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Al Gore's Nobel Acceptance Speech: "We Are Confronting A Planetary Emergency"

Posted on: Dec 10, 2007, Source: ThinkProgress

Faiz Shakir: Gore said that if we fail to address the climate crisis, there is a chance that the North Polar ice cap will have vanished.

Sen. Whitehouse Reveals Smoking Gun of White House Claiming Not to Be Bound by Any Law

Posted on: Dec 7, 2007, Source: ThinkProgress

Faiz Shakir: Whitehouse wanted to show the public "what the Bush administration does behind our backs when they think no one is looking."

White House Reveals Bush Lied: Was Told in August Iran’s Nuclear Program "May Be Suspended"

Posted on: Dec 6, 2007, Source: ThinkProgress

Faiz Shakir: Bush now says he continued to warn of "World War III" and a "nuclear holocaust" because nobody told him to stop.

Huckabee Clueless on Iran NIE: "No, Never Heard of It"

Posted on: Dec 5, 2007, Source: ThinkProgress

Faiz Shakir: The National Review suggests Huckabee's inability to afford "teams of advisers" and develop "carefully-thought-out policy positions" are to blame.

Gay Ambassador Resigns Over State Department Discrimination Against Homosexual Employees

Posted on: Dec 4, 2007, Source: ThinkProgress

Faiz Shakir: Michael Guest was the first openly gay man confirmed by U.S. Senate to serve as a U.S. Ambassador.

Ashcroft Confronted by Protesters, Claims Waterboarding Is "Not Something I Can Make a Decision On"

Posted on: Nov 30, 2007, Source: ThinkProgress

Faiz Shakir: John Ashcroft was met with shouting dissenters and shrouded protesters at Cornell University.

Card Rejects Rove’s Claim That Congress Pushed Bush To War: "His Mouth Gets Ahead Of His Brain"

Posted on: Nov 30, 2007, Source: ThinkProgress

Faiz Shakir: "No, that's not the way it worked," said Card.

Huckabee Pretended to Get a Phone Call from God Endorsing Bush in '04

Posted on: Nov 29, 2007, Source: ThinkProgress

Mike Huckabee's religious zealotry has potentially serious consequences.

John Ashcroft Confronted by Hostile Audience, Says He's Willing to be Waterboarded

Posted on: Nov 28, 2007, Source: ThinkProgress

Faiz Shakir: Ashcroft apparently believes that torture should be allowed as long as it doesn't kill him.

Trent Lott to Resign Before the End of the Year

Posted on: Nov 26, 2007, Source: ThinkProgress

Faiz Shakir: The senator has "other opportunities" he plans to pursue, the official said, without elaborating.

Bush Refuses to Condemn Saudi Court’s Punishment of Gang Rape Victim

Posted on: Nov 22, 2007, Source: ThinkProgress

Faiz Shakir: Apparently, there is some negotiability in Bush's demands for human freedom.

A Thanksgiving Day Threat from George W. Bush [VIDEO]

Posted on: Nov 22, 2007, Source: ThinkProgress

President Bush delivers a thanksgiving threat to fire 150,000 civilians at military bases unless the Democrats remove a timetable from the Iraq War funding bill.

Alberto Gonzales Heckled at University of Florida Speech [VIDEO]

Posted on: Nov 20, 2007, Source: ThinkProgress

Gonzales' first stop on a nationwide college speaking tour got off to a very rocky start, as he had to endure shouts of "criminal" and "liar" throughout his speech.

Will Bush Commute Barry Bonds’ Potential Prison Sentence?

Posted on: Nov 17, 2007, Source: ThinkProgress

Faiz Shakir: Bonds' biggest mistake? Breaking a record and maybe not looking enough like Scooter Libby.

Newsweek Caves to Right Wing Pressure, Hires Karl Rove as Election Contributor

Posted on: Nov 15, 2007, Source: ThinkProgress

Faiz Shakir: Evidently this is Newsweek's idea of "balancing out" Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas.

Justice Dept Reopens Warrantless Wiretapping Inquiry Stymied by Bush

Posted on: Nov 14, 2007, Source: ThinkProgress

Faiz Shakir: High professional standards were once a threat to the Gonzales-led DoJ. Hopefully, that tide is turning.

Pentagon Bars Anti-Torture Marine From Testifying

Posted on: Nov 8, 2007, Source: ThinkProgress

Faiz Shakir: The testimony of Lt. Col. Stuart Couch posed such a threat to the administration that they've prevented him from speaking to Congress

Bush Pathetically Panders to His Base By Bashing MoveOn, Code Pink

Posted on: Nov 1, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Faiz Shakir: With his anemic presidency on the rocks, Bush has resorted to battling with bloggers and war protesters for relevance.

Cheney Visits Hunting Lodge That Hangs Confederate Flag

Posted on: Oct 30, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Faiz Shakir: While Cheney’s office says it did not see the flag, it has yet to condemn the club for hanging the divisive symbol of hate.

Bush Administration Wanted to Promote FEMA Staffer Behind Staged Press Conference

Posted on: Oct 29, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Faiz Shakir: While the White House claimed to be taking disciplinary action, John Philbin was nearly put in charge of press for National Intelligence.

Limbaugh Calls 12-Year-Old a Liar, Then Claims He Never Attacked Him

Posted on: Oct 19, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Faiz Shakir: Rush Limbaugh also mocks Graeme Frost by obnoxiously imitating his voice.

Days After Claiming U.S. Less Safe Due To Iraq War, Counterterrorism Chief Suddenly Resigns

Posted on: Oct 18, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Faiz Shakir: Retired Vice Admiral Scott Redd also acknowledged that the Iraq War is a "giant recruiting tool" for terrorists.

Right Wing Gleefully Smears Two Year-Old SCHIP Recipient

Posted on: Oct 17, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Faiz Shakir: Yet again Michelle Malkin leads a campaign to destroy the reputation of an innocent family just because they support SCHIP.

Fox News Immediately Begins Smear Campaign Against Al Gore, Nobel Prize

Posted on: Oct 12, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Faiz Shakir: Gore is revealing the far right’s vast disinformation campaign against global warming and he is succeeding.

Right Wing Launches Baseless Smear Campaign Against 12 Year Old Recipient Of SCHIP

Posted on: Oct 9, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Faiz Shakir: Michelle Malkin showed up at his family's home and business. A co-worker told her they were "struggling" but Malkin refused to believe it.

Fox News Tries to Put a Positive Spin On Global Warming

Posted on: Oct 8, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Faiz Shakir: Fox News looks at the melting ice caps as an opportunity to compete with other countries over oil reserves.

Will the Lawmakers Who Attacked MoveOn Condemn Limbaugh?

Posted on: Sep 28, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Faiz Shakir: For all the Senators who rushed to make political hay over an empty resolution, the spotlight is on them.

Bush: I'd Like to Fight In Iraq, But I'm "Too Old" and Terrorists "Would Notice Me"

Posted on: Sep 18, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Faiz Shakir: Bush has never put himself in harm's way but he has no problem trivializing the lives of those who do.

Report: Massive U.S. 'Footprint' In Iraq Conveys 'Permanence,' 'Opposite Impression Is Needed'

Posted on: Sep 10, 2007, Source: ThinkProgress

Constructed with slave labor, Baghdad will host one of the "largest and costliest" embassies in the world.

Gen. Petraeus "Softened" Reports of Violence in Iraq

Posted on: Aug 28, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Faiz Shakir: The Washington Post reports that Gen. Petraeus has altered the latest National Intelligence Estimate to downplay the level of violence in Iraq.

FBI Director: Bush Officials Tried 'to Goad a Sick, Medicated Ashcroft' to Approve Warrantless Wiretapping

Posted on: Aug 17, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Faiz Shakir: FBI director Mueller's notes indicate Ashcroft "was in no condition" to see visitors, much less decide whether to authorize the program.

Gonzales Tried to Get John Ashcroft to Sign on to Wiretapping Program on His Sickbed

Posted on: May 16, 2007, Source: The Progress Report

A new revelation from Alberto Gonzales' former deputy reveals an attempt at an outrageous attempt to get a bedridden John Ashcroft to extend Bush's unwarranted domestic spying program

Progress Report: Media Think They Know Best

Posted on: Mar 27, 2007, Source: Center for American Progress

Journalists seem to have forgotten that they are supposed to be watchdogs -- not cheerleaders of government corruption.

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