Rove Protégé To Resign U.S. Attorney Position
May 31, 2007
The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of
Arkansas, former Karl Rove aide Tim Griffin, will
resign Friday. Griffin was appointed to replace Brad
Cummings, a who was forced out along with several
other prosecutors in a scandal that has led to calls
for the resignation of Attorney General Alberto
Gonzales. Griffin is said to be in
talks with Fred Thompson about joining Thompson's
soon-to-be-announced presidential campaign.
Taliban Strikes In Afghanistan
May 31, 2007
Taliban fighters ambushed members of Afghanistan's new
national police today, killing 16 and wounding six
more. This followed yesterday's attack which
downed a U.S. military Chinook helicopter, killing all
16 people aboard, including eight Navy SEALs.
Iraq Prime Minister Warns Of Military Coup
May 31, 2007
Giuliani Changes Story About 9/11
May 31, 2007
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani was tripped
up during a fundraiser yesterday when asked why he
didn’t order firefighters and police out of the World
Trade Center after being warned the towers would
collapse. Rudy responded by saying
"I didn't realize the
towers would collapse" and "No one that I know of had
any idea they would implode. That was a complete
surprise." But during a phone interview with ABC news
anchor Peter Jennings on September 11, 2001, Giuliani
said: “I--I went down to the scene and we set up
headquarters at 75 Barkley Street, which was right
there with the police commissioner, the fire
commissioner, the head of emergency management, and we
were operating out of there when we were told that the
World Trade Center was going to collapse. And it did
collapse before we could actually get out of the
building, so we were trapped in the building for 10,
15 minutes, and finally found an exit and got out,
walked north, and took a lot of people with us."
Thompson
Moving Toward Presidential Run
May 30, 2007
“Law &
Order” star and former Tennessee Senator Fred Dalton
Thompson is said to be moving towards announcing a
formal run for the GOP presidential nomination backed
by millions of dollars and former officials from the
Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations.
Border Security Flaws Exposed By TB Infected Traveler
May 30, 2007
A U.S.
citizen infected with drug-resistant tuberculosis was
able to travel from Europe to the United States
despite being on a watch list issued to border agents
and a “no-fly” list.
Obama Sets Out Healthcare Plan
May 29, 2007
Romney Will Donate Salary If Elected
May 29, 2007
Multimillionaire GOP presidential candidate Mitt
Romney will give away his White House salary if
elected. Romney’s assets are estimated to be in the
neighborhood of $200 million.
LA
Mayor Villaraigosa Backs Clinton
May 29, 2007
New
Polls Show Clinton, McCain Leading In Early
Presidential Contests
May 29, 2007
News polls
by the American Research Group show GOP contender John
McCain and Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton ahead in
the Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina races for
their parties’ presidential nomination. In the GOP
race, Giuliani places second in Iowa and South
Carolina while Romney places second in New Hampshire
and fourth in South Carolina. On the Democratic side,
former North Carolina Senator John Edwards takes the
second spot in all three states, with Illinois Senator
Barack Obama slipping to third.
New York Fire Fighters Protesting Giuliani Appearances
May 29, 2007
Memorial Day 2007
May 28, 2007
Originally called Decoration Day, Memorial Day is
the national day of remembrance for those who have
died in our nation's service. The holiday grew out
of the practice of decorating graves of soldiers
that occurred around the United States during the
time of the Civil War. Many cities and towns
claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day. The
holiday was officially proclaimed on May 5, 1868
by General John Logan, and was first observed on
May 30, 1868, with the decoration of the graves
of veterans, both Union and Confederate, at
Arlington National Cemetery.
Bush Presses
Congress To Pass Immigration Deal
May 27, 2007
GOP Lawmaker: Troop
Reduction Expected After September
May 27, 2007
In a television interview, Alabama Senator Jeff
Sessions said that "By September, when General
Petraeus is to make a report, I think most of the
people in Congress believe, unless something
extraordinary occurs, that we should be on a move
to draw those surge numbers down."
Clinton Says New Books
Are Old News
May 27, 2007
Hillary Clinton campaign is dismissing two new
biographies as rehashing old claims with nothing
new to say about the Senator or her sometimes
difficult marriage to former President Bill
Clinton. "Is it possible to be quoted yawning?"
asked Philippe Reines, her Senate spokesman.
Bush Signs $100 Billion War Spending Bill
May 26, 2007
Behind closed doors at presidential retreat
Camp David,
President Bush signed into law a $100 billion war
spending bill. Spending on the
Iraq
war will reach
$456 billion in September and the ultimate
cost of the war is now estimated to be
$2 trillion. The total
U.S.
debt now stands at nearly $9 trillion with
China
as our second largest lender.
Prosecutor: Scooter Libby Should Serve 3 Years
For Obstructing CIA Leak Investigation
May 26, 2007
According to documents filed by Special Prosecutor
Patrick Fitzgerald, Scooter Libby should serve up
to three years in prison for obstructing the
investigation into the leak of the Valerie Plame’s
identity as a CIA agent. Plame’s identity was
leaked by the Vice President’s office in order to
attack the credibility of her husband Joe Wilson,
a former Ambassador sent by the CIA to investigate
claims that
Iraq
had tried to obtain “yellowcake” uranium from
Africa as part of
Iraq’s
suspected nuclear weapons program.
Wilson
concluded the “yellowcake” claim was unsupported
and reported that to the administration. Despite
Wilson’s
report, the “yellowcake” claim made its way into
Bush’s 2003 State of the Union address. When
Wilson
wrote what he knew in a newspaper article, the
Administration tried to discredit him by claiming
Wilson
had been sent on the
Africa
mission by his wife, CIA agent Valerie Plame,
which was not true. Disclosure of Plame’s
identity was potentially a crime, investigated by
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. Libby,
Vice-President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, was
convicted of obstructing the investigation by
lying to investigators.
Anti-American Cleric Resurfaces
In Iraq
May 26, 2007
GOP Attacks Clinton And Obama
For Opposing War Spending
May 26, 2007
Republican presidential hopefuls McCain and Romney
led the charge to attack Democratic contenders
Obama and Clinton for their vote against the war
spending bill signed by President Bush. Both
Democratic candidates voted in favor of a war
funding plan that included a timeline for bringing
the troops home, which President Bush vetoed.
Pentagon Warns Of Chinese
Military Buildup
May 26, 2007
The Defense Department is warning that
China
is building up its military capabilities,
particularly its ability to launch long-range
surprise attacks from within its own borders.
China’s
most modern weapons are aimed at
Taiwan,
the self-governing democratic province that broke
away from
China
in 1949 but which
China
still claims as its own. The
U.S.
has pledged to defend
Taiwan
against attack from mainland
China.
Edwards And Giuliani Trade
Insults
May 24, 2007
Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards
traded barbs with GOP candidate Rudy Giuliani over
the “war on terror” slogan adopted by the Bush
Administration. After Edwards called Bush’s
policy a political “bumper sticker,” Giuliani
called Edwards deluded and Edwards responded by
labeling Giuliani a fearmonger.
South Carolina Poll Puts
McCain, Giuliani And Gingrich In Dead Heat
May 24, 2007
Giuliani Calls Immigration Deal
“Ineffective Hodgepodge”
May 24, 2007
Aide Suggest Clinton Skip Iowa
Caucus
May 24, 2007
A
leaked internal Clinton campaign memo suggests
that the New York Senator skip the Iowa caucus in
order to focus on the early primaries in New
Hampshire and South Carolina. The candidate
however, says she will compete in Iowa:
"I
have to make the decisions and I’ve made the
decision. I haven’t revisited it. I’m not
agonizing over it. I never saw the memo. I’ve
never had it read to me."
House
GOP Leader Calls Immigration Deal “Piece Of Sh**”
May 23, 2007
While
discussing the immigration bill supported by
President Bush, House of Representatives Minority
Leader John Boehner told a GOP reception last
night “I promised the President today that I
wouldn’t say anything bad about . . . this piece
of shit bill.”
Gonzales Aide Admits To
“Crossing The Line” In Hiring Practices At Justice
Department
May 23, 2007
Former
aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Monica
Goodling admitted today what many people have
suspected: that she used political party
membership and politics in making hiring decisions
at the Justice Department. Goodling denied
playing any significant role in the prosecutor
firing scandal under investigation by Congress.
House Approves Penalties For
Gasoline Price Gouging
May 23, 2007
Mary Cheney Gives Birth
May 23, 2007
All NYC Taxis To Be Hybrids In 5 Years
May 22, 2007
McCain And Romney Battle Over
Immigration Deal
May 22, 2007
Democrats Agree To Fund Iraq
War Without Timeline For Withdrawal
May 22, 2007
Giuliani May Abandon Iowa
Caucus Campaign
May 22, 2007
Gun Battles Rage In Lebanon
May 22, 2007
Senator
Specter: Gonzales Likely To Resign
May 21, 2007
White House Attacks Jimmy
Carter
May 21, 2007
Romney Getting Cheers for
Opposition To Immigration Deal
May 21, 2007
Candidates Battle For Internet
Support
May 21, 2007
Clinton Pushes Rebuilding Of New Orleans
May 20, 2007
Bush Defends Immigration Deal
May 19, 2007
Bush Rejects Compromise On War Funding
May 18, 2007
The Bush Administration rejected a Democratic
proposal for the Iraq War funding bill that would
have included a timetable for withdrawal but also
permitted President Bush to waive the deadline.
McCain Says F**k You!
May 18, 2007
During a meeting on immigration, noted
hot-head and GOP hopeful John McCain got
into a shouting match with fellow GOP Senator John
Cornyn. After Cornyn raised objections to the
immigration deal, McCain told the Texas lawmaker
"[Expletive] you! I know more about this than
anyone else in the room." This isn't the first
time McCain's temper and swearing have come up. A
2006
Newsmax
article quotes former New Hampshire GOP
Senator Bob Smith saying "I have witnessed
incidents where he has used profanity at
colleagues and exploded at colleagues," and "He
would disagree about something and then explode.
It was incidents of irrational behavior. We've all
had incidents where we have gotten angry, but I've
never seen anyone act like that."
Two ABC News Journalists Killed In Iraq
May
18, 2007
Immigration
Deal Splits GOP Candidates
May 17, 2007
The
immigration compromised hailed by the Bush
administration is splitting the candidates for the
Republican presidential nomination and is all but
certain to dominate the GOP debate in the coming
weeks. Senator John McCain called the deal “an
important step in moving forward with
comprehensive overall immigration reform.”
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney called
the bill “a
form of amnesty”
that is
“unfair
to the millions of people who have applied to
legally immigrate to the U.S.”
The Giuliani campaign is waffling, issuing a
statement that fails to state whether the
former New York mayor supports or
opposes the immigration deal.
World Bank Chief Paul Wolfowitz Resigns
May 17, 2007
Bush Supports Immigration Deal, Conservatives
Outraged
May 17, 2007
President Bush endorsed a
compromise on immigration reform that includes a
path to citizenship for those currently in the
United States illegally. The bill has bipartisan
support, but many conservatives are unhappy. “I
don't care how you try to spin it, this is amnesty.”
said South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint.
Senate Plans No-Confidence
Vote On Gonzales
May 17, 2007
McCain Skips 42 Votes In Senate, Absent For Five
Weeks
May 17, 2007
According to the Washington
Post: “If McCain misses the next three votes --
the $2.9 trillion fiscal 2008 budget is likely to
be voted on this afternoon -- he will officially
have been absent for 50 percent of the more than
170 roll calls held in the chamber
so far in the 110th Congress.”
Obama
Blasts Clinton For War Vote
May 17, 2007
Former President Bill Clinton appeared on CNN and
attributed the strength of Barack Obama’s campaign
against Hillary Clinton
to “this impression that he was the only one that
was really against the president's policy in
Iraq,
which I don't think is accurate, but it
nevertheless had some legs out there. His voting
record and Hillary's are almost identical, I
think, on all the relevant issues.” When asked
about the comment, Obama shot back: "I suppose
that's true if you leave out the fact that she
authorized it, and supported it, and I said it was
a bad idea," said Obama. "That's a fairly major
difference."
Evangelical Leader Slams Rudy
May 17, 2007
Dr.
James Dobson will vote “for an also-ran – or if
worse comes to worst – not vote in a presidential
election for the first time in my adult life” if
Rudy Giuliani is the GOP nominee for president.
Romney
On a Roll
May 17, 2007
The
presidential campaign of former Massachusetts
Governor Mitt Romney is the big winner in the
newest Zogby polls from New Hampshire and Iowa.
In New Hampshire, Romney gets 35 percent of the
vote, leading Arizona Senator John McCain and
former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani by 15 percent.
Among New Hampshire Democrats, New York Senator
Hillary Clinton maintains her lead at 27 percent
with Illinois Senator Barack Obama close behind at
26 percent and former North Carolina Senator John
Edwards polling 15 percent. While the Democratic
race in
Iowa
remains stable with Edwards in the lead, Romney
has gone from a distant third to first place in
the GOP contest.
Giuliani’s Sudden
Wealth Raises Eyebrows
May 17, 2007
During
his divorce six years ago, GOP presidential
hopefully Rudy Giuliani claimed he had just $7,000
in assets. Financial disclosure information shows
he now has a personal fortune of more than $30
million.
Wolfowitz
Negotiating Departure From World Bank
May 17, 2007
Suspects Held In
Attack That Left 3 Soldiers Missing
May 17, 2007
Illinois Primary Moved To Feb. 5
May 16, 2007
Illinois, home of Senator Barack Obama, has moved
its 2008 presidential primary to February 5th, a
date already crowded with presidential contests,
including Missouri and California.
GOP Sen. Hagel: Attorney General Has "Failed This
Country"
May 16, 2007
"The
American people deserve an attorney general, the
chief law enforcement officer of our country,
whose honesty and capability are beyond question,"
Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) said in a statement.
"Attorney General Gonzales can no longer meet this
standard. He has failed this country. He has lost
the moral authority to lead."
Republicans Debate
Conservative Credentials
May 16, 2007
Dodd Launches TV Campaign
May 16, 2007
Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd has a new
television ad calling for immediate Congressional
action to stop the Iraq war. The ad features Dodd
discussing his support for “the only responsible
measure in Congress that would take away the
president’s blank check and set a timetable to
bring our troops home.” Dodd claims he is the
only presidential candidate supporting the bill.
"This ad draws a clear distinction between Senator
Dodd and the rest of the Democratic field," said
Dodd campaign manager Sheryl Cohen. "Chris Dodd
understands that half measures aren't going to
change George Bush's course in Iraq, and he's set
himself apart by fighting for a plan that would
use Congressional power to require the President
to safely and responsibly redeploy American troops
and bring an end to the war."
Watch it on
BE-tv!
China Preparing
For Conflict Over Taiwan
May 16, 2007
Jerry Falwell Dead At 73
May 15, 2007
Gonzales' Top Aide Resigns
May 15, 2007
Deputy
Attorney General Paul McNulty has announced his
resignation after 18 months as the No. 2 official
at the Justice Department. McNulty is at the
center of the Congressional investigation over the
firings of several federal prosecutors, and
testified in February that one of the prosecutors
was dismissed in order to make room for a Karl
Rove protégé. Gonzales claims McNulty was in the
point man on the prosecutor purge.
White House
Struggling To Keep Wolfowitz At World Bank
May 15, 2007
Bush Reverses Car
Emissions Policy
May 15, 2007
Six
years after taking office and after a Supreme
Court ruling that he was required to do so by law,
President Bush has reversed his refusal to
regulate carbon emissions from cars and trucks.
U.S. Government Censoring Soldiers’ Access To
Internet
May 14, 2007
U.S. soldiers fighting for
American freedom overseas will soon have their
internet access to sites such as YouTube, MySpace
and other popular websites cut off by the
Pentagon.
New Yorkers Prefer Bloomberg Over Giuliani
May 14, 2007
al-Qaida Group
Claims Three Americans Captured
May 14, 2007
"Great
Possibility" Gingrich Will Run For President
May 14, 2007
Three US Soldiers
Missing After Baghdad Attack
May 12, 2007
An
insurgent attack near Baghdad has left five US
soldiers dead and three missing.
Billions In Iraqi
Oil Missing
May 12, 2007
The New
York Times is reporting that each day for the last
four months, between 100,000 and 300,00 barrels of
Iraq's known oil production is missing. At $50 a
barrel, that amounts to a minimum of $5 million in
oil diverted each day.
Retired Air Force
General: National Guard Weakened By Iraq
Deployment
May 12, 2007
Romney Is The
Richest
May 12, 2007
GOP
presidential candidate Mitt Romney is expected to
release financial information disclosing between
$190 and $250 million in personal assets, making
the former Massachusetts governor the wealthiest
candidate running this year.
Bush Threatens To Veto New War Funding Bill
May 11, 2007
Retired General
Blasts Bush War Strategy
May 11, 2007
Romney Discuses
Mormon Polygamy
May 10, 2007
White House
Withheld Rove Email About Prosecutor Firings
May 10, 2007
Tony Blair Quits
May 10, 2007
British
Prime Minister Tony Blair, known as “Bush’s
Poodle” for his support of the Iraq War, announced
he will resign as of June 27th.
Sharpton and
Romney In Bigotry Battle
May 10, 2007
GOP Moderates Warn
Bush On Iraq
May 10, 2007
A group
of moderate GOP House members has warned President
Bush that there must be serious progress in Iraq
by fall or he faces defection from his own party
on the war.
Giuliani’s
Gifts From New York Yankees Under Scrutiny
May 9, 2007
Sunni Leader
Threatens To Leave Iraq Government
May 9, 2007
Top US Spy
Can’t Find A Deputy
May 9, 2007
Six Terror
Suspects Arrested In New Jersey
May 9, 2007
Kansas Tornado
Recovery Slowed By National Guard Deployment To
Iraq
May 9, 2007
GOP Rep. Poe
Quotes KKK Founder
May 8, 2007
Lott Has Own
Timetable For Iraq
May 8, 2007
Mississippi GOP Senator Trent Lott says of Iraq:
"By the time we get to September or October,
members [of Congress] are going to want to know
how well this is working, and if it isn't, what's
Plan B."
Wolfowitz
Pressured To Resign From World Bank
May 8, 2007
Gonzales Aide To
Testify On Prosecutor Firings
May 8, 2007
Monica
Goodling, a former aide to Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales, will testify before Congress
regarding Gonzales firings of several federal
prosecutors. Goodling previously refused to
testify but has been granted immunity from
prosecution by the House Judiciary Committee.
Fred Thompson Gets Bad Reviews
May 7, 2007
A speech by possible GOP presidential candidate
Fred Thompson this weekend bombed before the
ultra-friendly crowd of Orange County California
Republicans.
Obama Pushing Fuel Efficient
Cars
May 7, 2007
Candidates Hit
Nevada But Avoid Sin City
May 7, 2007
Kansas Town Destroyed By
Tornado
May 7, 2007
Pro-US Nicholas Sarkozy Wins
French Presidency
May 7, 2007
Is Bush Destroying The GOP?
May 5, 2007
The latest Newsweek poll has George Bush with a
28% approval rating, the lowest for any president
since Jimmy Carter in 1979 during the Iranian
Hostage Crisis. The same poll shows all of the
leading Democratic candidates for president,
Clinton, Obama and Edwards, beating GOP
candidates Giuliani, McCain and Romney among
registered voters.
Paris Behind Bars? That’s
Hot!
May 5, 2007
“None Of The Above” Wins Conservative Poll
May 5, 2007
Boxer Introduces
“Tri-Partisan” Alternate Fuel Law
May 5, 2007
California’s Senator Barbara Boxer has introduced
a bill that sets a goal of increasing use of clean
transportation fuels to 35 billion gallons by 2025
in order to combat global climate change and
increase America’s energy independence. The bill
is co-sponsored by GOP Senator Susan Collins from
Maine and Connecticut’s “Independent Democrat” Joe
Lieberman.
Alaska State
Lawmakers Arrested On Corruption Charges
May 5, 2007
Hagel Considering
Independent White House Bid
May 5, 2007
NRA Supports
Selling Guns To Terror Suspects
May 4, 2007
Though
the National Rifle Association has supported
President Bush’s warrantless surveillance program
and the detention of American citizens without
criminal charges, it has finally drawn the line,
urging Bush to drop his support for a bill that
would ban gun sales to terror suspects.
GOP Debate Exposes Deep Divisions
May 4, 2007
The 10
Republican candidates for president held their
first debate last night at the Ronald Reagan
Presidential Library. They each claimed to be the
true heir of the Reagan legacy, but disagreed
sharply on issues such as immigration, abortion
and whether the government should have interfered
in the Terry Schiavo case. The candidates were
unanimous in their opposition to Democratic
efforts to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq. Former
House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who is still
considering the 2008 race blasted the entire
debate process: "If
anything would convince me to lean away from
running, it was watching all of those guys with
too little time, with too many Mickey Mouse
questions from the reporters. It's exactly the
wrong way to pick a president, and I think it
doesn't help the country much."
Clinton Proposes
Expiration Date For War Authorization
May 4, 2007
Florida Abandons
Electronic Voting
May 4, 2007
Prosecutor Firings
Tied To GOP 2006 Vote Suppression Plan
May 4, 2007
In
1996, GOP supported groups were running around the
country claiming rampant voter fraud in order to
promote laws making it harder to vote. Three of
the federal prosecutors fired by Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales claim they were forced out
because they found no evidence to support the GOP
claims of voter fraud.
Rumsfeld Returning
To Washington To Receive “Statesmanship” Award
May 4, 2007
Bush Threatens To
Veto Hate-Crimes Bill
May 3, 2007
Secret Service Protecting Obama
May 3, 2007
Bush
Vetoes War Funding Bill
May 2, 2007
President Bush has vetoed the Iraq War funding
bill because it contained Congressional timetables
for removing troops from Iraq. But back in 1999
then-Governor George W. Bush criticized President
Clinton for not setting a timetable for
withdrawing American troops from the War in
Kosovo, saying
“I
think it’s also important for the president to lay
out a timetable as to how long they will be
involved and when they will be withdrawn.”
Millions Of Chickens Got Contaminated Pet Food
May 2, 2007
Between
two and three million chickens sold for human
consumption ate pet food contaminated by
ingredients from China containing the chemical
melamine. The tainted food is blamed for the
deaths of thousands of pets.
FOX’s GOP Debate
May Exclude All But Rudy, McCain and Romney
May 2, 2007
Conservatives are upset that the cable network is
set to exclude all but the three front-runners
from its upcoming debate.
Wolfowitz
Fighting To Keep Job At World Bank
May 1, 2007
Castro A No-Show
At May Day Celebration
May 1, 2007
Four Years Since
“Mission Accomplished”
May 1, 2007
Pet Food Scandal
Grows As FDA Limits Chinese Food Imports
May 1, 2007
Senator Johnson
Out Of The Hospital
May 1, 2007
