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Jim Johnson Resigns From Obama’s VP Vetter Team

By- Suzie-Q @ 7:00 PM MST
Obama VP Vetter Johnson Resigns
NEDRA PICKLER | June 11, 2008 02:42 PM EST |

WASHINGTON — A leader of Democrat Barack Obama’s vice presidential research team has resigned amid criticism over his personal loan deals.
Obama announced in a statement Wednesday that Jim Johnson was stepping aside to avoid distracting from [...]

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House Voted To Send Impeachment Resolution To Judiciary Committee

By- Suzie-Q @ 6:00 PM MST

House votes to send impeachment resolution to Judiciary Committee
By Nick Juliano | Uncategorized | Wednesday, 11 June 2008

The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to send articles of impeachment against President Bush to the Judiciary Committee for review.
The impeachment resolution’s sponsor, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, requested a recorded vote on the motion [...]

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The Divorce From Hell!

GEF @ 4:38 PM MST

OMG! Gov. Gibbons Sends 867 Texts to His Female BFF
By Kate Klonick – June 11, 2008, 11:28AM

Just when we thought the Gibbons’ saga was over, it all starts again.
Throughout his very messy and public divorce with his wife of 22 years, Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons has repeatedly denied having an affair [...]

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By- Suzie-Q @ 4:45 PM MST

In Debate Over Permanent Bases In Iraq, U.S. Seeks Authorization For War In Iran»
From:  Think Progress
By Faiz at 5:30 pm
The ongoing negotiations between Iraqi leaders and the Bush administration over the future role of the military occupation “have turned into an increasingly acrimonious public debate.”
The Bush administration’s demand for 58 [...]

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GEF @ 4:18 PM MST
Although OPEC is denying it, the Middle East is running out of Oil at a faster pace which is causing speculators to drive up the prices on insider knowledge of peak oil. President Bush himself said that the Middle East is running out of oil and it’s obvious to everyone this [...]

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There’s Plenty of Bread & Butter at AIPAC

by Geezer Power…3:59 pm

John Stewart @ Comedy Central
The day after Barack Obama declared victory in St. Paul, he was at a podium addressing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, which describes itself as “America’s pro-Israel lobby.”
And it wasn’t just Obama. McCain did it. Hillary Clinton did it too. AIPAC is a notoriously influential [...]

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by Bob Cesca @ 04:57 PM (EST)

Rest assured, Mr. President, that despite what you told The Times Online today you won’t be remembered solely as a war mongering president.
“Look, I think that in retrospect, you know, I could have used a different tone.”
Different tone? Ya’ think?
War mongering is a significant aspect of your legacy, but [...]

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Troops Wait While Congress “Governs”

By Paul Rieckhoff @ 11:02 AM (EST)

• A resolution expressing support for designation of June 2008 at “National Safety Month”
• A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of the International Year of Sanitation
• Mother’s Day Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
These are some of the critical issues our elected officials in the House of Representatives are [...]

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$300 Billion Betrayal: Wasteful Pentagon Spending

By- Suzie-Q @ 12:00 PM MST
$300 Billion Betrayal: ANP Highlights Wasteful Pentagon Spending (VIDEO)
Huffington Post | June 11, 2008 [...]

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Afternoon Jukebox…WAR

By- Suzie-Q @ 11:55 AM MST

Edwin Starr – WAR (Live)

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Daylight Robbery – BBC uncovers lost Iraq billions

anthony @ 17:51 BST

By Jane Corbin | BBC News | Page last updated at 17:25 GMT, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 18:25 UK

Waxman: “It may well turn out to be the largest war profiteering in history.”

A BBC investigation estimates that around $23bn (£11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or just not properly [...]

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By- Suzie-Q @ 9:00 AM MST

McCain Iraq Comments: Bringing Troops Home From Iraq “Not Too Important” (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | [...]

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By- Suzie-Q @ 8:30 AM MST
Senate Intelligence Committee: Bush and Cheney Misled us on Iraq

By Jim Lobe, IPS News. Posted June 10, 2008.
In news that should surprise no one, a bipartisan report finds the Bush administration exaggerated threats of WMDs as well as Saddam/al Queda links.

WASHINGTON — Claims by U.S. President [...]

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Arizona Is A Swing State

By- Suzie-Q @ 7:00 AM MST

McCain Calls Arizona a Swing State
It’s the Senator’s Home Turf, but It’s Not Safe Ground in November
By John Dougherty 06/10/2008
PHOENIX–Sen. John McCain’s big struggle to energize a suspicious conservative Republican base and attract crucial independent voters is a national fight that encompasses his home state of Arizona. Despite representing the [...]

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George Bush in Europe: unwelcome in Berlin

Sudhan @09:05 CET
Ordinary Germans will be glad to see the back of this particular US president, writes Kate Connolly
Kate Connolly in Berlin, | guardian.co.uk, Tuesday June 10 2008

This particular young German, photographed with George Bush in 2006, would seem to echo the feeling of many of his compatriots towards the outgoing US president. [...]

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