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Morning headlines brought to you by Carolyn Kay MakeThemAccountable.com Top StoryWaxman Reveals Numerous New Security Violations, Threatens Subpoenas
House oversight chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) has revealed new evidence “that both the White House and the Office of the Vice President have flaunted multiple requirements for protecting classified information,” beyond the violation of the executive order reported earlier this week… Since April, Waxman has tried unsuccessfully to arrange interviews with White House officials overseeing security matters. Unless those interviews are granted, Waxman says, he will bring a motion to subpoena the officials on June 28. Mo Paul
The WorldSunnis: Arrest warrant targets sect
BAGHDAD - An arrest warrant against a Sunni Cabinet minister is another step by the Shiite-led government to marginalize the country's Sunni minority, the official's political organization said Wednesday.
Abbas orders militant groups to disarm
JERUSALEM - In a fresh attempt to consolidate his rule over the West Bank after the loss of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered all armed groups, including those linked to his own Fatah movement, to disarm immediately.
Turkey military: Need Iraq guide
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's military chief asked the government on Wednesday to set political guidelines for an incursion into northern Iraq to fight Kurdish guerrillas targeting Turkey.
Pakistan's Musharraf urges tribes to expel Al-Qaeda
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - President Pervez Musharraf told tribesmen from a troubled border region that they would cause international embarrassment for Pakistan if they failed to expel Al-Qaeda "terrorists", a report said.
China shuts 180 food plants for tainted ingredients
China has closed 180 food factories after inspectors found industrial chemicals being used in products from candy to seafood, state media said Wednesday.
North Korea allows IAEA team to visit nuclear plant
TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea will allow a team of U.N. nuclear watchdog officials to visit the Yongbyon reactor it agreed to shut down under a disarmament-for-aid deal, Japan's Kyodo news agency said on Wednesday. The NationCIA plot to kill Castro detailed
HAVANA - The CIA recruited a former FBI agent to approach two of America's most-wanted mobsters and gave them poison pills meant for Fidel Castro during his first year in power, according to newly declassified papers released Tuesday.
We’ll be subjected now to the steady drip, drip, drip of the sins of past administrations. Don’t fall for it, folks. What was done in the past was terrible. But that in no way makes what Cheney-Bush have done acceptable.—Caro
Republican support for Iraq war slips
WASHINGTON - Republican support for the Iraq war is slipping by the day. After four years of combat and more than 3,560 U.S. deaths, two Republican senators previously reluctant to challenge President Bush on the war announced they could no longer support the deployment of 157,000 troops and asked the president to begin bringing them home.
Reid: Republicans Again Block Efforts To Make America Safer, Clean Up Washington
Democrats have been working hard to pass critical legislation despite efforts by some Republican Senators to slow down or stop our progress. Whether the issue is immigration reform, implementing the 9/11 Commission recommendations or instituting new ethics reforms to clean up Washington, the American people are counting on Republican Senators to help us lead the way, not stand in the way.
Immigration bill advances in Senate
WASHINGTON - The Senate resurrected the immigration bill that could legalize millions of unlawful immigrants Tuesday, but the delicate compromise faces the same threats that derailed it earlier this month.
This bill should not be passed. The only sane way to control immigration is to control the jobs. Put in prison a few of the corporate yahoos who hire illegals, and the jobs for them will dry up. If there are no jobs, they won’t come here. It’s really very simple.—Caro
Amending Environmental Laws to Benefit Business
By combining unwavering ideological positions -- such as the priority of economic interests over protected fish -- with a deep practical knowledge of the federal bureaucracy, (Vice President Dick) Cheney has made an indelible mark on the administration's approach to everything from air and water quality to the preservation of national parks and forests.
The fourth in the four-part series.—Caro
‘Caging’ investigation suggests minority vote suppresion.
Several senators have called for the Justice Department to investigate allegations that Karl Rove protege and former U.S. Attorney Tim Griffin used a voter suppression tactic known as “caging” while Griffin was at the Republican National Committee. TPMMuckraker assessed the evidence and found the “caging” efforts disproportionately targeted African-Americans. Says one former Justice official: “It is difficult to explain other than an effort to target Democrats and by extension, minority voters.” MediaPermanent link to MTA daily media news
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Neo-Conning the Media
Forty hard-core conservative mouthpieces, as seen (regularly) on TV. Click the image to view their Media Transparency page, search hundreds more, and see how the conservative movement has moved in to the Bush administration.
Media Transparency is an important resource for those of us who care about what has happened to our media. It tracks and reveals the money relationships. Sad to say, we have no such funding on our side, and Media Transparency needs your help, and the help of your readers and listeners. There’s a page of ads you can post on your blog or website. Supporting progressive media is more important than ever, after the Supreme Court’s recent decision to emasculate McCain-Feingold.—Caro
http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2007/06/25/olbermann-dick-cheney-is-a-rogue-nation/">Olbermann: 'Dick Cheney is a Rogue Nation'
Olbermann responds to Cheney's declaration that he is not part of the executive branch: "Dick Cheney is a rogue nation... leaving only one possible remedy... invade him."
Click through to watch the video.—Caro
Why the CIA is Airing its Dirty Laundry
The CIA is about to publish its "book of skeletons," as former director Bill Colby called the CIA's history of abuses. Coups, assassinations, kidnappings, domestic spying, break-ins, illegal telephone taps… CIA Director Michael Hayden's declassifying this stuff is news, and good news at that. Hayden's plan is not only to draw a line under the past but make a point to this and future White Houses: Politicize intelligence and you'll find your name on the front page of the newspaper.
I disagree. I think the purpose of revealing this information at this time is to blunt the impact of what we’re finding out about our government having spied on us extensively during the last six years.—Caro
Bob Woodward Looks at New CIA Documents Linked to Watergate
NEW YORK Among the many reporters examining the much-awaited release of previously secret CIA file from the 1970s today was Bob Woodward of The Washington Post. The CIA's involvement in the Watergate coverup has always been murky. In an article for the Wednesday Post, he explores one document that has come to light, revealing that the CIA was indeed in on the suppression of evidence.
Columnist says he's honored to have been slimed by O'Reilly
Mike Leonard says no one at last weekend's National Society of Newspaper Columnists conference received more pats on the back, hearty handshakes and "Way to go!" congratulations than he did. Why's that? "I got slimed by Fox News program host Bill O'Reilly. It was a little like having a skunk tell you that you smell bad. Many of my colleagues expressed envy." PLUS: O'Reilly discloses that Fox News has a "brain room."
New RealPlayer Now Available for Download
The latest release for RealPlayer is now available for download… The new RealPlayer’s most important new function is the ability to download videos from across the web, and the capability to do this with multiple videos simultaneously, regardless of the videos’ format… RealPlayer has indicated that future versions will include the ability to transfer online video to iPods and other devices, and a Mac version as well as foreign language versions will be available later on this year.
Click here to download the new free version of RealPlayer. Technology & ScienceT-Mobile phones to ride wireless router
NEW YORK - Wouldn't it be great to have your own cellular tower at home? You'd always have a strong signal on your mobile phone, and you wouldn't be paying to use the carrier's network.
Google to help non-profits with maps
NEW YORK - Google Inc. launched an initiative Tuesday to help charities and other non-profit groups use maps and satellite images to raise awareness, recruit volunteers and encourage donations.
07/07/07: Is This Your Lucky Day?
Those superstitious types who freaked out last year when the calendar read 06/06/06 will have something to smile about on the 7th day of the 7th month, 2007. Believing the triple appearance of the number 7 will bring luck, many people are planning important events for this first Saturday in July.
AMA Wants Probe of Pharmacy-Based Health Clinics
TUESDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- The American Medical Association is calling upon federal and state agencies to investigate possible conflicts of interest posed by store-based health clinics operated by pharmacy chains… "It seemed to many (AMA) members that there was an inherent conflict of interest in a relationship between a health clinic and a pharmacy chain in terms of writing prescriptions and getting them filled in that pharmacy," said Dr. Peter Carmel.
Conflict of interest. What hypocrisy!—Caro
Rise in Child Chronic Illness Could Swamp Health Care
TUESDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- As more American children eat poorly and exercise less, rates of chronic illness such as asthma and diabetes are continuing to rise, researchers are reporting. And because childhood illness often sets the stage for adult health woes, the U.S. health-care system could be headed toward a crisis in coming decades, experts warn
Workers' Vision Woes Cost Employers Billions
TUESDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Vision problems cost U.S. businesses an estimated $8 billion each year in lost productivity, a new report finds… "Uncorrected vision problems are costing employers billions of dollars," said Ed Greene, CEO of VCA, in a prepared statement. "Direct medical costs associated with vision disorders exceed similar medical expenditures for breast cancer, lung cancer and HIV, yet few Americans get regular eye exams or have vision coverage in their health plans."
Open your eyes, employers. Universal health care is the way out of this mess.—Caro EnvironmentFeds: Storing Carbon Dioxide Underground Can Work
Coal seams deep below the ground could be used to store carbon dioxide released by human activities, government scientists have found. The process could have side-effects, some good and some bad. When carbon dioxide is pumped into the coal, it may also displace the methane the coal contains, which could be used by industry.
But are these scientists the ones ALLOWED to speak by the administration, and if so, are they telling us what they really believe, or what the administration wants them to tell us? See, right wingers, this is why politicization of federal agencies is a bad idea. We never know who we can believe.—Caro
Calif. Seeks Solution To Radioactive Waste
The failure of the federal government to open a storage site for radioactive waste means any chance to expand nuclear power in California is more than a decade away, according to a draft report prepared for the state Energy Commission. For more headlines, visit MakeThemAccountable.com. |
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