[VIDEO]: Corporate Media ‘Asleep at the Wheel’ as Democracy fails
Brad Friedman at Common Cause “Media Reform Conference”
By Eric Lichtblau, New York Times The F.B.I. cast a much wider net in its terrorism investigations than it has previously acknowledged by relying on telecommunications companies to analyze phone-call patterns of the associates of Americans who had come under suspicion, according to newly obtained bureau records. The documents indicate that the Federal Bureau of…
Michael Roston, rawstory.com Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has announced that he will delay the introduction of Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Richard Cheney, originally scheduled for noon today. The change came on account of the Vice President’s hospital visit this morning. “News reports this morning indicate the Vice President was experiencing a medical crisis….
From a Hawaiian IfP Friend — First, here are a couple of links to the actual resolution itself and to any action being taken on it. resolution:http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/SCR83_.htm bill status:http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/getstatus2.asp?billno=SCR83 It is not techinically a bill though. It is what’s called a resolution. This means, among other things, that it is supposed to reflect the sentiment…
Huffington Post Perhaps the biggest revelation from Scott McClellan’s bombshell book about his time at the White House is that President Bush directly authorized the leak of Valerie Plame’s identity: During the interview, Scottie revealed the two things that really pissed him off with the Bush Administration. First, being set up to lie by Karl…
OhMyNews Campaign Mobilizes Impeachment Advocates Sheehan pushes Democratic Party complacency by Benjamin Terrall Although it seems to have made little impression on the Democratic Party’s leadership, grassroots pressure for impeachment proceedings against US Vice President Dick Cheney and President George W. Bush continues to grow in the US. On Jan. 15, the antiwar group Code…
From AfterDowningStreet: Dear Mayor Bloom & Council: I am a member of the Santa Monica Democratic Club, managed the 2004 Democratic Club headquarters in Santa Monica, and work with many Santa Monica residents involved in Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles. Recently, I organized a slate of progressive candidates, many from Santa Monica, who were elected…