I was so proud of our Congresswoman yesterday–and not for the first time. She organized and chaired a Congressional hearing–sponsored by the House Progressive Caucus, of which she is co-chair … [Keep reading >>]

“Tom Lantos and four other Democratic Congress members — James McGovern and John Olver of Massachusetts, Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas and Jim Moran of Virginia — were among 11 … [Keep reading >>]

Neil Young Sings … [Keep reading >>]

“US Representatives Lynn Woolsey (D-Petaluma), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) convened a forum on “Ending the War in Iraq” yesterday morning at 9:00 AM on … [Keep reading >>]

The Indianapolis Star’s Dan Carpenter chronicles some of the bulldog tendencies of republicans that live on no matter how far they fall in the polls: “Winning elections and passing legislation … [Keep reading >>]

The Des Moines Register’s Rekha Basu honors a classmate, Kanak Dixit, whose journalistic resistance helped pave the way for what appears to be some genuine moves towards political reform in … [Keep reading >>]

Writing in the Toledo Blade, Marilou Johanek explains why Ohio is ripe for democratic picking, but also why the democrats better prepare well for this harvest: “Democrats may yet assume … [Keep reading >>]

The Guardian’s Declan Walsh and Simon Tisdall chat with Pakistan’s increasingly unpopular president Musharraf: “Admitting that his popularity was waning, the Pakistani president insisted he was “not a poodle” of … [Keep reading >>]

House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Ill., center, gets out of a Hydrogen Alternative Fueled automobile, left, as he prepares to board his SUV, which uses gasoline, after holding a new … [Keep reading >>]

Cunningham scandal takes sordid turn

I like it that “sordid” refers to prostitution and not millions in bribes, but moving on… The Wall Street Journal is reporting that it has … [Keep reading >>]

Russia will send it where it gets steady, high purchases. If pipelines to the south and east make that possible, then they will be built — with the help … [Keep reading >>]

Be sure to watch David Shuster in the first segment of Olberman’s Countdown on MSNBC tonight (Thursday.)

The Raw Story | MSNBC reports Rove believes he is in legal jeopardy
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“HOUSTON, Apr. 27 — Ecuador plans to start collecting a revised “extraordinary profits” oil tax May 1, Minister of Economy Diego Borja Cornejo told Dow Jones Newswires in Quito.”

Oil & … [Keep reading >>]

Sunday, April 30: Day of Conscience for Darfur

On April 30, 2006, stand together with us in
San Francisco. Help us tell President Bush that the people of Darfur need protection now.

A … [Keep reading >>]

Go Ron!

Ron Wyden has long been a big supporter of progressive energy policy within the Senate. He’s on CSPAN-2 right now passionately filibustering against the “outrageous boondoggle” (as he … [Keep reading >>]

This Gar Lipow article will be a bit technical for some but heck, computers were too technical for most of you ten years ago and now you drive ‘em with … [Keep reading >>]

I wanted to post this Maureen Dowd column the other day but was put off by the Times pay-wall. So, courtesy of topplebush.com, enjoy!

It’s taken over five years, but … [Keep reading >>]

As reported by Al Jazeera, a new report cites massive corruption and smuggling in Iraq’s oil industry that has cost citizens billions in losses: “Fewer than one-quarter of the American-funded … [Keep reading >>]

We linked you to the Mearsham/Walt piece about the influence of the Israel Lobby on US policy last week, in both its London Review of Books short form and the … [Keep reading >>]

Any of you in Ellen Tauscher’s district might want to ring her up and initiate a discussion about funding new US nukes while hand-wringing about Iran’s nukes.

A congressional subcommittee voted … [Keep reading >>]