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Oh, I Get It, Democrats Are The B-Team

Suzanne O'Keeffe | Posted 06.28.2008 | Home

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Suzanne O'Keeffe

The Democratic leadership's latest move giving Bush & Co. billions more dollars for the fraud-based war and occupation of Iraq is Shakespearean: The good guys, turns out, are working with the bad guys!

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Conyers: Classified Docs Show Telecoms Don't Need Immunity

Wired | Ryan Singel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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House Judiciary Committee Democrats say they analyzed the telecom spying documents they've sought for more than a year and have come to the conclusion...

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Dems Set To Cave On FISA, Immunity For Telecoms

Salon | Glenn Greenwald | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The signs are unmistakably clear that what was always inevitable -- full compliance by the House Democratic leadership with Bush's demands on warrantl...

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Pelosi Blocks Bush From Calling Congress Into Session Over FISA

Politico | John Bresnahan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) mistrust of President Bush is really well known and runs deep. Fearing a recess appointment by Bush duri...

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Bush Warns of Attacks While Backing Bill

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Bush, at loggerheads with House Democrats over how closely the government can eavesdrop on U.S. citizens, warned Wednesda...

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Senate OKs New Rules on Eavesdropping

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday approved new rules for government eavesdropping on phone calls and e-mails, giving the White House much of th...

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GOP Effort To Force FISA Vote Fails

TPMmuckraker | Paul Kiel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The fight goes on. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) cloture vote failed 48-45 just now, well short of the 60 votes necessary. In the ...

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Reid Considers Extending Protect America Act For One Month

The Hill | Manu Raju | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Tuesday he would seek to extend a controversial interim wiretapping law through February to avoid the ea...

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Phone Companies Seeking Immunity Gave Money To Key Senator

The New York Times | By ERIC LICHTBLAU and SCOTT SHANE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Executives at the two biggest phone companies contributed more than $42,000 in political donations to Senator John D. Rockefeller IV this year while s...

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Telecoms And Bush Team Up For Another Drive For Wiretapping Immunity

New York Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Whether telecommunication utilities should have legal immunity for having helped the National Security Agency conduct eavesdropping without warrants e...

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