Woman Who Fought George Bush - "She looked like she should be surfing on a beach in California"

Horrifying, Personal John Bolton Story - "John Bolton put me through hell"

What I Didn't See in Iraq - "Trust me when I tell you things are so much better in Iraq"

Power for Power's Sake - "I am the federal government"

Arms to Haiti - "Bush administration has been accused of ignoring its own arms embargo"

Clean Air Change - "Some people think it's a good idea. Most don't."

Bush's Immigration Plan Divides Republicans - "There are strange bedfellows on both sides"

Congress's Shadow World - "Washington is now a $3-billion-a-year company town."

Nuclear Power - "The true economies of the nuclear industry are never fully accounted for."

Tort Reform - "What companies...would be interested in tort reform in Texas with asbestos problems"

CEO Pay - "It's time to put the brakes on runaway CEO pay."

War for Oil - "The US appears to have fought a war for oil in the Middle East, and lost it."

Convention Unrest - "Demonstrators had followed the instructions of senior officers"

Stroke the Rich - "IRS has become a subsidy system for super-wealthy Americans"

Bush's Poll Numbers Worst on Record - "Bush has the lowest approval rating of any president"

2 in GOP Take Aim at DeLay - "Tom's conduct is hurting the Republican Party"

Broken Promises—Retiree Health Benefits - "The retirees say they were tricked."

Choice for UN Faces Bullying Claims - "John Bolton...has a record of harsh criticism of the UN"

Interior Refuses Yucca Testimony Request - "If they need more proof, I will be happy to make up more stuff."

Cash Helped Wal-Mart - "The money was spent on anti-union activities"

Baghdad Anniversary - "Force the occupation to leave from our country"

Guantánamo Detainees - "I don't care about international law"

Paul Anderson - "You can imagine the reaction I get when I say 'carbon tax' in the halls of Duke Energy"

Bush Standing with Public Weakening - "People are not very impressed by what Bush is doing"

Corporates Must Help - "Corporates must join efforts to check trafficking of women"

Nuclear Plants Are Still Vulnerable - "The government has failed to address the risk"

Sue Myrick Panders for Bush - "Administration officials did most of the talking"

Sweeney on Social Security - "Workers have paid in more to Social Security than has been needed"

Social Security Accounts 'Dead' - "Privatization is dead"

Culture of Crime and Greed - "Wal-Mart could not survive without manipulating the system"

Sen. Boxer - "Cutting Johnson off in mid-sentence, Boxer said the pesticides study is 'morally wrong' "

Keep Social Security - "The thieves on Wall Street have proven their willingness to bilk"

The High Cost of Cheap Labor - "Illegal immigration today isn't 'cheap' labor, except to the employer."

Protesters Keep CIA at Bay - "We think this is a huge victory but also not the end of it"

Abu Ghraib Probe - "Other deaths elsewhere in Iraq that may have involved the CIA."

Nuclear Industry Moving Waste to Dry Sites - "Experts: Pools More Vulnerable to Terrorism"

Woman Challenges NC Anti-Cohabitation Law - "Government has no business regulating relationships"

Retirees Sue Ex-Employer - "Health-care premium...$685 a month...pension...$460"

Curbing Medical Suits Stalls - "The president has urged Congress to slim the huge asbestos docket."

US Ignored Arms Inspectors - "Every piece of fresh evidence had been tested - and disproved"

All We Want Is the TRUTH - "Will the press now do its job, and report the facts?"

Yucca Probe - "If they need more proof, I will be happy to make up more stuff."

Curveball - "The CIA's assessment...'was based largely on reporting from a single human source' "

Doubts on Weapons Were Dismissed - "CIA officers sent urgent e-mails...describing grave doubts"

Justices Give Older Workers More Leeway in Alleging Bias - "The decision affects about 75 million workers"

Medicare Premium Rising - "Medicare's financial outlook has deteriorated dramatically over the past five years"

Bush's Social Security Plan - "Bush...seeking to 'cut the guts out of Social Security' "

Neocons as Parasites - "Bush Sr. called the neocons the 'crazies in the basement.' "

We Can't Remain Silent - "Many servicemen...want to do the right thing"

The Pentagon's Secret Stash - "Why we'll never see the second round of Abu Ghraib photos."

Women Bear Brunt of Occupation - "Violence against women and sex crimes have also increased"


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